Every upcoming event ·
Afro agenda month by month
Every upcoming Afro event in the Netherlands, month by month: parties, carnival, festivals, concerts and theatre.
- 154events
- 2from 2026
- 39cities with events
November 2026
- Sun 15 Nov AFRICA IS THE PRESENTNDSM Fuse · AmsterdamFreeTickets
- Sun 15 Nov 10:00Another IslandNieuwe Instituut · RotterdamFreeTickets
- Sun 15 Nov 10:00Exhibition AfrikaWereldmuseum Leiden · LeidenFreeTickets
- Sun 15 Nov 13:00Identity in ColourMuseum Bussemakerhuis · BorneFreeTickets
- Sun 15 Nov 14:00POINT BLANK PERIODSUBCULT · AmsterdamFreeTickets
- Sun 15 Nov 16:30The Invisible Woman: An Immersive Opera in the MakingNationale Opera & Ballet · Amsterdam€5.50Tickets
- Sun 15 Nov 20:00Sign This | afrogrooves presentsCinetol · AmsterdamTickets
Parties - Sun 15 Nov 20:30Trio da KaliGrounds · Rotterdam€11.25 – €22.50Tickets
Concerts - Sun 15 Nov 22:00Daddy Mistic Gambia Reggae VibesKashmir Lounge · AmsterdamTickets
Parties - Mon 16 Nov 20:15Soweto Gospel ChoirMuziekgebouw Eindhoven · Eindhoven€33.50 – €43.50Tickets
Concerts - Tue 17 Nov 20:00KokorokoSPOT/De Oosterpoort · Groningen€32.50Tickets
Parties - Wed 18 Nov 20:00Blackout Listening: Exploring the music of CongoDe Nieuwe Anita · AmsterdamTickets
Concerts - Wed 18 Nov 20:30Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille BrottoTivoliVredenburg · Utrecht€27.50Tickets
Concerts - Wed 18 Nov 00:00Lé Soirrée Kizomba social loungeOliviera Bar Restaurant · RotterdamTickets
Parties - Thu 19 Nov 15:00Memories of Diana Ferrus – Memorial GatheringZuid-Afrikahuis · AmsterdamTickets
- Thu 19 Nov 18:00Orguyo di korsouNow’s The Time · AlmereFreeTickets
- Thu 19 Nov 20:00Soweto Gospel Choir | Musis, ArnhemArnhemTickets
Concerts - Fri 20 Nov 20:00African Diaspora Performing Arts Festival 2026 — UntoldBijlmer Parktheater · Amsterdam€21Tickets
Dance & music - Fri 20 Nov 23:00Aunty RayzorDe Beatriks · LeeuwardenTickets
Parties - Sat 21 Nov Izaline CalisterMIMIK · DeventerTickets
- Sat 21 Nov Kayente x CaribangBird-Rotterdam · RotterdamTickets Parties
- Sat 21 Nov 19:30Welcome to my dreamFelix Meritis · Amsterdam€15Tickets
- Sat 21 Nov 20:00Bao Sissoko & AfrogroovesTeatro Munganga · Amsterdam€17.50Tickets
Concerts - Sat 21 Nov 20:30KD SoundsystemMelkweg · Amsterdam€22.45Tickets
Parties - Sat 21 Nov 23:00MARRA & FriendsThe Grit · RotterdamTickets Parties
- Sat 21 Nov 23:30Mama AfricaEffenaar · Eindhoven€12Tickets
Parties - Sat 21 Nov 23:59BackyardLuxor Live · Arnhem€15 – €25Tickets
Parties - Sun 22 Nov Kora Muziek from Senegal by Bao Sissoko & Ibou NdongueTeatro Munganga · Amsterdam€11Tickets
Concerts - Sun 22 Nov TAYC JOŸA TourAFAS Live · Amsterdam€59.90Tickets
Parties - Sun 22 Nov 20:00JEMBAA GROOVEPAARD · Den Haag€27.50Tickets
Parties - Tue 24 Nov 20:00Soweto Gospel Choir - JOYHaarlemTickets
Concerts - Tue 24 Nov 20:00Soweto Gospel Choir in HaarlemPHIL Haarlem · HaarlemTickets
Concerts - Wed 25 Nov Mi Na Mi - Andre van FridericiGalerie NOIR NOIR · RotterdamFreeTickets
- Thu 26 Nov 19:30Rituals of Resistance: Bodies in RevoltPakhuis de Zwijger · AmsterdamTickets
- Thu 26 Nov 20:30Tula.Verse II: SœuritéPodium Mozaïek · Amsterdam€10.50 – €21Tickets
Theatre - Fri 27 Nov KULTURE RITUALSBird-Rotterdam · RotterdamTickets Parties
- Fri 27 Nov 19:45ETANA and Jahvolution | P60AmstelveenTickets
Parties - Fri 27 Nov 20:00Hoge Ogen: SURVIVOR'S ATTITUDE — Wantee Teelapa and ShishaniBijlmer Parktheater · Amsterdam€13.50Tickets
Concerts - Fri 27 Nov 20:30Fatoumata Diawara + Carolina MamaParadiso · Amsterdam€45.40Tickets
Concerts - Fri 27 Nov 21:00ETANA & JahvolutionP60 · Amstelveen€31 – €32Tickets
Parties - Fri 27 Nov 23:00AfroVisionToffler · Rotterdam€12.50Tickets
Parties - Fri 27 Nov 23:00Pull Up Bashment PartyLounge Club Laxx · RotterdamTickets
Parties - Sat 28 Nov Issalini in concertBird-Rotterdam · RotterdamTickets Parties
- Fri 27 Nov 00:00Lecture Dutch Caribbean Book ClubTheater de Vaillant · Den Haag€10.59Tickets
- Sat 28 Nov 15:00Free Your Mind: Influence of Racism on Spirituality and ReligionStadkamer (Centrum) · ZwolleTickets
- Sat 28 Nov 18:30Sat 28 Nov: Levi Silvanie (Curaçao/Rotterdam) returns to Belvédère’s musical VolkskeukenVerhalenhuis Belvédère · Rotterdam€27.50Tickets
Concerts - Sat 28 Nov 18:45Speak Out Fashion Show | Africa in Segbroek!Dienstencentrum Copernicus · Den Haag€8.70 – €14.30Tickets
- Sat 28 Nov 19:30African Diaspora Performing Arts Festival (ADPAF) 2026Theater Zuidplein · Rotterdam€22Tickets
Concerts - Sat 28 Nov 20:00Delft Zouk Night 28/11Dansschool Wesseling · Delft€12.50 – €15Tickets
Parties - Sat 28 Nov 20:00Dub HubMuziekgieterij · MaastrichtFreeTickets
Parties - Sat 28 Nov 20:00TWC BOHEMIAN EDITIONThe Boathouse Kralingen · RotterdamTickets
Parties - Sat 28 Nov 20:15Rum and Cola, the forgotten front in De WestTheater Dakota · Den Haag€22Tickets
Caribbean parties - Sat 28 Nov 20:30KENKI KRIN KRINTheater Ins Blau · Leiden€12.50 – €16.50Tickets
Theatre - Sat 28 Nov 20:30PongoTolhuistuin · AmsterdamTickets
Parties - Sat 28 Nov 21:00Nos Ku NosAnnabel · Rotterdam€26.50Tickets
Parties - Sat 28 Nov 21:15Sankofa NightThe African Granary · Den Haag€16.92Tickets
Parties - Sat 28 Nov 22:00Ronis GoliathParadiso · Amsterdam€19.20Tickets
Parties - Sat 28 Nov 23:55Soul State Africa presents: AMAPIANO RAWGIGANT · Apeldoorn€17.99Tickets
Parties - Sat 28 Nov 23:59Afro FestParadiso · AmsterdamTickets
Parties - Sun 29 Nov 14:30Groove Beest Family Concert: Kay SliceBIMHUIS · Amsterdam€17Tickets
Concerts - Sun 29 Nov 15:00D AMSTERDAM COOLDOWN - SEXY IN BLACKDe Ruijterkade 14 (BEHIND AMSTERDAM CENTRAL STATION) · Amsterdam€27.41 – €43.13Tickets
Parties - Sun 29 Nov 15:30EtanaIduna · Drachten€30 – €34Tickets
Caribbean parties - Sun 29 Nov 16:00Coco Bongo Club – Goes CaribbeanJoseph Wresinski Cultuur Stichting · ZwolleFreeTickets
Parties
- Sun 15 Nov AFRICA IS THE PRESENTNDSM Fuse · AmsterdamFreeTickets
December 2026
- Thu 3 Dec 12:30Brain Bites: Blackface on the Dutch stageVOX-POP · AmsterdamFreeTickets
- Thu 3 Dec 20:30Vaderziel AlleenKunstlinie · Almere€19.50Tickets
Theatre - Fri 4 Dec Kizomba Lounge PartyKizomba Lounge · RotterdamTickets Parties
- Fri 4 Dec Senegal Music evening by Azubike & Ibou Ndongue feat. Pape KoraTeatro Munganga · Amsterdam€17.50Tickets Concerts
- Fri 4 Dec 20:30Joël DomingosParadiso · Amsterdam€23.20Tickets
Concerts - Fri 4 Dec 23:00GYAL A BUBBLEEighty One · EindhovenTickets
Parties - Fri 4 Dec 23:30AfroVibz (XMas) EditionMuziekgieterij · MaastrichtTickets
Parties - Fri 4 Dec 00:00Antillean Christmas MarketDe Broodfabriek B.V. · Rijswijk€20Tickets
Festivals - Sat 5 Dec BIOTA - The Last Dance of 2026Bird-Rotterdam · RotterdamTickets Parties
- Sat 5 Dec 12:00Antillean Christmas MarketRijswijk€15Tickets
Festivals - Sat 5 Dec 19:00Honoring Mother Nature "GAYA" 6th edition Miss Curaçao-Holland 2027Theater Zuidplein · RotterdamTickets
- Sat 5 Dec 23:00Detty DecemberAnnabel · Rotterdam€26.50Tickets
Parties - Sat 5 Dec 23:00Yumala Rotterdam – Danni GatoAnnabel · Rotterdam€26.50Tickets
Parties - Sun 6 Dec 11:00AFROLA!de Doelen · Rotterdam€33Tickets
Festivals - Sun 6 Dec 16:00African Living Room SessionsAmare · Den Haag€15Tickets
Concerts - Wed 9 Dec 20:00Ladysmith Black Mambazo - South African gospelPHIL Haarlem · Haarlem€26.50 – €39Tickets
Concerts - Fri 11 Dec 20:00SALTY presents: Release Party YengiKunstlinie · Almere€5Tickets
Concerts - Fri 11 Dec 21:30A Night w/ KAYENTEOASE · Rotterdam€10Tickets
Parties - Sat 12 Dec 12:00AFRICAN CHIRSTMAS MARKET 2026Amare · Den HaagFreeTickets
Festivals - Sat 12 Dec 12:00African Christmas MarketAmare · Den HaagTickets
Festivals - Sat 12 Dec 23:00Chã De IgrejaClub Uniek · RotterdamTickets Parties
- Sat 12 Dec 23:00Toxic TraitGIGANT · Apeldoorn€17Tickets
Parties - Sat 12 Dec 23:30Lagos in NLEKKO · Utrecht€9Tickets
Parties - Sun 20 Dec 16:00Kebra Ethiopia Sound System on Covenant SoundGarage Noord · AmsterdamTickets
Caribbean parties - Thu 31 Dec 20:00Afro Caribbean Cruise | Amsterdam | New Year's Eve Fireworks SpecialDe Ruijterkade · AmsterdamTickets
Parties - Thu 31 Dec 21:00Reggae Brunch presents - NYE 2026 AMSTERDAM - Thu 31st DecAmsterdam€33.17 – €54.49Tickets
Parties
- Thu 3 Dec 12:30Brain Bites: Blackface on the Dutch stageVOX-POP · AmsterdamFreeTickets
January 2027
- Fri 8 Jan 20:30Na RuinasPodium Mozaïek · Amsterdam€16 – €21Tickets
Concerts - Sat 9 Jan 21:00NORRIS MAN | STRAWL | DJ HIGHTOWER: EXTERNAL TICKET LINK, SEE INFOCafé Bosch · ArnhemTickets
Parties - Wed 20 Jan 20:30Wina RicardoCool kunst en cultuur · Heerhugowaard€18.50 – €21Tickets
- Thu 21 Jan 19:00Ayra StarrMelkweg · Amsterdam€46Tickets
Concerts - Fri 22 Jan 19:00Cavolo Nero + Luna MakiNobel · Leiden€15Tickets
Parties - Fri 22 Jan 23:00Vibes Night UtrechtClub Maggy · Utrecht€17.50Tickets
Parties - Sun 24 Jan 15:00Bon Dia in the Jungle (4+) - Izaline Calister & Thijs Borsten with swinging animal songsPHIL Haarlem · Haarlem€0 – €23.50Tickets
- Sat 30 Jan 23:00BlendsworldMelkweg · Amsterdam€34.50 – €57.50Tickets
Parties - Sun 31 Jan 16:00MINYESHU – World Music from EthiopiaThiemeloods · Nijmegen€18.29Tickets
Concerts
- Fri 8 Jan 20:30Na RuinasPodium Mozaïek · Amsterdam€16 – €21Tickets
February 2027
- Sat 6 Feb CaboCubaJazzMuziekpodium DJS · DordrechtTickets
Concerts - Sat 6 Feb Musicians Paradise Presents • South African LegacyZOJazz Stage · AmsterdamTickets Concerts
- Sat 6 Feb 20:10Caribbean CarnavalVan der Valk Hotel Avifauna · Alphen aan den RijnTickets
Caribbean parties - Sat 6 Feb 22:30LUX: CARIBBEAN CARNAVALHedon · ZwolleTickets
Parties - Sun 7 Feb 15:00KOLÓ - DrumDrumDrum (6+)Theater de Stoomfabriek · Dalfsen€13Tickets
Caribbean parties - Sun 7 Feb 16:00African Queen of BassTheater Peeriscoop · Gorinchem€19.50Tickets
Concerts - Sun 7 Feb 16:00Bon dia in de jungle (4+) — Izaline Calister & Thijs BorstenSinger Laren · Laren€16.50Tickets
- Fri 12 Feb 20:30Fulu MizikiTolhuistuin · AmsterdamTickets
Parties - Sat 13 Feb 20:30WIENAAMIKStadsschouwburg Utrecht · Utrecht€15 – €21Tickets
Theatre - Mon 15 Feb 20:30Sampa The GreatTolhuistuin · Amsterdam€30.80Tickets
Parties - Thu 18 Feb Wax-prints WorldwideWereldmuseum Leiden · LeidenTickets
- Sat 20 Feb Ezra CollectiveAFAS Live · Amsterdam€43.76Tickets
Concerts - Wed 24 Feb 15:00Anochi / 4+Maaspodium · RotterdamTickets
Theatre - Wed 24 Feb 19:45Nubiyan TwistLuxor Live · Arnhem€22.50Tickets
Parties - Fri 26 Feb 21:00Rim Akandoh Jnr. & AmamereGrounds · Rotterdam€15 – €20Tickets
Parties - Sun 28 Feb Seun Kuti & Egypt 80TivoliVredenburg · UtrechtTickets Parties
- Sat 6 Feb CaboCubaJazzMuziekpodium DJS · DordrechtTickets
March 2027
- Thu 4 Mar 19:11Twee Keer Kijken: Ode to Caribbean CarnivalHet Noordbrabants Museum · 's-Hertogenbosch€5Tickets
- Sat 6 Mar Angélique Kidjo & Metropole OrkestTivoliVredenburg · UtrechtTickets Concerts
- Sat 6 Mar 20:00Ghana 70 | Highlife 100 – Celebrating IndependenceInternationaal Theater Amsterdam · Amsterdam€10 – €42Tickets
Parties - Sun 14 Mar 15:00KOLOCasa Cadanza · Berkel en Rodenrijs€10Tickets
Concerts - Sun 21 Mar 16:00Compagnie par Terre / Anne Nguyen (FR)Theater Kerkrade · Kerkrade€15 – €28.50Tickets
Theatre
- Thu 4 Mar 19:11Twee Keer Kijken: Ode to Caribbean CarnivalHet Noordbrabants Museum · 's-Hertogenbosch€5Tickets
April 2027
- Sun 4 Apr West Coast Big Band ft. Tutu PuoaneTivoliVredenburg · UtrechtTickets Concerts
- Sun 4 Apr 14:30Joël Domingos & Metropole OrkestMuziekgebouw Eindhoven · Eindhoven€25Tickets
- Wed 7 Apr 20:00BLAUWZWARTPodium Hoge Woerd · De Meern€10.50 – €21Tickets
- Thu 8 Apr 20:30Eric Vloeimans - Eric Vloeimans' Pico BelloTheater Castellum · Alphen aan den Rijn€24.50Tickets
- Sat 10 Apr 18:00Shirma's Soulkitchen - Caribbean eveningVan der Valk Hotel Groningen - Hoogkerk · Eelderwolde€87.50Tickets
Concerts - Sun 11 Apr 14:30Groove Beest Family Concert: Chatlein I su ZumbiBIMHUIS · Amsterdam€17Tickets
Caribbean parties - Thu 15 Apr 20:30Bassekou Kouyaté & Amy SackoLantarenVenster · Rotterdam€25Tickets
Concerts - Fri 16 Apr 20:00African Night with La Chaleur (Ap Artevents)Theater Landgraaf · Landgraaf€17.50Tickets
Parties - Sun 18 Apr 14:30Metropole Orkest family concert with Joël Domingos (8+)TivoliVredenburg · Utrecht€13Tickets
- Sun 18 Apr 19:00Ibibio Sound MachineParadiso · Amsterdam€21.20Tickets
Parties - Wed 21 Apr 20:30Kin'Gongolo KiniataTolhuistuin · Amsterdam€26.70Tickets
Parties - Sat 24 Apr 20:30Roël Calister EnsembleWillem Twee toonzaal · 's-Hertogenbosch€23Tickets
Concerts - Thu 29 Apr 14:30Djumbala!Theater De Krakeling · Amsterdam€1 – €18.50Tickets
Concerts
- Sun 4 Apr West Coast Big Band ft. Tutu PuoaneTivoliVredenburg · UtrechtTickets
May 2027
June 2027
July 2027
- Thu 1 Jul 19:30Babs' Keti Koti SalonDe Kleine Komedie · Amsterdam€14 – €26Tickets
- Sun 25 Jul Caribbean clubNightWijck Groningen · GroningenTickets Parties
- Fri 30 Jul 12:00Rotterdam Unlimited ZomercarnavalRotterdamTickets
- Fri 30 Jul 17:00AFRICA FASHION WEEK DEN HAAGVan der Valk Hotel Den Haag - Wassenaar · Wassenaar€32.19 – €1,560.99Tickets
- Thu 1 Jul 19:30Babs' Keti Koti SalonDe Kleine Komedie · Amsterdam€14 – €26Tickets
August 2027
September 2027
Festivals, carnival and nights
A 2026 date is last year's edition: check the organiser's site for the 2027 date.
- Thu 12 Nov FlavourKizz FestivalEvent Center Fokker · HoofddorpA kizomba festival in Hoofddorp, with early-bird tickets for the 2027 edition already on sale and no 2027 date yet. Prices and the programme are in the organiser's ticket shop.More info Dance festival
- Sat 21 Nov Afrikadag · Pakhuis de ZwijgerPakhuis de Zwijger · AmsterdamA day of talks and sessions about Africa and cooperation with the continent, which the organiser says has run for 30 years, with the programme online since 23 October. Tickets are sold through the organiser's page; the price is in the ticket shop.More info Festival
- Fri 26 Feb CloudKiz WeekenderPerformance Studio · EnschedeAn Urban Kiz weekend in Enschede with workshops, teacher collaborations and parties, with the programme and artists on the organiser's page. Tickets and prices are in its ticket shop.More info Dance festival
- Fri 26 Mar ILKSF RotterdamRotterdamThe Rotterdam weekend of the I Love Kizomba Sensual Festival, on the organiser's tour dates. Venue and prices are not on that page.More info Dance festival
- Sun 18 Jul Zomercarnaval · Royalty ElectionRotterdamThe election of the king and queen who open the street parade. The date is on the organiser's programme; venue and time are not announced yet.More info
Carnival - Sun 25 Jul Zomercarnaval · KindercarnavalRotterdamThe children's carnival of the Zomercarnaval, a week before the street parade. The date is on the organiser's programme; the details follow.More info Carnival
- Fri 30 Jul Zomercarnaval · Battle of DrumsCoolsingel · RotterdamBrass bands march on three routes through the centre to the Coolsingel, where each plays a final show in front of the city hall. The date is on the organiser's programme; the time is not announced yet.More info Carnival
- Sat 31 Jul Zomercarnaval · MercadoCoolsingel · RotterdamThe Caribbean market of the Zomercarnaval on the Coolsingel, on parade day. The date is on the organiser's programme; the time is not announced and stall registration has not opened.More info Festival
- Sat 31 Jul Zomercarnaval · StraatparadeBlaak en centrum · RotterdamThe Rotterdam Unlimited Zomercarnaval street parade: dance groups, music floats and drum bands on a 5 km route from the Blaak through the city centre, on the last Saturday of July. The organiser has announced the date and will add details later; it states no ticket price.More info Carnival
- Mon 2 Aug I Love Kizomba Sensual FestivalNovotel Amsterdam Schiphol Airport · HoofddorpThe 12th edition, with a Latin-Afro Village theme: five dance rooms, one of them for kizomba and semba. The hotel asks for a stay of at least three nights; tickets are in the organiser's shop.More info Dance festival
- Thu 1 Oct 2026Afrovibes FestivalAmsterdam2026 dateContemporary African theatre, dance and music in Amsterdam, with a festival programme from 1 to 4 October 2026 in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. This is the 2026 edition; no 2027 date is announced.More info Festival
- Thu 1 Oct 2026Black Achievement MonthAmsterdam2026 dateThe month of October with events on Black achievement in Amsterdam and other cities, with an awards gala on 30 October 2026. This is the 2026 edition; no 2027 programme is announced.More info Festival
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Questions
How far ahead does the Afro agenda go?
A year ahead. Events are added as organisers announce them, and the list is checked every day. Courses, private events, restaurants and shops are left out.
