Event Dates
From: Saturday, July 29, 2023
To: Sunday, July 30, 2023
It’s all about love and respect at the annual Milkshake Festival in Amsterdam which takes place at the end of July each year in Westerpark.
The Party
- Milkshake Festival is an open-minded electronic dance festival that has made its mark in the city center of Amsterdam. There are 9 stages per day that showcase local and international event promoters, artists and performance artists. The festival’s most played genres include house, disco, pop, techno, R&B, urban and dance hall, there is something for everyone, a delicious recipe to tantalize all your taste buds.
- The Milkshake festival marks the start of the Amsterdam Gay Pride festivities. The event has sold out each year and now takes place over two days. As well as the music, you’ll find art, performance art and drag acts with over 1000 performers on each day.
- And remember, dress to impress. This festival is all about expressing yourself. You can even enter the special voguing catwalk and competition. Alternatively you can just chill at the fairground in just some skimpy shorts. The choices are endless.
The Venue
- Westerpark blends green spaces, a lively creative and nightlife scene, and iconic architecture. Along with its regular exhibitions, markets and festivals, the converted Westergasfabriek gasworks contains indie shops, eclectic eateries, an art-house cinema, a brewery and a dance club.
- The venue is a 4 min taxi drive away from the centre of Amsterdam. Alternatively take the Line 21 Bus (10 mins) or walk (32 mins).
- Stay close to Westergas with 23 nearby hotels. Check out the Conscious Hotel Westerark, housed in a historic building with superb rooms, scrumptious breakfast options and designer rooms. (an Uber costs about 12 EUR from the hotel to the centre).
Hotel rooms in Amsterdam tend to be smaller then you may be used to, because most of the buildings are narrow and tall.
Here are the hotels we recommend that have good reviews and keep you close to all the action
Banks Mansion, Albus Hotel, De L’Europe, NH Doelen.
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The Hotel Pulitzer is where we stay when
we visit Amsterdam. Close to the gay bars.
For further information and advice on
Milkshake Festival Amsterdam Website
The Amsterdam gay scene is constantly changing with bars opening and closing all the time. The Regulierswarstraat has seen a resurgence of late with many new bars opening. The sex and cruising bars are close to Dam square.
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