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  • About ADM
  • The ADM is the biggest and longest surviving cultural freehaven in the Netherlands, known over the whole world due to 18 years social and cultural renewal and hospitality. It is an organically grown village in the western harbours of Amsterdam, arising from the longing to experiment in all possible areas. The ADM is a niche in the margin of organised society. A laboratory where the arrangement of our daily lives is practised as an art form, where the development of simple and sustainable solutions are automatic and innovation is not trendy but pure necessity.

    The people of this self-regulating community are closely linked to each other by the space, visions and creations they share. On the terrain live some 130 people from all ages, nationalities and walks of life. Amongst them are: children and pensioners, theatre-makers and stage-builders, inventors and technicians, dancers and musicians, actors and directors, craftsmen and -women, sailors and buccaneerss, life-lovers and 'different-thinkers'...

    We improvise with time and money, test our place in the ecosystem, tinker with human relationships and build sculptures, compositions, heat sources and means of transport using another's waste. In a direct interaction with our environment we thus create alternative ways of living, sharing, learning and growing. More about ADM!

    Many cultural free-havens are gone already. It would be a complete loss for the city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands and even the world if the contributions of cultural free haven ADM would disappear.

    Come and celebrate our 18th birthday, and show your support for freehaven ADM (as well as Villa Friekens and Bajesdorp)!

    There is no culture without subculture!  You can also Sign the petition!
  • About the festival
  • Our BirthdayFestival has no funding and/or subsidy from outside. Everybody involved with this festival does that on a voluntary basis
  • Tickets
  • Thursday   8. October   Donation
  • Friday   9. October   12 euro
  • Saturday   10. October   18 euro    happy hours from 13:00 - 14:00 entry on donation
  • Passepartout   3 days   25 euro
  • Kidzzz till 12 years old free entry
  • Times
  • Thursday   8. October  20:00 - 02:00
  • Friday   9. October  18:00 - 05:00
  • Saturday   10. October  13:00 - 06:00
  • How to get there ?
  • By bike
    – the scenic route (12 kms from Amsterdam centraal) see blue route on the map. This route brings you through the westerpark, community gardens and a nature zone before you enter the industrial port of Amsterdam…
    - or the faster route (10 kms) see blue road on the map
    - Alternatively you could follow any of the green routes indicated by the new google maps bike option…

    By train
    - Go to Amsterdam Sloterdijk station (see ns.nl for times) from where you can catch the shuttle bus to the ADM (and back again).


  • Shuttle Bus
    We will have a shuttle bus service between the ADM (entrance gate) and Sloterdijk station (taxi rank). The shuttle buses will be driving back and forth during the opening hours of the festival for a price of 2 euro.the shuttle bus runs during the festival opening times. The last shuttle from ADM to Sloterdijk on friday and saturday is at 05:00
  • General info
  • vegan/vegetarian food
  • no cash machine on site
  • leave dogs at home
  • no camping
  • no tobacco for sell on site
  • limited parking - be green - use a bike

Program

The program is as always a spectacular mix of theatre, installations, bands, dj's, vj's, exhibitions, as well as workshops, informative presentations and a kid’s program.

to see full program with timeschedule please click here

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