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Reimagine women’s health through art, design, and storytelling.

Bloody Beautiful is a one-day creative festival by affect lab that explores the magical, messy and often-misunderstood worlds of menstruation and menopause. Expect bold talks, art, performances, technology and design that reimagines the future of women’s health. We’re not here to whisper about cycles—we’re here to reframe the conversation entirely.

The Bloody Beautiful Festival celebrates Solidarity as its key theme in 2025. In a time that seems fractured by difference and division, care for all people is urgent, but most especially for women. Solidarity speaks to the Bloody Beautiful mission to bring together creatives, thinkers and doers with diverse perspectives to imagine new possibilities. Everyone is welcome.

Full Programme & Speakers

Monica Lennon (UK)

Member of Scottish Parliament, champion of the world’s first Free Period Products Act.

Tammy Sheldon (NL)

Co-founder of Neighborhood Feminists, grassroots action against period poverty.

Dr. Louise Newson (UK)

Hormone expert, best-selling author, medic who kickstarted the menopause revolution.

Radhieka Bansidhar (NL)

Founder of Menstrucation, breaking period taboos in classrooms.

Bloody Beautiful Festival 2025 - Doka + Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam - 2 and 3 October 2025

Bloody Beautiful Tickets

Individual €69
Student €39

To purchase group tickets contact:
festival@affectlab.org

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Opening Night Tickets

Individual €12.50

Buy a Ticket (only) for the Opening Night

Your ticket includes …

Access to the Bloody Beautiful Festival on 3 October 2025 at Tolhuistuin (+lunch)

A ticket to the Festival opening night on 2 October 2025 at Doka (places are limited, registration is essential)

50% discount on the new Bloody Beautiful Playbook (launches in October 2025)

Pre-publication access to exclusive Bloody Beautiful news, interviews and research for the next 12 months

Early access to ticket sales for all Bloody Beautiful events for the next 12 months

Merch! Bloody Beautiful collector’s patch + sticker featuring illustrations by Sioe Jeng Tsao

Why Come?

Because you want to create impact.
Because you crave real talk, not taboos.
Because you want to meet other creative minds reshaping women’s health.
Because you like your inspiration with a shot of truth.
Because blood isn’t icky – silence is.

Bloody Beautiful Festival 2025 - Doka + Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam - 2 and 3 October 2025

Bloody Beautiful Festival 2025 - Doka + Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam - 2 and 3 October 2025

So What is Bloody Beautiful?

Bloody Beautiful is a creative movement aimed at celebrating conversations about menstruation and menopause. Through research, art and dialogue, we break down the shame and stigma tied to menstruation and menopause.

It’s a movement. It’s a mindset. It’s a space where bleeding is not hidden, but celebrated.
Started by affect lab, Bloody Beautiful brings together artists, designers, researchers, and the public to explore how we talk about (and design for) cycles and transitions that half the world goes through. Bloody Beautiful challenges norms and builds new cultural narratives around periods and menopause—through stories, science, humour and heart.

Who’s Coming?

The curious, the bold, the change-makers. You’ll be in good company—with designers, artists, cultural researchers, sociologists, femtech innovators, city officials, healthcare professionals, human resources thinkers, activists, and the occasional insurance disruptor.

If you’re looking to reinvent the way we think, feel and talk about women’s health — specifically menstruation and menopause — this is your crowd.

Bloody Beautiful welcomes women, trans, and non-binary people—and anyone curious about or impacted by menstrual and menopausal experiences.

Whether you bleed, used to bleed, or want to support those who do, this space is for you.

We would love
to see you there!

Bloody Beautiful Festival 2025 - Doka + Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam - 2 and 3 October 2025

Bloody Beautiful Festival 2025 - Doka + Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam - 2 and 3 October 2025

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Join an innovative network of Bloody Beautiful partners who are supporting the festival to reach even greater heights in women’s health.

Bloody Beautiful Festival 2025 - Doka + Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam - 2 and 3 October 2025

Bloody Beautiful Festival 2025 - Doka + Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam - 2 and 3 October 2025