First Timers Festival Amsterdam

The culminating event of First Timers Festival Amsterdam 2025! After a series of instrument workshops we will welcome a variety of new musicians and bands to the stage. First time edition in Amsterdam.

First Timers Festival Amsterdam is a new and hopefully recurring initiative aimed to demystify and diversify DIY music!

To ensure this participating bands have to be able to say yes to these two statements:

1. One or more band members have never been in a band before OR one or more members has never performed that role in a band before (e.g if a drummer is having a go at vocals)
2. One or more band members belongs to a marginalised identity group such as: a person of color, a woman, LGBTQIA+, disabled (visible or non-visible), working class, refugees or asylum seekers (these identity groups aren’t exhaustive, let us know if we’ve missed any out).

Free entrance!

Come and watch new bands, first time performers and hear new voices!