We’re turning TWO!!! 🎂💌 And just in time to celebrate, we’re throwing our biggest playground yet… our very first Night Market! 💥🪐
Taking place in the north of Amsterdam, the Eastern Playgrounds’s first Night Market brings together artists, performers, DJs, makers, and vendors from the queer Asian diaspora to Oedipus Craft Space on Friday 18 September between 21:30 - 3:00 🍡💿🧨
The Night Market
Inspired by the night markets of East and Southeast Asia, Oedipus Craft Space will be turned into a lively environment where you can gather, eat, participate, and encounter diverse artistic practices. Traditionally, night markets are dynamic sites where food, art, performance, games, and community converge—a living collage of culture and everyday life. Mahjong might be played at one stall beside fresh scallion pancakes being made, while someone nearby sells handmade crafts as electronic edits of Mandopop bleed from one corner into the next.
What to expect?
The Eastern Playgrounds Night Market brings this spirit to Amsterdam, transforming it into a platform for queer Asian artists across different mediums to showcase their work. Utilising both the indoor and outdoor spaces of Oedipus, the programme weaves together activities, performances, and DJ sets. You can expect prints and craft artists, nail and toothgem artists, jewelry and accessory designers, food vendors, workshops, and of course, mahjong and karaoke.
