If you have missed the magic of DIY (do-it-yourself) culture, cool lights, and inviting friends of friends, zeedyke has something for you! The collective started by five friends who decided to take initiative and revive Amsterdam’s community with queer joy and pack the dancefloor with a lot of fun & good music.

They illustrate the freedom to create, the inspiration to talk to your friends, make a web of ideas, and execute together. The collective was born out of the same energy – to create space for the FLINTA community. Ahead of their newest edition “Sloterdyke” on July 25th at ISO Amsterdam, I managed to sit down & get to know them better.

Aida Pachedji: Let’s begin with the name – where does it come from? How did everything start and who are you? How did you end up connecting?

Elisa Luengo: We’re Paula Ramos Mollá, Ted Grindei, Lorena Solís Bravo, Ana Sánchez and Elisa Luengo, with Thessa Thorsing (upsammy) involved in the early days. We all come from different corners of arts and culture but met through Amsterdam’s music scene and decided to build something together.

zeedyke is a wordplay between Zeedijk and dyke. Our first parties happened at Bar San Francisco on Zeedijk, and we liked the joke enough to keep it going. Our Pride edition is called Sloterdyke for exactly the same reason.

We started zeedyke because we wanted the kind of FLINTA party we were missing ourselves: DIY, music-driven and a little chaotic.

I saw your collaboration with Pottenkijkers (Amsterdam lesbian film collective) in de Uitkijk and you recently had an open call for video contributions with the theme Dark Room Riots. How did that come about?

One of our members, Ted, is part of Pottenkijkers and the collaboration happened organically as we like to join forces with other queer collectives. For this edition, we opened up a video installation to community submissions as we want to build culture together rather than consume it. 

Do you plan to collaborate with other collectives and spaces in the future?

zeedyke has always been more about building community than building a brand. If there’s a fun idea and like-minded people behind it, we’re interested.

Tell us more about your newest & sexiest edition on 25th July. What should we expect & look forward to from zeedyke?

On July 25th, expect ISO to turn into a Latin-infused hot-girl sauna. Reggaetón queen Rosa Pistola is bringing the heat, with local favourites ZOBAYDA and Nèna b2b Nushin keeping it sweaty until the lights turn on. Perreo, bad decisions and excellent stories.

You’ve said that everyone from the alphabet family & allies are welcomed. Can you explain what does openness mean to you? What do you want people to feel when they come to your events?

Our parties are by and for the FLINTA community, but we believe good allies make spaces stronger. What matters is showing up with the right attitude: respect the people, the space and help create an environment where dykes can fully let loose.

Lastly, Meta’s recent restrictions on queer content has made Instagram a hostile place to promote events. Has that pushed you toward different ways of getting the word out?

It’s frustrating to see tech lords making queer organising harder while happily profiting from our attention. It’s a reminder that communities existed long before social media as word of mouth, group chats, flyers, and friends of friends will always matter more than algorithms. Zeedyke is a DIY project, not a brand that needs to scale. We’d rather nurture personal and local connections than chase numbers. Meaning comes from intention, not metrics.

Go check zeedyke’s party at ISO Amsterdam on July 25th, 2026. Tickets here.