Amsterdam Gay Travel News – Archive

|  28 August 2010
Ladz Amsterdam: two-monthly men-only gay dance party for lads, scallies, skaters, gabbers, sneaker and sportswear boys.
22:00 – 04:00, 10 € @ Church (Kerkstraat 52) [ Ladz Amsterdam ]
|  5  –  8 August 2010
Amsterdam Gay Pride 2010: Canal Parade with more than 50 boats floating through the canals of Amsterdam on Saturday afternoon.
|  8 August 2010
ME100 After Party: Gay Pride closing after party with DJ Antoine de la Cruz.
05:00 – 10:00, 15 € @ Club Roses (Rozengracht 133) [ ME100 After Party ]
|  8 August 2010
Rapido – Gay Pride Edition: very popular gay House party. Only 4 times a year. Sunday 15:00 – 02:00 @ Paradiso (Weteringschans 6-8) [ Rapido – Gay Pride Edition ]

Video: Rapido at Amsterdam Gay Pride 2009 [open video][close video]

|  7 August 2010
Sabado: launch of the new afterhour party at the Amsterdam Gay Pride weekend.
04:00 – 10:00, 15 € @ Club Roses (Rozengracht 133) [ Sabado ]
|  7 August 2010
Celebrate: Amsterdam Gay Pride party with DJ Tony Moran (NY).
23:00 – 05:00 @ Air (Amstelstraat 24) [ Celebrate ]
|  7 August 2010
WE Party : new mega party production from Spain. Tickets from 35 €.
22:00 – 05:00 @ Melkweg (Lijnbaansgracht 234) [ WE Party ]
|  6  –  7 August 2010
Gay Pride street party: with international DJs and artists in Amsterdam’s famous gay street Reguliersdwarsstraat. On Friday 19:00 – 24:00 and on Saturday (after the Canal Parade) 13:00 – 24:00.
-›  Gay Map Amsterdam Reguliersdwarsstraat
|  6 August 2010
SuperMartXé – Gay Pride edition: Ibiza’s top party on tour again in Amsterdam. Presale tickets 35 €. 20:00 – 04:00 @ Hotel Arena (’s-Gravesandestraat 51) [ SuperMartXé – Gay Pride edition ]

Video: SuperMartXé Party Amsterdam November 2009 [open video][close video]

|  6 August 2010
Masterbeat World Tour: Amsterdam Gay Pride event by Brett Henrichsen and Herbert Tonn. 23:00 – 05:00, 25 € @ Melkweg (Lijnbaansgracht 234) [ Masterbeat World Tour ]
|  11 July 2010
Cowboys ’n Angels: new gay and mixed Sunday T dance with DJ Dikky Vendetta.
19:00 – 01:00, 20 € @ Air (Amstelstraat 24) [ Cowboys ’n Angels ]

Promo Video Cowboys ’n Angels Amsterdam [open video][close video]

|  10 July 2010
Scream: Paris’ largest gay party on tour in Amsterdam.
From 23:30 @ COC Amsterdam (Rozenstraat 14) [ Scream ]
|  22 May 2010
Summer Sailors Party: by Rapido and Atlantis Events.
23:00 – 04:00 @ Hotel Arena (’s-Gravesandestraat 51) [ Summer Sailors Party ]
|  8 May 2010
Roar: new gay party in Amsterdam for Bears & friends. Music: DeepHouse,
Vocal, Tribal, Progressive, House, New & Old Dance Music.
22:00 – 05:00, 12.50 € @ Club Roses (Rozengracht 133) [ Roar ]
|  30 April 2010
Queen’s Day Amsterdam: The Queen’s Day (›Koninginnedag‹) on April 30 is a national holiday in the Netherlands, originally as a celebration of the birthday of former Queen Juliana. In the last years, Queen’s Day became more of a huge open air event with one to two million visitors in Amsterdam. And there are as well lots of parties in bars and clubs in the night before Queen’s Day and at the following weekend.
-›  Amsterdam Gay Bars
|  2 May 2010
Rapido: very popular gay House party. Only 4 times a year.
15:00 – 02:00 @ Paradiso (Weteringschans 6-8) [ Rapido ]
|  1 April 2010
From London with Love: London’s party ›Lovechild‹ with erotic dancers and performers and international DJ line-up with an Easter session in Amsterdam.
23:00 – 05:00, 15 € @ Club Odeon (Singel 460) [ From London with Love ]
|  5  –  14 March 2010
Roze Film Dagen – Pink Film Days 2010: 13th Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Film Festival with nearly 100 films from more than 30 countries.
@ Ketelhuis (Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek, Pazzanistraat 4) [ Roze Film Dagen – Pink Film Days 2010 ]
|  27 February 2010
Black Party: with guest DJ Peter Rauhofer (Work!, New York) and Benjamin Aillery.
23:00 – 06:00 @ Lexion Venue (Amsterdam-Westzaan, Overtoom 65-67) [ Black Party ]
|  19 February 2010
ES Collection: grand opening of the Amsterdam store of the fashionable Spanish underwear and swimwear label ES @ Zeedijk 61 [ ES Collection ]
|  31 December 2009
Rapido – New Year’s party: with DJ Pagano, Edson Pride et al. Tickets from 45 €. 20:00 – 05:00 @ Amsterdam Marcanti (Jan van Galenstraat 6-10) [ Rapido – New Year’s party ]

Video: Rapido Party March 2007 [open video][close video]

|  31 December 2009
Angel Cruise: New Year’s party from 21:00 till 04:00 aboard the ›Pure-Liner‹
|  19  –  20 December 2009
Pink Christmas Market: with food and drinks, performances and shows.
13:00 – 20:00 @ Reguliersdwarsstraat [ Pink Christmas Market ]
|  1 December 2009
Lovedance: benefit party for the Dutch Aids Fonds.
@ Paradiso (Weteringschans 6-8) [ Lovedance ]
|  14 November 2009
Wasteland: large annual kinky fetish party with extravagant shows. Straight party, but gay fetishists are welcome. Strict dresscode! 22:00 – 06:00, 48 €
@ Northsea (Amsterdam-Zaandam, Hemkade 48) [ Wasteland ]

Trailer [open video][close video]

|  7 November 2009
DOK – Grand Opening: revival of the D.O.K. (›De Odeon Kelder‹, english ›the cellar of the Odeon‹) parties which probably were the largest gay parties in Europe when they started in the early 1950s.
22:00 – 05:00, 10 € (free before 24:00) @ Odeon (Singel 460) [ DOK – Grand Opening ]
|  6 November 2009
Love Train: new disco event with a mix of 70s, 80s, 90s and R&B music.
23:00 – 05:00, 15 € @ Escape deLux (Rembrandtplein 11, via Café de Kroon) [ Love Train ]
|  28 October  –  1 November 2009
LeatherPride Amsterdam 2009 – Get Ruff: 5 days with 30 kinky events full of leather, rubber, uniforms, sportswear, breeches and other fetishes.
|  31 October 2009
Ruff! The Party: main party of the LeatherPride weekend. Strict dresscode!
Presale tickets 35 € (incl. shuttle bus from Amsterdam city centre).
23:00 – 06:00 @ Lexion Venue (Amsterdam-Westzaan, Overtoom 65-67) [ Ruff! The Party ]
|  25 October 2009
5 years Rapido: anniversary party with DJ Ana Paula, Dikky Vendetta, Giangi Cappai, Fabio White, Pagano et al.
15:00 – 02:00 @ Paradiso (Weteringschans 6-8) [ 5 years Rapido ]

Video: Rapido 5 years birthday party October 2009 [open video][close video]

|  24 October 2009
FRESH party: Winter Edition with DJ Fabio White and Max Morel.
23:00 – 05:00 @ Akhnaton (Nieuwezijds Kolk 25) [ FRESH party ]

Video: Offer Nissim at FRESH party – Amsterdam Gay Pride edition [open video][close video]

|  31 July  –  2 August 2009
Amsterdam Gay Pride 2009: Canal Parade with more than 50 boats along Amstel and Prinsengracht on Saturday afternoon.
-›  Gay Hotels in Amsterdam
|  1 August 2009
White Party Amsterdam: 22:00 – 06:00 @ The Powerzone (Spaklerweg) [ White Party Amsterdam ]
|  31 July 2009
Reflexxx Party – Gay Pride Edition: happy vocal power house with DJ Manny Lehman. 23:00 – 05:00, approx. 20 € @ Melkweg (Lijnbaansgracht 234) [ Reflexxx Party – Gay Pride Edition ]

Video: Reflexxx Party @ Amsterdam Gay Pride 2009 [open video][close video]

|  20 June 2009
Hot Summer Sailor Party: by Rapido and Atlantis Events.
22:00 – 05:00 @ Amsterdam Marcanti (Jan van Galenstraat 6-10) [ Hot Summer Sailor Party ]

Video: Sailor Party June 2009 [open video][close video]

|  12  –  20 December 2008
Pink Film Days 2008 (Roze Film Dagen): 12th Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Film Festival with over 100 films from more than 30 countries.
At the Cinema de Balie, the Public Library (OBA), the Filmhuis Cavia and the Filmtheater de Uitkijk.
|  1 November 2008
n8 – Amsterdam’s Long Night of Museums: From 19:00 till 02:00, approx. 40 museums and institutions open their doors again and organize special events. Although the event focuses on a Dutch audience, there is plenty to see and do for non-Dutch speakers, too.
-›  Concept and background of the Long Night of Museums
|  31 October  –  1 November 2008
Leather Pride and Playgrounds 2008: Amsterdam’s Leather Pride weekend in 2008 will be held during the first weekend of November.
›Playgrounds‹, the big strict leather & rubber fetish party, will take place on Saturday, 1st of November. Ticket presale 35–39 €, door 42 €
|  30 July 2008
Be a good boy: and go to Church!
The new cruising club ›Church‹ will open its holy spaces end of July for all men who want to worship the male body. The place (Kerkstraat 52) is already well-known from the popular (z)onderbroek and Ladz parties.
|  13 October  –  5 May 2008
Art Nouveau exhibition: This exhibition presents the Art Nouveau collection in the Hermitage in St Petersburg. Amongst the major works are the gifts to the last Russian tsars made by French diplomats in their search for allies against Germany at the end of the 19th century. Daily 10:00 – 17:00 @ Hermitage Amsterdam.
-›  www.hermitage.nl
|  21 March 2008
Cruise Control –  queerparty électronique: The queer party import from Utrecht in Amsterdam @ Vrankrijk (Spuistraat 216) [ Cruise Control –  queerparty électronique ]
|  21 September  –  20 January 2008
›Barcelona 1900‹ exhibition: ›This exhibition celebrates the astonishing transformation of this vibrant city between 1880 and 1909. In this period Barcelona underwent an impressive architectural development and flourished socially and artistically. All the leading artists of that period – Pablo Picasso, Isidre Nonell, Santiago Rusiñol, Alexandre de Riquer and Ramon Casas – as well as the architects Antoni Gaudí, Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, whose legacy is still so powerful, are represented.‹
@ Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam [ ›Barcelona 1900‹ exhibition ]
-›  www.vangoghmuseum.nl
|  12 October  –  13 January 2008
Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms: exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
-›  www.stedelijk.nl