What's on in Amsterdam: events this week
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themFriday 9 October
The well-loved Dutch duo perform their show 'Bal op het dak', mixing hits like 'Het regent zonnestralen' with album tracks and new songs.
An exhibition on the Rotterdam-born Abstract Expressionist who moved to New York and became famous for his raw, gestural paintings, including the Woman series.
Autumn half-term activities at the zoo, with drawing, searching and exploring for children among the autumn colours.
The Canadian pop-punk band, known for 2000s hits like Welcome to My Life and I'm Just a Kid, play live.
The cultural centre's signature Friday night features an open programme of oral storytelling from local and visiting tale-tellers.
Billed as the largest multimedia scale model of any city, this installation lets visitors see and experience Amsterdam.
The zoo marks Purple Friday, the Dutch day when people wear purple to support LGBTQ+ young people, with a celebration of love in all its forms.
The Groningen indie-pop band, known for warm, melodic songs sung in English, plays Paradiso's main hall.
A large-scale dance party; 'bal' is the Dutch word for a ball or dance night.
Richard Gadd's true story of being stalked, which started as a one-man stage show before it became the hit Netflix series.
Lewis Carroll's story of a girl who falls down a rabbit hole, staged as a family show with dance, music and magic for ages eight and up.
A Latin music party with dancing spread across three floors.
The Czech conductor, once a double bass player and now chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, leads an orchestral concert.
A concert exploring tango and how far it can be stretched, from its traditional roots to more contemporary forms.
The miniature museum based on the Mouse Mansion books runs half-term activities: painting a mouse door, bingo and a 15th-birthday celebration.
A hands-on cooking class led by a Japanese host, making ramen from scratch, with solo participants welcome.
The American band best known for their 1998 hit 'Kiss Me', fronted by singer Leigh Nash.
Families with children aged eight and up solve an interactive story game together through the museum galleries.
An interactive morning of tales and nursery rhymes in English for young children and parents.
Masayuki Suo's acclaimed 1996 comedy-drama follows a buttoned-up Tokyo accountant who secretly takes up ballroom dancing.
A guided tour through the 17th-century canal house museum, celebrating a century of the city collection.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2001 Paris fairy tale, with Audrey Tautou as a shy café waitress who secretly meddles in the lives of the people around her.
The Dutch string orchestra, with violinist Liza Ferschtman and double bassist Rick Stotijn, plays music named after Janáček's 'Intimate Letters' quartet and Stravinsky's Suite Italienne.
The German-born, Amsterdam-based cabaret singer known for his shows about David Bowie and for playing Hedwig mixes songs and storytelling in a theatrical one-man show.
The University of Amsterdam's heritage museum takes children exploring the ancient world and looking at the stars over the half-term.
The Dutch singer and rapper behind hits like 'Smoorverliefd' and 'Reünie', known for his heartfelt Dutch-language pop.
The American TikTok personality turned pop singer brings her camp, queer-leaning dance-pop to the stage.
An improvised musical, where performers make up the story and songs on the spot from audience suggestions, plus a set from Telltaled Trio.
A guided tour of the work of Henri Matisse, the French painter known for bold colour and his late paper cut-outs.
A hands-on introduction to foley, the craft of recording everyday sound effects like footsteps and rustling clothes in sync with film footage.
The world cultures museum, formerly the Tropenmuseum, runs a half-term of family activities, stories and creative projects.
Children's Book Week is the yearly Dutch celebration of children's reading, and the library uses books to explore what it is like to perform on stage.
'Ambyar' is Javanese slang for heartbroken, made famous by Didi Kempot's sad campursari songs, so expect Indonesian music to sing along to.
The Glasgow indie rock band, known for punchy, politically outspoken guitar songs, plays a headline show.
The Berlin post-hardcore band, known for emotional metalcore with clean and screamed vocals, plays with As Everything Unfolds and Luna Kills.
The first edition of a kaseko party, celebrating Suriname's upbeat Afro-Creole dance music, led by John Oldenstam with Edje Rust.
An English-language stand-up night with a line-up of comedians doing their own sets.
A theatrical piece exploring toxic masculinity and modern misogyny through the prism of online influencer Andrew Tate.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
Individual intuitive card consultations held in the historic canalside library.
Participants learn bead embroidery techniques to customise and repair second-hand garments.
The local market's resident sommelier leads an informal tasting of selected bottles paired with small bites.
A stage version of Richard Yates's 1961 novel about a suburban couple's falling-apart marriage, which was filmed in 2008 with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
A stand-up comedy evening at ComedyTrain, the Amsterdam comedy club, with several comedians each doing a set, compèred in the club's usual line-up format.
An indoor leisure centre where families can bowl, play laser tag and mini golf, sing karaoke and eat.
Around 25 booksellers set up stalls on the square selling second-hand and antiquarian books, prints, posters and magazines.
A walk you take on your own while listening to a recording, built around women's voices and stories.
Chef Alessandra, who grew up in Puglia, shows you how to make taralli, the crunchy ring-shaped savoury biscuits of her home region, and then you taste them.
An evening about women and autism, based on the book De autismekloof, about how autism in women is often missed and misunderstood.
The London band mixes jazz instruments with electronic production, making groove-led music that sits between a jazz gig and a club set.
A tango trio led by Argentine pianist Juan Pablo Dobal, with Gustavo Cabrera and Santiago Arias, plays in the intimate pianola museum.
A throwback party built around hits from past decades.
Amsterdam's public library runs a half-term programme where children can read, make things and explore.
Art Zoo is a museum of animal-themed art in a monumental canal house, open to families over the half-term.
Aaron Sorkin's drama about Facebook and the whistleblower revelations about its harms, a follow-up of sorts to The Social Network, shown in English with Dutch subtitles.
Relaxed games of riichi mahjong, the Japanese version of the Chinese tile game, at the public library and hosted by a Japanese language and culture group.
A hands-on class in mosaic, the craft of making images and patterns by setting small pieces of tile or glass into a surface.
Musicians play live experimental computer music and noise in the Vondelbunker, a volunteer-run space inside a former nuclear shelter under the Vondelpark.
An adventurous jazz bill headlined by New York vocalist Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, known for fiery avant-garde jazz with harmonium and voice.
Rewire, the festival for adventurous and experimental music from The Hague, brings a session to this museum devoted to new-media and digital art.
Saturday 10 October
Cinekid, held every autumn half-term, bills itself as the world's largest film and media festival for children, with screenings and interactive media.
The Philadelphia singer and poet, a leading voice of neo-soul since her 2000 debut Who Is Jill Scott?, performs live.
Mystery Ensemble plays music from Tim Burton's films, many of them scored by Danny Elfman, such as Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas, in a church.
An Eredivisie league match between Ajax and N.E.C. from Nijmegen at Ajax's home stadium.
For the school holidays the science museum adds extra workshops, the Chain Reaction show and an AI Challenge on telling real from fake.
The 39th edition of the race in which rowing crews in longboats compete through the canals of the city centre.
The British singer-songwriter of Italian descent brings his soulful, retro-tinged pop, including songs from his Italian-language album Europiana, to the main hall.
Moldovan violinist Alexandra Conunova joins the Athens State Orchestra and Hannah Kim for Skalkottas, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns and Shostakovich.
An outdoor adventure park with rope courses and climbing routes strung between the trees, suited to children and adults.
A concert of music from Tim Burton's films, much of it written by his longtime composer Danny Elfman, played in a church setting.
Children's singer Dirk Scheele brings Dikkie Dik, the ginger cat from Jet Boeke's picture books, to the stage in a sing-and-dance show for toddlers aged two and up.
A family exhibition on the secrets of stage magic and illusion, from Harry Houdini to the Dutch illusionist Hans Klok.
The American singer-songwriter, formerly known as Smog, known for his deep baritone and spare, wry, literary songs.
A day of activities across Amsterdam-Zuid on Saturday 10 October, many of them free and plenty aimed at children.
Free children's activities across Zuid, including a look inside the fire station, theatre, crafts at the city farm and clay modelling at the festival hub.
Shostakovich's satirical operetta about Muscovites hoping for flats in a new housing block, also known as Moscow, Cheryomushki, staged for audiences aged 10 and up.
Amsterdam's outdoor ice rink in Watergraafsmeer, with its long speed-skating track, opens again for the season from 10 October.
Guide Huib Ramaer leads a walk for the Muze van Zuid festival to a house concert by pianist Elizaveta Bokhina in the Wolkenkrabber, Amsterdam's 1930s high-rise.
A chance to see Circus Odesa, the Ukrainian youth circus that moved to Amsterdam after Russia's invasion, and meet its performers.
The Japanese turntablist and producer, a pioneer of moody, abstract instrumental hip hop since the 1990s.
An old-fashioned Dutch funfair with traditional rides and games at the open-air Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen, held during the autumn school holiday.
A race through Amsterdam's canals that starts near the 1928 Olympic Stadium.
A free autumn half-term market in the Passage at De Hallen, where makers and dealers sell art, design and vintage pieces.
An afternoon of activities and an exhibition showing visitors how life at a fire station works.
Pedro Almodóvar's latest Spanish-language film, whose title means Bitter Christmas, screening as part of PAFF.
Three drag performers known from the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise share a live show at Westergas.
Part of Winter Vondelland, an early taste of winter in Vondelpark with games, live music, poffertjes and snert, the thick Dutch pea soup.
A rowing club on the Amstel lets visitors climb into a rowing boat and try the sport on the water.
A Van Gogh Museum programme that uses Vincent's life and letters to start conversations about mental health, run with the Dutch mental-health organisation MIND.
A forest ranger reads a story to children and then takes them out to explore the Amsterdamse Bos.
The American photographer and filmmaker, who documented New York subway graffiti and co-wrote the book Subway Art, signs books at the street art museum.
Shostakovich's satirical 1959 operetta, also known as Cheryomushki, about Muscovites scheming to get flats in a new housing estate.
The Malian band, formed in Bamako by musicians who fled conflict in the north, plays desert blues mixed with rock and funk.
An evening looking through telescopes at planets and stars from the hotel near the RAI; in clear weather Saturn's rings may be visible.
The Belgian photographer, known for his stark black-and-white portraits, shows his photographs of the North Sea, its coast and the people who live by it.
During the half-term, children can print their own etchings on the large etching press in the house where Rembrandt lived and worked.
Street theatre for families, held outdoors at Cinema The Pulse.
Participants learn the basics of fragrance blending and create their own custom scent from botanical ingredients.
Young children follow a trail through the museum helping Fiep Westendorp's famous illustrated cats track down a runaway mouse.
An outdoor nature play and discovery group for toddlers and young children.
Hands-on outdoor crafting and building activities for children at the sprawling nature playground.
A private hands-on pottery class where couples can try wheel throwing together and pick up their fired work later.
Stargazing on a hotel rooftop, one of the recommended events during 24 uur Zuid.
AMInal is a walkabout street theatre act built around Nal, a big, soft monster that children will want to touch, hug and follow.
Dealers in rare and old books, manuscripts, maps and prints set up in the seventeenth-century Zuiderkerk.
A day at the zoo about the African penguin, with children's activities.
For 24 uur Zuid, the Vondelpark teahouse goes 'Winter Vondelland', with wintry games and snert, the thick Dutch split-pea soup.
A guided autumn boat excursion navigating the waterways and woodland canals of the Amsterdam Forest.
A guided tour of the anatomical collection, looking at how doctors used to think and operate, and how the patient's role has changed over the centuries.
A night of funk music with dance battles, freestyle cyphers, dance showcases and food, returning to Felix Meritis.
Kintsugi is the Japanese technique of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold so the cracks stay visible, and here you try it yourself.
A guided walk departing from the Homomonument traces the history of LGBTQ+ emancipation and activism across central Amsterdam.
A golf contest at the Birdies golf venue where you play against other golfers and golf pros, with cava and oysters, and no golf experience needed.
Markus Schleinzer's black-and-white drama starring Sandra Hüller as a 17th-century woman who lives disguised as a man, screening in the PAFF festival.
Improvised comedy, where performers make up scenes and characters on the spot, usually from audience suggestions, in the big hall on the NDSM wharf.
Stargazing from the nhow hotel by the RAI, one of Amsterdam's tallest buildings.
A celebration of Asian and Filipino culture with a private screening of the film Forgotten Island, Filipino food, games and stalls from other Asian makers.
The De Pijp city farm puts its guinea pigs centre stage, with petting and grooming plus creative activities for young and old.
Autumn holiday family visits to the 17th-century Catholic church hidden in the attic of a canal house.
A hands-on leatherworking class where you cut, stitch and assemble your own leather bag.
Sunday 11 October
The New York band led by Julian Casablancas, whose 2001 debut Is This It set off the early-2000s garage rock revival.
An open-air market selling artisanal food, drinks, and handmade goods from independent producers.
An open-air creative building area where children can construct huts and woodwork with real tools.
The cult Manchester band, known for their raw, chanted 2011 debut Go Tell Fire to the Mountain, back on stage after splitting up in 2012.
Fritz Lang's 1927 silent science-fiction classic gets a live score from vocal ensemble Wishful Singing, drummer Yonga Sun, clarinettist Steven Kamperman and Jorrit Westerhof.
Shostakovich's satirical operetta about Muscovites hoping for flats in a new housing block, also known as Moscow, Cheryomushki, staged for audiences aged 10 and up.
The Dutch public broadcaster's symphony orchestra plays a programme of well-known classical favourites.
A day on the island fort in the IJmeer, reached by boat, with experiments, Morse code and stories about the fort for children.
Children and parents build life-size jointed cardboard puppets, then dance with them to live piano music led by Brazilian artist Raquel Diniz.
The Manchester band behind the 2011 cult album Go Tell Fire to the Mountain, known for raw, howling anthems, with DJ Bottom also playing.
A live score by Wanderwelle for Teinosuke Kinugasa's 1926 Japanese silent film, an avant-garde nightmare set in a mental asylum.
British recorder player Sarah Jeffery, known for her Team Recorder YouTube channel, plays a space-themed half-term family concert for children aged two and up.
A monthly family gathering that explores world cultures through live music; October's Spanish theme brings a flamenco show and workshop, crafts, tapas and drinks.
An escape room for families and teenagers, where a team solves puzzles together to get out before time runs out.
Children search for seasonal plants and trees across the botanical gardens using a visual bingo card.
A dynamic vinyasa flow session taught indoors with wide glass views across the IJ waterfront.
A guided bus tour of buildings in the Amsterdam School style, the expressive brick architecture of the 1910s–30s that Het Schip itself represents.
Children aged eight and up act as art researchers at the Rijksmuseum, looking closely at works to uncover clues and expose fakes.
As part of the Piano Duo Festival, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker comes to life through piano duet music and live sand art, for children aged seven and up.
A performance of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, his collection of preludes and fugues in every major and minor key and a cornerstone of keyboard repertoire.
Monday 12 October
The North Carolina rapper, known for albums like 2014 Forest Hills Drive and his introspective storytelling, plays the arena.
The American rapper J. Cole tours his album The Fall-Off, playing songs from across his long hip-hop career.
The American R&B and pop singer behind 'Location', 'Young Dumb & Broke' and 'Talk' performs in Amsterdam.
A family drawing workshop inspired by the iconic, playful style of Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp.
A market held in front of the Noorderkerk in the Jordaan since 1627, known for its Monday flea market and Saturday farmers' market.
The Dutch pop singer, known for hits like 'Groter dan ik' and her outspoken lyrics, presents her new album live.
The actor best known from The X-Files and Californication performs as a singer-songwriter, playing his folk-rock material.
A boxing gala in memory of Ben Bril, the Amsterdam Jewish boxer who fought at the 1928 Olympics and survived the Holocaust.
The Montreal singer of Haitian descent blends jazz, soul and blues, known for her award-winning album trilogy tracing African American musical history.
Public skating and courses at Amsterdam's large outdoor ice rink in Watergraafsmeer.
Stanley Kubrick's razor-sharp Cold War satire follows a frantic bid to stop an unhinged US general from triggering nuclear armageddon.
The 1980 office comedy in which Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton get revenge on their sexist boss.
A high-energy, absurd and confrontational dance and theatre piece about losing your grip, for ages 10 and up.
Autumn holiday art and craft activities in the studio at Muiderslot, the medieval castle in Muiden.
A theatre show whose content stays secret until the last moment, and which the makers say they will deny afterwards.
Learn the traditional Japanese textile arts of boro mending and decorative sashiko stitching in this hands-on craft workshop.
An autumn holiday workshop where children make a painting out of clay instead of paint.
A guided tour exploring the architecture and history of the seventeenth-century former town hall on Dam Square.
Professional comics and up-and-coming talent test out new material at this weekly English-language comedy night.
The quirky venue pairs an indie film screening with a social textile craft night.
Tuesday 13 October
The North Carolina rapper, known for albums like 2014 Forest Hills Drive and his introspective storytelling, plays the arena.
The American singer, who has been a defining voice of neo-soul since her 1997 debut Baduizm, in a show billed as an intimate experience.
The South African singer, whose amapiano-flavoured hit 'Water' won a Grammy, brings her mix of pop and R&B to the stage.
The American singer known as the queen of neo-soul, behind Baduizm, 'On & On' and 'Tyrone', plays Carré.
The Ghanaian singer known for the global hit 'Shake It to the Max (Fly)' brings her blend of Afrobeats and dancehall to Bitterzoet.
Eye's regular morning screening programme introduces young children aged two to six to light, sound, and moving images.
Dutch recorder player Lucie Horsch joins the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the period-instrument orchestra founded by Frans Brüggen, for Baroque music by Vivaldi, Handel and Bach.
A trip to Vuurtoreneiland, the small island in the IJmeer with a lighthouse and a fort that is part of the UNESCO-listed Defence Line of Amsterdam.
A theatrical family tour of the Rijksmuseum, led by the characters Izzy and Ot, for children aged four and up.
The Ghanaian-American singer, known for the Afrobeats and dancehall hit Shake It to the Max (Fly), performs live.
The Australian pop singer, who started releasing songs as a teenager, plays songs from his second album 'Kicking My Feet' and has announced its follow-up.
Alan J. Pakula's gripping 1976 political thriller stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as the Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal.
Young players who took part in the Royal Concertgebouw Competition give a free lunchtime concert for children aged six and up in the Kleine Zaal.
The Denver band mixes indie rock with Eastern European, mariachi and gypsy-punk influences and is known for its Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack.
A festival for the youngest children, from age two, with activities and performances pitched at toddlers and their parents.
Dodgeball played across linked trampolines, organised by a casual social meetup group at the trampoline park.
An autumn holiday show for ages three and up, based on Levina van Teunenbroek and Charlotte Bruijn's picture book about a knight with no bottom.
A convention about robots, held in a large sports hall in Zuid that is normally used for basketball.
This Chicago brass band mixes street-band rhythms with hip-hop, reggae and soul.
Artists work in public inside the ARTIS-Groote Museum, the zoo's museum about people and nature, drawing inspiration from the natural world.
Wednesday 14 October
The Atlanta rapper, whose warbling melodic style shaped a generation of trap and who founded the YSL label, plays the large concert hall.
The Amsterdam Museum marks its 100th birthday with 100 days of activities around the city.
Bryan Adams, the Canadian rock singer of 'Summer of '69', tours his album Roll With The Punches, playing new songs alongside his older hits.
The Canadian rock singer behind 'Summer of '69' and '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You' plays songs from Roll With The Punches alongside earlier hits.
The science museum explores the history, design, and culture of video games with interactive displays.
Amateur and experienced performers take to the stage for an open-mic evening of personal tales, folklore, and spoken word.
A free guided walk through the year's winning images from the world's best-known photojournalism contest, shown in the church on Dam Square.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's new film, starring Tom Cruise.
The Netherlands' oldest museum, in Haarlem, offers science activities and a very long marble run that visitors help build over the half-term.
Two American stand-up comedians known from The Daily Show; Minhaj also made Patriot Act and Homecoming King, and Chieng has several Netflix specials.
In this Australian format, the audience learns a harmony arrangement of a well-known pop song over one evening, then everyone sings it together.
An outdoor nature workshop showing children how food travels from seed to plate through gardening and cooking activities.
A scripted and improvised sketch comedy show about life ruled by algorithms and technology, from Amsterdam's long-running English-language comedy theatre.
The Amsterdam band celebrates thirty years of playing its energetic mix of klezmer, Balkan brass and Eastern European folk.
Drag queen Heisa Jynx reads stories aloud, followed by dressing up and crafts for children, during the autumn holiday.
The veteran Canadian heavy metal band, whose decades-long fight for success was told in the 2008 documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
Sego, a Los Angeles indie rock band originally from Utah, plays nervy, danceable guitar songs with a post-punk edge.
The American singer-songwriter and actor, daughter of Michael Jackson, plays songs from her folk-tinged rock records.
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical weaves Cinderella, Jack, Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood into one darkly funny fairy tale about wishes and their consequences.
Run with the Cinekid festival, a filmmaking session where children aged 10 to 13 make their own short films.
Thursday 15 October
The Irish singer, formerly of One Direction, performs his solo pop songs, which include hits such as 'Slow Hands'.
Tchaikovsky's 19th-century ballet about Prince Siegfried and Odette, a woman under a curse that turns her into a swan.
An evening of Queen songs where the audience is encouraged to sing along to hits like 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
Angus Andrew's experimental art-rock band, which came out of New York's 2000s dance-punk scene and has kept changing its sound since.
The Dutch singer-songwriter who broke through with the hit 'Dat Heb Jij Gedaan' performs her Dutch-language pop.
Live musicians play the film music of Hans Zimmer, composer of the scores for Gladiator, Inception and Interstellar, in a hall lit by candles.
The American jazz singer, known for her intimate voice and Brazilian-influenced phrasing, has worked with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding.
Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalist Liam Shortall's project, which mixes jazz, club music, hip-hop and soul.
Drop-in divination sessions using card reading inside the canal-side museum dedicated to hermetic philosophy and free thought.
An open-mic stand-up night where comedians poke fun at Dutch culture and life in the Netherlands.
The Californian indie rock band known for 'My Body' and 'Cough Syrup' plays the Grote Zaal, with Norwegian electropop act Ora The Molecule also on the bill.
Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst and his long-time duo partner, the pianist Roland Pöntinen, play a programme of French music.
The project of New York musician Daniel Rocco, known for theatrical, big-riffed rock with a retro rock 'n' roll swagger.
Journalist and biographer Auke Kok talks about Anton Mussert, leader of the Dutch Nazi party NSB.
Jim Sheridan's 1993 drama stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, who was wrongly jailed with his father for an IRA bombing.
A children's nature activity from Natuurmonumenten's OERRR programme, looking for the animals that come out at dusk.
A theatrical piece exploring toxic masculinity and modern misogyny through the prism of online influencer Andrew Tate.
An advance screening of Belgian director Lukas Dhont's First World War drama, his follow-up to Girl and Close.
A beginner-friendly bouldering session with free climbing shoe rental. Bouldering is climbing short walls without ropes, with crash mats below.
A regular meetup of the Dutch-founded sport lockpicking group, held at the Technologia Incognita hackerspace, where people practise opening locks as a hobby and to learn about security.
1,243 events, concerts, exhibitions, markets and things to do in Amsterdam from Friday 9 October to Thursday 15 October, gathered from the venues and organisers and refreshed every morning. Pick a day or a type on the side to narrow it down. This guide is in English; some events are in Dutch or other languages.
This weekend: The Strokes at Ziggo Dome (Sunday), Cinekid Film & Media Festival at Cinekid Festival (Saturday) and Jill Scott at Afas Live (Saturday).
Questions about what's on in Amsterdam
What's on in Amsterdam this weekend?
546 events are listed for the weekend. Among the highlights: The Strokes at Ziggo Dome (Sunday), Cinekid Film & Media Festival at Cinekid Festival (Saturday), Jill Scott at Afas Live (Saturday), Tim Burton's Universe by Mystery Ensemble (Saturday) and Pure Markt at Pure Markt (Sunday). Pick Saturday or Sunday on the side to see them all.
Are there free events in Amsterdam this week?
Yes. 60 of the listings this week are free, for example Free guided tour: World Press Photo Exhibition 2026 at Nieuwe Kerk (Wednesday), 24 uur Zuid with Lots of Free Activities at amsterdam&partners (Saturday) and 24 Hours of Zuid for Children at Zuid (Saturday). Tick "Free only" on the side to see just those.
What concerts are on in Amsterdam this week?
270 concerts and live music nights are listed, including J. Cole at Ziggo Dome (Monday), The Strokes at Ziggo Dome (Sunday) and IMEHO – An Intimate Experience with Erykah Badu at Carre (Tuesday). Tick Music on the side for the full list.
How often is this calendar updated?
Every morning. The listings are gathered from the venues, organisers and ticket sites, and past events drop off automatically.
A bistro and wine bar in Amsterdam East, close to the Weesperzijde and the Amstel.
A bakery and a restaurant under one roof on the Hekelveld, connected to the Renaissance Hotel.
A new Prinsengracht branch of the all-day brunch spot, serving comfort food in a relaxed, unfussy way.
This all-day restaurant, café and bar sits at Westergas in the heart of Westerpark, with a terrace outside.
The team at the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht hotel created this five-course dinner around a story told with 3D visuals, sound and interactive magic.
This modern French brasserie serving bistro classics is in the former Christus Koningskerk in Amsterdam Oost, a short walk from Amstelstation.
A casual café serving coffee and sandwiches at the Van Gendt Hallen on Zeemagazijnkade.
A small restaurant on Jan Pieter Heijestraat with a long wine list and French-inspired soul food.
This cocktail bar on Stadhouderskade comes from the team behind Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City, who now bring their experience to Amsterdam.
This café on Postjesweg in De Baarsjes works like a restaurant for art.
A brown café and gastropub in the Hamerkwartier with a wide beer list and food to go with it, a place to settle in for a drink.
A bar and restaurant on the Ruysdaelkade in De Pijp, where dinner slowly turns into dancing as the evening goes on.
A corner café on the Mauritskade in the Dapperbuurt, small and cosy inside with lots of green outside.
A French brasserie in the monumental De Kroon building on the Rembrandtplein, relaunched this year in the style of a Parisian bistro.
A wine café in the Staatsliedenbuurt with snacks from local makers, in the spot where The Shamrock used to be.
An all-day neighbourhood café in the Helmersbuurt that gives familiar Dutch dishes a fresh twist, with a long wine list to go with them.
A fine dining restaurant on the Cornelis Krusemanstraat in Oud-Zuid, bringing upscale dining to the neighbourhood south of the centre.
A new branch of the focaccia sandwich shop, now on the Elandsgracht in Oud-West.
A new Indonesian restaurant on the Witte de Withstraat, bringing Southeast Asian flavours and dishes to the city.
The second Bon Burger, this time in Noord, serves dry-aged burgers and dishes cooked over open fire with wine, in a room set up like a listening bar.
This wine bar and brasserie on the Falckstraat opened in September and is styled after a Parisian brasserie of the last century.
A French bistro on the Prinsengracht where Guillaume de Beer of Bar Gui has been given free rein in the kitchen.
A café for coffee, lunch and drinks in A Lab, the handsome former Shell laboratory building at Overhoeks.
A hi-fi listening bar and pool café on the Ten Katestraat in Oud-West, where vinyl comes first and DJs are free to play records they rarely get to play elsewhere.
A small place in the Jordaan with a menu built around potatoes and wine, with separate day and evening menus.
The Molcho family's Eastern Mediterranean restaurant now has a second Amsterdam location, inside the Kimpton De Witt hotel in the city centre.
A Japanese restaurant on the Utrechtsestraat from Kazuya Matsumoto, serving omakase sushi.
The burger place from Haarlem has opened in Amsterdam on the Ferdinand Bolstraat, serving brunch and burgers made fresh.
A Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar in the old catacombs beneath the Beurs van Berlage, with a look inspired by a 19th-century Hong Kong opium house.
A Bologna-inspired aperitivo bar and Italian restaurant in De Pijp, built around the everyday food and drink of that city.
The team behind Maris Piper has started over on the Frans Halsstraat with a completely new concept, a new interior and a new name.
A wagyu and sushi omakase restaurant on the Van Woustraat from the people behind Tewatashi, set up as a chef's table.
After several successful pop-ups, Bennies has settled for good in the Schinkel district, in the spot where its last pop-up ran, after a major renovation.
A pita bar and restaurant on the Moreelsestraat, opened by the owners of Martinot in the same spot after the building's major renovation.
A second Amsterdam branch of the French-style brasserie already well known in Amsterdam-East, now on the Admiraal de Ruijterweg.
A fine dining restaurant in the city centre, also known as Restaurant 21, with a relaxed and casual approach.
Dorus Floris and Lendl Mijnhijmer, who met at Restaurant Bougainville, run this restaurant high up in the Crossover building near the RAI in Amsterdam-Zuid.
A bar, restaurant and club at the heart of the Baggerbeest creative breeding ground, set amid the new Sluisbuurt on Zeeburgereiland.
The brasserie of The Hoxton, Lloyd, the hotel group's second Amsterdam address, in the Eastern Docklands away from the bustle of the centre.
The smaller De Pijp sibling of Otemba's ramen restaurant on Kinkerstraat puts gyoza first, along with snacks, while still serving ramen.
A burger spot in De Pijp devoted to smashburgers, the American style where the beef is pressed flat on the grill for a caramelised, crunchy crust.
A wine bar in Amsterdam-Noord, founded by Richard Dietz and Roderick Meijer, where the food is chosen to suit the wine rather than the other way round.
A traditional Dutch kitchen on the Prinsengracht beside the Westerkerk, open all day from breakfast and built around the story of Aaltje, a kitchen maid from 1828.
Café restaurant on the Amstelveld that runs from breakfast through to dinner and works well for a date night too.
All-day rotisserie restaurant in a former cinema on the Ceintuurbaan in De Pijp, with chef Atti de Moll in the kitchen.
Laundromat and coffee bar in one on the Hazenstraat.
The first Ottolenghi in the Netherlands has opened in Amsterdam, inside the Mandarin Oriental Conservatorium hotel on the Paulus Potterstraat.
Intimate restaurant with just 25 seats inside Hotel TwentySeven on the Dam, set up as the more accessible little sister of Restaurant Bougainville.
Chef Rachid El Mouhandiz has turned 't Stuivertje on the Hazenstraat, a familiar Jordaan address since 1971, into a Moroccan restaurant in tribute to the cooking he grew up with.
Neighbourhood café on the Jan van Galenstraat from the people behind Bar Billie, good for a bitterbal, a beer and a sausage platter from Louman.
All-day café restaurant by the water on the Zeeburgerpad in Oost, open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 for coffee, lunch, drinks and dinner.
An Amsterdam family business since 1974, known for generously filled sandwiches, smoothies and coffee, seven days a week.
A Japanese-inspired lunch room inside Hotel Okura that serves a single signature bento, a modern take on the classic Japanese lunch box, in a room overlooking the hotel's Japanese garden.
Chef Sidney Schutte's new restaurant is moving into the former gymnasium of The College Hotel, offering high-level à la carte cooking without a long tasting menu.
A takeaway spot from the team behind Wonton, the dumpling restaurant at Jan Evertsenstraat 11.
A bakery and lunch room on the Singel from the team behind FYR.
A botanical roast room on the Wibautstraat that serves no meat and no fish.
A new branch of Pizza Beppe on the Keizersgracht, baking Neapolitan pizzas in a stone oven.
Billed as the city's first Thai dessert café, this spot on the Weteringschans is built around mango sticky rice made with Nam Dok Mai mangoes flown in from Thailand and cut in front of you.
A creative cafe where art is on the menu.
An ice cream spot serving gelato made in house to a grandmother's recipe.
A Brazilian rodizio grill and bar on the Max Euweplein, opened as a second location after Hoofddorp.
Dennis Huwaë has renamed Edel by Dennis to Brons, next to Het Sieraad in West.
This long-standing café-restaurant on the Bosboom Toussaintstraat in the Helmersbuurt has been taken over by Geza Weisz and company from a few doors along, and it stays a neighbourhood bar.
A Japanese soba restaurant on the Ruysdaelstraat from chef Kura, where the noodles are the main event.
A coffee spot and listening cafe on the Bilderdijkstraat.
A cosy sake bar with Japanese food in the Helmersbuurt, between the Leidseplein and the Overtoom.
Lara and Alex, an Italian couple, run this small bakery on the Kinkerstraat.
An Italian pasta bar on the Willemsparkweg, close to the Museumplein and the Concertgebouw.
A fine dining restaurant serving Indian and Nepalese food on the Reguliersdwarsstraat, between the Bloemenmarkt, the Rembrandtplein and the Dam.
A new place on the Sluisstraat built around wine and food, with a focus on pairing dishes with the right wines.
A restaurant and café on the Conradstraat built around the long, late dinners of Southern Europe.
A Mediterranean restaurant and café on the Papaverhoek in Amsterdam Noord, focused on comfort food, with a large terrace by the water.
A new kind of neighbourhood pub on the Lindengracht, good for a quick beer, coffee with the paper or a long dinner of refined dishes and good wines.
A restaurant in the Houthavens on board a 100-year-old ferry, the former GVB Pont 13.
A matcha spot in De Pijp from the people behind Venu, and the kind of place Amsterdam did not have yet.
A sandwich shop on Kinkerstraat in Oud-West that takes the Dutch broodje bal and adds eight toppings inspired by Amsterdam, Tokyo, Seoul and the Mediterranean.
An all-day restaurant beside Oosterpark, open for morning coffee, lunch, dinner and late drinks.
A restaurant on Westerstraat in the Jordaan, a street that gets especially lively at weekends.
A shop in De Pijp that makes sandwiches filled with game, as a stand against factory farming.
A neighbourhood restaurant in De Pijp, in the former Escobar, and the first place from friends Joep Hermans, Tobias Kuijt and Martin de Nes.
An oyster-themed bistro on Albert Cuypstraat in De Pijp, with a bold red interior and a taste for long drinks and festive evenings.
This place in the city centre is now called Lucky Duck, with the same team at the same address on Voetboogstraat.
This toast shop serving matcha and coffee has opened a second location on Spuistraat, in the heart of the city centre.
Chef Jesse Franzen runs this relaxed restaurant in Oud-Zuid, cooking classic, familiar food with the occasional surprising twist.
This pasta spot on the Haarlemmerdijk serves fresh, homemade pasta in glass jars, which you can eat there or take away.
On the corner of the Van Breestraat, this no-nonsense eetcafe from the team behind De Zingende Zwaan and Wijmpje Beukers brings the feel of an English pub to Amsterdam.
This Japanese barbecue restaurant serves Wagyu beef, as the name suggests, and first made its name in Buitenveldert on the southern edge of Amsterdam.
From the people behind Collins and Little Collins, this Italian-influenced restaurant and bar is a few doors down from Little Collins in De Pijp.
This upscale cocktail bar on the Handboogstraat opens at 22:00 for drinks and conversation, and as the night goes on it turns into a club.
This café, restaurant and wine bar sits on both sides of the Haarlemmerpoort and is run by Maarten de Vries and Jamie van der Will, also known for Kopstootbar.
This is the second cafe from Uncommon, the Amsterdam specialty coffee roaster, on the Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat.
This long-running restaurant in the Red Light District now belongs to the owners of Helling7 and Café Verlan.
A specialty coffee bar in Amsterdam Noord and the sibling of YUSU in Amsterdam Oost.
A restaurant in Amsterdam West that opened at the start of May.
A pop-up in The Manor, the hotel on Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam Oost that occupies an 1891 former hospital.
A restobar on the Amstelveenseweg near the Vondelpark, where Amsterdam West meets Oud-Zuid.
A restaurant on the Amstelstraat in the city centre that turns into a club as the night goes on.
The Caron family's newest restaurant is in the former home of De Gouden Reael, on the edge of the Realeneiland.
A Korean restaurant in De Pijp from a Korean-owned team that started out doing takeaway in East and West.
A sourdough bakery on the corner of Pretoriusstraat in Amsterdam East, where Rum Baba used to be.
A Latin American restaurant on the 24th floor of the nhow Amsterdam RAI hotel in Zuid, with a 360-degree view over the city.
A Jordaan shop given over entirely to cheesecake.
A restaurant and listening bar on Utrechtsestraat from the team behind the now closed Vanderveen.
An Italian restaurant on a side street off Rembrandtplein, named after the goddess of grain.
A Mediterranean-style eetcafé on Jan van Galenstraat in West, named after the grandmother of owner Anna Meyer.
This fine dining restaurant on the Nassaukade is the first in the Netherlands to serve West African food.
This restobar on Beukenplein serves brasserie-style food with Greek influences, shaped by the roots of owner and chef Angelo Kremmydas.
This contemporary Japanese kitchen and bar on the Amstelveenseweg has reopened with a new approach.
The Craft Space on Schaafstraat is the home of Oedipus beer, a working brewery where the beer is made on site and the comfort food comes from Sassy's.
Pazzi's newest Amsterdam branch is on Van Limburg Stirumplein, close to the Westerpark, and serves the handcrafted wood-fired pizzas the group has made since 2010.
A newly opened restaurant at C.
This small living room restaurant in Amsterdam-West serves a four-course chef's menu inspired by classic Portuguese cooking and by the owners' grandmothers.
This sushi shop on Beethovenstraat is best known for its crispy sushi sandwich, which took off on TikTok and sometimes draws queues of an hour.
A new spot in De Pijp for coffee, lunch, dinner and cocktails, which opened in October on Tweede Jan Steenstraat.
A premium sushi takeaway and delivery kitchen in De Pijp, run by chef and owner Evert Broer.
This restaurant in the Pillows Hotel on Mauritskade, by the Oosterpark, serves French-Japanese fine dining by chef Floris van Straalen, using local and seasonal ingredients.
An Italian restaurant and bar on Mercatorplein in De Baarsjes, built around antipasti, pizza, pasta and cocktails.
This café has taken over the spot on Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat where the Veganees used to be, before that restaurant moved to Amsterdam East.
Amsterdam wine merchant Bureau Wijn, already in West and East, now has a permanent pop-up in DOOR OPEN SPACE on Tt.
An Italian-Albanian coffee bar and restaurant on Roelof Hartstraat, run by a family who lived in Tirana for ten years.
After a thorough renovation, the former home of club Atelier on Anthony Fokkerweg is now a place for drinks, dinner and dancing.
A neighbourhood bistro with French character in the old village centre of Amstelveen, with colourful flowers at the entrance and the bar.
A café on Lindengracht in the Jordaan that feels as if time has stood still, and a favourite with younger locals.
This neighbourhood bakery made its name on Bilderdijkstraat in Oud-West, where its sourdough bread draws queues.
The newest spot from the Dutch family restaurant Heemelrijck, on Singel in the city centre, opened as the business marks 75 years.
A pizza place on Marnixstraat in the Jordaan from the team behind Mangia Pizza, led by Antonio Cavoto, who comes from near Naples.
A farmhouse-style restaurant on Beethovenstraat inspired by the British countryside, from the team behind Café Garçon and Brasserie Margaux.
A small restaurant in Amsterdam East run by Selin and Steph, who cook whatever they feel like: sometimes Turkish, sometimes not, but always seasonal and made with local ingredients.
A second location for Sam's Koffie, which already has a coffee bar on Welnastraat in Oud-West.
A casual spot on Eerste Constantijn Huygensstraat that brings in flavours and ingredients from around the world and combines them freely.
The former home of Van 't Spit on Frans Halsstraat is now Juno, a new concept from the same owners, who changed course after a kitchen fire.
This creative food studio, known for catering events, opened its own restaurant in Amsterdam Noord in early 2025.
A coffee, bakery and lunch spot from the team behind Euro Pizza and Restaurant Europa, now with a second location on Waterlooplein.
A brunch and vinyl bar on Dusartstraat, where records play during the day alongside specialty coffee and dishes such as potato waffles with chicken tenders and hot honey.
The former Venus & Adonis on Prinsengracht has reopened after a renovation as a French bistro, a new direction the owners chose for their tenth anniversary.
A sister restaurant to Toscanini, which is a few doors along Lindengracht, serving an Italian-influenced menu.
Savoury pies from Emily, who grew up in the UK with pies as her comfort food and cooked in Amsterdam restaurants, including De Kas, before starting her own business.
A contemporary skewer bar on Eerste van der Helststraat from the team behind Gitane and Massalia.
Mexico City style street tacos on the Albert Cuyp, made with tortillas pressed fresh every day.
The sandwich shop known for its generous toppings opens a city-centre location.
The vegetarian kebab known from festivals now has a permanent home at NDSM in Amsterdam-Noord.
The team behind Jondani opens a second Rotate near Leidseplein, after the original on Beethovenstraat.
Casual fine dining from chefs Michael Wolf and Jordy Koopmans, with French cooking at its base and subtle Asian and other international influences.
A small restaurant on Nicolaas Beetsstraat from the Café Beurre team, with 28 seats, most of them at the bar facing chef Wes ten Kleij's kitchen.
A German bistro on the Singel where chef Luke de Jong cooks a modern take on new German cuisine, from schweinshaxe, spätzle, pretzels and bratwurst to spaghetti ice cream.
A neighbourhood restaurant and bar on the Schinkel, run by the next generation of the Vooges family.
A second, smaller Bouillon d'Amsterdam, bringing French comfort food to De Pijp with dishes such as oeufs mayo and steak frites, plus affordable wine.
A modern European restaurant in the Van Gendt Hallen where vegetables lead the cooking.
A neighbourhood bar on Jan Pieter Heijestraat built around southern European aperitivo.
A lively grand café that has moved into the Vondelpark Pavilion, in the middle of the park.
A modern Indonesian brasserie on the Ruysdaelkade in De Pijp, giving classic dishes a fresh take, from the kitchens of Java to the coastal cooking of Sulawesi.
This Middle Eastern restaurant in De Pijp opened this summer.
This satay restaurant in the Nine Streets serves freshly made Indonesian satay.
With twelve TruGolf simulators on Pilotenstraat, this is the largest indoor golf venue in the Benelux.
Leonardo Pacenti, chef and owner of Toscanini, has opened this ravioli bar on the busy Van der Helstplein.
This small Japanese omakase bar is part of the speakeasy at Paindemie on Kinkerstraat.
This baked potato spot on Hugo de Grootplein gives an old-fashioned classic a new twist.
This restaurant sits on the NDSM wharf in Noord, in a former industrial building with high ceilings, large windows and views over the IJ.
This Spanish wine and tapas bar on Bilderdijkstraat is open every day.
This Jordaan bakery specialises in canelés, the signature pastry of Bordeaux, made to the traditional recipe and baked fresh every day.
The newest restaurant from the Bouillon d'Amsterdam family is on Stadionweg in Zuid.
This all-day neighbourhood café on Dapperplein has taken over the former Local Dealer spot and serves lunch, drinks and dinner.
Chef Nicolas Aquaa and Bunmi Okolosi run this modern West African restaurant, which is at Prinsengracht 955 for the coming months.
This new bar on Bilderdijkstraat has the classic feel of a brown café and already seems like a long-standing part of the street.
This Mediterranean restaurant is in the De Mirandapaviljoen on the Amstel, the building that used to house Amstel Boathouse.
Two bars share the space at De Ruyterkade 143 and split the week between them.
This new neighbourhood restaurant in Watergraafsmeer is run by two people who have worked at De Kas and Vuurtoreneiland.
Two founders from Reims make pâté en croûte, the savoury meat pie of the Champagne region, in a small open-kitchen shop in West.
A café on Bullewijkpad in Zuidoost, a short walk from Oma Ietje, serving French food with a Mediterranean touch.
A fried chicken spot in the Oedipus Craft Space in Noord, run by the team behind Box Sociaal.
A well-liked ramen restaurant that has reopened on Prins Hendrikkade, serving bowls of Japanese ramen made with a rich broth.
A new restaurant on the water at Pakhuis de Zwijger, cooking diaspora dishes with influences from Indonesia, the Moluccas, China, Europe, Africa and America.
A small wine and charcuterie bar on the Vijzelgracht, next door to Cafe Cenc.
A new café inside Felix Meritis, the monumental cultural house on the Keizersgracht.
The family café at WOPL, a new interactive play space on Stadionplein for children aged one to eight, designed with an educational specialist.
Hotel Okura has turned the waterside terrace of its Serre restaurant into a cocktail pop-up based on omakase, the Japanese practice of leaving the choices to your host.
This Oud-West café on Eerste Helmersstraat comes from the owners of Binnenvisser.
On Utrechtsestraat, this modern barbecue restaurant cooks a changing seasonal menu over a charcoal grill, with meat and fish as well as vegetables.
This specialty coffee bar on Rozengracht is a calm spot on a busy street.
A Spanish tapas and wine bar on Marie Heinekenplein in De Pijp, where Spanish cooks work in an open kitchen.
This affordable eetcafé near the Nieuwmarkt has reopened in a new form.
A new café-restaurant at the NDSM Shipyard, set up as a sort of living room right on the IJ.
A high-end handroll bar on Utrechtsestraat from the 212 Group.
The first NYX Hotel in the Benelux opened on 25 June at Amstelstraat 17, near Rembrandtplein, in a building that was a sugar refinery in the 17th century.
Bakery Wolf has opened its fourth location, on Arnold Schönberglaan on the Zuidas.
A café and restaurant on the IJ waterfront at the NDSM shipyard in Noord.
A Spanish restaurant on Parnassusweg in Zuid.
This bakery and deli from De Pijp, founded by French pastry chef Alexandre Scour, now has a second branch in the centre, on Spui.
An Italian restaurant that has opened a new location in Oost, inside The Manor Hotel on Eerste Oosterparkstraat.
A sourdough bagel shop in De Pijp, from a business with four locations in Amsterdam that began with a father and son who shared a love of bagels.
A natural wine bar in Noord, set within the art and design label WDSTCK, where you sit among handmade furniture and design objects beside the water.
A newly renovated brown bar on Ten Katestraat in West, set to open soon.
A modern French restaurant on the Overtoom, close to Vondelpark.
A café inside de Bijenkorf on Warmoesstraat, which opened on 1 June in the space where the department store's patisserie used to be.
An all-day ice cream and wine salon on Waterlooplein, serving craft ice cream and natural and organic wines alongside morning coffee and lunch.
A Japanese-inspired cocktail bar with the warmth of a cosy brown café, which opened in De Pijp on 25 June.
A Korean restaurant on Linnaeusstraat in Oost, serving Korean dishes with a modern, international twist.
A new restaurant in Noord cooking West African and Caribbean food.
An all-day restaurant, bar and music venue among the warehouses of Oostenburg, founded by Tara Bonimbie and Max van Dée.
The second ramen shop near Gelderlandplein from Taka, who has been selling ramen in Amsterdam since 2012 and also cooks at Toko Dun Yong near Nieuwmarkt.
The largest branch of De Japanner, on George Gershwinplein in the Zuidas, a five-minute walk from Amsterdam Zuid station.
