From live music and visual art to workshops, performances, sport, games and unique encounters: during Westerdag on Sunday 30 August, the very best of the neighbourhood comes together. Wander through Cultural Park Westergas, discover surprising activities in unexpected places, and meet your community, the makers, entrepreneurs and organisations that give our neighbourhood its colour.
Discover, experience and connect. This is Westerdag.
1. Talent Stage Music in Westerpark | Stenen Plein
11:30 – 17:00
All afternoon, live music fills the square, performed by local talent from Amsterdam West.
1.1 Information Market | Stenen Plein
11:30 – 17:00
Meet the organisations, initiatives and people who shape the neighbourhood. Featuring cultural collectives, community projects and ecological tours.
1.2 Play Chess Against Your Neighbours | Amsterdam West Chess Club
12:00 – 16:30
Take a seat, think ahead and challenge your neighbours. Who’s the smartest on the street?
2. Dennis Konijnenburg Sculpture | Broadway
11:30 – 16:30
Dennis Konijnenburg (1981) creates non-figurative sculptures in which balance, tension and geometry come together. Join him in conversation about his work, process and the art of equilibrium.
3.1 Two Meters Ten, Solo Exhibition Dilruba Tayfun | Gashouder Ponds
14:00 – 19:00
In the exhibition Two Meters Ten by Dilruba Tayfun, you walk along a circular jetty past her latest large-scale paintings, surrounded by water and reeds. Accompanied by a sound walk and tours by the curator.
3.2 Saxophone Concert Floris van der Vlugt | Gashouder Ponds
14:30 – 15:00
Reed player Floris van der Vlugt performs a saxophone concert at the Gashouder Ponds. He wrote the composition specially for this occasion, inspired by Dilruba Tayfun’s work and Westerpark.
4. Aarde Reisburo Westerpark | Beeldenveld
11:30 – 17:00
No plane ticket needed. Circus Andersom takes you on a surprising journey through Westerpark.
5. Boxing Ring Workshop | Boogieland Foundation
13:30 – 16:00
Visit the Boogieland Foundation boxing ring for demonstrations and workshops connecting body and mind. For all ages.
5.1 Board Games Paradise | TonTon Club
13:00 – 17:00
Classics, newcomers and pinball machines, play your heart out at TonTon Club, free of charge.
6. Live Radio Radio | Boudewijn Koppers next to the waterfall
14:00 – 16:00
Radio Radio hosts an afternoon with a DJ set from Boudwijn Koppers, inspired by the waterfall next to Gashouder. Let the music and water carry you.
7. Summer Breeze Salsa Kids | WestWeelde
14:00 – 14:30 & 15:30 – 16:00
Shake your hips and move your feet. Kids learn their first salsa steps in this joyful, high-energy workshop.
8. Workshop Children’s Theatre | Theater De Krakeling
12:30 & 13:30
Laughter, wonder and imagination, Theater De Krakeling brings the magic of the stage to the youngest audiences.
9. Korfball | Sporting West
11:30 – 17:00
Run, throw, catch, korfball is for everyone. Young, old, experienced or new: all are welcome.
10. Scooter Ballet | Klönneplein
12:00 – 12:30
A special teaser of the opera Dido and Aeneas, blending classical opera with unexpected choreography.
11. Pr-ICE-Guess | IJscuypje
11:30 – 17:00
Invent the weirdest, tastiest or most impossible ice cream flavour, and win a litre of ice cream.
12. National Pizza Delivery Championship | Bar Coco
13:00 & 14:30
Who is Amsterdam’s fastest pizza deliverer? Follow the course and join in.
13. Exhibition Welterusten Buur | Meterhuisje
11:30 – 17:00
An intimate exhibition by Amsterdam Straatkrant Z! on homelessness in the city, in collaboration with artist Hans de Tweede.
14. Journey Through the City’s History | Amsterdam in Motion
11:30 – 17:00
Discover the history of Amsterdam in the city’s largest multimedia model and take part in the scavenger hunt.
15. Film Screening | Het Ketelhuis
14:30 & 15:30
Special 60-minute children’s screening of Bluey. A film afternoon for the youngest cinema-goers.
16. Crêpe Station | Stadscafé
12:00 – 15:00
Build and decorate your own crêpe with toppings, sprinkles and whipped cream. Your crêpe, your rules.
Routes
During Westerdag, walk the routes specially selected for the neighbourhood through the park: the Meeting path by Stadsdeel West, past music, art, activities and special encounters, and the walking path that takes you along the loveliest spots in the Cultural Park.
Harmony: a listening session under the stars
Sticking around after the programme? There’s plenty to do on site. Grab a bite to eat, visit Dilruba’s exhibition at the Gashouder Ponds (on view until 19:00), play a game at TonTon Club, or grab a beer at Brouwerij Troost.
At 21:30, Harmony presents an outdoor listening session at Klönneplein, with nature projections on Gashouder. Lie down. Listen. Feel. On until 23:00.
Credits: Harmony
“Westerdag shows what happens when a neighbourhood comes together. Together with Stadsdeel West, our entrepreneurs and local initiatives, we create a day where connection, art and culture are accessible to everyone. The fact that we are able to organise this for the third time now is something we are truly proud of.”