Images from the 2011 edition of the Radio538 Queensday concert at the Museumplein in the Netherlands. With 300.000 visitors over the course of the day (the square holds about 100.000 people!) the largest festival on “Koninginnedag” in the Netherlands, the day we celebrate the royal family and our national heritage on April 30th.

Lasgo legs

Afrojack

Queensday partygirl

Guus Meeuwis

Queensday partypeople

VanVelzen

Armin van Buuren

With: Afrojack, Armin Van Buuren, Ben Saunders, Bløf, Dazzled Kid, De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig, Di-Rect, Gerard Joling, Guus Meeuwis, Inna, Jeroen Van Der Boom, Krystl, Lasgo, R.I.O., Racoon, Sander Van Doorn, Sidney Samson, The Partysquad, Vanvelzen

Client: Radio538
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One of the strangest days ever: April 30th 2009. What started out as a bright sunshiny happy day quickly turned into the sobering reality of somebody crazy enough to destroy innocent lives for a mindless attack on the royal family. Koninginnedag 2009 will forever be the one with a black lining. However, as one cannot send 150.000 people back home instantly: the show on the Museumplein simply just had to go on. A good show nonetheless but obviously most people lost a bit of their partymood (yours truly included)… A weird day indeed and therefore just a small gallery this time. Full series here (19 photo’s).

Ray & Anita from 2 Unlimited, performing live again after 13 years!

Lots of legs… who other than DJ Jean?

The closing tunes of DJ Tiesto.

Respect for the artists that did perform and ofcourse respect for those who felt it was impossible for them.

Milow…

Idols winner Nikki. Click image for widescreen version, here for hi-res version.

The incredibly popular Jantje Smit. Click image for widescreen version, here for hi-res version.

Gerard Joling, always fun. Click image for widescreen version, here for hi-res version.

Alain & Dane Clark: father and friend. Click image for widescreen version, here for hi-res version.

View from the top (with David Guetta). Click image for widescreen version, here for hi-res version.

While I’m in Scotland enjoying a four day holiday-slash-little-work-thing I couldn’t resist quickly uploading a good selection of the Koniginnedagconcert photo’s from the Museumplein in Amsterdam. This was the fifth or sixth time I photographed this fun event for organizers Radio538, the largest Radiostation in the Netherlands. About 100.000 people visit the concert, the largest one for Queensday.

Frank Dane from RTL5′s report on the concert.

Overview from the VIP deck.

Krezip, great show as always!

DJ Jean knows dancers…

Gerard Joling.

Impressive show by Idols winner Nikki.

Overview from the frontstage.

Badly tempered during the show but still managed to take a decent picture: Anouk.

Hollands fascination: Jantje Smit.

Radio538 jock Jens timmermans in the on-stage studio.

Father & Friend : Alain Clarke with his dad Dane.

David Guetta, one of the best closing acts for this event ever.

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Artists that day: Milk Inc., I.O.S., DJ Jose, Dennis, Leaf, The Opposites, Syb van der Ploeg, Wolter Kroes, VanVelzen, Het Feestteam, Fouradi, Krezip, De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, Jan Smit, DJ Jean, Gerard Joling, Racoon, Peter Gelderblom, Nick & Simon, Jeroen van der Boom, Mêlee, Nikki, Sander van Doorn, Lange Frans & Baas B., Charlie Lownoise & Mental Theo, Di-rect, Alain Clark, Kane and finally David Guetta.

See you next year!