What we believe
The night belongs to the heritage of Amsterdam.
It is dark, and that is exactly where it gives the city its colour. The night is where people create experiences and make connections. Where there is emotion, where you lose yourself in a moment and feel that you are alive.
That is not a footnote to the city. It is part of its social and cultural fabric. Take it away, and you take away something that makes Amsterdam Amsterdam.
And that same night is under pressure. Room to come together is getting scarcer, places disappear, and what remains is too often smoothed into something safe and rentable.
That is why Nachtgoed exists. We make the nights we want to be part of ourselves, and we protect the people and places that make them possible. We pay artists and makers fairly, we give room to new names, and because we are non-profit, everything we earn goes back into the night.
Nachtgoed's heart is in the queer nightlife of this city. These are the scenes that carried Amsterdam's night for decades, from De Trut on a Sunday night to RoXY on the Singel. We carry that line with us, and the door is open to anyone who celebrates its people and traditions.
Amsterdam is Amsterdam because of the people who dare to live their own lives here. Queer, migrant, out-of-line, you too. That fabric is the source of this city, and that is what we protect.
On our floor you are who you are, as long as you grant others the same room.
This is a safer space. We will not tolerate the intolerable.
Short and non-negotiable. At the door, on the floor, on the way home. These rules come from the queer nightlife tradition Nachtgoed grew out of.
01 · No phones in front of the DJ, no photos on the floor.
For your own protection, and for the people around you who don't want to end up online.
02 · Consent is the baseline. Always.
Ask before you touch. No is a complete answer. Not sure? Ask again, or let it go.
03 · No homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, ableism or fatphobia. No hate of any kind.
Ruin someone else's night and yours ends at the door. No discussion, no second chance.
04 · Be who you are.
Gender, expression, style, kink are welcome, as long as it doesn't step on anyone else.
05 · Look after each other.
Drink water, check on your friends, help anyone who looks lost.
06 · Awareness team on site.
Feeling unsafe or seeing something go wrong? Walk up to any crew member. It stays between us, and we sort it.