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Event Songs, slide decks and solo comedy upstairs at Droog
An hour of storytelling and singing tackling cultural roots, personal habits and modern romantic confusion.

9 September 2026
Event Small-group mini ramp skateboarding coaching for children
Five kids per coach on the indoor wooden ramp, welcoming beginners alongside young skaters building existing board skills.

9 September 2026
Event Crafting wire and clay sculptures at De Kinderboekwinkel
A table full of beads, wire, and clay balls for young makers to bend into small figures.

8 September 2026
Event Singing classic Dutch levenslied together at Studio de Kat
Drop in without experience to sing Hazes and Shaffy classics, starting off with gentle warm-ups and vocal exercises.

6 September 2026
Event Benjamin Verdonck performs solo in a Theater Artemis production
A nominated festival piece exploring everyday existence, directed by Jetse Batelaan for everyone eight years and older.

5 September 2026
Event Puppet theatre with spider Anansi and hungry Tiger
Catchy songs and classic folk storytelling, designed for younger children watching Anansi protect his raided fridge from Tiger.

3 September 2026
Event Renovation tile painting using fast-drying acrylic markers
Children use leftover wall tiles and quick-drying markers to draw their own take-home designs in an hour.

2 September 2026
Event Picture book storytime and drawing at OBA Olympisch Kwartier
Children gather for a Dutch read-aloud session followed by communal drawing, colouring, and cups of lemonade.

1 September 2026
Event Informal Tuesday morning coffee gathering inside the Begijnhof
Local residents and international newcomers meet for a quiet, casual cup of morning coffee together.

1 September 2026
Event Free Sunday workouts and yoga on IJburg beach
Turn up on the sand for free midday group sessions spanning kickboxing, yoga, hyrox, and zumba.

29 August 2026
Event Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Yury Revich
Austrian violinist Yury Revich pairs up with the local ADAM Quartet, backed by harpsichord and double bass.

11 September 2026
Event Renaissance and Baroque love songs in the Kleine Zaal
Soprano Elionor Martínez sings early love songs accompanied by lute, performed straight through without an intermission.

11 September 2026
Event Rising Stars: soprano Camila Mandillo at Concertgebouw
An uninterrupted hour of vocal works stretching from Monteverdi and Schubert to a contemporary piece by Bushra El-Turk.

11 September 2026
Event Multilingual choral theatre in Mees Vervuurt’s An Elegy
Choir trainees join a solo percussionist and physical performer for an experimental vocal work sung in multiple tongues.

11 September 2026
Event Screenings of music documentaries inside Melkweg Cinema
Seventy minutes of music cinema covering iconic artists and historic venues inside the venue's dedicated screening room.

12 September 2026
Event Mijn geheime vader at Bellevue Lunchtheater
Two siblings stage their father's real past as a Dutch secret agent with live music.

11 September 2026
Event Julia Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth premieres in the Netherlands
A massive choir of young women joins orchestral players and projected video commemorating the 1911 Manhattan factory fire.

11 September 2026
Event Rising Stars: Cellist Petar Pejčić plays modern Russian classics
Cello and piano duos by Prokofiev and Shostakovich run without an interval, with drinks included in the ticket.

11 September 2026
Event Superdrum at Bijlmer Parktheater
Music theatre pairing performer Jacobien Elffers against a massive installation of automated, self-playing percussion instruments.

11 September 2026
Event Cellist Petar Pejčić plays the Rising Stars recital series
A continuous recital of twentieth-century cello repertoire with pianist Nour Ayadi, including drinks in the ticket price.

11 September 2026