World Pride 2026 - Our World Pride Opening
Schedule
Fri, 31 Jul, 2026 at 10:00 pm to Sat, 01 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 am
UTC+02:00Location
Melkweg Amsterdam | Amsterdam, NH
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Our World Pride Opening 🌍🌈It’s Showtime! Welcome to our World Pride Circus 🎪
Melkweg | Friday 31 July 2026 | 22:00–05:00
World Pride Amsterdam 2026 begins right here and we’re opening our first weekend with a bang.
Rapido & FunHouse proudly ignite Pride with a special opening night at Melkweg, one of Amsterdam’s most iconic cultural stages.
Get ready for a high-voltage show night with two rooms filled with international DJs, dazzling performances, and a crowd pulsing with excitement from the very first beat.
This is where World Pride Amsterdam comes alive for the first time.
✨ One room with uplifting house!
✨ A second room hosted by our beloved The Vipers Squat, inviting all the queens we’ve worked with over the past 20 years, for a wild, joyful, high-energy drag and dance experience.
Expect musical mayhem, unforgettable performances, and a dancefloor that carries you straight into the heart of World Pride weekend.
A night to:
✨ Reunite with friends
✨ Meet beautiful new faces
✨ Celebrate community
✨ And launch World Pride with a dancefloor that unites us all
Main Room:
🔹 Kitty Glitter (AUS)
🔹 Kingstone (FR)
more names to be announced!
Second Room:
World Drag Extravaganza by The Vipers Squat & Friends!
Expect drag mayhem, shows, fun and dance, all to kick off the first weekend with our extended family.
💥 ABOUT RAPIDO & FUNHOUSE EVENTS
This celebration is brought to you by Rapido Events, an independent, queer-owned and proudly queer-operated for over 20 years.
Born from Amsterdam’s nightlife and shaped by generations of LGBTQ+ culture, our events have grown into a global family connected by music, freedom and the power of togetherness.
From legendary Rapido Sundays at Paradiso to our signature FunHouse nights and underground techno experiences, we’ve spent decades creating spaces where queer people feel safe, seen and celebrated.
We stand firmly for visibility, inclusion, artistic expression, and the magic that happens when our community gathers on its own terms, bold, loud and unapologetically free.
World Pride 2026 begins with us.
Step inside, feel the energy, and help us open this historic weekend the only way we know how:
Together. On the dancefloor. 💫
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Where is it happening?
Melkweg Amsterdam, Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 1017 PH Amsterdam, Nederland, Amsterdam, NetherlandsEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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