Amsterdam Dance Event – ADE 2021: the biggest festival & conference in the world for electronic music. With debates, talks and many events in big and small clubs all over Amsterdam, incl. various gay venues and queer parties.

-› amsterdam-dance-event.nl

| 6 November 2021

Museum Night Amsterdam: From 19:00 till 24:00, about 50 museums and institutions open their doors again for one night and organize special events.
Although the event focuses on a Dutch audience, there is plenty to see and do for non-Dutch speakers, too.
Tickets: approx. 22 €

-› museumnacht.amsterdam

-› facebook.com/museumnacht.amsterdam

| 10 – 20 March 2022

Roze Filmdagen – Pink Film Days 2022: 25th annual international LGBTQ film festival.
@ Ketelhuis (Westergasfabriek, Pazzanistraat 4)

-› facebook.com/rozefilmdagen

| 27 April 2022

Koningsdag 2022: The King's Day (›Koningsdag‹) on April 27 is a national holiday in the Netherlands and a huge open air event with one to two million visitors in Amsterdam and lots of parties in bars and clubs in the nights around King's Day.

| 30 July – 7 August 2022

Amsterdam Gay Pride 2022: Main event is the famous Canal Parade with 80 boats floating through the canals of Amsterdam on Saturday afternoon, 6 August, 12:30 – 18:00.
@ Oosterdok > Nieuwe Herengracht > Amstel > Prinsengracht > Westerdok

-› pride.amsterdam

-› facebook.com/prideamsterdam

Accommodation Tip

Amistad Hotel

Hotel, gay-friendly. **, 50–200 €

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Small gay-oriented hotel in the historic center of Amsterdam.
Very clean and recently renovated and modernized in 2018.
Fabulous breakfast till 12:00.

@ Kerkstraat 42
Amsterdam 1017 GM

Tram: Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht

About Amsterdam and its gay life

Amsterdam had been a powerful city of maritime trade fame for many centuries. In the second half of the 20th century it was considered the gay capital of Europe, due to the beauty of the city and due to the city's liberal atmosphere which was far ahead of most other European cities and countries at that time.

As our Amsterdam Gay Maps show, there are several gay areas in Amsterdam, all of them not really far from each other. First of all you got the street with the unpronounceable name, Reguliersdwarsstraat, which is rather mainstream and quite busy at the weekend. Nearby are the Amstel street and Kerkstraat. And finally there are Warmoesstraat and Zeedijk in the very center of Amsterdam.

As you can see on our Clubs & Parties page there aren't many regular gay clubs and parties left in Amsterdam nowadays. The most popular and crowded parties are those which happen monthly or every few months. So, if you like dancefloors with hundreds of half-naked sweating guys, check for the next dates of those irregular parties.

Annual highlights and queer events in Amsterdam are the LGBTQ film festival Roze Filmdagen in March, King's Day on the 27th (or 26th) of April, the Milkshake Festival in July and the Amsterdam Gay Pride with the canal parade in August.