What's On in Amsterdam on Saturday 10 October
314 dated events in Amsterdam on Saturday 10 October, plus the exhibitions most worth seeing that day. Back to the full week.
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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.
Moldovan violinist Alexandra Conunova joins the Athens State Orchestra and Hannah Kim for Skalkottas, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns and Shostakovich.
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.
The Malian band, formed in Bamako by musicians who fled conflict in the north, plays high-energy desert blues mixed with rock.
The American singer-songwriter, formerly known as Smog, known for his deep baritone and spare, wry, literary songs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The British singer-songwriter of Italian descent, known for soulful, retro-tinged pop and the Italian-flavoured album Europiana.
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.
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.
A staging for ages ten and up of Shostakovich's satirical operetta about Moscow residents trying to get new flats in a housing estate.
The long-running ensemble mixes fast-paced improv games, sketches, and video comedy sparked by audience suggestions.
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.
A hands-on leatherworking class where you cut, stitch and assemble your own leather bag.
The Saturday session of a hands-on class where a Japanese host shows you how to make rich chicken ramen from scratch.
Roller skating to disco and dance music played by DJ Leroy Rey.
A party night built around dance and pop hits from the 1990s.
Hammond organist and pianist Sven Figee and jazz pianist Peter Beets join the Dutch big band The New Jazz Orchestra.
A percussion workshop using Rhythm with Signs, a hand-sign language for directing improvised music, created by Argentine composer and percussionist Santiago Vazquez.
A market held in the run-up to Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's big annual electronic music festival and conference.
English-language stand-up from comedians from around the world, with cocktails at the bar.
An English-language stand-up comedy night with a line-up of international comedians.
GRRRimlach is a children's show with circus elements about two old friends, playfully exploring ageing, loss and care for young audiences.
A walk run by the museum in De Dageraad, the Amsterdam School housing complex, looking at a century of the city's housing shortage.
FEBO, the Dutch snack chain known for its wall vending machines, hides golden stickers under snacks between 13:00 and 18:00, with a chance to win every hour.
Ang Lee's 1995 Jane Austen adaptation, with Emma Thompson, who also wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay, and Kate Winslet as the Dashwood sisters.
An activity at the children's farm in De Pijp that combines time with the guinea pigs and making things.
A hands-on library session where children aged six and up design their own constellation.
Street performers on Museumplein, one of the recommended events during 24 uur Zuid.
A theatrical piece exploring toxic masculinity and modern misogyny through the prism of online influencer Andrew Tate.
At the contemporary art centre de Appel, participants look into the life of their grandmother and find ways to tell her story.
An evening programme at the library, part of 24 Uur Zuid, a day of round-the-clock events across Amsterdam Zuid.
A free collage workshop and a talk on Black queer history with Anne Krul, mo futures and Nychenda Fecunda.
The first roda de samba from the Saravá Samba Project: an informal Brazilian samba circle where musicians play around a table and everyone sings along.
Violinist Maria Milstein and pianist Nathalia Milstein, sisters, play a French-Russian programme that includes Arzoumanov's nostalgic waltzes.
Three-a-side basketball, a fast half-court game that started on American playgrounds, played on Museumplein.
A read-aloud of stories about Anansi, the trickster spider of West African and Caribbean folklore, with musical accompaniment by Coleta.
A puppet show for children and their parents at the Voorleesgarage, a garage that has been turned into a place for reading aloud.
A bookbinding workshop for children at the museum of the Amsterdam School architecture movement, housed in Michel de Klerk's Het Schip building.
A film programme in the 24H Zuid festival, which fills Amsterdam Zuid with events for a day, showing films made in or about the district.
A chamber quartet concert at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, the waterfront hall for classical and contemporary music.
Hungarian director László Nemes's film about Jean Moulin, the French Resistance leader, screening as part of PAFF.
For one evening, museums and cultural venues across The Hague stay open late with special programmes, so you can visit several in one night.
The Scottish blues-rock band led by guitarist and singer Alan Nimmo, known for heavy riffs and soulful vocals in the Free and Bad Company tradition.
Tour the historic municipal theatre on Leidseplein, going backstage to visit the dressing rooms and wings.
A wood-fired mobile sauna session set up for relaxation and community warming.
A running club and the outdoor sportswear brand Salomon pair a group run with a dance party.
A screening of Coexistence, My Ass!, a documentary about comedian and activist Noam Shuster-Eliassi, followed by a conversation with her.
Grant Gee's drama about the jazz pianist Bill Evans, set around the time his bassist Scott LaFaro died, with Anders Danielsen Lie as Evans.
A hands-on crafting session using vintage beads to design and make custom jewellery.
An interactive family show at OBA Oosterdok during the autumn half-term, for children aged four and up.
A weekly Saturday afternoon drag-hosted bingo with cash prizes at this long-running gay bar.
Part of the Concertgebouw's series for young Dutch classical talent, this one featuring Thijs Willers.
A lineup of experienced stand-up comedians perform English-language or Dutch sets by the IJ.
An Argentine tango event in a church, organised by visual artist Marijke de Vries, who has run tango activities for 30 years.
A children's theatre performance designed for toddlers and young kids at the boutique puppet and story theatre.
ARTZUID, known for its outdoor sculpture route in Zuid, runs a children's clay and plaster modelling workshop during the school holidays.
A guided tour of Berlage's 1900 building for the diamond workers' union, a landmark of early Dutch modern architecture.
A boat trip through Amsterdam's canals with Blue Boat Company, one of the city's canal cruise operators.
A pop-up shop for Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week where you can browse and buy from small independent fashion labels and join creative workshops.
Part of the international CPR awareness day, with a chance to learn chest compressions and how to use a defibrillator.
A talk on tattooing in medieval Europe, held at the Ramses Shaffy Huis, a residence for older artists named after the Dutch singer.
A jazz quartet joined by John Engels, the veteran Dutch drummer who played with Chet Baker and many visiting American greats.
A party for lesbian and queer women; the name translates roughly as 'Rather Lesbians'.
Late-night stand-up comedy with sets from Dutch comedians Kor Hoebe, Alex Ploeg and Nabil.
A chance to visit the ecological sculpture garden that artist Rein Kooyman is creating at the INDEBT Foundation, part of a new cultural space in De Pijp.
A tour from the Zuidas information centre around Amsterdam's main business district, which is being rebuilt above and around the A10 motorway.
A hands-on craft session where you make your own bar of soap, held in a café that serves waffles and coffee.
The veteran Dutch singer, actress and cabaret performer, known for decades of theatre songs including work by Annie M.G. Schmidt, gives a song programme.
A hands-on workshop in West African music, followed by live music in the café.
A market at Treehouse NDSM whose name comes from Christina Rossetti's Victorian poem about goblins selling enchanted fruit.
A show-and-tell evening where people bring and talk about witchy objects, rituals, crafts or practices that matter to them.
A harvest festival held by the local community vegetable garden group in Buikslotermeer, Noord.
A high-energy theatre show that celebrates Egyptian culture while telling a new, contemporary story.
A children's activity for ages four and up in which the library becomes a place of stories, imagination and play.
A social road-bike ride of about 50 kilometres through quiet, green parts of Amsterdam, with coffee and a snack at the shop afterwards; bring your own bike.
Part of Cinekid, Amsterdam's children's film and media festival: children aged three and up watch a short film, then draw and make streamers and edible drawings.
A behind-the-scenes look at Huize van Wely, the Dutch family patisserie and chocolatier known for handmade chocolates and cakes.
A running event that starts and finishes at the 1928 Olympic Stadium.
Paint your own ceramics with Sofia James Pottery in Lila's canal house, with brunch or aperitivo included.
A workshop on taking pictures with instant cameras such as Polaroids, which print each photo straight after it is taken.
A hands-on session making kimchi, the Korean fermented cabbage dish, at a neighbourhood community living room.
Alexander Gershberg, the cook behind Abundant, leads a cooking workshop in the bookshop on Saturday 10 October at 15.00.
A music workshop for all ages, led by Judith Sijp of De Muziekzolder, where participants build swinging rhythms and chords together through songs.
A beginners' group for padel, a fast doubles racket sport that mixes tennis and squash and is played on a small court with glass walls.
Veteran Dutch house and techno DJ Michel de Hey plays alongside AAT and Simon Kidzoo.
Several stand-up comedians take turns on stage in a line-up show at Amsterdam's long-running comedy club; doors open at 21:30.
Pathé's autumn family programme brings new big-screen adventures for Sinterklaas, Shaun the Sheep, Wiebe and other children's film favourites.
A market with stalls selling art, design pieces and vintage goods.
For Maroon Day, a tasting of Amba Nature herbal teas looks at how Maroon knowledge of herbs, the body and wellbeing has been passed down through generations.
Going by its title, which means 'real men don't cry', this Play Mental event takes on men, emotions and mental health.
A children's theatre play for ages four and up by Teatro Munganga, programmed as part of the 24 Uur Zuid neighbourhood festival.
An evening of spoken word and performance hosted by Right About Now Inc., an Amsterdam platform for young makers.
A concert built around Ramses Shaffy, the Paris-born singer of Dutch chanson classics such as 'Laat me', at the house named after him.
Aardman's stop-motion sheep returns in a family film screened in the run-up to Halloween.
A tour of an exhibition by Eszter Szakács and Tirdad Zolghadr, revisiting a 2006 art project on social class in the art world 20 years later.
Marcel van Engelen presents Amsterdam in miniature at the World Trade Center.
A guided walk through Amsterdam Zuid's Amsterdam School architecture, the expressive brick style of the early 20th century that Museum Het Schip is devoted to.
A session of the social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower, in which players bluff and try to find the hidden demon in their village.
A club night aboard the Veronica Schip, the former pirate radio ship now moored in Amsterdam as an event venue.
An evening walk with lights through the Vondelpark, organised to raise attention and money for people with rheumatism.
A hands-on Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week workshop where you turn handkerchief fabric into a halter top you can wear.
Argentine tango dancing in the Willem de Zwijgerkerk.
A children's face-painting afternoon at the bookshop for Kinderboekenweek, the annual Dutch children's book week.
An evening about death and dying, meant to get people thinking and talking openly with each other about it.
A children's gardening club where young participants learn to grow vegetables and plants outdoors.
A West African hand-drum workshop at De Boshalte, a neighbourhood foundation that runs weekly activities for local people of all ages and backgrounds.
A programme in song about Monne de Miranda, the Amsterdam alderman of the 1920s and 1930s who was murdered by the Nazis in 1942.
A monthly event that combines dancing to music with books and reading.
The group plays Argentine folk, classical and jazz; their name comes from the Italian-Spanish slang once spoken by immigrants in Buenos Aires.
A stage production whose Dutch title means space debris, the junk from old satellites and rockets left circling the Earth.
A visiting choir sings old and new choral pieces, including works by Miškinis, Stopford and Hagenberg, in the 17th-century Westerkerk.
A guided session of breathing exercises used for relaxation and stress relief, held at the waterfront venue in NDSM, Noord.
A children's storytime where a forest ranger reads aloud in the Amsterdamse Bos.
An exhibition or tour at the Bruggehuisje, a former bridge-keeper's house, about public space from street art to pavement tiles.
A session on how tarot links its four suits to the classical elements: wands to fire, cups to water, swords to air and pentacles to earth.
A bill of three bands and a DJ at OCCII, the former squat venue on the edge of the Vondelpark known for underground and DIY music.
An immersive audiovisual screening pairing the British band's music with large-format digital visuals projected across walls and floors.
An introduction to the vinyl cutter at the library's makerspace, where you design and cut your own stickers or iron-on images.
An indoor family entertainment venue offering group games and activities.
The community workshop opens to visitors interested in learning crafts, woodworking, and hands-on making.
A game of Blood on the Clocktower, the social deduction game, played with a custom script that combines characters from different editions.
The market master leads a tour of ZuiderMRKT, covering the market's history, its mission, its traders and their products.
Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg, the Israeli piano duo based in Berlin, give an intimate salon concert in a former pumping station.
A poetry writing workshop followed by an open mic, where anyone can sign up to read their own work.
Live jazz comes to the student cultural centre's café as part of the touring Cotton Jazz series.
An informal evening for young professionals and expats in their twenties and thirties to meet in De Pijp.
A guided outdoor tour exploring the monumental modern sculptures by Carel Visser installed in the Rijksmuseum gardens.
Learn to make natural soap, from choosing your own scent and design to mixing and pouring it.
A programme of short films at Cinema The Pulse, a new Zuid cinema linked to Bar Restaurant Lucy, which opened less than a year ago.
A public guided tour of the theatre, run together with the Amsterdam Museum.
A discussion at contemporary art centre de Appel about who the art world is really open to and who gets left out.
A touring screening from the Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, which brings cinema from Central and Eastern Europe to Dutch audiences.
A party evening for Coming Out Day, the annual day supporting LGBTQ+ people who come out about their sexuality or gender identity.
Poet and teacher Paula Breuning leads a writing workshop followed by an open mic at Labyrinth, a soul food and poetry bar near Vondelpark.
A family film about Yugly, said to be the world's ugliest dog and, oddly, also the cutest.
An early-morning yoga session in De Thomas church, with breath-led poses set to calm music, as part of the 24 uur Zuid neighbourhood programme.
A drop-in session for working with plaster and clay at Buurthuis Lydia, which is acting as the festival's central hub.
A hands-on workshop where you mix, colour and scent your own bars of soap to take home.
A week of events in solidarity with Indigenous peoples' struggles for land, rights and self-determination.
A hands-on session working with clay, meant as a slow, mindful break from screens and busy thoughts.
A board game marathon at the library, part of 24 Uur Zuid, a day of round-the-clock events across Amsterdam Zuid.
A hands-on craft session at Treehouse NDSM, a creative hub in Amsterdam-Noord, offered at two places for the price of one.
Stories about the Diamantbuurt, the Zuid neighbourhood whose streets are named after gemstones, told at the Cinetol cultural centre on Tolstraat.
A walk through the Zuidas botanical garden among its bamboo and ferns.
A group walk in the Amsterdamse Bos with phones put away, where you talk with others along the way about letting go.
The Amsterdam Neighbourhood Film Festival comes to Cinetol with films and stories from city neighbourhoods, plus music and poetry.
Mike Bartlett's darkly funny two-hander about an employee whose manager takes a growing interest in her relationship at work.
An event at the Vondelbunker, the volunteer-run cultural space in a Cold War bunker beneath a bridge in the Vondelpark.
A chamber orchestra concert in the seventeenth-century Oosterkerk, under the title 'Symphony of Chaos'.
A British choir from Cambridge sings in the Engelmunduskerk, one of the oldest churches in the Netherlands.
A concert by an artist called Babs at Paradiso, the old church turned pop venue near Leidseplein.
Hail-damaged apples and pears from a grower in Tienhoven aan de Lek are sold in 5 or 10 kg lots to stop good fruit going to waste.
A long session of board games at the neighbourhood branch of Amsterdam's public library, where anyone can join a table.
The opening of an exhibition at Melkweg, which runs its own gallery space alongside its concert halls.
A hands-on introduction to the library's vinyl cutter, a machine that cuts letters and shapes from sticky vinyl for stickers, signs and textile prints.
A stage performance at Black Cat Theatre; the Dutch title means The Sea.
A wine tasting at the Zuid branch of B.J. de Logie, an Amsterdam wine merchant that has been trading since 1848.
The first Queer Parenthood Conference brings together queer parents, prospective parents and supporters to share knowledge and build community, and a podcast launches alongside it.
In Hanan's workshop you make a small hand-embroidered bag and learn embroidery and crochet techniques, and no experience is needed.
A talk about the history of the Havenstraat, the Zuid street best known for its old tram depot and the museum tram line.
A relaxed evening for meeting new people over a drink, with non-alcoholic options and a few tickets still left.
André Manuel, the Achterhoek cabaret artist known for raw, anarchic and politically sharp shows, presents his twentieth solo programme.
A workshop from the Nieuwe Academie voor Schrijven, a Dutch writing school, on writing sensual and erotic scenes.
A meditation session held in the quiet of a church, open to visitors.
An event at Treehouse NDSM, the creative hub of studios in Amsterdam Noord, built around silk and ink.
A singer-songwriter who plays guitar and piano herself, mixing pop, soul, jazz and folk with influences from 1970s songwriters.
An early morning group bike ride through quiet streets and green spaces in Zuid, organised by the cycling community Ride Out Amsterdam.
A monthly concert series where some of the more than 100 musicians based at Treehouse play intimate sets.
A family weekend with an open play studio where children and parents can explore creative activities together.
Music made without written scores, so players learn by ear, at Buurthuis Lydia community centre.
A tribute to Tristan Keuris (1946–1996), the Dutch composer known for richly scored orchestral and chamber music.
A prize presentation at Perdu, the small Amsterdam venue for poetry and experimental literature.
The film meetup group celebrates two years with food and drinks, a screening of Digger and a party; everyone is welcome.
A social evening for wine lovers, organised by The Foodie Fellowship with Tasty Talks; tickets are sold through the official website.
Jenst and Anna Schreit play DJ sets at Canvas, the Volkshotel's rooftop bar and club.
A performance at Splendor, the former bathhouse run as a concert venue by a collective of Amsterdam musicians.
A triple bill of Dutch bands at The Cave, the long-running basement rock and metal bar.
A concert in the IJ-Salon series at the Muziekgebouw, the waterfront hall devoted largely to contemporary and new music.
A social meetup for playing backgammon, the old two-player game of dice and strategy, at a café.
A screening of the documentary SAMEN, presented with Cinetree, the Dutch arthouse streaming platform, followed by a talk.
An open stage in the Willem de Zwijgerkerk, where anyone can sign up to perform music, poetry or other short acts.
A double bill on Zonzij, Tolhuistuin's garden-side stage.
The Apeldoorn-based ensemble of winds, percussion and rhythm section, a long-time champion of new Dutch music, plays this venue built around its organs.
A live music night in Paradiso, the former church that is one of the city's best-known concert halls.
A beginners' craft session where you make a decorative ribbon rosette to wear as a brooch or accessory.
A monthly gathering where players sit down to tabletop roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons.
A philosophy discussion group where anyone can join an open dialogue about big questions on life and the world, with no lecture and no debating.
The eighteenth edition of an evening of one-act plays, where several short theatre pieces are performed back to back.
A live music performance at Paradiso, the former church that has served as one of Amsterdam's main concert halls since the late 1960s.
Roel and Jos Maalderink share the stage in Verbroedering, a title meaning 'fraternisation', at the theatre on the Uilenstede student campus.
A free exchange where visitors can drop off usable secondhand items or pick up clothes, books, and household goods.
A look at the artworks in and around the Buitenveldert shopping square, for people who usually walk past them on their way to the shops.
An evening of poetry readings in an informal salon setting.
A chamber concert by a four-piece ensemble in a small salon setting.
Monthly calisthenics workshops from Black Men Talk and Kings Island, combining bodyweight training with connection between Black men.
A knitting afternoon at the yarn shop working on the second clue of a mystery knit-along, where the pattern is revealed one instalment at a time.
A club night for the harder end of dance music, as the name suggests.
A guided walk through Huis te Vraag cemetery built around questions, with stories told along the route.
An event organised by 3x3 Unites in the area around Museumplein.
A school-holiday workshop for children at Jeugdland, the adventure playground in Amsterdam Oost.
A mixed bill of musicians sharing the stage under the Many Voices banner, with Gong Tirta, Lisa Graciano and guests, plus Ruth & Werner van de Vrede.
An open stage hosted by Mengelmoes, where anyone can sign up to perform music, poetry or other short acts.
An event at Cinetol, the small cultural venue in Buitenveldert that hosts concerts, film and theatre.
The Van der Pek branch library marks Kinderboekenweek, the yearly Dutch celebration of children's books, with reading activities for kids.
A group work session where people bring laptops, put their phones away and spend set periods on focused work alongside each other.
An independent neighbourhood bookshop is the setting for an event about books and the stories in them.
A screening in the PAFF festival programme, under a title that refers to Baruch Spinoza, the 17th-century philosopher born in Amsterdam.
Ozzy Jones hosts a night of cold wave, the minimal, synth-led strand of early-1980s post-punk, with guest Sach.
Musician Ritsko performs with a group of fellow players at Toekomstmuziek, the small music venue in Amsterdam Noord.
A conversation club for practising spoken Spanish.
An English-language community yoga class themed around finding grace and balance through autumn and life's changes.
An open podium where HJS dancers and others take turns performing short dance pieces on stage.
A look around the Groen Gemaal, a volunteer-run garden in De Pijp where locals can garden together and find some peace.
A free library sewing studio with professional sewing machines and overlockers for mending or upcycling your clothes.
A walk and talk away from screens, this time about letting go of things or people, and how to say goodbye in a way that suits you.
A sing-along music session for children aged three and up, led by Mimi at the piano.
Young musicians perform at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam's chamber music hall.
A theatre performance in the community venue's own programme.
A presentation of work by Farah Coppola, open until 30 October.
A loose, groove-focused live music session led by Janggo HutaBelanda.
An autumn series in the small former cinema on Haarlemmerplein, which hosts concerts, cabaret and other small-scale performances.
A theatre performance called 'Never Been Away', on the small stage inside the Vrijburcht housing complex on IJburg.
A solo performance by Mark Waumans at the old gasworks in Westerpark, now a cultural park.
A free party where the SIDERAL and Syntax Error collectives join forces for a night of electronic music.
An introductory photography course held in the camera shop, for people who want to get a better grip on the basics.
Neighbours get together to play music at a local community living room, a drop-in space for people living nearby.
A presentation by the collective Curatorium at San Serriffe, the Amsterdam bookshop and project space focused on art and design publishing.
Hello Goodbye play an intimate live set in the style of a studio session.
A gig by the band Navigate, with hunk as the support act.
Issam Zemouri presents his work Fade Out at the Bos en Lommer theatre known for its culturally diverse programme.
A flowing style of yoga that links breath to movement, held at the sustainable creative hub on a former shipyard in Amsterdam-Noord.
Held in the Willem de Zwijgerkerk, this event invites visitors to share what is on their mind.
A walk in the woods with a group conversation, without phones, about how to get better at letting go.
A feature film screening as part of the PAFF film festival programme.
Dutch actor and entertainer Clous van Mechelen performs with Olga de Meij in a café set, with Walther de Graaff appearing as a guest.
An event featuring Abigaël Ama at the Staalstraat home of Droog, the Dutch conceptual design label.
Tin Castle is shown as part of the Paff film programme at this Westerpark arthouse cinema.
A French-language feature screening as part of the PAFF film festival programme.
Ege Şahin, a Turkish composer and improviser based in The Hague, makes electronic music about how we experience sound and how listeners can take part.
A relaxed weekend coffee meetup run by the Amsterdam Socials group for anyone hoping to meet new people in the city.
Young people run the programme themselves at this neighbourhood community centre.
A live set by Daan Herweg in the café's regular programme of small concerts.
An evening party; soirée is French for an evening gathering.
The Beloved is shown as part of the Paff film programme at this Westerpark arthouse cinema.
A talk giving a look at the day-to-day working life of a leading lawyer.
A storytelling session for children at the public library, where stories are read aloud, invented or acted out together.
A French-language feature screening as part of the PAFF film festival programme.
The Dutch art critic and journalist Edo Dijksterhuis talks about his book 'U bent hier' ('You Are Here').
Community clinic appointments offering traditional acupuncture and cupping therapy.
A live recording of the Dutch current affairs radio talk show and public debate program.
An evening named after the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa.
Hospice Kuria, which gives end-of-life care to people in their final weeks, opens its doors so the public can see the house and meet staff.
An event at The All Out in Zuid.
A programme at CC Amstel, the neighbourhood community centre, that looks at places people consider important to them.
A club night open only to people aged 21 and over.
The community garden opens its gates to visitors and neighbours.
Local volunteers meet to collect litter and tidy the streets of the Indische Buurt, starting from Kindervreugd.
Recreational full-court pickup basketball, where the 15 to 20 players who turn up split into teams and play informal games.
A performance at Scala, a small theatre with a foodbar on the Van Hallstraat in Amsterdam-West.
Comedian Peter Kazman performs a full-length stand-up show.
Iris plays a live set with invited musician friends in this neighbourhood cultural café.
An evening with food and drinks where you can listen to participants in a creative community coaching programme, meet them and cheer them on.
A chance to see the work of Youth Centre De Rijn, where local young people meet, relax and develop talents through activities like debating and music-making.
A library session that combines reading in Polish with art activities, aimed at children and families from the Polish-speaking community.
A Ukrainian-language event from the community group Adventure Club (Klub Pryhod), whose title means 'the story behind the frame'.
Neighbours get together for a big litter clean-up of the Willibrordusbuurt from 15:00 to 17:00, with drinks afterwards.
Samuel Kiel plays live with fellow musicians in the café's small-scale music programme.
A gathering in Zuid that, as the title suggests, is built around asking and exploring questions.
A read-aloud session for young children at the public library, built around a story about a little pig.
An open meeting of the volunteer-run social centre in Oost, where anyone can come and help decide how the space is run.
A neighbourhood clean-up where local residents get together to tidy their streets.
A mobile advice desk on Plein '40-'45 with information about saving energy and making your home more sustainable.
A meeting just for young people, run by Combiwel's neighbourhood youth workers.
A respite support service offering a welcome space for individuals to recover and take a break.
An intensive study session covering advanced Tibetan Buddhist meditation techniques and deity yoga practices.
This programme has been cancelled.
A closed, private event held at the historic Zeedijk venue.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
Around 80 works lent by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, including Matisse's La Blouse roumaine, shown alongside paintings by Rothko, Picasso and Barnett Newman.
The annual showcase of the world's most compelling award-winning photojournalism and documentary photography returns to Amsterdam.
The annual showcase of the world's most striking and impactful photojournalism, presented inside the historic Gothic church.
The children's film and media festival brings international premieres, workshops for toddlers and an interactive MediaLab play area for ages 3 to 14.
The monthly open-air design market brings makers, artists and food stalls to the museum lawns.
A family festival inspired by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, with her dot-sticker Obliteration Room, a light installation to dance in and crafts; booking ahead is advised.
A month of family activities at the national museum, including Story Rescuers, a new family quest that sends visitors on a secret mission through the collection.
The huge NDSM flea market moves indoors, with around 600 stalls of second-hand clothes, furniture and other finds.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
Stalls selling artisanal produce, hot food and handmade goods rotate through the city's parks on Sundays.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
The IJ-Hallen is a huge flea market held in the former shipyard halls at NDSM, where hundreds of stalls sell second-hand goods.
A major retrospective by the renowned photographer known for monumental landscapes, portraits and atmospheric explorations of human impact.
Citywide arts festival staging performances, tours, and special events across various participating Amsterdam museums.
An exhibition showing the commercial textile patterns, garments, and decorative fabrics designed by the pop artist in the 1950s and 1960s.
An exhibition on Henri Matisse, the French painter known for his bold colour, his Fauvist work and his late paper cut-outs.
A hands-on drawing studio inside the museum inspired by Rembrandt's etching and sketching techniques.
Hands-on workshops, games, and maritime activities designed for children and families.
A digital projection show rendering the Dutch master's fantastically detailed depictions of heaven, hell and sin into large-scale animations.
An exhibition for children featuring the intricate, detail-rich illustrations of Dutch picture-book maker Charlotte Dematons.
An animated digital installation bringing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella and its philosophical meditations on life to light.
Dance event pioneers ID&T present a sensory labyrinth of light, sound, and interactive technology in the Elementenstraat warehouse.
An exhibition showcasing the pop artist's commercial textile designs from the 1950s and 1960s before his rise to fame.
An exhibition about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
This edition honours Lou Lichtveld, also known as Albert Helman, a Dutch-Surinamese writer, composer, organist, politician and resistance fighter.
At this Amersfoort zoo, visitors follow a survival trail past dinosaur models while helping the Dinoranger find a missing baby dinosaur.
Jochem Myjer, one of the best-known Dutch cabaret comedians and famous for his hyperactive, physical storytelling, brings his show 'Net alsof' ('Just Pretend').
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
Direct conversations and oral histories shared with survivors of the Holocaust.
The festival organisers stage a walkthrough experience using lasers, lights, and electronic soundscapes across several rooms.
A show by the New York-based American artist known for layered black-and-white paintings, silkscreens and text works built around his idea of 'Black Dada'.
Lewis Carroll's story of Alice falling down the rabbit hole, told through dance, music and projected images for children aged 8 and up.
NEMO's programme for the autumn school holiday, with hands-on science and technology activities for children and families.
Leiden's yearly festival of independent and international cinema, with screenings at several venues around the city.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
An autumn-holiday activity on the fort island about how the keepers' families once got through winter when the IJmeer froze over.
The national museum displays textiles, costumes, and everyday garments highlighting traces of wear and historical repairs.
A round-the-clock programme of more than 50 activities across Oud-Zuid, De Pijp, Buitenveldert/Zuidas and the Rivierenbuurt, running from 06:00 Saturday to 06:00 Sunday.
Sinfonia Rotterdam plays well-known hits live while 180-degree projected visuals surround the audience.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
The contemporary Spanish-Dutch painter presents new works in dialogue with Francisco de Goya's iconic etchings, Los Disparates.
The Van Gogh Museum's autumn school holiday programme, with activities that help children and families explore Van Gogh's work.
Alan J. Pakula's 1976 Watergate drama, with Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as reporters Woodward and Bernstein, shown in a 4K restoration.
The Concertgebouw's weekly free 12:30 lunchtime concert, this time marking Black Achievement Month, the October celebration of Black achievement in the Netherlands.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
Morning yoga session held surrounded by Vincent van Gogh's masterworks.
A family exhibition exploring magic, illusions and ritual in Jewish culture and folklore.
A 4K restoration of Studio Ghibli's 2010 animated film, adapted from Mary Norton's The Borrowers, about a tiny girl living secretly beneath the floorboards of a house.
A family autumn-holiday programme of nature, adventure and experiments on Pampus, the 19th-century fortress island in the IJmeer.
Shostakovich's 1959 comic operetta, originally Moscow, Cheryomushki, about a housing shortage, speculators and love, sung in English and suitable for ages 10 and up.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
A fixed lunch arrangement served at the fortress island of Pampus, accessible by ferry across the IJmeer.
A Bavarian-style beer festival at the taproom of Oedipus, the Amsterdam craft brewery in Noord.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
Visitors walk together through a virtual reconstruction of 17th-century Amsterdam, choosing their own route and seeing everyday life of the time; part of History Month.
Sculptures by the Dutch modernist, known for his stark geometric forms in steel, leather, and found materials, are installed across the museum's open-air grounds.
A free 2.1 km walk through the centre past 34 sculptures by 64 artists, all carved from felled Amsterdam city trees, with a public vote for a favourite.
A club night at the skate café, headlined by a live set from the German rapper and singer Ace Tee, known for the 90s-style R&B hit Bist du down?, plus a long list of DJs.
A hands-on activity at the science museum where visitors try out artificial intelligence and test what it can and cannot do.
Outdoor art route placing site-specific sculptures and installations along the walking paths of the Amsterdamse Bos.
A family-friendly interactive exhibition exploring mythology, nature, and the symbolic wisdom of ravens across different world cultures.
A behind-the-scenes guided tour through the costume departments, stages, and rehearsal halls of the opera house.
Crate-digging market inside the covered passage of De Hallen, featuring independent record vendors selling vinyl across multiple genres.
An introduction to graffiti and the stories behind well-known street art, at the street art museum in a former NDSM shipyard hall.
Daniel Szalai presents 166 hens of the Novogen breed, a commercial egg-laying hen, as 166 individuals, at Droog's space on Staalstraat.
October is the national History Month, with history outings for children across the country, including a dark church, the Boevenbus and the Romans.
A chance to explore Muiden, the small fortified town east of Amsterdam with star-shaped ramparts and the medieval Muiderslot castle.
An open rehearsal for the orchestra's Friends, with the American pianist Emanuel Ax playing music by film composer John Williams.
The private museum showcases street works, prints, and stencils by the elusive British artist.
Learn the fundamentals of silkscreening and print your own custom design onto t-shirts in this hands-on studio session.
Visitors on the fortress island can observe licensed ornithologists capturing, measuring, and banding wild birds for ongoing scientific research.
A brief, family-friendly Dutch-language opera performance staged on the platform of an Amsterdam metro station.
The idiosyncratic Dutch jazz guitarist and composer plays an intimate set in the historic former stock exchange.
An exhibition marking the city's 750th anniversary, tracing Amsterdam's history through key moments and archival records.
A Barbie-themed evening with a catwalk and a party at De Kring, the artists' society club near Leidseplein.
A broad survey of modern and contemporary art, design, and photography from the museum's permanent holdings.
Illusionist Rico Weeland stages an intimate evening of magic, mentalism, and storytelling.
Interactive light and digital installations invite visitors into responsive, mirror-filled rooms.
The presentation examines clothing from 1640 to 1930 that bears physical signs of wear, tailoring, mending, and daily life.
A guided tour for families past highlights of the Rijksmuseum collection.
An outdoor and community exhibition presented in collaboration with Middle East Archive, a digital platform documenting everyday life and visual culture across the region.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the concert hall's architecture and acoustics before attending the free midday performance.
A retrospective dedicated to the influential Indonesian-Dutch industrial and interior designer best known for designing Schiphol Airport's original interiors.
Drawing in the Royal Palace on Dam Square as part of October drawing month, inside Jacob van Campen's 17th-century former city hall.
An exhibition celebrating early trailblazers and foundational works in digital and video installation art.
An exhibition tracing decades of LGBTQIA+ community life, activism, pride celebrations, and resilience across Amsterdam.
The Anglo-French comedian, known for her online videos about cultural differences, looks at her mother's life choices in a new stand-up show.
An outdoor photography exhibition in Amsterdam West presented by Foam and the digital storytelling platform Middle East Archive.
The exhibition examines the global supply chains of cocoa, sugar, and palm oil behind the beloved Dutch breakfast staple.
