From July 11 to 21, Amsterdam will host the fourth Boom Chicago Comedy Festival, featuring 35 shows and 160 performers from 12 countries. Enjoy stand-up, improv, sketch, and LGBTQ+ shows, plus workshops and after-parties.
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Double the duo, double the fun! Dick Nixon and Pussy Catstellvi (Boom cast members Katie Nixon and Matt Castellvi) team up with Digital Soul (Jos Dirkx and Emmy award-winning musician, Sacha Hoedemaker) for characters, songs, freestyling and improvising with AI.
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 16 July
🕒 Time: 19:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Tools, tricks, and techniques for improvising in the style of Stephen Sondheim with members of The Improvised Sondheim Project Jeff Bouthiette and Liz Joynt Sandberg!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 13:00-16:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
This workshop will cover the basic building blocks of improvised rap, how to find your flow, how to successfully rhyme and land punchlines in improvised songs, all while keeping things fun, stress-free, chill and relaxed.
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 13:00-16:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
The Boom Chicago Academy’s hysterical house teams perform together in one laugh-filled show. This is the perfect ending to a great comedy festival. Drinking continues late into the night! We’re comedians and actors. We don’t work on Mondays!
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 20:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
The West Coast comedy scene is blowing up! This big night features some of the hottest LA stand-ups (Joy Mamey, Sami Weister, Ross Copeland, Elyssa Phillips and Josh Lanzet)!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 19:30
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
A devilishly funny comedy program that doesn’t fit into an hour. This 75-minute extravanganza features stand-up comedians getting messed with, improv, animation, video sketch, and live sketch all hosted by the MOST FAMOUS Hollywood STAR: Herbert S. Tuttleton.
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 23:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Five comics from the Indian sub-continent, now living in the Netherlands, come together with hot bits and spicy jokes about their lives and more. It’s Dutch expat comedy with a global perspective!
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 17:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Watch these Amsterdam comedy scientists create laughs from their personal experiences and crazy perspectives. Comedy is one part science and one part art. The creation is magic!
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 16:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Celebrate the comedy richness of the Amsterdam improv scene. The local comedy community has never been this funny!
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 18:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
The unshockable American comedian Carly Blair and Sally Porter, England’s leading (and only) dominatrix-standup talk about dating, relationships, and sex Sex SEX! At the end, ask the uninhibited comedians for their wise and possibly dubious advice. Follow it at your own risk.
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 19:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Embark on a comedic journey that transcends borders and tickles the expat soul with “Niet Normaal” – the expat comedy experience like no other! Join us for our hilarious lineup of Matt Castellvi and Robert Mac.
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 16 July
🕒 Time: 20:30
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Tools, tricks, and techniques for improvising in the style of Stephen Sondheim with members of The Improvised Sondheim Project Jeff Bouthiette and Liz Joynt Sandberg!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 13:00-16:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
This workshop will cover the basic building blocks of improvised rap, how to find your flow, how to successfully rhyme and land punchlines in improvised songs, all while keeping things fun, stress-free, chill and relaxed.
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 13:00-16:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
The West Coast comedy scene is blowing up! This big night features some of the hottest LA stand-ups (Joy Mamey, Sami Weister, Ross Copeland, Elyssa Phillips and Josh Lanzet)!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 19:30
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
A devilishly funny comedy program that doesn’t fit into an hour. This 75-minute extravanganza features stand-up comedians getting messed with, improv, animation, video sketch, and live sketch all hosted by the MOST FAMOUS Hollywood STAR: Herbert S. Tuttleton.
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 23:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Double the duo, double the fun! Dick Nixon and Pussy Catstellvi (Boom cast members Katie Nixon and Matt Castellvi) team up with Digital Soul (Jos Dirkx and Emmy award-winning musician, Sacha Hoedemaker) for characters, songs, freestyling and improvising with AI.
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 16 July
🕒 Time: 19:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Embark on a comedic journey that transcends borders and tickles the expat soul with “Niet Normaal” – the expat comedy experience like no other! Join us for our hilarious lineup of Matt Castellvi and Robert Mac.
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, 16 July
🕒 Time: 20:30
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
The Boom Chicago Academy’s hysterical house teams perform together in one laugh-filled show. This is the perfect ending to a great comedy festival. Drinking continues late into the night! We’re comedians and actors. We don’t work on Mondays!
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 20:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Five comics from the Indian sub-continent, now living in the Netherlands, come together with hot bits and spicy jokes about their lives and more. It’s Dutch expat comedy with a global perspective!
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 17:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Watch these Amsterdam comedy scientists create laughs from their personal experiences and crazy perspectives. Comedy is one part science and one part art. The creation is magic!
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 16:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Celebrate the comedy richness of the Amsterdam improv scene. The local comedy community has never been this funny!
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 18:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
The unshockable American comedian Carly Blair and Sally Porter, England’s leading (and only) dominatrix-standup talk about dating, relationships, and sex Sex SEX! At the end, ask the uninhibited comedians for their wise and possibly dubious advice. Follow it at your own risk.
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 21 July
🕒 Time: 19:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Tools, tricks, and techniques for improvising in the style of Stephen Sondheim with members of The Improvised Sondheim Project Jeff Bouthiette and Liz Joynt Sandberg!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 13:00-16:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
This workshop will cover the basic building blocks of improvised rap, how to find your flow, how to successfully rhyme and land punchlines in improvised songs, all while keeping things fun, stress-free, chill and relaxed.
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 13 July
🕒 Time: 13:00-16:00
📍 Location: Rozengracht 117
Almost all shows will play at Boom Chicago: Rozengracht 117, 1017LV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Brendan Hunt’s show Five Years in Amsterdam will be held at Royal Theater Carre: Amstel 115 – 125, 1018 EM Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Almost all the shows are in English. The ones in Dutch will be clearly marked.
They’re on sale!
We even have special Passport options for those who want to see multiple shows. Check out the options here.
We’ve announced most shows of our 2024 festival. Keep an eye out for more special guests!
Almost all shows will play at Boom Chicago: Rozengracht 117, 1017LV Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Brendan Hunt’s show Five Years in Amsterdam will be held at Royal Theater Carre: Amstel 115 – 125, 1018 EM Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Almost all the shows are in English. The ones in Dutch will be clearly marked.
They’re on sale!
We even have special Passport options for those who want to see multiple shows. Check out the options here.
We’ve announced most shows of our 2024 festival. Keep an eye out for more special guests!
