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Event Voorleesatelier 5+ brings stories and making to De Hallen
Storytellers read illustrated books aloud before the group settles in for drawing, craft activities, and cups of lemonade.

17 September 2026
Event Rijksmuseumlezing by David Wengrow on early human societies
An archaeologist sits with a museum audience for an hour to reconsider received assumptions about early human history.

16 September 2026
Event Yayoi Kusama sculpture workshop for kids at De Kinderboekwinkel
Children shape paper and clay into bright pieces inspired by Yayoi Kusama during this hour-long craft session.

16 September 2026
Event Learn how doulas support birth and postpartum care
An hour answering how birth doulas cooperate with midwives and what postpartum support looks like for families.

15 September 2026
Event Hanukkah candlelight recital of Jewish liturgical music and opera
Tenor Sacha van Ravenswade sings opera and sacred songs accompanied by piano under hundreds of lit candles.

12 September 2026
Event Tour the historic Ets Haim Jewish library
Led in Dutch through the historic outbuildings, this hour reveals rare manuscripts alongside Amsterdam's early Sephardic history.

12 September 2026
Event Prinses Christina Concours lunch concert with two young winners
A thirteen-year-old cellist and a twelve-year-old pianist take unreserved seats in the main hall for an hour.

12 September 2026
Event Touring Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie at de Appel
Eszter Szakács leads a walk through the exhibition, examining how social class shapes the contemporary art scene.

12 September 2026
Event Tour the current W139 exhibition with its curators
Megan Hoetger and Lawil Karama guide visitors through the gallery, explaining the research trajectories behind the artwork.

12 September 2026
Event Tribute to pianist Leo de la Fuente at Muze van Zuid
Tenor saxophonist David Lukács and pianist Bob Wijnen revisit classic early jazz arrangements for an afternoon festival crowd.

12 September 2026
Event Mixed-genre adult jazz fusion dance in an IJburg gym
An hour combining technique drills, conditioning, and choreography that blends hip hop, streetdance, and disco.

12 September 2026
Event Nikki Ong’s farming monologue opposite Meervaart
A one-person theatrical piece drawn from conversations with livestock farmers, staged beside the water on the park benches.

12 September 2026
Event NTFjong presents ocean-depth musical theatre DIEP
Percussionist Dirge Seçil Kuran sings live alongside glowing underwater puppets exploring the seafloor for ages nine and up.

12 September 2026
Event Protecting primary pupils from classroom AI harms
A free morning talk covering algorithmic cognitive offloading and lessons drawn from teaching tech literacy in local schools.

12 September 2026
Event Search the soil during BioBlitz: Bodemdieren
An hour outdoors mapping tiny subterranean critters and surveying the ground ecosystem around the Marineterrein.

11 September 2026
Event Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony as a morning season finale
Dima Slobodeniouk leads the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest through an hour-long symphonic season finale in the main hall.

11 September 2026
Event AVROTROS Virtuoos showcase with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Soloists on violin, piano, and cello take turns performing concert pieces alongside the national radio orchestra.

11 September 2026
Event Ravel’s complete Daphnis et Chloé with choir and full orchestra
An hour-long morning concert of Ravel's choreographic symphony featuring a large orchestra paired with a wordless choir.

11 September 2026
Event Elli Choi plays Paganini alongside Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony
Paganini's First Violin Concerto pairs with Mendelssohn's Fourth Symphony in a neat one-hour morning orchestral programme.

11 September 2026
Event Mozart and Beethoven quintets for piano and winds
Four orchestra wind soloists team up with pianist Natacha Kudritskaya for an hour of classic chamber repertoire.

11 September 2026