Events

From House Party to WorldPride

In 2020 BOPS was a house party. Today it’s Amsterdam’s queer pop party at The Other Side, with sold-out Pride editions and 1,200 guests at WorldPride 2026. I co-founded it with Tom Morgan (TMORGZ).

Project
Responsibilities: ProductionProgrammingPartnershipsTicketingMarketing
Year: 2021–now
Format: 4 Club Nights a Yearat The Other Side
Festival Stagesin Amsterdam

A packed dance floor at BOPS during Pride 2026, under the light rig of The Other Side

The Concept

BOPS celebrates pop music across genres and decades, mixed with house and disco.

It’s made for and by Amsterdam’s queer community: a safe space where everyone can come as they are, or as they always wanted to be. A bright moment of queer joy, away from discrimination, where you get to embrace your inner pop diva on the dance floor.

TMORGZ and I are friends and pop music fanatics who believed there was an audience for this. BOPS started as a small party for friends and grew into a club night through a lot of love and support from the community.

Growing the Dance Floor

2020
House Party where it all started
2021
200 Guests at each of the first two editions
2023
500 Guests per edition at The Other Side
WorldPride 2026
1,200 Guests at The Other Side

Every Pride edition sold out. More than 20 editions so far, with 4,000+ followers on Instagram and 2,500+ people on the mailing list.

The Brand

Every edition gets its own artwork. The look grew from the first house party flyer into the current style by designer Michel Walpot.

Artwork by Matt Jasinski

Instagram story for the first BOPS edition on 3 October 2021 — First Ticketed Edition

BOPS artwork for the Superflirt Festival stage — First Festival Stage

Line-up for the Milkshake afterparty by BOPS on 28 July 2024 — Milkshake Afterparty

BOPS flyer for 13 December 2024 in the new graphic style — New Design by Michel Walpot

BOPS × KIKI line-up for 31 July 2026 with Hollywood Tramp, Absoluut and TMORGZ at The Other Side — WorldPride Edition with KIKI

Programming the Event

Next to us as resident DJs, we usually book two guest DJs per edition: artists who embody the BOPS signature sound, or extend it in their own direction. Talent we’ve booked so far: