Rollende Keukens is a free five-day food festival in Westerpark, running from 13 to 17 May. More than 100 mobile kitchens from the Netherlands and abroad take over the park, turning it into one big open-air restaurant. Add live music across multiple stages, and you've got one of the most popular spring events in the city, with no entry fee to worry about.
The festival is set up across the large open field in Westerpark, with food trucks, bars, and stages spread out across the grounds. There’s no set route, you wander, follow your nose, and see where you end up.
The food range covers everything from steaming paella to juicy burgers. With 80 international kitchens on site, you’re not going to run out of options.
For drinks, the bar runs a cup system, you buy your cup once and it’s yours for the day. This year the festival has switched from a major brewery to Homeland, an independent Amsterdam brewer. Their house lager is described as crisp with a clean finish. There’s also homemade sangria, and an alcohol-free slush option with passion fruit, pineapple, ginger and a lime-chili-salt rim if you want something different.
Rollende Keukens also has diverse open-air stages for live music and shows, which suits the loose atmosphere of the festival.
Go earlier in the afternoon. For a less crowded experience go after it opens (between 12:00 and 13:30). The festival gets packed on weekends and evenings, specially if the sun is shining.
Card only. Payment is cashless across the whole festival. Leave your cash at home
Your cup is your souvenir. You buy it once and keep it, don’t lose it during the day, and take it home at the end.
Don’t come by car. There’s very limited parking in the area. Come by bike or public transport.
100+ food trucks from around the world. The mix changes every year. We liked the El momento arepas, the birria tacos from Mi Mamita Taco and ice cream from Hannahs.
Live music all day. Acts this year include Afrogrooves, Supercity Band and Danspaleis. Check their Instagram for the full daily lineup.
Silent disco. For those who want to dance to their own playlist.
Live podcast. On 14 May at 13:00 at the Cantina Mobile, Patatje Oorlog Podcast records a live episode, worth catching if you’re already there.
Homeland beer on tap. A local Amsterdam brewery making their festival debut this year, try it at the bar.
Rollende Keukens is one of those Amsterdam events that we locals genuinely look forward to every year, and for good reason. It’s free, it’s outside, the food is actually good, and the atmosphere is relaxed and joyful.
The festival has been organized by five Amsterdam families since 2008, it feels like a neighborhood party that got bigger, not a corporate festival that’s trying to feel local.
The format suits people who don’t want a structured plan. You show up, you wander, you eat too much, you stay longer than intended. It works just as well for a couple looking for a laid-back afternoon as it does for a group of friends or families with kids.
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Opening times Rollende Keukens 2026
The festival runs from Wednesday 13 May to Sunday 17 May.
Wednesday and friday: 13:00–23:00
Thursday, saturday and sunday: 12:00–23:00
Payment
Payment across the festival is card only, no cash accepted.
Adults: free entrance
Child (≤ 5 years): free entrance
Price adult: Free entrance
Price child: Free entrance
The experience is located in the Westerpark area. You can park in the Q-Park parking garage at Van Bleiswijkstraat 8, 1051 DG Amsterdam. From there it’s just around 10 minutes walking.
The parking garage has 195 spots, 14 are for electric cars and 4 for disabled.
ℹ️ The hourly rate starts from €6 and for the whole day you pay €38. Reserve your parkingspot behorehand through this link
Bus 22 from Sloterdijk, get off at Nassauplein
Bus 21 from Amsterdam Centraal, get off at Van Hallstraat
Tram 13, get off at Van Limburg Stirum
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