What's On in Amsterdam on Thursday 15 October
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themThursday 15 October
The Irish singer, formerly of One Direction, performs his solo pop songs, which include hits such as 'Slow Hands'.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running dance-heavy musical, based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and known for the song Memory.
Tchaikovsky's 19th-century ballet about Prince Siegfried and Odette, a woman under a curse that turns her into a swan.
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.
The Mystery Ensemble plays music from Howard Shore's Oscar-winning scores for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films inside the 17th-century church.
An evening of Queen songs where the audience is encouraged to sing along to hits like 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
Angus Andrew's experimental art-rock band, which came out of New York's 2000s dance-punk scene and has kept changing its sound since.
Live musicians play the film music of Hans Zimmer, composer of the scores for Gladiator, Inception and Interstellar, in a hall lit by candles.
The American jazz singer, known for her intimate voice and Brazilian-influenced phrasing, has worked with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding.
Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalist Liam Shortall's project, which mixes jazz, club music, hip-hop and soul.
Drop-in divination sessions using card reading inside the canal-side museum dedicated to hermetic philosophy and free thought.
An open-mic stand-up night where comedians poke fun at Dutch culture and life in the Netherlands.
The Californian indie rock band known for 'My Body' and 'Cough Syrup' plays the Grote Zaal, with Norwegian electropop act Ora The Molecule also on the bill.
Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst and his long-time duo partner, the pianist Roland Pöntinen, play a programme of French music.
The project of New York musician Daniel Rocco, known for theatrical, big-riffed rock with a retro rock 'n' roll swagger.
An improvised comedy show at the English-language comedy theatre where performers make up scenes on the spot, often from audience suggestions.
Journalist and biographer Auke Kok talks about Anton Mussert, leader of the Dutch Nazi party NSB.
Jim Sheridan's 1993 drama stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four, who was wrongly jailed with his father for an IRA bombing.
A children's nature activity from Natuurmonumenten's OERRR programme, looking for the animals that come out at dusk.
A screening of Michael Madsen's 2010 documentary about Onkalo, Finland's underground nuclear waste store, which is meant to stay sealed for 100,000 years.
An in-store listening session for the British singer-songwriter of Zimbabwean heritage, known for her indie pop album What a Devastating Turn of Events.
A beginner-friendly bouldering session with free climbing shoe rental. Bouldering is climbing short walls without ropes, with crash mats below.
A regular meetup of the Dutch-founded sport lockpicking group, held at the Technologia Incognita hackerspace, where people practise opening locks as a hobby and to learn about security.
Paradiso's jam session hosts musicians from VOLTA, the Brussels music centre, with Diana Sidibé leading the session.
A sensory walk through the historic botanical garden, collecting autumn leaves to make your own small herbarium booklet.
A Thursday evening opening at the street art museum on the NDSM wharf, focused on the world of graffiti.
Skateboarding lessons for children at the skate café.
An event in Amsterdam Zuid where girls can try out different sports and creative activities together.
An activity for older people in which Van Gogh Museum staff run a hands-on creative workshop at the library rather than at the museum.
Audience seating for the recording of Eva Jinek's current affairs talkshow at De Hallen.
Two contemporary ensembles, from The Hague and Luxembourg, play Trance, the hypnotic, rhythm-driven piece for amplified ensemble by Bang on a Can co-founder Michael Gordon.
Screening of John C. Reilly's spoof of music biopics, co-written by Judd Apatow, about a fictional rock star's rise and fall, with a pre-show.
An early-childhood music workshop where toddlers and their parents explore songs, rhythm, and gentle movement together.
A programme about Amsterdam's position below sea level and what rising water means for how the city lives and builds.
Tasos Kofodimos and Yvonne Melissa launch their album Kormós with guest musicians, part of Mezrab's Magic Carpet music series.
A programme at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam looking at electronic music today.
A storytelling programme around Papiamento, the Creole language of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire, whose title means telling stories about my language.
A stand-up show in which comedian Abhi Pamnani tells personal, energetic and witty stories about his life and about feeling out of place.
Music bingo, hosted by Mr and Mrs Koot, where records are played and you tick off the songs on your card.
A band blending Andalusian flamenco with psychedelic rock; the name mixes "Holland" and "Andalusia".
A late-night alternative comedy show with queer comedians performing stand-up.
An informal meetup where expats play board games together in a gaming bar.
The opening of Ebenezer Ackah's first solo exhibition, which looks at identity and belonging.
A heavy rock bill with Los Angeles psych-rock band Deathchant and Eyesores, held at the Oedipus brewery's event space.
A stage production whose Dutch title means space debris, the junk from old satellites and rockets left circling the Earth.
The group Naamu plays with guest Aziz Ozouss, a musician associated with Moroccan gnawa music and its three-stringed bass lute, the guembri.
New York artist Phil Buehler and Plein Theater unveil a public artwork on Sajetplein in the Oost neighbourhood.
A touring live show that fills the arena for one night.
A duo concert at Splendor, the musician-run venue, pairing guitarist Florian Zenker with bandoneon player Santiago Cimadevilla.
Going by its name, a mix of Dutch and Andalusian influences, which points to flamenco-inspired music.
An immersive audiovisual screening pairing the British band's music with large-format digital visuals projected across walls and floors.
An interactive, imaginative theatre show in which children join in, held at the library during the autumn holiday.
A gathering to meet local artists, designers and craftsmen who share their work and creative techniques.
A community evening featuring food, drinks, and cultural programming at this long-running creative complex.
Canadian cellist George Crotty leads a jazz trio, with the cello taking the lead voice that usually goes to horns or piano.
Musicians take turns on stage for an open, unscripted jazz session at the neighbourhood piano bar.
An immersive projection of work by British photographer Jimmy Nelson, known for his large-format portraits of Indigenous peoples around the world.
Luiz Bolognesi's film, part documentary and part fiction, about a Paiter Suruí shaman in the Amazon pushed aside after his village converts to evangelical Christianity.
A live music performance by the singer Nina Winder-Lind.
French-born comedian Maeva Dolle brings her comedy to the stage.
A discussion of period-tracking apps and measuring the menstrual cycle, and what that data really tells us.
Music theatre for children aged four and up about small sorrows and big adventures.
A creative autumn-half-term yoga class for children aged 8 to 12, led by Fleur in a children's bookshop.
A live concert by the act Bayou, whose name refers to the slow, marshy waterways of the American South.
A festive final night after six Thursday evenings of neighbours cooking and eating soup together, with a sociable atmosphere and performances.
A programme on sound, music and consciousness in Hermetic thought, held at the canal house of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica.
Sobremesa is the Spanish habit of staying at the table after a meal to talk, and this special evening at Café Conrad is built around that idea.
Barbara Schilperoort gives an interactive talk built around the history of a single address, Willemsparkweg 153 in Amsterdam-Zuid.
Active Hope is the name of Joanna Macy's approach to facing ecological and social crises without despair, and this university session takes it as its starting point.
The Amsterdam Jazz Trio plays at the hotel's regular Thursday jazz night in its Wibautstraat building.
A children's club about plants, animals and the outdoors at Jeugdland, the adventure playground in Amsterdam-Oost.
The Dutch Game Design Guild's session where designers playtest each other's prototype board games and give feedback.
A visiting show built around a character called Cemile Abla; 'abla' is Turkish for big sister.
A storytelling evening in which Heleen Hummelen and Wieky de Boer share stories and memories from their careers on stage.
A talk in the De Divan series on dissociation, when people feel detached from their own sense of self or from their body.
A pirate-themed theatre show named after NDSM, the former shipyard in Amsterdam-Noord.
A collaborative programme at the small canal-side cinema that looks at what everyday objects and the stories around them can tell us.
Paradiso's Indiestad series puts the spotlight on indie artists, and this edition features musician Nina Winder-Lind.
A guided relaxation session where you lie or sit still while instruments like gongs and singing bowls fill the room with sound.
A contemporary performance piece at Frascati, which shows new and experimental theatre and dance by makers early in their careers.
Free-entry style live music in the café of the eco-hub in Noord, this time with the band Vastgoedmagnaat.
A weekly social craft circle where people bring their own knitting and crochet projects to work on together.
An exhibition or workshop exploring the intersection of neurological research, brain function, and creative visual expression.
A neighbourhood community organisation in Transvaal opens its doors for an afternoon with music, dance and food.
A beginners' workshop on the basics of creative writing, hosted at the Zoku hotel and co-working space.
A community dinner cooked and served at the long-running Westerpark neighbourhood cultural centre.
A heavy music bill at the OCCII squat venue, headlined by Belgian band Mindwar, with Curselifter and Swell.
Organisers of the Amsterdam Marathon present the professional runners lining up for this year's race.
A regular Thursday jazz night with LIUKE, joined by guest Sofiya Astapiuk.
Niall McGuigan performs at the Leidseplein bar known for live music and English-language comedy.
A public talk at the University of Amsterdam's debate venue on how language and the words we use shape ideas of a different global order.
A concert launching a complete recording of songs by Joseph Marx, the Austrian late-Romantic composer best known for his lush art songs.
The Dutch-born singer-songwriter, whose melodic songs draw on progressive rock and folk, performs in this small theatre.
A poetry evening in a café setting, with several poets reading their work.
A group run with checkpoints along the route, organised by SRC with the outdoor and trail-running brand Salomon.
A screening of Youri served with a bowl of soup, pairing the film with a simple meal.
A weekly drumming class for children on the djembe, the West African hand drum, led by Rutger van der Ree.
The launch of Terrible People's eighth issue, themed around failure, held with the Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum bookshop on the Spui.
An evening at De Sloot themed around Australia, offering a taste of its culture.
A theatre performance at Amstelveen's main playhouse.
A theatre show whose title means 'Love Underestimated', at Nieuw-West's large local theatre.
An informal afternoon of handicrafts such as sewing, knitting or drawing, organised by a group for meeting new people in Amsterdam South.
An informal conversation meetup hosted together with Véa at the Stretch and Fold bakery.
A stage performance at Plein Theater, a small venue in Oost known mainly for contemporary dance and theatre.
Students from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the city's conservatory, perform classical chamber music.
A speed-networking meetup where artists, photographers, writers, designers and other creatives meet in short rounds to find collaborators and inspiration.
An end-of-season show at Cinetol; windkracht 8 is Dutch for gale-force winds on the Beaufort scale.
A practice group where people tell stories and give talks in front of others to build confidence in public speaking.
The Dutch theatre maker and writer is known for solo work in which he performs his own texts.
A theatre performance on Bellevue's stage.
A two-session workshop on drawing with pastels, covering the different things the medium can do.
A yoga class held on the university campus, the kind of session usually open to students and staff of all levels.
A walk through the park for people dealing with loss, combining mindfulness with time outdoors.
A book launch at the Van Baerlestraat bookshop for two new titles, Dear Mrs Williams and Alle paradijzen.
A performance at the student theatre on the Uilenstede campus in Amstelveen.
An event at the Staalstraat home of Droog, the Dutch conceptual design label known for its witty, idea-led objects.
Community clinic appointments offering traditional acupuncture and cupping therapy.
A group Nordic walking session through Amsterdam-Noord's central park.
A community writing course offering guidance and exercises for participants looking to develop their creative writing skills.
A women's peer support circle for open conversation and shared experiences.
A weekly communal dinner hosted for members and guests at the artists' society clubhouse.
A quiet group session dedicated to mindfulness and guided relaxation practice.
An eclectic live music evening featuring local experimental ensemble Oktopedians.
A weekly student-focused club night spanning hip-hop, house and R&B on Leidseplein.
An event at Perdu, the Amsterdam venue for poetry and experimental literature, under the title of a city that has come to a standstill.
A stage performance at the Oost theatre, which focuses on contemporary dance and small-scale theatre.
A voku, short for people's kitchen, is a cheap communal meal; this one raises money to replace the squat café's broken oven.
A clubhouse-style dinner for the Bambas Girls community, held at a flower shop.
A pay-what-you-can yoga class for beginners, open to everyone.
The second edition of PENGAME, an event series run by GINGE.
A free football tournament for boys from Amsterdam West, who form teams to represent their own neighbourhoods.
A weekly community lunch in De Pijp serving toasties, homemade soup, and a place to meet neighbours.
Coffee and tea every Thursday morning for IJburg residents, who can meet neighbours or bring a laptop to work.
An event run by the Amsterdam welfare organisation Combiwel, offering a fun, low-key way to get help quitting smoking or vaping during Stoptober.
A performance by Davide de Luca in the informal setting of the theatre's café.
An evening of bridge and board games held by Stadsdorp Slotervaart Noord, a neighbourhood network of older residents who organise activities together.
An event called Date Night at the Vrije Universiteit's campus cultural centre; the listing gives no other details.
Free individual conversations and a peer support group for people whose loved one has an addiction or a psychiatric problem; you do not need a referral.
A performance at CC Amstel, a neighbourhood community centre.
An open weekly surgery with the local community police officer and municipal neighbourhood team.
A discounted food or drink offer at the neighbourhood café and bar in Amsterdam Oost.
Students provide free homework support and a quiet study space for local children.
A mutual aid and legal support drop-in hour held at the historic anarchist social centre.
An academic symposium at the Vrije Universiteit, with talks and discussion by researchers on a shared theme.
An information session for residents on what attracts rats to the neighbourhood and what you can do to keep them away.
A farewell meetup where people gather to say goodbye, usually over drinks and conversation.
Registered Amsterdam Marathon runners collect their race numbers before the event.
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 month of family activities at the national museum, with a digital game, workshops, guided tours and scavenger hunts.
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.
Families explore the Rijksmuseum through riddles, scents and drawing, as an introduction to highlights from its collection.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
A free guided tour of this year's World Press Photo exhibition, which shows the winning images from the international photojournalism contest.
The Icelandic composer and multi-instrumentalist is known for quiet, emotional music that mixes piano, strings and electronics.
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.
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.
An autumn-holiday programme for families with drawing, painting and treasure-hunt activities around the museum's Van Gogh collection.
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.
The street art museum at NDSM, with huge works by graffiti artists from around the world, tells the stories behind well-known pieces.
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.
Dutch National Opera & Ballet turns the thrilling children's book Lennox into a groovy opera for ages eight and up.
A hands-on studio where visitors of all ages can make their own art, inspired by Van Gogh's techniques and work.
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.
An exhibition of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, known for his series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.
A family exhibition on the secrets of stage magic and illusion, from Harry Houdini to the Dutch illusionist Hans Klok.
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'.
NEMO's programme for the autumn school holiday, with hands-on science and technology activities for children and families.
A large LEGO fan event in Utrecht, not Amsterdam, with building areas, big displays and new sets, running from 15 to 21 October.
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.
The national museum displays textiles, costumes, and everyday garments highlighting traces of wear and historical repairs.
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 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 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.
Children follow the Dinorangers into the zoo's dinosaur woods, visit a dinosaur nesting ground and try forest survival activities.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
A family tour of the Rijksmuseum told as theatre, built around a story about a present.
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 movement festival for children with lots of bouncy castles and obstacle courses for jumping and climbing.
A hands-on activity at the science museum where visitors try out artificial intelligence and test what it can and cannot do.
Eleven autumn-holiday ideas at the park, including a market, cheese fondue and new exhibitions.
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.
Daniel Szalai presents 166 hens of the Novogen breed, a commercial egg-laying hen, as 166 individuals, at Droog's space on Staalstraat.
The trade fair attached to the Amsterdam Marathon, where runners collect their start numbers and browse stands selling running gear and services.
October is the national History Month, with history outings for children across the country, including a dark church, the Boevenbus and the Romans.
An autumn half-term activity on the fortress island of Pampus about how you would get through the winter if a frozen IJmeer left you stranded.
During the half-term, children can print their own etchings on the large etching press in the house where Rembrandt lived and worked.
The city history museum offers a special celebratory programme with free treats for visitors.
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 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.
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.
Danny Boyle's frenetic 1996 adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows a group of heroin addicts navigating Edinburgh's gritty underbelly.
