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Pasar malam 2027

Saturday 6 March. Indisch fairs from Rijswijk to Haarlemmermeer, with stalls, music, dance and food.

114 days to go

All 9 pasar malams

Coming up

Pasar malams, concerts, comedy, gamelan nights, theatre and talks in the next weeks.

The whole agenda

Find your night

Every kind of Indonesian night out, from the pasar malam to the comedy show.

Festival year

When the big days are, from the pasar malam season to 15 August, and when to start looking for tickets.

  1. 6 Mar – 3 Oct 2027Pasar malam seasonThe Indisch night market from Rijswijk in March to Haarlemmermeer in October
  2. 25 – 28 Mar 2027Pasar Malam Istimewa XLFour halls of stalls, stages and food in Rotterdam Ahoy
  3. 6 – 17 May 2027Pasar IndonesiaTwo long weekends of stalls from Indonesia in Rijswijk
  4. 3 Jul 2027Sama Sama MalukuThe big Moluccan festival on the Zegerplas
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Cities

Indonesian events in 42 cities, with a lamp on the map for the biggest.

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Questions

When is the pasar malam in 2027?

There is no single pasar malam but a season. In 2027 it starts with Pasar Malam Rijswijk on 6 and 7 March, brings the XL edition to Rotterdam Ahoy from 25 to 28 March, runs through Den Bosch, Rijswijk, Zeist, Steenwijk, Dordrecht and Leeuwarden and ends at Expo Greater Amsterdam in Haarlemmermeer from 1 to 3 October. The list shows every date, with the venue.

When is the 15 August commemoration?

The national commemoration, at the Indisch Monument in The Hague, is every year on 15 August, the day Japan capitulated in 1945. Remembrance of the victims of the war and the occupation of the Dutch East Indies is its heart, and the pasars and festivals of that weekend sit beside it. The full answer is in the 15 August guide.

Is this only for Indonesians and Indo-Dutch people?

No. Everyone is welcome: these are public pasar malams, festivals, concerts, comedy shows, talks and dinners related to Indonesia and its peoples, in Dutch, Indonesian, English and other languages. We leave out private parties, courses, church services and restaurant menus.

What do Indisch, Indo and Moluccan mean?

Indisch is the Dutch word for the culture of the former Dutch East Indies and of the families who came from there; an Indo is a Dutch person of mixed Indonesian and European descent. Moluccans come from the Maluku islands and form their own community in the Netherlands, with their own days such as 25 April. All of them, and Indonesians in the Netherlands, are in this guide.

Is this about India?

No. "Indisch" refers to the former Dutch East Indies, today Indonesia, not to India. For Indian events, see Evenitto's Indian guide.