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Amsterdam Fringe Festival shows a mixmash of theatre, performance and dance from new, emerging and untamed talent for 11 days every September.
We present a multidisciplinary program of 57 makers/collectives, from diverse backgrounds, origins and futures.
Our showcase festival is a haven for experimentation and provides a stage for new creators and stories. Amsterdam Fringe Festival is an ode to theatrical madness, the independent spirit and a plea for artistic freedom. A thick, intimate embrace of experimentation in the truest sense of the word: one whose outcome may yet truly surprise you.
The next edition is the 20th! Amsterdam Fringe Festival emerged in 2005 around and on the fringes of the annual Netherlands Theatre Festival. Amsterdam Fringe Festival is distinguished from other fringe festivals by its open call and intensive mentoring of creators.
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The Amsterdam Fringe Festival works with an open call system. You can subscribe from December 3, 2025 until January 14, 2026. In March, the Fringe team will make a selection.
Subscription is free, we have a open call form which you can find on our website by the start of December!
Check our website and socials for updates!
fringe festivals fringe festivals
From Delhi to Delft, from Hollywood to Istanbul; Fringe is everywhere! There are more than 250 Fringe festivals in the world.
Although they all have their own artistic way, all Fringe festivals give space for new artistic encounters, cross-overs, experiment and genres.
This year, 2025, the Amsterdam Fringe Festival will turn 20 years! In 2005, the festival started at the fringes of Amsterdam, under the wings of the Netherlands Theatre Festival.
Nowadays, Amsterdam Fringe Festival is known for it’s open call system and the thorough way we guide the artists with workshops and coaching.
world fringe world fringe
World Fringe is an initiative of the following Fringe festivals: Grahamstown, Hollywood, New York, Adelaide, Perth, Prague, Brighton, Edinburgh and Amsterdam. Together we reach millions of people en we create new opportunities for artists, public and sponsors.
The festivals work together in exchanging ‘Best Of Fringe’ shows, to create more opportunities for artists to perform internationally.
Since 2009, Amsterdam Fringe has exchanged with Brighton, Hollywood, South Africa, New York, Prague, Dublin, Edinburgh, Istanbul and Grahamstown Fringe.
partners
OUR BENEFICIARIES
Many thanks to:
- Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
- Fonds Podiumkunsten
- Stichting Dioraphte
- De Versterking
- Stichting Janivo
- VSB Fonds
- Cultuurfonds
- Provincie Noord Holland
- Zabawas
OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
- Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond
- Bijlmer Parktheater
- Istanbul Fringe Festival
- Boring Festival / Klein Haarlem
- CJP
- Het Huis Utrecht
- ICK Amsterdam
- Lisa van Kleef (campagne & design)
- Meervaart Theater
- Nederlands Theater Festival
- Voordekunst
- Voor/de/mensen
- We Are Public
- All location partners of the festival
- Members of the Fringe jury
- Our ‘recommended by’ partners: Poetry Circle Nowhere, Mezrab, Bijlmer Parktheater, RIGHTABOUTNOWINC., ICK.
- All volunteers!
- Bram de Jaeger
- Our colleagues at Nederlands Theaterfestival
- Everyone who donated when buying a ticket or has supported us via Support Fringe
contact contact
AMSTERDAM FRINGE FESTIVAL
mail address
Amsterdam Fringe Festival
Postbus 3985
1001 AT Amsterdam
office
Rombout Hogerbeetsstraat 109
1052 VW Amsterdam
For general questions:
Questions regarding tickets:
tickets@amsterdamfringe.nl
Press: nadieh@amsterdamfringe.nl
General
info@amsterdamfringe.nl
Business
zakelijk@amsterdamfringe.nl
Communication
communicatie@amsterdamfringe.nl
Volunteers
volunteers@amsterdamfringe.nl
who is who is
Farnoosh Farnia
Festival Director farnoosh@amsterdamfringe.nl
Ina de Boer
Business Manager ina@amsterdamfringe.nl
Nadieh Bindels
Head of Marketing nadieh@amsterdamfringe.nl
Kenneth Asimeng
Festival producer kenneth@amsterdamfringe.nl
Willem van Rossum
Creative Producer (artists) willem@amsterdamfringe.nl
Charlotte van Remmen
Location producer charlotte@amsterdamfringe.nl
Sarah Marshall-Wever
Volunteers coordinator sarah@amsterdamfringe.nl
Jake
Marketing & Ticketing jake@amsterdamfringe.nl
Sob Mutiara de Geus
Content Marketeer sob@amsterdamfringe.nl
Pluk Eva van der Weerd
Coördinator Arts Industry Office evavanderweerd@amsterdamfringe.nl
Moritz Friedhofen
Work-study place Production moritz@amsterdamfringe.nl
Amsterdam Fringe Festival is part of Stichting De Theaterdagen
Tobias Kokkelmans
Director/Stichting de Theaterdagen and Nederlands Theater Festival
Board/Raad van Toezicht – Stichting de Theaterdagen
Fred Boot (voorzitter)
Rubina Boasman
George Tobal
Nicolien Luttels
Eva Middelhoff
Marianne Versteegh
Stichting De Theaterdagen has ANBI status
