A lit Ramadan lantern of pierced metal and coloured glass in the dark, throwing green and red light

Today in the Netherlands ·

Arabic & Moroccan events in the Netherlands

فعاليات عربية ومغربية في هولندا

This weekendCities

Coming up

Concerts, stand-up, oud and Gnawa nights, theatre and talks in the next weeks.

The whole agenda

Find your night

Every kind of Arab and Moroccan night out, from the oud to stand-up.

مواسم وأعياد

Festival year

When Ramadan, the Eids, Yennayer and the big festivals are, and when to start looking for tickets.

  1. 28 Oct – 7 Nov 2026Holland Gnawa FestivalGnawa masters from Morocco in The Hague: concerts, a parade and a royal night
  2. 29 Oct – 1 Nov 2026Maghreb Film FestivalShows independent films from North Africa in Haarlem and Amsterdam.
  3. 2 Nov 2026Palestine Cinema DaysPalestine Cinema Days Around the World is a one-day series of screenings of Palestinian films, run by Filmlab Palestine.
  4. 3 – 22 Nov 2026UD FestivalThree weeks of the oud in Amsterdam, from the Concertgebouw to the Meervaart
All holidays and festivals

المدن

Cities

Arabic and Moroccan events in 67 cities, with a lantern on the map for each of them.

All cities

أسئلة

Questions

When is Ramadan 2027 in the Netherlands?

Ramadan 2027 is expected to begin on Monday 8 February, with the first night prayer (taraweeh) on the evening of Sunday 7 February, and to end on Monday 8 March. Suikerfeest (Eid al-Fitr) follows on Tuesday 9 March and lasts three days, until Thursday 11 March; if Ramadan runs 30 days, everything moves a day later. Mosques set the exact days when the new moon is seen.

When is Yennayer, the Amazigh new year?

Yennayer, the Amazigh (Berber) new year, falls on 14 January 2027, the start of the year 2977, and is celebrated from the evening of the 13th; Morocco has made 14 January a public holiday and Algeria marks it on 12 January. In the Netherlands its concerts, dinners and festivals are held through January.

Is this only for Arabs and Moroccans?

No. Everyone is welcome: these are public concerts, stand-up shows, parties, festivals, talks and dinners related to the Arab world, Morocco and North Africa, in Arabic, Tamazight, Dutch or English. We leave out courses, language cafés, prayers and services, rallies and fundraisers, hammams and other wellness.