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Indonesian agenda month by month
Every upcoming event related to Indonesia and its peoples in the Netherlands, month by month: pasar malams, concerts, comedy, gamelan and kroncong, theatre, talks, food, Jalan Jalan, 15 August and Moluccan days.
- 95events
- 7from 2026
- 47cities with events
November 2026
- Thu 12 Nov Badhuis Expo ~ Flora SeniBadhuis Amsterdam · AmsterdamTickets
- Thu 12 Nov 11:00Toko Limburg. Indonesian and Moluccan food culture in motionLimburgs Museum · VenloFreeTickets
- Thu 12 Nov 18:30Interactive lecture: Will the real Moluccan stand up?Centrale Bibliotheek · Den HaagFreeTickets
- Thu 12 Nov 19:00Introduction to Kelapa MudaAgnietenhof · TielFreeTickets
- Thu 12 Nov 19:15BK Live – buitenkamperPanorama Restaurant De Blaauwe Kamer · Wageningen€27.50Tickets
Food - Thu 12 Nov 20:00Kelapa Muda — Children of the MoluccasAgnietenhof · Tiel€10Tickets
Theatre - Thu 12 Nov 20:30Pretty girlsLUX · Nijmegen€18 – €21Tickets
- Fri 13 Nov LAMATAKA’A | EXPANDED FREEDOMPakhuis de Zwijger · Amsterdam€16Tickets
- Fri 13 Nov 18:00Moluccan Dinner ConcertAmsterdam€85.80 – €135.80Tickets
- Fri 13 Nov 20:15Ricky Risolles — Not So Indiscreet...De Blauwe Kei · Veghel€27.50Tickets
Comedy - Fri 13 Nov 20:30Draagkrachtde Schuur · Haarlem€11 – €23.50Tickets
Theatre - Fri 13 Nov 22:00Raeh MuMaloe Melo · Amsterdam€5Tickets
Concert - Sat 14 Nov Indies Dance AfternoonDe Kentering · RosmalenTickets
- Sat 14 Nov 11:30Pelita DialoogtafelWereldmuseum Leiden · LeidenFreeTickets
- Sat 14 Nov 17:00Chinese DinnerDokkum EoTickets
Food - Sat 14 Nov 20:30Source of Your Own DownfallIn de Lugt · RotterdamTickets
- Sun 15 Nov 19:30Cerita KitaFelix Meritis · AmsterdamTickets
Concert - Wed 18 Nov 00:00Surinamese & Indian buffet (organisation: Wijkteam Zuid)ArnhemTickets
- Thu 19 Nov 15:00Wilma Scheffers presents 'Het gaat om de zaak van de Javaan'Boekhandel Donner · RotterdamFreeTickets
- Fri 20 Nov 20:00Voorwaarts | Esmay UsmanyStudio de Bakkerij · RotterdamTickets
- Sat 21 Nov Bitter and Sweet on the CanalHuis Willet-Holthuysen · Amsterdam€20Tickets
- Sat 21 Nov Musica Mundo SeriesDe Lieve Vrouw · AmersfoortTickets
Concert - Sat 21 Nov 13:30Dialogue 4: HealingTheaterhuis de Berenkuil · UtrechtFreeTickets
- Sat 21 Nov 20:00Boi Akih (MOL/ID)De Lieve Vrouw · Amersfoort€22.50Tickets
Concert - Sun 22 Nov 🎶 BERSAMA – Enjoying music & nostalgia together 🎶Hotel Den Helder · Den HelderTickets
Concert - Sun 22 Nov 12:00Silent Voices: Javanese Women in the Archives of the Doopsgezinde Zendings VereenigingDoopsgezind Amsterdam · AmsterdamTickets
- Sun 22 Nov 13:15Theatre performance "Langzaam wordt het lichter" - the fourth and final Indië pieceMuseum Sophiahof - from the Indies to today · Den HaagTickets
Theatre - Wed 25 Nov 20:00Indies EchoesTheater de Molen · Beuningen GldTickets
- Thu 26 Nov 18:30Indische avondde Houten Kaap · Ouddorp€47.50Tickets
Concert - Thu 26 Nov 19:30Memory and identity: 75 years of Moluccan history in the NetherlandsPodium Hoge Woerd · De Meern€7.50Tickets
- Fri 27 Nov 20:15Massada Unplugged at 'Sapa punja?'Stevenskerk · Nijmegen€25Tickets
- Sat 28 Nov 13:30Lecture Julia Jouwe: The Story of West-PapoeaZB Middelburg · MiddelburgFreeTickets
- Sat 28 Nov 14:00Community Talk with Renate Heru UtomoBibliotheek Scheveningen · Den HaagFreeTickets
- Sat 28 Nov 18:00Fiesta en Mesa: Indonesian ThemeDanscentrum van Hattem · Culemborg€28.50Tickets
Food - Sat 28 Nov 19:30Moluks in 2051Felix Meritis · AmsterdamTickets
- Sat 28 Nov 20:15DraagkrachtDen Haag€0 – €21.50Tickets
Theatre - Sun 29 Nov 15:00Kakek, Opa & INatlab · Eindhoven€9 – €15Tickets
- Sun 29 Nov 18:00BAKU DAPA presents: LEKRANSIRAde Gelderlandfabriek · Culemborg€10 – €20Tickets
Gamelan & kroncong - Mon 30 Nov 19:15Orange the World: Mama’ku + SudahFilmhuis De Zwarte Doos · Eindhoven€3 – €7.50Tickets
- Thu 12 Nov Badhuis Expo ~ Flora SeniBadhuis Amsterdam · AmsterdamTickets
December 2026
- Fri 4 Dec 14:30Lecture: Did Maria Dermoût write a Chinese novel?Bronbeek · ArnhemFreeTickets
- Fri 4 Dec 16:00Sacred places, living traditions. The interplay between textual, visual and performative cultures of South Indian templesKNAW · AmsterdamTickets
- Fri 4 Dec 20:00Dari Dalam Ke-Luar | From Inside to OutsidePodium Zuidhaege · Assen€27Tickets
Concert - Tue 8 Dec 20:30Nusantara BeatBird-Rotterdam · RotterdamTickets
Concert - Wed 9 Dec 19:00Theaterhart: Introduction Kelapa Muda — Joenoes Polnaija, Tara Hetharia, Jefta TanateOrpheus · Apeldoorn€5Tickets
Concert - Fri 11 Dec 13:30Time for Papoea TourWereldmuseum Leiden · LeidenTickets
- Fri 11 Dec 18:00Oemoemenoe: DIAM! - what silence carriesVleeshal · MiddelburgFreeTickets
- Sun 13 Dec 14:30Yvonne GroeneveldHet Werftheater · Utrecht€12.50 – €15Tickets
- Sun 13 Dec 15:00The New Diamonds — The Story of the Blue Diamonds Part 2Cultuurhuis De Klinker · Winschoten€27 – €29Tickets
- Thu 17 Dec 20:15Theatre performance: Pretty GirlsMuseum Sophiahof - from the Indies to today · Den Haag€22.50Tickets
- Sat 19 Dec 15:45The Body RemembersAltar Studio · Rotterdam€8.30Tickets
- Sun 27 Dec 19:30INDOROCK & MORE 2026 with MARLON PICHELPAARD · Den Haag€29.50Tickets
- Mon 28 Dec 11:00Harimau 3+ — Tg Sol Anak | Wondersteboven FestivalSchouwburg Odeon · Zwolle€12.50Tickets
- Tue 29 Dec 20:30Boi Akih Entangled & Voices of the MoluccasBIMHUIS · Amsterdam€18 – €21Tickets
Concert - Thu 31 Dec Maluku Queer & PrideWereldmuseum Leiden · LeidenTickets
- Fri 4 Dec 14:30Lecture: Did Maria Dermoût write a Chinese novel?Bronbeek · ArnhemFreeTickets
January 2027
- Fri 8 Jan 14:30The Indies writer Dé-lilah in JapanBronbeek · ArnhemFreeTickets
- Sat 9 Jan 21:00New Year's Ball | Typisch MoluksGIGANT · Apeldoorn€15Tickets
- Sun 10 Jan 19:00Indorock & More – Special Edition DordrechtBibelot · Dordrecht€20.06Tickets
- Thu 14 Jan 19:00Theatre Dinner Haagse SoesahGreens | restaurant, garden · Den Haag€62.50Tickets Concert
- Sun 17 Jan 14:00Ricky Risolles - Niet zo IndiscreetDeventer€27.50Tickets
- Thu 21 Jan 19:15Don't forget us, back to the MolukkenLumen · DelftTickets
- Sun 24 Jan 19:00Pandji Pragiwaksono WongsoyudoComedy Club Haug · Rotterdam€35.50Tickets
Comedy - Sun 31 Jan 16:00Ellen LaughsDe Toegift · Den Hoorn€20Tickets
- Fri 8 Jan 14:30The Indies writer Dé-lilah in JapanBronbeek · ArnhemFreeTickets
February 2027
- Sat 13 Feb 20:30The cat of usi LoesPodium Mozaïek · Amsterdam€20 – €25Tickets
Comedy - Tue 16 Feb 19:30Thee MarloesParadiso · AmsterdamTickets
Concert - Sun 21 Feb 14:00Ronnie Matitawaer and Jan van der Kuur on Independence, DecolonisationHistorisch Centrum Leeuwarden · LeeuwardenFreeTickets
- Sun 21 Feb 20:15The Cat of usi Loes — The Lucu FactoryIsala Theater · Capelle aan den IJssel€27.50Tickets
Comedy
- Sat 13 Feb 20:30The cat of usi LoesPodium Mozaïek · Amsterdam€20 – €25Tickets
March 2027
- Sat 6 Mar 15:00BONKARPodium Mozaïek · Amsterdam€26.50Tickets
Comedy - Fri 12 Mar 20:00The Lucu FactoryLindenberg Cultuurhuis · Nijmegen€21Tickets
Comedy - Sun 21 Mar 15:00Stamppot and papeda (6+)Plein Theater · Amsterdam€2.50 – €15Tickets
- Sat 27 Mar 15:30Sama Sama Maluku Live In Concert013 Poppodium · Tilburg€17.50 – €37.50Tickets
Concert
- Sat 6 Mar 15:00BONKARPodium Mozaïek · Amsterdam€26.50Tickets
April 2027
- Thu 1 Apr 20:30DJANGAN!Zaantheater · Zaandam€25Tickets
Theatre - Wed 14 Apr 20:15ISH Dance Collective — Djangan! (14+)De Blauwe Kei · Veghel€22.50Tickets
Theatre - Sat 17 Apr 20:30MassadaTheaterkerk Bemmel · Bemmel€20Tickets
- Fri 30 Apr 19:30Movies that matter: ‘De Indische tafel’Jachtlaankerk · ApeldoornTickets
- Thu 1 Apr 20:30DJANGAN!Zaantheater · Zaandam€25Tickets
May 2027
- Sun 2 May 16:00Vrienden van de Kamermuziek From Java to ParisDe Duif · Amsterdam€17.50 – €26Tickets
Gamelan & kroncong - Thu 6 May Pasar Malam Istimewa Den BoschBrabanthallen 's-Hertogenbosch · Den Bosch€8 – €12.50Tickets
Pasar malam - Wed 12 May 20:15VoorstellingenTheater ’t Mozaïek · Wijchen€25Tickets
Theatre - Thu 13 May 20:30ISH (14+)Schouwburg Het Park · Hoorn€22.50 – €24.50Tickets
Theatre - Thu 20 May 20:30Djangan! | Cheroney Pelupessy & ISH Dance — Dance on ThursdaySchouwburg Odeon · Zwolle€20 – €23Tickets
- Thu 27 May 20:15Djangan! - ISH Dance CollectiveTheater de Purmaryn · Purmerend€23.50Tickets
Theatre - Sun 30 May 15:00Duo SaraswatiDe Verbeelding · Zeewolde€20Tickets
Concert
- Sun 2 May 16:00Vrienden van de Kamermuziek From Java to ParisDe Duif · Amsterdam€17.50 – €26Tickets
June 2027
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August 2027
Festivals, commemorations, Moluccan days and pasar malams
A 2026 date is last year's edition: check the organiser's site for the 2027 date.
- Sat 23 Jan 19:00Pandji Pragiwaksono - Live in AmsterdamBoom Chicago · AmsterdamThe Indonesian stand-up comedian on his Europe tour 2027, performing in English, promoted by Mic and Couch. The Rotterdam date (24 January, Comedy Club Haug) is listed on Evenitto's agenda.More info
Comedy tour - Sat 6 Mar 12:00Pasar Malam RijswijkDe Broodfabriek · RijswijkThe Indisch pasar in De Broodfabriek, next to The Hague: more than a hundred stalls and restaurants, a continuous stage programme and a kids' corner. The organiser's page announces the dates, with ticket sales from 9 November; the programme follows.More info Pasar malam
- Thu 25 Mar Pasar Malam Istimewa XL RotterdamRotterdam Ahoy · RotterdamIstimewa Events' indoor XL edition, which the organiser calls the biggest pasar malam in the world: four halls, four stages, a culture hall and more than a hundred stalls, with a new Bali beach area announced for 2027.€10More info Pasar malam
- Thu 6 May Pasar IndonesiaDe Broodfabriek · RijswijkA fair of stands run by exhibitors who come from Indonesia itself, with food, crafts, live gamelan and dance, held on two long weekends in De Broodfabriek. Ticket prices are not published yet.More info Pasar malam
- Fri 25 Jun Pasar Malam Istimewa ZeistSporthal Dijnselburg · ZeistThe indoor Istimewa pasar malam in the sports hall of Zeist, in the province of Utrecht: stalls, live music and Indonesian, Indisch and Moluccan food.€8More info Pasar malam
- Wed 21 Jul Pasar Malam Istimewa SteenwijkCentrum · SteenwijkThe open-air Istimewa pasar malam in the middle of Steenwijk. The organiser says entry to its outdoor editions is free for everyone.FreeMore info Pasar malam
- Wed 4 Aug Pasar Malam Istimewa DordrechtWeizigtpark · DordrechtThe big free outdoor pasar malam of the summer, in a park in Dordrecht. The 2025 edition was cancelled; the organiser lists 2027 on its agenda, so check the page before you travel.FreeMore info Pasar malam
- Fri 27 Aug Pasar Malam Istimewa Leeuwarden XLWTC Expo · LeeuwardenThe indoor XL pasar malam of the north, in the WTC Expo halls in Leeuwarden.€8More info Pasar malam
- Fri 1 Oct Pasar Malam Istimewa Haarlemmermeer XLExpo Greater Amsterdam · HaarlemmermeerThe last pasar malam of Istimewa Events' 2027 season, indoors at Expo Greater Amsterdam in Vijfhuizen, the nearest big one to Amsterdam.€8More info Pasar malam
- Sat 25 Apr 202676 jaar RMS: viering en herdenking013 · Tilburg2026 dateThe Moluccan community's day in the 013 concert hall: a celebration and commemoration of the proclamation of the Republic of the South Moluccas on 25 April 1950, in 2026 also marking 75 years of Moluccans in the Netherlands. No 2027 programme yet.More info
Moluccan day - Fri 29 May 2026Pesta Maluku: Goyang SagéBurgerweeshuis · Deventer2026 dateAn evening of Moluccan culture in the Burgerweeshuis: music, DJ sets and food. It was the second edition in 2026; no 2027 date yet.More info Moluccan day
- Sat 15 Aug 2026Floating PasarFenix and Dolf Henkesplein, Katendrecht · Rotterdam2026 dateThe free family festival of Indo, Indonesian, Moluccan and Papuan communities, held on the weekend of 15 August by the Rotterdam branch of the commemoration foundation. In 2026 it moved to Fenix on Katendrecht. No 2027 date yet.FreeMore info
Festival - Sat 15 Aug 2026Nationale Herdenking 15 augustus 1945Indisch Monument · Den Haag2026 dateThe national commemoration of the end of the war in the former Dutch East Indies, held at the Indisch Monument in The Hague by Stichting Nationale Herdenking 15 augustus 1945, with programmes around it in the city. The 2027 programme is not out yet.More info
Commemoration - Sat 15 Aug 2026Rotterdamse herdenking 15 augustus bij het Indisch StraatsieraadIndisch Straatsieraad, Boompjes · Rotterdam2026 dateRotterdam's own morning commemoration, by the city branch of the foundation, held by the Indisch Straatsieraad near De Boeg on the Boompjes before Floating Pasar starts. The 2027 edition is not announced yet.More info Commemoration
- Fri 4 Sept 2026Pasar Malam Besar ZoetermeerVan Tuyllpark · Zoetermeer2026 dateThe revived Pasar Malam Besar, the old name of the Tong Tong Fair, on the events field in Zoetermeer with more than 150 stalls. Its organiser says he wants a five-day 2027 edition on the Malieveld in The Hague, 22 to 26 September; not confirmed yet.More info Pasar malam
- Sat 7 Nov 2026Pasar Malam RijswijkDe Broodfabriek · Rijswijk2026 dateThe autumn edition of the Indisch pasar in De Broodfabriek, held on 7 and 8 November 2026. The organiser has announced 6 and 7 March 2027; a November 2027 edition is not announced.More info Pasar malam
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Questions
How far ahead does the Indonesian agenda go?
A year ahead. Events are added as organisers announce them, and the list is checked every day. Courses, church services, private parties and restaurant menus are left out.
