4 Comedy & Magic Shows in the Netherlands Worth Booking

1.‘Boom Chicago’ English Comedy Show

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 213 reviews · 2 hours · from $29Our pick

Spend an evening at Amsterdam’s Boom Chicago, where English-speaking performers turn audience suggestions into quick improv, sketches, songs, and comedy. Shows use table seating with drink service, and Friday and Saturday nights also feature a 10:15 PM stand-up show. The club has hosted early work by Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele, and Amber Ruffin.

“Great show! Must see !! Worth the price not too expensive but show was amazing”

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2.English Comedy Show Amsterdam: Boom Chicago

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 112 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $27Best value

Spend about two hours at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam’s Jordaan for an English-language comedy show built around improv, stand-up, sharp writing, live music, and audience suggestions. Choose from available showtimes, buy drinks at the bar, and expect a small, friendly venue where your ideas may become part of the performance.

“If you are looking for a laugh, I would strongly recommend going to this. It is improv comedy at its finest with just a bit of audience input that makes it even funnier because you were “part of the joke”. What I most appreciated was the callbacks to previous segment topics and it felt like a running joke we were in on. I am glad we went because I was laughing all the time, even in some more difficult to improv parts and by the end of it I was laughing uncontrollably. If you have time, just go!”

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3.Magic Show

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 38 reviews · 2 hours · from $33

At Amsterdam Magic Show, you watch four international performers in a small 1920s cabaret theater near Anne Frank House. Pre-show close-up magic leads into a 105-minute stage program with Zippo, Rico Weeland, Soumya, Fritz with a Z, mind reader Evan Kastor, and rotating special acts.

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4.The Comedy Embassy Stand-Up Show

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 20 reviews · 2 hours · from $29

Spend two hours at Boom Chicago’s Upstairs Theater with four English-speaking comedians from the international stand-up circuit. The Friday and Saturday show mixes Amsterdam jokes with stories about life abroad. Drinks from the full bar can be taken into the theater. The lineup changes, and the first Friday of each month highlights new comedians and fresh material.

“Good comedians. Beware if you’re sitting in the first three rows, you’re going to get called out!”

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