Kwaku Summer Festival

What started in 1975 as a youth football tournament has since grown into a grand celebration of cultural diversity and identity in Zuidoost, attracting around 300,000 visitors. Today, great pride is taken in the Surinamese origins of Kwaku, and the multi-weekend festival in Nelson Mandela Park is known for its lively atmosphere. In

Rollende Keukens

addition to football, there are many other activities, such as lectures, dance workshops, beauty pageants and concerts. The street food is always a major draw, with stalls serving everything from sizzling Surinamese spare ribs and roti to a range of Asian, African, Caribbean and South American dishes.

15 JULY-6 AUGUST, KWAKUFESTIVAL.NL

The Rollende Keukens (Rolling Kitchens) food festival sees dozens of mobile kitchens and food trucks pop up at Westergas to create one enormous open-air restaurant. Lose hours walking around, sampling everything from Thai specialities to Mediterranean tapas and Texan BBQ. As well as the fantastic array of different cuisines, there are bars serving drinks as live bands perform to exuberant crowds.

17-21 MAY, ROLLENDEKEUKENS.AMSTERDAM

Chicago Comedy Festival

5-16 JULY BOOMCHICAGO.NL

7-17 SEPTEMBER

AMSTERDAMFRINGEFESTIVAL.NL