BANGS 2026 Programme – Amsterdam BANGS

BANGS 2026

The Universe or the University

Oct. 1 – 12:30 – Roeterseiland – 30 min.

banging, clown, political, storytelling, theatre
Emily Brooke DJ set/performance

I can do all days.

music, queer
Illder Ritual: Reading of Sick Fucks, and a Liberatory Blessing from a Sex God

Oct. 1, Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Oct. 4, I can do all days.

banging, crip, interactive, performance, queer, reading, storytelling, witchcraft
Please Do Not Lift Alone

Oct. 1, Oct. 2

BIPOC, installation, interactive, performance, solo
GCPPSM (Gesture Controlled Performance Program for Slow Music)

Oct. 1 – 21:00 – De Hoek – 15 min.

BIPOC, digital lives, experimental sound, music, performance, queer, sound art, storytelling, technology
Drag Ceilidh

Oct. 3 – 00:30 – Vrankrijk – 120 min.

dance, interactive, music, queer
Wax Negotiations

Oct. 3 – 20:00 – Villa Kamal – 1,5/2 hours.

banging, installation, performance, poetry
Subdom

I can do all days.

dance, performance, queer, solo
The divine body

Oct. 2 – 17:00 Lola Lieven – 1.50 hrs

banging, dance, music, performance, theatre, workshop
Be The Moon For Me?

Oct. 3 – 18:30 – ADM Noord – 20 min.

musical, performance, storytelling, theatre
Bedevaart van de koe

I can do all days.

animals, interactive, performance, political, protest
Blabylonia

Oct. 03 – 18:00 – AstaroTheatro – 45 min.

banging, interactive, performance, poetry, political, theatre
Ghoula

Oct. 04 – 17:00 – AstaroTheatro – 60-70 min.

banging, interactive, music, performance, poetry, storytelling, theatre
Trash Skeleton and the Dumpster Divers Present: Please Don’t Leave Me Alone!

Oct. 3 – 15:30 – ADM Noord – 3 hours max

interactive, performance, political, queer, theatre
Trust The Glitch

I can do all days.

interactive, performance
shit show

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

clown, mad, performance, political, puppetry, queer, solo, storytelling, theatre
Brand in Mokum

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

banging, performance, political
favourite_animal

I can do all days.

animals, music
Klara Krczer: Concert

Oct. 3 – 21:00 – Vrankrijk – 45 min.

banging, Hot, hot, hot, music, performance, political, solo
Kill The Writer

Oct. 3 – 22:30 – Vrankrijk – 60min.

music, performance, solo
FLUGI fugitives flight

Oct. 4 – 14:00 – Kinderboerderij De Uylenburg – 45 min.

Circus, interactive, music, performance, The world of freedom
bug bite

I can do all days.

animals, banging, film, performance, solo
Lilith Left The Garden

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

music
On Wars & Images – Surprise Performance

Oct. 02 – 19:00 – Lola Lieven – 60 min.

banging, performance, poetry, political, theatre
The Compound – Live EP Performance

Oct. 3 – 16:30 – ADM Noord – 1 hour

interactive, music, performance, queer, storytelling
Dear, This is Propaganda

I can do all days.

dance, performance, poetry, political, protest, reading, solo, theatre
I’m singing while the world is on fire

Oct. 3 – 02:30 – Vrankrijk – 20 min.

banging, BIPOC, crip, mad, music, performance, poetry, political
GAP 45. temporary absence of reference. Resilience series

Oct. 03 – 17:00 – Buurthuis De Bol – 15 min.

improvisation, language no problem, mime, performance, resilience practices
GAP 45. temporary absence of reference. Resilience series – WORKSHOP

Oct. 03 – 16:00 – Buurthuis De Bol – 60 min.

dance, performance, political, protest, queer, theatre, witchcraft, workshop
Poppy

Oct. 2 – 20:30 – Lola Lieven – 25 min.

clown, performance, queer, solo, storytelling
Silent songwriting class for beginners

Oct. 2 – 19:00 Café Gilde – 60 min.

interactive, music, performance, storytelling, workshop
Shattering Autobiography

Oct. 3 – 17:30 – Villa Kamal – 15 min.

mad, performance, poetry, reading, solo, storytelling
I thought you could maybe look into my six eyes

Oct 4. – 13.30 – Kinderboerderij De Uylenburg – 15 min.

puppetry, queer, Ritual
La Danse du Diable

Oct. 3 – 19:30 – Takland – 20 min.

music, performance, puppetry, theatre
Glass Ceiling

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

music
This time Harper will put on a Show

Oct. 3 – 22:00 – Vrankrijk – 30 min.

dance, music, performance, queer, solo, storytelling, theatre
Reading Vigil for Palestine

I can do all days.

interactive, performance, political, protest, reading
Life is a drag

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

Uncategorized
Buenos Aires

Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Oct. 4

performance, reading, solo, storytelling
playing “time for oneself”

Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Oct. 4

clown, mad, performance, solo, theatre
No te quería matar pero no me dejaste otra opción (I didn’t want to kill you but you left me no other choice)

Oct. 2, Oct. 4

banging, dance, mad, music, performance, queer, solo, witchcraft
The Wonderful and Amazing Jim!

Oct. 3 – 19:00 – Takland – 20 min.

mad, music, performance, puppetry, solo, storytelling, theatre
NANO live

Oct 3. – 23:30 – Vrankrijk – 45 min.

music, performance, queer
Composition for Four Ropes

Oct. 4 – 21:30 – MKZ – 20 min.

music, performance
Paint The City

Oct. 3 – 18:30 – Villa Kamal – the whole day

interactive, painting, performance, storytelling, workshop
Ghost Towns

Oct. 3 – 19:30 – Villa Kamal – 45 min.

banging, ghost story, improvisation, interactive, queer, storytelling, theatre
SHOWDOG

I can do all days.

animals, banging, dance, mad, performance, political, queer, theatre
Frog and Moss

Oct 4. – 13.00 – Kinderboerderij De Uylenburg – 15 min.

animals, banging, music, performance, queer, storytelling, theatre
Ceyhun and the ArtKritiks

Oct 2 – 13:30 De Nieuwe Anita – 35-45 min.

BIPOC, music, performance, pop, queer, solo
a song for the runaways – what happened to the rooster

I can do all days.

mime, performance, poetry, storytelling, witchcraft
Open Noise Floor

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

interactive, mad, music, performance
bingo rigolo

Oct. 2, Oct. 3

interactive
I’m throwing a SEX TANTRUM / We are the Toys of Dionysus

Oct. 3 – 17:30 – ADM Noord – 30 min

dance, mad, performance, poetry, queer, Ritual, solo, witchcraft
GIERIG

Oct. 3 – 18:30 – Buurthuis De Bol – 45 min.

dance, drag, music, performance, queer, solo, storytelling, theatre
Poledance performance

I can do all days.

dance, performance, queer, solo
House of Extinction Drags the House Down

Oct. 4 – 14:00 – Kinderboerderij De Uylenburg – 40 min.

drag, interactive, performance, political, queer
Disruption

Oct. 3 – 14:30 – Spui through Kalverstraat to Bijenkorf – possibly three hours

clown, interactive, performance, political, queer
Droplets

Oct. 2 – 15:00 – De Nieuwe Anita – 30 min

banging, clown, dance, installation, interactive, join in, mime, performance, public, theatre
Hit Me (baby) One More Time / Femme Rage Roomm

Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Oct. 4

banging, installation, interactive, mad, performance
Love Letter to Resilience

Oct. 4

mime, performance, poetry, political
SadoMusical

Oct. 4

banging, clown, interactive, mad, music, queer, theatre
Last Salt

Oct. 3 – 20:30 – Takland – 60 min.

ambient, dance, deep sea, experimental, live electronic, mermaids, music, performance, political
Love Songs for Offices (Conference and Screening)

I can do all days.

film, interactive, performance
Poppy Seeds

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

food, interactive, performance, poetry, storytelling
Strip Theatre

I can do all days.

dance, interactive, performance, political, puppetry, queer, theatre
Poetic Machinery

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

music, performance, poetry, queer, witchcraft
CHABABCHICHI CALLS FOR YOUR NAME

I can do all days. xxxxfxdgdrtht

performance, solo
Can You Hear It? // Machine

Oct. 4 – 18:30 – 4bid Gallery – 10 min.

banging, crip, film, neurodivergent, performance, poetry, political, queer, reading, Remote, solo, storytelling
I had this dream

I can do all days.

music, performance, political, protest, theatre
“have you had the chance to try scat?”

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

banging, crip, interactive, mad, performance, protest, queer, witchcraft
Sharing with Strangers – Workshop

Oct. 3 – 15:30 – ADM Noord – 2 hours

dance, workshop
ESPACE VIVANT

I can do all days.

dance, performance, solo, theatre
Brieven aan mannen die niks verkeerd hebben gedaan- CANCELLED

I can do all days.

banging, performance, poetry, political, queer, reading, storytelling, theatre
the state gave me a bad rap

Oct. 1

music, performance, poetry, political
Where is Red Light District?

Oct. 1, Oct. 3, Oct. 4

performance, political, protest, queer, witchcraft
Everything you are

Oct. 4 – 17.30 – Mime Fabriek – 21 minutes

dance, performance, solo
Frantic Antic

I can do all days.

clown, interactive, performance, queer, storytelling, theatre
01101110 01100010

Oct. 4 – 16.30 – Mime Fabriek – 17 min.

performance, queer
CHNICS

Oct. 3 – 00:00 – Vrankrijk – 20 min.

crip, mad, music
Slut Walk: Reclaiming the Red Light! (subject to change, as needed)

Oct. 3

banging, dance, interactive, performance, political, protest, queer
Squat Family Square

Oct. 3

banging, food, installation, interactive, music, performance, protest
To the bone

Oct. 4 – 16.00 – Mime Fabriek – 15 min.

dance, performance, solo
Poetic Resistance

Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Oct. 4

poetry, political, protest, storytelling
TITTYTHON

Oct. 1, Oct. 2, Oct. 3

mad, performance, political, protest, queer, theatre
There’s a world in this tree

Oct. 4 – 18:00 – MKZ – 60 min.

animals, film, performance
tea and land stories

Oct. 1 – 20:30 – Joe’s Garage – 30 min.

food, interactive, land, performance, political, storytelling, tea, theatre
The opposite of a butterfly dancing

OCT. 3 – 20:00 – OUTSIDE VRANKRIJK

dance, performance, solo
vandaag, morgen en gisteren

Oct. 4 – 17:00 – 4bid Gallery – 20 min.

music, performance, poetry, queer
Lullabies for Monsters / Sound Bathing

Oct. 4 – 15:30 – 4bid Gallery – 1,5 hour

crip, interactive, mad, performance, poetry, political, queer, storytelling, storytellingLullaby – Rest – Nap – Synthesizer, witchcraft
Sesten Sese: A Curated Evening of Shared Voices

Oct. 1 – 21:30 – Joe’s Garage – 1,5-2 hours.

Alevi Songs, Anatolian Folk, BIPOC, choir, mad, music, performance, poetry, political, queer
May Day

Oct 4. – 18:00 – Mime Fabriek – 15-20 min.

film, music, performance, political, reading, solo
The Vice Device

Oct. 1 – 21:30 – De Hoek Joan Muyskenweg 24 – 30 min.

dance, mad, music, performance, solo, storytelling, theatre
Leaking star(t)s

Oct. 4 – 17.00 – Mime Fabriek – 30 min.

banging, dance, music, performance, theatre
Soft-Boy Turkish Oil Wrestling

Oct. 1 – 20:00 – Joe’s Garage – 20 min.

BIPOC, clown, performance
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead

Oct. 1 – 22:00 – Plantage Dok – 60 min.

music, performance, solo
There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.

Oct. 1 – 19:30 – Vondelbunker – 30 min.

banging, dance, film, music, performance, solo, storytelling
Banging tunes

Oct. 4 – 17.30 – 4bid Gallery – 30 min.

music, queer, solo
Saint’s basket

Oct. 1 – 22:00 – Vondelbunker – 60 min.

Ritual, Uncategorized
Unbecoming

Oct. 2 – 19:00 – Cafe Gilde – 1.5 hours

comedy, performance, queer, solo
“This is a play for the Gooners”

Oct. 1 – 20:00 – Plantage Dok – 60 min.

interactive, performance, political, queer, solo, storytelling, theatre

The Universe or the University

Oct. 1 – 12:30 – Roeterseiland – 30 min.

banging, clown, political, storytelling, theatre
GCPPSM (Gesture Controlled Performance Program for Slow Music)

Oct. 1 – 21:00 – De Hoek – 15 min.

BIPOC, digital lives, experimental sound, music, performance, queer, sound art, storytelling, technology
tea and land stories

Oct. 1 – 20:30 – Joe’s Garage – 30 min.

food, interactive, land, performance, political, storytelling, tea, theatre
Sesten Sese: A Curated Evening of Shared Voices

Oct. 1 – 21:30 – Joe’s Garage – 1,5-2 hours.

Alevi Songs, Anatolian Folk, BIPOC, choir, mad, music, performance, poetry, political, queer
The Vice Device

Oct. 1 – 21:30 – De Hoek Joan Muyskenweg 24 – 30 min.

dance, mad, music, performance, solo, storytelling, theatre
Soft-Boy Turkish Oil Wrestling

Oct. 1 – 20:00 – Joe’s Garage – 20 min.

BIPOC, clown, performance
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead

Oct. 1 – 22:00 – Plantage Dok – 60 min.

music, performance, solo
There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.

Oct. 1 – 19:30 – Vondelbunker – 30 min.

banging, dance, film, music, performance, solo, storytelling
Saint’s basket

Oct. 1 – 22:00 – Vondelbunker – 60 min.

Ritual, Uncategorized
“This is a play for the Gooners”

Oct. 1 – 20:00 – Plantage Dok – 60 min.

interactive, performance, political, queer, solo, storytelling, theatre
DOGGY STYLE wip

Oct. 1 – 19:30 – De Hoek Joan Muyskenweg 24 – 60 min.

banging, dance, farming, performance, queer, rural, storytelling
TRAUMA PARTY

Oct. 1 – 20:00 – Vondelbunker – min 40 min./ max 1h20 min.

banging, Catharsis Partying, dance, film, interactive, music, performance, protest
UNCOMBE

Oct. 1 – 21:30 – Vondelbunker – 25 min.

Drone, Growling, Industrial ambient, music, noise, performance
Tachy Bunker: A Cosmic Microtonal Ritual

Oct. 1 – 22:00 – De Hoek – 1h20 min.

dance, electronic music, microtonal, music, performance, shamanic ritual, solo, throat singing

The divine body

Oct. 2 – 17:00 Lola Lieven – 1.50 hrs

banging, dance, music, performance, theatre, workshop
bug bite

I can do all days.

animals, banging, film, performance, solo
On Wars & Images – Surprise Performance

Oct. 02 – 19:00 – Lola Lieven – 60 min.

banging, performance, poetry, political, theatre
Silent songwriting class for beginners

Oct. 2 – 19:00 Café Gilde – 60 min.

interactive, music, performance, storytelling, workshop
Buenos Aires

Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Oct. 4

performance, reading, solo, storytelling
playing “time for oneself”

Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Oct. 4

clown, mad, performance, solo, theatre
Ceyhun and the ArtKritiks

Oct 2 – 13:30 De Nieuwe Anita – 35-45 min.

BIPOC, music, performance, pop, queer, solo
Open Noise Floor

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

interactive, mad, music, performance
Droplets

Oct. 2 – 15:00 – De Nieuwe Anita – 30 min

banging, clown, dance, installation, interactive, join in, mime, performance, public, theatre
CHABABCHICHI CALLS FOR YOUR NAME

I can do all days. xxxxfxdgdrtht

performance, solo
I had this dream

I can do all days.

music, performance, political, protest, theatre
Unbecoming

Oct. 2 – 19:00 – Cafe Gilde – 1.5 hours

comedy, performance, queer, solo

Please Do Not Lift Alone

Oct. 1, Oct. 2

BIPOC, installation, interactive, performance, solo
Drag Ceilidh

Oct. 3 – 00:30 – Vrankrijk – 120 min.

dance, interactive, music, queer
Wax Negotiations

Oct. 3 – 20:00 – Villa Kamal – 1,5/2 hours.

banging, installation, performance, poetry
Be The Moon For Me?

Oct. 3 – 18:30 – ADM Noord – 20 min.

musical, performance, storytelling, theatre
Blabylonia

Oct. 03 – 18:00 – AstaroTheatro – 45 min.

banging, interactive, performance, poetry, political, theatre
Trash Skeleton and the Dumpster Divers Present: Please Don’t Leave Me Alone!

Oct. 3 – 15:30 – ADM Noord – 3 hours max

interactive, performance, political, queer, theatre
shit show

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

clown, mad, performance, political, puppetry, queer, solo, storytelling, theatre
Brand in Mokum

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

banging, performance, political
Klara Krczer: Concert

Oct. 3 – 21:00 – Vrankrijk – 45 min.

banging, Hot, hot, hot, music, performance, political, solo
Kill The Writer

Oct. 3 – 22:30 – Vrankrijk – 60min.

music, performance, solo
The Compound – Live EP Performance

Oct. 3 – 16:30 – ADM Noord – 1 hour

interactive, music, performance, queer, storytelling
Dear, This is Propaganda

I can do all days.

dance, performance, poetry, political, protest, reading, solo, theatre
I’m singing while the world is on fire

Oct. 3 – 02:30 – Vrankrijk – 20 min.

banging, BIPOC, crip, mad, music, performance, poetry, political
GAP 45. temporary absence of reference. Resilience series

Oct. 03 – 17:00 – Buurthuis De Bol – 15 min.

improvisation, language no problem, mime, performance, resilience practices
GAP 45. temporary absence of reference. Resilience series – WORKSHOP

Oct. 03 – 16:00 – Buurthuis De Bol – 60 min.

dance, performance, political, protest, queer, theatre, witchcraft, workshop
Poppy

Oct. 2 – 20:30 – Lola Lieven – 25 min.

clown, performance, queer, solo, storytelling
Shattering Autobiography

Oct. 3 – 17:30 – Villa Kamal – 15 min.

mad, performance, poetry, reading, solo, storytelling
La Danse du Diable

Oct. 3 – 19:30 – Takland – 20 min.

music, performance, puppetry, theatre
This time Harper will put on a Show

Oct. 3 – 22:00 – Vrankrijk – 30 min.

dance, music, performance, queer, solo, storytelling, theatre
Reading Vigil for Palestine

I can do all days.

interactive, performance, political, protest, reading
Paint The City

Oct. 3 – 18:30 – Villa Kamal – the whole day

interactive, painting, performance, storytelling, workshop
Ghost Towns

Oct. 3 – 19:30 – Villa Kamal – 45 min.

banging, ghost story, improvisation, interactive, queer, storytelling, theatre
SHOWDOG

I can do all days.

animals, banging, dance, mad, performance, political, queer, theatre
a song for the runaways – what happened to the rooster

I can do all days.

mime, performance, poetry, storytelling, witchcraft
I’m throwing a SEX TANTRUM / We are the Toys of Dionysus

Oct. 3 – 17:30 – ADM Noord – 30 min

dance, mad, performance, poetry, queer, Ritual, solo, witchcraft
Disruption

Oct. 3 – 14:30 – Spui through Kalverstraat to Bijenkorf – possibly three hours

clown, interactive, performance, political, queer
Last Salt

Oct. 3 – 20:30 – Takland – 60 min.

ambient, dance, deep sea, experimental, live electronic, mermaids, music, performance, political
Poppy Seeds

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

food, interactive, performance, poetry, storytelling
Strip Theatre

I can do all days.

dance, interactive, performance, political, puppetry, queer, theatre
Can You Hear It? // Machine

Oct. 4 – 18:30 – 4bid Gallery – 10 min.

banging, crip, film, neurodivergent, performance, poetry, political, queer, reading, Remote, solo, storytelling
Sharing with Strangers – Workshop

Oct. 3 – 15:30 – ADM Noord – 2 hours

dance, workshop
ESPACE VIVANT

I can do all days.

dance, performance, solo, theatre
Frantic Antic

I can do all days.

clown, interactive, performance, queer, storytelling, theatre
CHNICS

Oct. 3 – 00:00 – Vrankrijk – 20 min.

crip, mad, music
Squat Family Square

Oct. 3

banging, food, installation, interactive, music, performance, protest
TITTYTHON

Oct. 1, Oct. 2, Oct. 3

mad, performance, political, protest, queer, theatre
The opposite of a butterfly dancing

OCT. 3 – 20:00 – OUTSIDE VRANKRIJK

dance, performance, solo

Emily Brooke DJ set/performance

I can do all days.

music, queer
Bedevaart van de koe

I can do all days.

animals, interactive, performance, political, protest
Ghoula

Oct. 04 – 17:00 – AstaroTheatro – 60-70 min.

banging, interactive, music, performance, poetry, storytelling, theatre
FLUGI fugitives flight

Oct. 4 – 14:00 – Kinderboerderij De Uylenburg – 45 min.

Circus, interactive, music, performance, The world of freedom
Lilith Left The Garden

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

music
I thought you could maybe look into my six eyes

Oct 4. – 13.30 – Kinderboerderij De Uylenburg – 15 min.

puppetry, queer, Ritual
Life is a drag

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

Uncategorized
No te quería matar pero no me dejaste otra opción (I didn’t want to kill you but you left me no other choice)

Oct. 2, Oct. 4

banging, dance, mad, music, performance, queer, solo, witchcraft
Composition for Four Ropes

Oct. 4 – 21:30 – MKZ – 20 min.

music, performance
Frog and Moss

Oct 4. – 13.00 – Kinderboerderij De Uylenburg – 15 min.

animals, banging, music, performance, queer, storytelling, theatre
bingo rigolo

Oct. 2, Oct. 3

interactive
GIERIG

Oct. 3 – 18:30 – Buurthuis De Bol – 45 min.

dance, drag, music, performance, queer, solo, storytelling, theatre
Love Letter to Resilience

Oct. 4

mime, performance, poetry, political
SadoMusical

Oct. 4

banging, clown, interactive, mad, music, queer, theatre
Love Songs for Offices (Conference and Screening)

I can do all days.

film, interactive, performance
“have you had the chance to try scat?”

Oct. 3, Oct. 4

banging, crip, interactive, mad, performance, protest, queer, witchcraft
Where is Red Light District?

Oct. 1, Oct. 3, Oct. 4

performance, political, protest, queer, witchcraft
Everything you are

Oct. 4 – 17.30 – Mime Fabriek – 21 minutes

dance, performance, solo
01101110 01100010

Oct. 4 – 16.30 – Mime Fabriek – 17 min.

performance, queer
Slut Walk: Reclaiming the Red Light! (subject to change, as needed)

Oct. 3

banging, dance, interactive, performance, political, protest, queer
To the bone

Oct. 4 – 16.00 – Mime Fabriek – 15 min.

dance, performance, solo
Poetic Resistance

Oct. 2, Oct. 3, Oct. 4

poetry, political, protest, storytelling
There’s a world in this tree

Oct. 4 – 18:00 – MKZ – 60 min.

animals, film, performance
vandaag, morgen en gisteren

Oct. 4 – 17:00 – 4bid Gallery – 20 min.

music, performance, poetry, queer
Lullabies for Monsters / Sound Bathing

Oct. 4 – 15:30 – 4bid Gallery – 1,5 hour

crip, interactive, mad, performance, poetry, political, queer, storytelling, storytellingLullaby – Rest – Nap – Synthesizer, witchcraft
May Day

Oct 4. – 18:00 – Mime Fabriek – 15-20 min.

film, music, performance, political, reading, solo
Leaking star(t)s

Oct. 4 – 17.00 – Mime Fabriek – 30 min.

banging, dance, music, performance, theatre
Banging tunes

Oct. 4 – 17.30 – 4bid Gallery – 30 min.

music, queer, solo