A theatre festival in the heart of the Amsterdamse Bos
Entrance tickets for Bosfest 2026 are now on sale!
Bosfest takes place from August 11 through August 22, 2026. For two weeks, from Tuesday to Saturday evening. Keep an eye on this website or our social media for the full lineup of performances, the schedule, and the start of ticket sales for the shows.
For ten evenings, Bosfest settles deep in the Amsterdamse Bos. Intimate theatre, hidden among roots and leaves. Here, it challenges, explores, and sharpens everything. Theatre in the broadest sense of the word—raw, intimate, musical, physical, and sometimes uncomfortably close.
Bosfest is made possible in part by Stichting Boslab, the Municipality of Amsterdam, the Municipality of Amstelveen, and the Amsterdamse Bostheater. Read more about Stichting Boslab here.
Bosfest performances 2026
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EENIEDEREEN
EENIEDEREEN invites you into connection. Sometimes you feel lost, something lost, the way lost, yourself lost. But after being lost comes finding, like what follows rain. Let yourself be moved by the gaze of a stranger, a moment of recognition, and the realization that you truly see each other. EENIEDEREEN emerges from those small, accidental encounters that give your day new meaning.
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Spiral
Being yourself, losing yourself, finding yourself again. In Spiral, a group of dancers takes the audience on a collective journey beyond the everyday.
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De Laatste Minuten
Two best friends haven’t seen each other for years. When they reunite, they are forced to confront their past.
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Poëzie in het Bos
Poetry Circle
What rises to the surface when we listen to what normally remains hidden in the noise?
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Requiem
Collectief Ludvik
Are you afraid of something? Then come join the discussion group Beyond Fear. Together, we will say goodbye to fear—once and for all.
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NOODKEET
De Leedbewakers
NOODKEET is a hilarious and tender site-specific performance about three doomsday preppers adrift in a chaotic world.
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UITKIJKERS
Four acrobats bring the wildest dreams of the future to life on a seven-metre-high climbing structure. An invitation to look ahead — and to dare to dream together.
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Het is niet altijd kermis
For Micky and Evy, from now on it’s all about live and let live, leaving things as they are, and never again dredging up old grudges. But what’s left then? A lot. They’re sexy, they have each other as best friends, and they no longer miss anything or anyone in their lives. There’s a future ahead. There are opportunities to grow. And there’s a wildly horny performance waiting in the wings.
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Maanlicht in Etten-Leur
What remains of romance in this country? Joost Oomen shows that countless Dutch-language poets have indeed managed to bend our language into something glowing and passionate. Expect maidens in attic rooms writing longingly to their exiled knights, syphilis-ridden poets in drafty Parisian garrets regretting their affairs, and, of course, the most beautiful love poetry by Oomen himself.
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YOU SHOULD GET RAPED
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Paarden Mogen Niet Dood
Gaja Caruso
A world built from real childhood stories about the first loss of a pet.
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DIXI.
ABSOLUUT.
A spectacle performance about the most avoided place on the festival grounds.
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Gelukszoekers
In a search for hope, Femi van Elshuis takes you on a journey to Suriname. In this poetic and playful solo performance, she sets out in search of herself.
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“Bosfest offers theatre by emerging makers in a pleasant setting: the forest. The forms are highly diverse, ranging from immersive theatre and a pop parody to a traditional peep box.”
— NRC
“The forest as a backdrop remains sublime… Bosfest in the Amsterdamse Bos is an excellent festival for summer evenings.”
— Het Parool
“Small-scale theatre at the atmospheric Bosfest. No fewer than ten different productions can be seen at Bosfest, which supports young theatre makers, and the prices are very audience-friendly.”
— Scènes