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What's on in Amsterdam: events this week

Monday 19 October

Musicelectronic-dance
ADE 2024

Amsterdam Dance Event, the yearly October electronic music festival and industry conference held in clubs and venues across the city.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 12:00 Tags:Music
Musicclassical
Grote Pianisten: Krystian Zimerman Brings 24 Surprises
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

The Polish pianist, a Chopin specialist famous for his meticulous perfectionism, gives a recital in the Concertgebouw's Great Pianists series.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 20:15 - 22:05 Tags:Music
Familyopera-musicals
Cats
Carre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical, based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and home to the song 'Memory'.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Family
Art & ExhibitionsMuseums
The New Aquarium
ARTIS
Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, Amsterdam

The zoo shows off its newly renovated historic aquarium building and diverse marine life.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
MusicClassical
Baby Concert (0-18 months)
Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

A gentle musical performance tailored specifically to babies up to 18 months old and their carers.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 10:30 Tags:Music
Art & Exhibitionsexhibitions
Adam Pendleton Some Wild Kind of Language
Stedelijk Museum
Museumplein 10, 1071 DJ, Amsterdam

A large show by the American artist known for black-and-white paintings, prints and installations built from text, language and fragments of protest history.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Out & AboutSport
Night Climbing at Fun Forest
Fun Forest Amsterdam
Bosbaanweg 3, 1182 DA, Amstelveen

Fun Forest's treetop climbing courses open after dark, so you climb the routes at night.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Out & About
Film
Digger
Het Ketelhuis
Pazzanistraat 4, Amsterdam

Alejandro González Iñárritu's new film, starring Tom Cruise.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 11:00 Tags:Film
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Rijksmuseum Family Month
Rijksmuseum
Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam

A month of family activities at the national museum, inviting children and parents to discover the stories behind works in the collection.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Workshops & Classes
Art & Exhibitionsmuseums
Abracadabra in the Jewish Museum
Joods Museum junior
Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1, 1011 PL, Amsterdam

A family exhibition on the secrets of stage magic and illusion, from Harry Houdini to the Dutch illusionist Hans Klok.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
MusicPop / Rock
Slayyyter WOR$T GIRL IN THE WORLD TOUR + Kalika
Paradiso
Weteringschans 6, Amsterdam

The American hyperpop singer tours her album of the same name in the Main Hall, with Kalika supporting; the show is sold out.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Music
Art & Exhibitionsmuseums
Cobra: More than Human
Cobra Museum
Sandbergplein 1, Amsterdam

An exhibition looking at the postwar CoBrA artists, such as Karel Appel and Asger Jorn, through themes that go beyond the human figure.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Musicclassical
Baby Concert (0 to 18 Months)
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

A short concert made for babies up to 18 months and their parents, with live music in an informal setting.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 09:30 Tags:Music
Stage & Screenfilm
Shall We Dance? (30th Anniversary)
LAB111
Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam

Masayuki Suo's acclaimed 1996 comedy-drama follows a buttoned-up Tokyo accountant who secretly takes up ballroom dancing.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 15:15 Tags:Stage & Screen
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Couples Pottery Wheel Workshop: "Spin & Sculpt: A Creative Date for Two"
Atelier Kleie
43 Johan Broedeletstraat, 1064 AA Amsterdam

A private hands-on pottery class where couples can try wheel throwing together and pick up their fired work later.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 18:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Stage & Screentheatre
De Kopenhagen Trilogie
ITA
Bespreekbureau Leidseplein 26, 1017 PT, Amsterdam

A stage adaptation of Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen's memoirs about growing up, writing, addiction and mental illness in Copenhagen.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Stage & Screen
Out & Aboutmarkets
Noordermarkt
Noordermarkt

A market held in front of the Noorderkerk in the Jordaan, on a square that has hosted a market since 1627.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Out & About
Familyoutdoors-nature
Amsterdam's Birthday
Stadsarchief Amsterdam
Vijzelstraat 32, Amsterdam

The city archive marks Amsterdam's birthday on 25 October, the date of the 1275 toll charter that first mentions the city, with free activities.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Family
MusicStrong lyricist with a style reminiscent
Dave East + Marou & Massin
Tolhuistuin
Tolhuisweg 3, Amsterdam

The Harlem rapper, known for his mixtapes, his time on Nas's Mass Appeal label and playing Method Man on TV, headlines with Marou & Massin.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Music
Musicclassical
Lavinia Meijer en Reyer Zwart
De Duif
Prinsengracht 754, Amsterdam

Dutch harpist Lavinia Meijer, known for her Philip Glass and Einaudi recordings, shares the stage with singer-songwriter Reyer Zwart in this former church.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Music
Art & Exhibitionsmuseums
Museum Visit for Seniors
Van Gogh Museum
Museumplein 6, 1071 DJ, Amsterdam

A museum visit for older visitors, exploring the collection of Vincent van Gogh's paintings, drawings and letters.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 23:59 Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Music
Slayyyter WOR$T GIRL IN THE WORLD TOUR
Paradiso
Weteringschans 6, Amsterdam

The American singer, known for her brash, club-driven hyperpop and electro-pop, tours her latest material.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:30 - 19:30 Tags:Music
MusicHip-Hop / R&B
Dave East
Tolhuistuin
Tolhuisweg 3, Amsterdam

The Harlem rapper, once signed by Nas to Mass Appeal, brings the gritty New York street rap of his albums and Karma mixtapes.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 20:30 Tags:Music
Art & ExhibitionsExhibitions
Pioneers of Media Art
NXT Museum
Asterweg 22, Amsterdam

An exhibition at NXT Museum, Amsterdam's museum for new media art, about the early artists who worked with technology and screens.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
MusicClassical
Ricciotti Ensemble's Recyle Rondgang speelt
Groene Afslag (Hotel)
Cissy van Marxveldtstraat 1, 1403 VM, Bussum

The Ricciotti Ensemble is a Dutch street orchestra of young musicians known for playing anywhere, often for free; here they go on a recycling-themed walk.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:30 - 21:00 Tags:Music
MusicClassical
Baby Concert (0–18 months)
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR, Amsterdam

A concert for babies up to 18 months, built around sound, colour and movement rather than sitting still and listening.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Music
MusicConcert
Felukah
Paradiso
Weteringschans 6, Amsterdam

The Egyptian rapper and singer mixes Arabic and English over alternative hip-hop and R&B.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 22:00 - 23:30 Tags:Music
Familytheatre
40 Rovers (7+)
Plein Theater
Sajetplein 39, Amsterdam

A new version of the Arabian Nights tale of Ali Baba and the forty thieves, staged as family theatre for children aged seven and up.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Family
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
Big Tech and the New World Order
De Balie
Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam

A debate on how the large American tech companies are shaping geopolitics and the balance of global power.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 20:00 - 22:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Food & MarketsTastings
Jenever Hour Experience at Prins & Aap
Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht
587 Prinsengracht, 1016 HT Amsterdam

A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 17:00 Tags:Food & Markets
Comedyimprov
Super Sint Maarten Light Sculpture Workshop
Restaurant Elixer
Batjanstraat 1a, Amsterdam

A hands-on workshop making light sculptures for Sint Maarten, the 11 November tradition when children carry lanterns door to door, singing for sweets.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Comedy
MusicPostpunk
Alien Chicks
Paradiso
Weteringschans 6, Amsterdam

The London band play scrappy, angular garage punk in Paradiso's small upstairs hall.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:30 - 19:30 Tags:Music
Art & ExhibitionsArt Exhibition
Open Studios Nieuwmarkt
Amsterdam House of Arts and Crafts
Oude Schans 21, Amsterdam

Artists and makers around the Nieuwmarkt open their studios to visitors, a chance to see work where it is made and talk to the makers.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Out & AboutTours & Walks
Royal Palace Amsterdam Tour
Vrije Academie
Herengracht 368, Amsterdam

A guided tour exploring the architecture and history of the seventeenth-century former town hall on Dam Square.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Out & About
ComedyStand-up
Funny Vidi Vici Presents: Monday Stand Up Comedy Night in English
Two Chefs Taproom
7 Hugo de Grootplein, 1052 KV Amsterdam

Professional comics and up-and-coming talent test out new material at this weekly English-language comedy night.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:45 Tags:Comedy
Film
Cinemanita & Fiber Factory
De Nieuwe Anita
Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, Amsterdam

The quirky venue pairs an indie film screening with a social textile craft night.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 20:30 Tags:Film
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Workshop: Make Your Own Travel Journal
Vrije Academie
Herengracht 368, Amsterdam

A hands-on workshop in recording your travels in a handmade journal, using painting and sketching.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Workshops & Classes
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
Soomaaliya: Food, Memory, and Migration
Tolhuistuin
Tolhuisweg 3, Amsterdam

A programme about Somali food and how its dishes carry memory and identity through migration.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Workshops & ClassesClasses
Toddler Music Class with Coleta at De Kinderboekwinkel €10 (pay on site)
De Kinderboekwinkel
101-103 Rozengracht, 1016 LV Amsterdam

A hands-on music and movement session designed for toddlers aged 18 months to four years.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 10:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Talks & BooksTalks & Lectures
Attend Talkshow Eva
De Hallen Amsterdam
Hannie Dankbaarpassage 47, 1053 RT, Amsterdam

Audience seating for the recording of Eva Jinek's current affairs talkshow at De Hallen.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 18:00 - 20:00 Tags:Talks & Books
Out & AboutTours & Walks
Musical Icons in Amsterdam Walking Tour
Vrije Academie
Herengracht 368, Amsterdam

A walking tour through central Amsterdam visiting sites connected to legendary musicians and historic music scenes.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Out & About
ComedyStand-up
Monday Night Laughs (Pay Only If you Laugh Edition)
Proeflokaal Brouwerij de Prael
Oudezijds Armsteeg 26, Amsterdam

A stand-up comedy night where you pay only if the comedians make you laugh, in the brewery taproom in the Red Light District.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:15 Tags:Comedy
Film
Yellow Letters
Het Ketelhuis
Pazzanistraat 4, Amsterdam

İlker Çatak's drama, his follow-up to The Teachers' Lounge, about an artist couple in Turkey whose lives unravel under political pressure.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Film
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
Inside Syria
De Balie
Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, Amsterdam

An evening of talk and discussion at De Balie on the current situation inside Syria.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Stage & Screen
MusicClassical
Moving Talent: Pianist Gabriel Crist Puts Mozart in a New Light
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

Part of the Concertgebouw's Moving Talent series for young musicians, this recital has pianist Gabriel Crist offering a fresh take on Mozart.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 20:15 - 22:35 Tags:Music
Workshops & Classesworkshops
Life Drawing Weekend Intensive
OT301
Overtoom 301, Amsterdam

A four-lesson weekend course in drawing from a live model, run by 4bid Gallery, covering the basics and nudging you to put them into practice.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 18:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Musicelectronic-dance
Cheeky Monday: TAMZA
Melkweg
Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam

A Monday club night led by Tamza, with Oneiroi, Karimooo, Sama Sama and Multiplex also on the bill.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 23:00 Tags:Music
MusicElectronic / Dance
corecore | $quib + Chris Olsen
Stichting Kunst- en Cultuurhuis Cinetol
Tolstraat 182 , 1074 VM Amsterdam

Named after corecore, the TikTok genre of fragmented, emotionally charged video montages, an evening with $quib and Chris Olsen.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 20:00 - 23:30 Tags:Music
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Maker Space | Art and Technology | Make Your Own Autumn Light
OBA Molenwijk - Maakplaats

A hands-on workshop for children in the library's maker space, mixing art and simple electronics to build a small autumn light.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 14:30 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Stage & Screenfilm
Street Fighter (4DX English with Dutch subtitles)
Pathé Arena
Johan Cruijff Boulevard 600, 1101 DS, Amsterdam

Kitao Sakurai's live-action version of the Capcom fighting game, shown in 4DX with moving seats and effects, at a screening organised by Amsterdam Film Group.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 18:00 - 21:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Film
Sense And Sensibility
Het Ketelhuis
Pazzanistraat 4, Amsterdam

A film version of Jane Austen's novel about the Dashwood sisters, one ruled by her head and the other by her heart, looking for love and security.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 18:45 Tags:Film
Film
Ulrich Seidl – Über das Leben, die Liebe und den Tod
Eye Filmmuseum
IJpromenade 1, Amsterdam

A retrospective examining the Austrian director known for his unflinching, controversial docudramas exploring the darker fringes of European society.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Film
Workshops & ClassesLanguage & Skills
Language Café | Olympisch Kwartier
OBA Olympisch Kwartier - Leeszaal
Laan der Hesperiden 18, Amsterdam

An informal conversation gathering where people learning Dutch can practice speaking with native volunteers over coffee.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 13:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Maker Space | Art and Technology | Artificial Light
OBA Next Lab Kraaiennest - Makerspace

A children's maker-space workshop on light, combining art and technology to make glowing creations.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 15:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Makerspace | The Beach | Gangmakers Design Lab
OBA Osdorp - Maakplaats
Osdorpplein 16, 1068 EL

A design thinking and making workshop encouraging youth to create creative solutions for their local neighbourhood.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 15:30 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Film
De Gaulle: Résistance (Part 1)
Het Ketelhuis
Pazzanistraat 4, Amsterdam

The first half of a French two-part film about Charles de Gaulle, covering his wartime years leading the Free French resistance from London.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 11:00 Tags:Film
Stage & Screenbooks-readings
On Stupidity and Other Essays
SPUI25
Spui 25-27, Amsterdam

A book evening at the University of Amsterdam's public programme venue, centred on a collection of essays about stupidity.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Art & Exhibitionsmuseums
Art Zoo Museum
Art Zoo Museum
Herengracht 368, Amsterdam

A gallery inside a historic canal house dedicated entirely to vibrant, contemporary animal-themed artwork.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Out & Aboutnightlife
Halloween
Oostpoort
Oranje-Vrijstaatplein 2, Amsterdam

A Halloween event at the Oostpoort shopping area in Amsterdam-Oost.

Time:Mon 19 Oct Tags:Out & About
Film
De Gaulle: Liberté (Part 2)
Het Ketelhuis
Pazzanistraat 4, Amsterdam

The second half of a French two-part film about Charles de Gaulle, who led the Free French during the Second World War and later became president.

Time:Mon 19 Oct, 13:45 Tags:Film
On view all week

Tuesday 20 October

Out & Aboutnightlife
Amsterdam Dance Event 2026
Westweelde
Klönneplein 4-6, Amsterdam

Part of ADE, Amsterdam's annual electronic music conference and festival, which fills the city's clubs and venues with DJs and producers for five days every October.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 10:00 Tags:Out & About
Familyopera-musicals
Cats
Carre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical, based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and home to the song 'Memory'.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Family
Festivalsdance
Swan Lake Remixed for ADE
Gashouder
Klönneplein 1, 1014 DD, Amsterdam

Tchaikovsky's ballet score reworked with electronic music for Amsterdam Dance Event, inside the round former gasholder at Westergas.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 22:00 Tags:Festivals
Musicclassical
Bach at His Best: the Brandenburg Concertos
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos, which he presented to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721, each written for a different group of solo instruments.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:15 - 22:00 Tags:Music
Out & AboutSport
Night Climbing at Fun Forest
Fun Forest Amsterdam
Bosbaanweg 3, 1182 DA, Amstelveen

Fun Forest's treetop climbing courses open after dark, so you climb the routes at night.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Out & About
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Rijksmuseum Family Month
Rijksmuseum
Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam

A month of family activities at the national museum, inviting children and parents to discover the stories behind works in the collection.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Workshops & Classes
Musichip-hop-rb
PJ Morton
Paradiso
Weteringschans 6, Amsterdam

The New Orleans soul and R&B singer and Grammy winner, also Maroon 5's keyboard player, plays the main hall, which is sold out.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:30 - 20:30 Tags:Music
Musicclassical
Close-up Concertgebouw Orcheestra: From the Old World
Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

A Concertgebouw Orchestra concert in its Close-up series, with a programme built around music from Europe's Old World.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 08:15 Tags:Music
Workshops & Classesworkshops
XL Craft Club | Live Piano | TOC x Flow Magazine
Posthoornkerk
124-126 Haarlemmerstraat, Amsterdam

A large drop-in crafting session in a church, with live piano music, co-hosted by the Dutch creativity and mindfulness magazine Flow.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Art & Exhibitionsmuseums
Abracadabra: Magic from Houdini to Klok at the Jewish Museum
Joods Museum junior
Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1, 1011 PL, Amsterdam

A children's exhibition about stage magic and illusion, from escape artist Harry Houdini to the Dutch illusionist Hans Klok.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Familytheatre
Cherry Town
Opera Ballet

Shostakovich's satirical 1959 operetta, also known as Cheryomushki, about Muscovites scheming to get flats in a new housing estate.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Family
Familysport
Jaap Eden Ice Rink
Jaap Eden IJsbaan
IJsbaan 365, Amsterdam

Public skating and courses at Amsterdam's large outdoor ice rink in Watergraafsmeer.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Family
Art & ExhibitionsMuseums
Digital Family Game: Story Savers
Rijksmuseum
Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam

Families with children aged eight and up solve an interactive story game together through the museum galleries.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Stage & Screenfilm
Shall We Dance? (30th Anniversary)
LAB111
Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam

Masayuki Suo's acclaimed 1996 comedy-drama follows a buttoned-up Tokyo accountant who secretly takes up ballroom dancing.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 16:35 Tags:Stage & Screen
Stage & Screentheatre
De Kopenhagen Trilogie
ITA
Bespreekbureau Leidseplein 26, 1017 PT, Amsterdam

A stage adaptation of Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen's memoirs about growing up, writing, addiction and mental illness in Copenhagen.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Stage & Screen
Art & ExhibitionsMuseums
Painting & Etching Demonstration
Museum Rembrandthuis
Jodenbreestraat 4, 1011 NK, Amsterdam

Demonstrations of 17th-century painting and etching techniques in the restored studio where Rembrandt lived and worked.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Familyoutdoors-nature
Amsterdam's Birthday
Stadsarchief Amsterdam
Vijzelstraat 32, Amsterdam

The city archive marks Amsterdam's birthday on 25 October, the date of the 1275 toll charter that first mentions the city, with free activities.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Family
Musicclassical
Close-up Concertgebouworkest: From the Old World
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra step out of the full orchestra to play chamber music in their Close-up series.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:15 - 22:15 Tags:Music
MusicClassical
Baby Concert (0–18 months)
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR, Amsterdam

A concert for babies up to 18 months, built around sound, colour and movement rather than sitting still and listening.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Music
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Cyanotype Workshop
Vrije Academie
Herengracht 368, Amsterdam

A hands-on session making your own cyanotypes, the sun-exposed photographic process that produces white images on deep Prussian blue.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Workshops & Classes
Film
Fraude Film Festival: Ruin (doc) – The Story Behind the FTX Affair
De Nieuwe Schatkamer
Frederiksplein 61, 1017 XL, Amsterdam

A documentary on the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud, shown as part of a festival of films about fraud.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Film
Familytheatre
40 Rovers (7+)
Plein Theater
Sajetplein 39, Amsterdam

A new version of the Arabian Nights tale of Ali Baba and the forty thieves, staged as family theatre for children aged seven and up.

Time:Tue 20 Oct Tags:Family
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
Science & Cocktails: How Our Money Can Make Everyone Happy
Tolhuistuin
Tolhuisweg 3, Amsterdam

An evening talk served with drinks, on how an economy built on cooperation and shared prosperity could give everyone basic economic security.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Stage & Screen
Out & Aboutgames-quiz
LEEF TIJD (ADE)
DB55
Danzigerbocht 55, Amsterdam

Young and old meet to explore intimacy, ageing and connection, with music bingo, a meeting van and a dance floor run by father-daughter duo Paul and Laura Meester.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 14:00 - 17:00 Tags:Out & About
Food & MarketsTastings
Jenever Hour Experience at Prins & Aap
Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht
587 Prinsengracht, 1016 HT Amsterdam

A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 17:00 Tags:Food & Markets
Stage & Screentheatre
Samizdat: Stories from the Underground
Mezrab
Veemkade 576, Amsterdam

Storytelling at Mezrab named after samizdat, the secretly self-published writing passed hand to hand in the Soviet bloc.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Makerspace | Art and Technology | Creating Creatures
OBA Waterlandplein - Maakplaats
Van Hallstraat 615

Children build and sculpt imaginative creatures using craft materials and technology.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 15:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
TUMO | Work on Your Tech & Design Skills at OBA Next Lab Kraaiennest
OBA Next Lab Kraaiennest - Gekoppelde ruimten TUMO workshops
Oosterdokskade 143, Amsterdam

Youth workshops focusing on creative technology, coding, and digital design skills.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 15:30 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Matcha Workshop
HvA FLOOR
Wibautstraat 3b, Amsterdam

An interactive introduction to preparing, whisking and enjoying traditional Japanese powdered green tea.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 14:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
Playfight Introduction + Circle

An introduction to playfighting, a consensual, non-competitive kind of physical play and wrestling, followed by a circle where participants try it together.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 18:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Talks & BooksTalks & Lectures
Attend Talkshow Eva
De Hallen Amsterdam
Hannie Dankbaarpassage 47, 1053 RT, Amsterdam

Audience seating for the recording of Eva Jinek's current affairs talkshow at De Hallen.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 18:00 - 20:00 Tags:Talks & Books
Stage & Screentheatre
Je hebt geen idee
Theater Bellevue
Leidsekade 90, Amsterdam

In his new theatre show, Ta Joela looks back on his childhood growing up in a Dutch asylum seekers' centre.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Workshops & Classesworkshops
Workshop Mosaics
Amsterdam House of Arts & Crafts
Oudeschans 21, 1011KS Amsterdam

A hands-on class in mosaic, the craft of making images and patterns by setting small pieces of tile or glass into a surface.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 10:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
History and Climate Change: Lessons from the Past for an Uncertain Future

A talk on what past climate shifts and how societies responded to them can teach us about facing climate change today.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 14:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Stage & Screenbooks-readings
An evening with Sadia Badiei: Simply Plants
The American Book Center
12 Spui, 1012 XA Amsterdam

The dietitian behind the Pick Up Limes YouTube channel presents her plant-based cookbook Simply Plants.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Musicsinger-songwriter
John Craigie
Paradiso
Weteringschans 6, Amsterdam

The Californian folk singer-songwriter, known for wry storytelling between songs, plays Paradiso's smaller upstairs hall.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:15 Tags:Music
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
The Hmm ON Online Fandom
The Hmm
NDSM-plein 125, Amsterdam

The Hmm, an Amsterdam platform for internet culture, hosts an evening about online fandom: how fans gather, create and organise around the things they love online.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Workshops & Classesworkshops
ABC Community Bike Repair
Vrankrijk
Spuistraat 216, Amsterdam

A do-it-yourself bike workshop where people fix their own bikes with shared tools and help from volunteers, held at the Vrankrijk squat.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 13:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Food & MarketsFood Events
Vegan Voku and Free Market
Molli Chaoot
Van Ostadestraat 55hs, Amsterdam

A voku, short for volkskeuken, is a cheap communal vegan dinner, held here together with a free market where you can take or leave goods at no charge.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 18:00
Workshops & Classesworkshops
Workshop Leather Journal Cover
Amsterdam House of Arts & Crafts
Oudeschans 21, 1011KS Amsterdam

A hands-on class where you cut, stitch and finish your own leather cover for a notebook or journal.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 13:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Food & Drink
Ravioli & Tortelli Workshop: Eat What You Make | Tuesday 20.10.26
La Bottega by Chiara's Food
201 Van Woustraat, 1074 AN Amsterdam

A hands-on cooking class where you learn to make and fill fresh ravioli and tortelli by hand and with a machine, then eat what you made.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 18:00 Tags:Food & Drink
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
Marleen Stikker
Pakhuis de Zwijger
Piet Heinkade 179-181, Amsterdam

The Dutch internet pioneer, co-founder of De Digitale Stad and longtime director of Waag, known for arguing for public, commons-based technology.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:00 - 22:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
Artist Talk: Hannah Black
De Ateliers
Stadhouderskade 86, 1073 AT, Amsterdam

The British artist and writer, known for video and text work and for her open letter on Dana Schutz's Open Casket, discusses her practice.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 17:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Art & Exhibitionsexhibitions
New Dutch Selected Artists' Moving Image
Eye Filmmuseum
IJpromenade 1, Amsterdam

A selection of recent film and video works by contemporary Dutch artists, shown at the national film museum.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Out & Aboutsport
Bouldering at Monk
Monk Bouldergym Amsterdam
Aambeeldstraat 26

A social outing for bouldering, which is climbing short walls without ropes above thick safety mats, at one of the Monk climbing gyms.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Out & About
Musicelectronic-dance
Techno Tuesday
Melkweg
Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam

Melkweg's weekly techno night, a regular midweek chance to dance to techno.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 23:30 Tags:Music
Out & Aboutnightlife
Amsterdam Dance Elderly
DB55
Danzigerbocht 55, Amsterdam

A play on the Amsterdam Dance Event name, this is a dance gathering aimed at older people.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 14:00 - 17:00 Tags:Out & About
Workshops & Classesclasses
Life Drawing Tuesday sessions - sign up in time !
4bid gallery
Overtoom 301

A drawing session with a live model, usually without an instructor, at the artist-run gallery in the OT301 building on the Overtoom; places must be booked.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 18:30 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Musicjazz-blues
FRED FRITH, TIM HODGKINSON & LIZ ALBEE (US/UK/DE) + LUKRAAK (Marcus Wärnheim & Thomas Jaspers) + JOSHUA BURKETT (US)
OCCII
Amstelveenseweg 134, Amsterdam

Henry Cow founders Fred Frith on guitar and Tim Hodgkinson, joined by trumpeter Liz Albee, lead a bill of experimental and improvised music.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:30 Tags:Music
Out & Aboutgames-quiz
Pub Quiz! – 3rd Tuesdays
Stretch and Fold
71 Papaverhof, Amsterdam

A monthly pub quiz held on the third Tuesday, where teams compete to answer rounds of trivia questions.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 18:30 Tags:Out & About
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
Wunderland – The Founding Years of the Federal Republic 1955–1967
Goethe-Institut Niederlande
470 Herengracht, 1017 CA Amsterdam

German journalist Harald Jähner, author of the postwar history Aftermath, talks about his book on West Germany's economic and cultural boom years.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Film
Digger
LAB111
Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam

A contemporary drama following an estranged father and son clashing in rural Greece amid encroaching industrial interests.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 12:10 - 14:19 Tags:Film
Out & About
Queer Hangout
QueerHub
Notweg 38, Amsterdam

A weekly social gathering for the local LGBTQ+ community to meet and connect.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 14:30 - 18:00 Tags:Out & About
Out & AboutSport
Playful Sports
Broekmanhuis

Student instructors lead playful outdoor movement and introduce basic sports skills to children.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 16:00 - 17:30 Tags:Out & About
Out & Aboutgames-quiz
Music Quiz
De Kring
Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 7-9, 1017 RP, Amsterdam

A music quiz where teams guess songs and answer music trivia, held at De Kring, the long-running members' club for artists and creatives.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 20:30 Tags:Out & About
Stage & Screentalks-lectures
Mapping Data Work
SPUI25
Spui 25-27, Amsterdam

A public programme at the University of Amsterdam's SPUI25 about data work, the often hidden human labour behind collecting and processing data.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 17:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Out & Aboutgames-quiz
Board Game Nights by Comrades & Co
Kanarie Club
Bellamyplein 51, 1053 AT Amsterdam

A regular evening of board games where you can drop in, join a table and play with other people.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 18:45 Tags:Out & About
Workshops & Classesworkshops
LiVE DRAWING
Supermercator
Mercatorplein 3H, Amsterdam

Artists draw live while people watch, at the bar and venue in Amsterdam West.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Talks & BooksTalks & Lectures
Dark Horses: Career Storytelling Night
BounceSpace Coffee & Coworking
Overtoom 141, 1054 HG, Amsterdam

A storytelling night where people tell the stories of their careers, often the unexpected turns, at a coffee and coworking space.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 18:00 Tags:Talks & Books
Musicjazz-blues
Rock 'n' Roll Dance Class with Gel
Kompaszaal Amsterdam
KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam

Dancers learn rock 'n' roll partner footwork and moves in the historic waterfront ballroom.

Time:Tue 20 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Music
On view all week

Wednesday 21 October

MusicClassical
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest x EINDER by Boris Acket
Amsterdam Dance Event

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra teams up with Dutch artist Boris Acket, known for large-scale light and sound installations, for an Amsterdam Dance Event collaboration.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 20:30 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Jean-Michel Jarre
AFAS Live
Johan Cruijff Boulevard 590, Amsterdam

The French electronic music pioneer behind Oxygène and Équinoxe, known for huge multimedia shows that combine synthesisers, lasers and visuals.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 18:30 Tags:Music
MusicElectronic / Dance
ADE

Amsterdam's yearly electronic music conference and club festival, filling venues across the city, follows straight after the TCS Amsterdam Marathon.

Time:Wed 21 Oct
Musicelectronic-dance
ADE Opening Concert: KYBBA & Metropole Orkest + special guests
Melkweg
Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam

The Amsterdam Dance Event opens with Dutch producer KYBBA performing with the Metropole Orkest, the Netherlands' Grammy-winning orchestra for pop and jazz, plus guests.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 18:30 - 18:30 Tags:Music
Familyopera-musicals
Cats
Carre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's dance-heavy musical based on T.S. Eliot's cat poems, the show that gave us the song 'Memory'.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Family
Musicelectronic-dance
DJ Snake
Amsterdam Dance Event

The French DJ and producer behind hits like Turn Down for What, Lean On and Taki Taki plays during Amsterdam Dance Event.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 23:59 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
DJ SNAKE - ADE
Paradiso
Weteringschans 6, Amsterdam

The French producer behind global hits 'Turn Down for What' and 'Lean On' plays an ADE show.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 23:59 - 23:59 Tags:Music
Theatre & DanceDance
Swan Lake Remixed for ADE
Amstel 3 – Nationale Opera & Ballet

Dutch National Ballet and ISH Dance Collective reimagine Tchaikovsky's ballet with hip-hop, electronic music and digital art for Amsterdam Dance Event.

Time:Wed 21 Oct Tags:Theatre & Dance
Festivalsdance
Swan Lake Remixed for ADE
Gashouder
Klönneplein 1, 1014 DD, Amsterdam

Tchaikovsky's ballet score reworked with electronic music for Amsterdam Dance Event, inside the round former gasholder at Westergas.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 15:45 Tags:Festivals
MusicClassical
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest x EINDER ADE
Centrale Markthal
Jan van Galenstraat 6, Amsterdam

Amsterdam's world-renowned symphony orchestra crosses into electronic music territory in an ADE collaboration with EINDER.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 19:45 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Armin van Buuren & Benwal
Gashouder
Klönneplein 1, 1014 DD, Amsterdam

Trance figurehead and A State of Trance host Armin van Buuren shares the bill with producer Benwal in the round former gasholder at Westergasfabriek.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 21:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
MARSHALL JEFFERSON & FRIENDS
Amsterdam Dance Event
Reguliersdwarsstraat 44, Amsterdam

The Chicago house pioneer behind 'Move Your Body', often called the house music anthem, plays alongside invited guests.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 17:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Opening Night - Awakenings ADE

The Dutch techno organisation known for its large warehouse parties and festival opens its Amsterdam Dance Event programme.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 23:00 - 07:00 Tags:Music
Art & ExhibitionsMuseums
The New Aquarium
ARTIS
Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, Amsterdam

The zoo shows off its newly renovated historic aquarium building and diverse marine life.

Time:Wed 21 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Theatre & DanceTheatre
Open Stage Storytelling Night
Mezrab
Veemkade 576, Amsterdam

Amateur and experienced performers take to the stage for an open-mic evening of personal tales, folklore, and spoken word.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Theatre & Dance
Out & AboutSport
Night Climbing at Fun Forest
Fun Forest Amsterdam
Bosbaanweg 3, 1182 DA, Amstelveen

Fun Forest's treetop climbing courses open after dark, so you climb the routes at night.

Time:Wed 21 Oct Tags:Out & About
Musicelectronic-dance
Intercell ADE Kickoff
Levenslang Amsterdam
H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 48, Amsterdam

A party marking the start of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music festival and conference spread across clubs and venues.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 17:00 - 22:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Lucas & Steve ADE
IJland
Tt. Vasumweg 171, Amsterdam

Dutch DJ and production duo known for upbeat, melodic house and festival anthems, playing an Amsterdam Dance Event show.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Music
Art & ExhibitionsExhibitions
Erwin Olaf at The Grand
Amsterdam Dance Event - Sofitel Legend The Grand

Work by Erwin Olaf, the late Dutch photographer known for staged, cinematic and meticulously lit images, shown at the Sofitel Legend The Grand.

Time:Wed 21 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Musicelectronic-dance
CHRIS STASSY b2b Job Jobse
Amsterdam Dance Event
Wenckebachweg 48, Amsterdam

Two Dutch DJs play back to back: Chris Stussy, a minimal-leaning house producer, and Job Jobse, known for long, eclectic sets.

Time:Wed 21 Oct, 17:00 Tags:Music
On view all week

Thursday 22 October

Musicelectronic-dance
Eric Prydz
Gashouder
Klönneplein 1, 1014 DD, Amsterdam

The Swedish producer behind "Call on Me", also known as Pryda and Cirez D, plays his progressive house and techno, often with large-scale visual production.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 16:00 Tags:Music
Musicclassical
Beethoven's Fifth with the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

Amsterdam's own orchestra plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, the one that opens with the famous four-note motif.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 20:15 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
KI/KI - (Day / 1)
Ziggo Dome
De Passage 100, Amsterdam

Dutch DJ KI/KI, known for fast techno with a trance edge, plays the first of her headline days at the arena.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 18:30 - 02:00 Tags:Music
MusicElectronic / Dance
KI/KI
Ziggo Dome
De Passage 100, Amsterdam

The Amsterdam-based techno DJ and producer, known for her fast, high-energy club sets, plays a headline show at the arena.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 16:30 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Paul Kalkbrenner LIVE x Loveland
Amsterdam Dance Event
Danzigerkade 5, Amsterdam

The German techno producer, known for the film Berlin Calling and his track Sky and Sand, plays live at an event with the Amsterdam party organiser Loveland.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Music
Familyopera-musicals
Cats
Carre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical, based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and home to the song 'Memory'.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Family
Musicelectronic-dance
10 YEARS OF STMPD RCRDS - ADE
AFAS Live
Johan Cruijff Boulevard 590, Amsterdam

Martin Garrix's record label STMPD RCRDS celebrates its tenth anniversary with a big-room Amsterdam Dance Event show.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Music
MusicElectronic / Dance
ADE x Nxt: EarthSonic Premiere with Orbital and Paranoid London
NXT Museum
Asterweg 22, Amsterdam

British electronic pioneers Orbital and acid house duo Paranoid London premiere EarthSonic, an audiovisual project at the digital art museum, during Amsterdam Dance Event.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 17:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Hernan Cattaneo B2B Nick Warren 6hrs - ADE
Westergas
Pazzanistraat 37, Amsterdam

The Argentinian progressive house DJ and the British DJ known for Way Out West and Global Underground play a six-hour back-to-back set.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Music
Out & Aboutsport
Ajax - Atalanta
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Johan Cruijff Boulevard 1, 1100 DL, Amsterdam

Ajax take on Atalanta, the Italian club from Bergamo, in a European football match.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 21:00 Tags:Out & About
Musicelectronic-dance
Jeff Mills' Interpretation of Rembrandt's 'De Nachtwacht'
Amsterdam Dance Event
Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam

Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills presents his musical response to Rembrandt's Night Watch, the 1642 masterpiece in the Rijksmuseum.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 12:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
MEDUZA
Melkweg
Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam

The Italian house production trio behind the global hit 'Piece of Your Heart' plays an open-to-close set during Amsterdam Dance Event.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 18:00 - 18:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
I Hate Models & Nico Moreno Invite
Gashouder
Klönneplein 1, 1014 DD, Amsterdam

Two French producers known for hard, fast, industrial techno, I Hate Models and Nico Moreno, curate a night in the huge round Gashouder at Westergas.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 21:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
AWAKENINGS ADE 2026

The Dutch techno brand, known for its large-scale warehouse and festival events, stages its Amsterdam Dance Event edition with a line-up of techno DJs.

Time:Thu 22 Oct Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
DGTL ADE Thursday
NDSM Loods
NDSM-Plein 85, Amsterdam

DGTL, the Amsterdam electronic music festival known for its focus on sustainability, holds its Thursday ADE club edition in the big shed at NDSM.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 17:00 - 23:00 Tags:Music
Stage & Screendance
Swan Lake
Opera Ballet

Tchaikovsky's 19th-century ballet about Prince Siegfried and Odette, a woman under a curse that turns her into a swan.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Stage & Screen
Stage & Screenopera-musicals
Cabaret
DeLaMar Theater
Marnixstraat 402, Amsterdam

Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Klub in Weimar-era Berlin.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Musicelectronic-dance
Drumcode - Awakenings
SugarFactory
Kristalpromenade 7, Halfweg

Awakenings, the Dutch techno organisation, presents Adam Beyer's Swedish label Drumcode at the Leidseplein club.

Time:Thu 22 Oct, 23:00 - 07:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
DJ-KICKS ADE 2026
Westerweelde
Klonne plein 4, Amsterdam

An Amsterdam Dance Event party named after !K7's long-running DJ mix series, with DJs including Danilo Plessow, also known as Motor City Drum Ensemble.

Time:Thu 22 Oct Tags:Music
Out & AboutSport
Night Climbing at Fun Forest
Fun Forest Amsterdam
Bosbaanweg 3, 1182 DA, Amstelveen

Fun Forest's treetop climbing courses open after dark, so you climb the routes at night.

Time:Thu 22 Oct Tags:Out & About
On view all week

Friday 23 October

Musicelectronic-dance
ADE Friday

The Friday programme of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music festival and conference, with club nights and events across Amsterdam.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 14:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
KI/KI - (Day / 2)
Ziggo Dome
De Passage 100, Amsterdam

Dutch DJ KI/KI, known for fast, trance-tinged rave techno, plays the second day of her arena show.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 18:30 - 02:00 Tags:Music
MusicElectronic / Dance
KI/KI
Ziggo Dome
De Passage 100, Amsterdam

The Amsterdam-based techno DJ and producer, known for her fast, high-energy club sets, plays a headline show at the arena.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Music
Familyopera-musicals
Cats
Carre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical, based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and home to the song 'Memory'.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Family
Musicelectronic-dance
Jeff Mills' Interpretation of Rembrandt's 'De Nachtwacht'
Amsterdam Dance Event
Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam

Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills presents his musical response to Rembrandt's Night Watch, the 1642 masterpiece in the Rijksmuseum.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 12:00 Tags:Music
Art & ExhibitionsExhibitions
Deep Seeing Currents
Amsterdam Dance Event - ARTIS Aquarium
Middenlaan 38, Amsterdam

A work by Olafur Eliasson, the Danish-Icelandic artist known for large light and water installations such as The Weather Project, shown in ARTIS's historic aquarium.

Time:Fri 23 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Musicelectronic-dance
DGTL ADE | Friday Night
NDSM Loods
NDSM-Plein 85, Amsterdam

DGTL, the Amsterdam electronic music festival, holds its ADE Friday night in the vast former shipyard hall at NDSM.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 23:30 - 06:30 Tags:Music
Musicclassical
Concertgebouworkest Essentials: Beethoven's Fifth
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as part of its Essentials series.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 21:00 - 22:15 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
AWAKENINGS ADE 2026

The Dutch techno brand, known for its large-scale warehouse and festival events, stages its Amsterdam Dance Event edition with a line-up of techno DJs.

Time:Fri 23 Oct Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
SASHA B2B PATRICE BÄUMEL - 6HRS
Het Sieraad
Postjesweg 1, Amsterdam

Welsh progressive house pioneer Sasha and Amsterdam-based melodic techno DJ Patrice Bäumel play a six-hour back-to-back set, taking turns at the decks.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 13:00 Tags:Music
Stage & Screenopera-musicals
Cabaret
DeLaMar Theater
Marnixstraat 402, Amsterdam

Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Klub in Weimar-era Berlin.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 15:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Musicclassical
Dome Concerts presents: PHILIP GLASS by LAVINIA MEIJER & REYER ZWART
Amsterdam Dance Event
Kerklaan 38, Amsterdam

Dutch harpist Lavinia Meijer, known for her recordings of Philip Glass, plays the American minimalist's music with Reyer Zwart.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Music
Stage & Screendance
Swan Lake
Opera Ballet

Tchaikovsky's 19th-century ballet about Prince Siegfried and Odette, a woman under a curse that turns her into a swan.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Stage & Screen
Stage & Screenbooks-readings
Mezrab Friday Night Storytelling
Mezrab
Veemkade 576, Amsterdam

The cultural centre's signature Friday night features an open programme of oral storytelling from local and visiting tale-tellers.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Musicelectronic-dance
Rampage
Melkweg
Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam

The Belgian bass music brand, known for its big drum and bass and dubstep events in Antwerp, brings its heavy sound to Amsterdam.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 23:30 - 05:00 Tags:Music
Out & AboutSport
Night Climbing at Fun Forest
Fun Forest Amsterdam
Bosbaanweg 3, 1182 DA, Amstelveen

Fun Forest's treetop climbing courses open after dark, so you climb the routes at night.

Time:Fri 23 Oct Tags:Out & About
Musicelectronic-dance
ADE | THE LOFT Presents: Sammy Virji B2B Mochakk
The Loft
Justaasweg 4, 4571 NB, Axel

British UK garage and bass producer Sammy Virji and Brazilian house DJ Mochakk play back-to-back, taking turns at the decks.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 13:30 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Joseph Capriati presents Metamorfosi - Awakenings ADE
SugarFactory
Kristalpromenade 7, Halfweg

Neapolitan techno DJ Joseph Capriati brings his Metamorfosi concept to Awakenings, the Dutch techno brand, as part of Amsterdam Dance Event.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 15:00 - 21:30 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Mochakk Calling
Gashouder
Klönneplein 1, 1014 DD, Amsterdam

Brazilian DJ and producer Mochakk, known for playful, high-energy house sets and tracks like Jealous, headlines the round former gasholder at Westergas.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 21:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Paradise x Loveland
Diverse Locaties / Various locations
1019 AX, Amsterdam

Paradise, Jamie Jones's tech house party from Ibiza, teams up with Amsterdam promoter Loveland at several venues.

Time:Fri 23 Oct, 23:00 - 07:00 Tags:Music
On view all week

Saturday 24 October

Musicelectronic-dance
AMF Amsterdam
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Johan Cruijff Boulevard 1, 1100 DL, Amsterdam

Amsterdam Music Festival, the big EDM show of Amsterdam Dance Event, fills the stadium with 40,000 people for headline mainstage DJs.

Time:Sat 24 Oct Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
AMF 2026

Amsterdam Music Festival, the large-scale EDM event held during ADE week, featuring big-room house and mainstream dance acts.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 23:59 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
OUTWORLD – Klangkuenstler All Night Long
Ziggo Dome
De Passage 100, Amsterdam

The German DJ Klangkuenstler, known for fast, hard-edged techno, plays the whole night alone in the arena.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 23:00 - 06:00 Tags:Music
Familyopera-musicals
Cats
Carre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's dance-heavy musical based on T.S. Eliot's cat poems, the show that gave us the song 'Memory'.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Family
Musicelectronic-dance
Jeff Mills' Interpretation of Rembrandt's 'De Nachtwacht'
Amsterdam Dance Event
Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam

Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills presents his musical response to Rembrandt's Night Watch, the 1642 masterpiece in the Rijksmuseum.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 12:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
KitKatClub: Kinks of Berlin (2026)
Melkweg
Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam

Berlin's notorious KitKatClub, a hedonistic fetish-friendly techno club, brings its kink-positive party concept to Amsterdam for a night.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 21:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
ADE | SASHA B2B PATRICE BÄUMEL
Het Sieraad
Postjesweg 1, Amsterdam

Sasha, the Welsh progressive house pioneer, plays back-to-back with Patrice Bäumel, the Amsterdam-based German DJ known for melodic techno, in a former school building.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 13:00 - 21:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
PAUL VAN DYK
Melkweg
Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam

The German trance pioneer behind 'For an Angel' plays the whole night himself, from opening to closing, during Amsterdam Dance Event.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 18:00 - 18:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Sammy Virji Curates
Gashouder
Klönneplein 1, 1014 DD, Amsterdam

The British producer and DJ, known for bouncy UK garage and bass tracks, picks his own line-up for a night at the Westergas Gashouder.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 21:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Joris Voorn presents Trip To Galaxy - Awakenings
Amsterdam Dance Event

Joris Voorn, the Dutch DJ and producer known for melodic techno and house, presents his Trip To Galaxy concept with the techno organiser Awakenings.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 13:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Joris Voorn presents Trip To Galaxy - Awakenings ADE
SugarFactory
Kristalpromenade 7, Halfweg

Dutch DJ and producer Joris Voorn, a leading name in melodic techno and house, hosts a Trip To Galaxy night as part of Awakenings' ADE programme.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 13:00 - 21:30 Tags:Music
Familytours-walks
Nacht van de Nacht on Pampus
Forteiland Pampus
Herengracht to nr 33, Muiden

You sail from Muiden to the fortified island in the dark and walk the fort by candlelight, with stories about energy then and now, for the annual night against light pollution.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 19:00 - 22:00 Tags:Family
Musicelectronic-dance
AWAKENINGS ADE 2026

The Dutch techno brand, known for its large-scale warehouse and festival events, stages its Amsterdam Dance Event edition with a line-up of techno DJs.

Time:Sat 24 Oct Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
50:HERTZ X PAN-POT Presents "HUMAN" (CLUB TRAIN - Saturday Daytime Trip)
Amsterdam Dance Event

A daytime party on a moving train with the Berlin techno duo Pan-Pot and the 50:Hertz crew.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 11:45 Tags:Music
Stage & Screenopera-musicals
Cabaret
DeLaMar Theater
Marnixstraat 402, Amsterdam

Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Klub in Weimar-era Berlin.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 15:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Musicelectronic-dance
DEEP DISH ADE BOAT PARTY
Amsterdam Dance Event
Melissaweg 60, Amsterdam

The Grammy-winning Washington DC house duo of Sharam and Dubfire, famous for their remix of Dido's "Thank You", hosts a party on a boat.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 15:00 - 23:00 Tags:Music
Festivalstalks-lectures
Night of the Night
Artis
Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, Amsterdam

The zoo takes part in the yearly Dutch Night of the Night, which draws attention to darkness and light pollution, with an evening programme.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Festivals
Stage & Screendance
Swan Lake
Opera Ballet

Tchaikovsky's 19th-century ballet about Prince Siegfried and Odette, a woman under a curse that turns her into a swan.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 19:30 Tags:Stage & Screen
Musicelectronic-dance
Audio Obscura ADE x The Moment by WhoMadeWho
Amsterdam Dance Event
Muyskenweg 39, Amsterdam

Amsterdam party organisers Audio Obscura team up with The Moment, the live-and-DJ concept of Danish electronic band WhoMadeWho.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 14:00 - 23:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
DJ Slimfit x ADE x Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
Museum Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 38, 1012 GD, Amsterdam

DJ Slimfit plays inside the 17th-century canal house museum known for the Catholic church hidden in its attic.

Time:Sat 24 Oct, 19:00 Tags:Music
On view all week

Sunday 25 October

Familyfilm
Cinekid Festival, 40th edition
Pathé Amsterdam-Noord
Buikslotermeerplein 2003, 1025 XL, Amsterdam

The 40th edition of the big children's film and media festival, with international film premieres, workshops for toddlers and an interactive MediaLab for ages 3 to 14.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 09:00 - 18:00 Tags:Family
Familyopera-musicals
Cats
Carre

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical, based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and home to the song 'Memory'.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Family
Out & AboutSport
TCS Amsterdam Marathon
Olympisch Stadion
Olympisch Stadion 2, Amsterdam

Amsterdam's annual October marathon starts and finishes in the 1928 Olympic Stadium, on a flat course through the city and along the Amstel.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 09:00 Tags:Out & About
MusicClassical
Beethoven's Fifth by the Concertgebouworkest
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, the one that opens with the famous four-note motif.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 14:15 - 16:20 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Verknipt ADE Sunday
AFAS Live
Johan Cruijff Boulevard 590, Amsterdam

The second of the Dutch techno organisation's two Amsterdam Dance Event shows at the Arena-area concert hall.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 20:00 Tags:Music
Art & ExhibitionsExhibitions
Deep Seeing Currents
Amsterdam Dance Event - ARTIS Aquarium
Middenlaan 38, Amsterdam

A work by Olafur Eliasson, the Danish-Icelandic artist known for large light and water installations such as The Weather Project, shown in ARTIS's historic aquarium.

Time:Sun 25 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Art & Exhibitionsmuseums
Family Tour: The Best of the Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum
Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam

Families explore the Rijksmuseum through riddles, scents and drawing, as an introduction to highlights from its collection.

Time:Sun 25 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Musicelectronic-dance
Reinier Zonneveld 8HRS Live x Loveland
Amsterdam Dance Event
Moermanskkade 107, Amsterdam

Dutch techno producer Reinier Zonneveld, known for hard-hitting live sets made on hardware, plays an eight-hour live set with the Amsterdam party organisers Loveland.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 13:00 - 22:30 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
DGTL | Folamour All Day Long
Amsterdam Dance Event

DGTL, the Amsterdam electronic festival brand, hands the whole event to Folamour, the French DJ from Lyon known for house steeped in disco, soul and funk.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 15:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
AWAKENINGS ADE 2026

The Dutch techno brand, known for its large-scale warehouse and festival events, stages its Amsterdam Dance Event edition with a line-up of techno DJs.

Time:Sun 25 Oct Tags:Music
Musicclassical
Concertgebouw Orchestra Brass Play Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
Het Concertgebouw
Concertgebouwplein 10, Amsterdam

Brass players from the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet score in an arrangement for brass ensemble.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 11:00 - 12:00 Tags:Music
Stage & Screenopera-musicals
Cabaret
DeLaMar Theater
Marnixstraat 402, Amsterdam

Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Klub in Weimar-era Berlin.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Stage & Screendance
Swan Lake
Opera Ballet

Tchaikovsky's 19th-century ballet about Prince Siegfried and Odette, a woman under a curse that turns her into a swan.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 Tags:Stage & Screen
Musicelectronic-dance
DGTL ADE | Folamour All Day Long

Folamour, the French DJ and producer from Lyon known for disco- and soul-laced house, plays one extended all-day set for DGTL during Amsterdam Dance Event.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 15:00 - 22:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
Speedy J presents STOOR Live - ADE 2026
Paradiso
Weteringschans 6, Amsterdam

The Rotterdam techno pioneer Jochem Paap plays live as STOOR, his rougher, improvised project built on hardware machines, during Amsterdam Dance Event.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 16:00 Tags:Music
Musicelectronic-dance
ADE | FSTM ADE TAKE OVER W/ BLASHA & ALLATT, CALL SUPER B2B RYAN ELLIOTT, DJ MASDA, ERIS DREW, HANNECART, HELENA HAUFF B2B QUEST, MAD MIRAN & REY COLINO
Skatecafe
Gedempt Hamerkanaal 42, Amsterdam

A packed underground techno and house line-up at the Skatecafe, including Helena Hauff, Eris Drew, Call Super and Detroit's Ryan Elliott.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 13:00 Tags:Music
Art & ExhibitionsMuseums
Discover Kusama's Polka-Dot World with Sara de Monchy
Stedelijk museum
Museumplein 10, 1071 DJ, Amsterdam

Theatre maker Sara de Monchy guides young visitors through Yayoi Kusama's signature polka-dot installations.

Time:Sun 25 Oct Tags:Art & Exhibitions
Familyfamilie, gathering, kids, uitgelicht
Ruigkids
Ruigoord
Ruigoord 76, Amsterdam

A creative workshop afternoon tailored for children in the cultural village.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 12:00 Tags:Family
Workshops & ClassesWorkshops
SoundLAB Workshop - For Children (7+) with Adults
Muziekgebouw
Piet Heinkade 1, Amsterdam

Children and accompanying adults experiment with unusual instruments and sound installations in the venue's dedicated workshop space.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 13:00 Tags:Workshops & Classes
Musicelectronic-dance
DGTL ADE FUSE
NDSM Loods
NDSM-Plein 85, Amsterdam

DGTL, the Amsterdam electronic festival known for its focus on sustainability, teams up with FUSE, Brussels' veteran techno club, for an ADE night.

Time:Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 - 23:00 Tags:Music
On view all week

2,372 events, concerts, exhibitions, markets and things to do in Amsterdam from Monday 19 October to Sunday 25 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: AMF Amsterdam at Johan Cruijff ArenA (Saturday), AMF 2026 (Saturday) and OUTWORLD – Klangkuenstler All Night Long at Ziggo Dome (Saturday).

Questions about what's on in Amsterdam

What's on in Amsterdam this weekend?

777 events are listed for the weekend. Among the highlights: AMF Amsterdam at Johan Cruijff ArenA (Saturday), AMF 2026 (Saturday), OUTWORLD – Klangkuenstler All Night Long at Ziggo Dome (Saturday), Cinekid Festival, 40th edition at Pathé Amsterdam-Noord (Sunday) and Cats at Carre (Sunday). Pick Saturday or Sunday on the side to see them all.

Are there free events in Amsterdam this week?

Yes. 85 of the listings this week are free, for example Free Lunchtime Concert: Public Rehearsal of the Concertgebouworkest at Het Concertgebouw (Thursday), Free Lunchtime Concert: Public Rehearsal Concertgebouw Orchestra at Concertgebouw (Thursday) and Expats vs Holland: English Stand-up Comedy Amsterdam at Café De Plakhoek (Thursday). Tick "Free only" on the side to see just those.

What concerts are on in Amsterdam this week?

1,021 concerts and live music nights are listed, including AMF Amsterdam at Johan Cruijff ArenA (Saturday), ADE 2024 (Monday) and Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest x EINDER by Boris Acket at Amsterdam Dance Event (Wednesday). 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.