Every year on Liberation Day, the Anton de Komplein becomes something worth seeing. Local artists, a freedom market run by Zuidoost entrepreneurs, live music, workshops, and food — all in the open air. The kind of celebration that belongs to the neighbourhood rather than the city centre.
Location: Anton de Komplein
Free entry | 14:00 – 21:00
More info: https://www.zoisvrijfestival.nl/
Five kilometres, ten kilometres or a half marathon through the streets of Zuidoost. The Bijlmer Run started small and has grown into one of the most community-driven running events in Amsterdam. New routes this year, more music along the way.
Location: Bijlmer Amsterdam
Distances: 5km / 10km / Half Marathon
More information: https://www.bijlmerrun.nl/
A theatre and music production about women’s stories, with a full programme around it: a book market, a Nani-café, a workshop on female leadership, and Hindostaans-Surinamese snacks before the show. The kind of evening that doesn’t fit neatly into one category.
Location: Bijlmer Parktheater
Saturday starts at 20:00 | Sunday starts at 15:00
More info: https://www.bijlmerparktheater.nl/agenda/herstories
Kaseko is the sound that came out of Suriname and never really left. Clifton Braam brings it live to the Bijlmer Parktheater. Very danceable, layered, and completely its own thing.
Location: Bijlmer Parktheater
Thursday 15:00 – 17:00 | Friday 20:00 – 23:00
More info: https://www.bijlmerparktheater.nl/agenda/kaseko-in-concert
Kwaku started in 1975 as a football tournament for kids in the Bijlmer who couldn’t go on holiday. Fifty years later it draws 300,000 people over four weekends. Music, food from every corner of the diaspora, sports, debates, and a Pink Sunday that’s become one of Amsterdam’s best-known queer celebrations.
Confirmed concerts:
En Vogue (17 July)
Broederliefde (24 July)
Kassav’ (31 July)
Location: Nelson Mandelapark, Amsterdam Zuidoost
More info: https://kwakufestival.nl/
July 1st marks the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the Dutch Antilles. Zuidoost Beseft is the local celebration — music, art, a cultural market, and space to sit with what that history actually means.
Location: Station Bijlmer Arena
More info: www.zuidoostbeseft.nl/
*You will receive a confirmation email with full details. Cancellations are refundable up to 48 hours before the tour.*
