What's On in Amsterdam on Saturday 24 October
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Amsterdam Music Festival, the big EDM show of Amsterdam Dance Event, fills the stadium with 40,000 people for headline mainstage DJs.
Amsterdam Music Festival, the large-scale EDM event held during ADE week, featuring big-room house and mainstream dance acts.
The German DJ Klangkuenstler, known for fast, hard-edged techno, plays the whole night alone in the arena.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's dance-heavy musical based on T.S. Eliot's cat poems, the show that gave us the song 'Memory'.
Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills presents his musical response to Rembrandt's Night Watch, the 1642 masterpiece in the Rijksmuseum.
Berlin's notorious KitKatClub, a hedonistic fetish-friendly techno club, brings its kink-positive party concept to Amsterdam for a night.
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.
The German trance pioneer behind 'For an Angel' plays the whole night himself, from opening to closing, during Amsterdam Dance Event.
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.
Joris Voorn, the Dutch DJ and producer known for melodic techno and house, presents his Trip To Galaxy concept with the techno organiser Awakenings.
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.
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.
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.
A daytime party on a moving train with the Berlin techno duo Pan-Pot and the 50:Hertz crew.
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 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.
The zoo takes part in the yearly Dutch Night of the Night, which draws attention to darkness and light pollution, with an evening programme.
Tchaikovsky's 19th-century ballet about Prince Siegfried and Odette, a woman under a curse that turns her into a swan.
Amsterdam party organisers Audio Obscura team up with The Moment, the live-and-DJ concept of Danish electronic band WhoMadeWho.
DJ Slimfit plays inside the 17th-century canal house museum known for the Catholic church hidden in its attic.
Weekly creative workshops for children exploring different painting and artistic themes inspired by Vincent van Gogh.
American producer Lane 8 brings his This Never Happened label night, known for its no-phones policy, to DGTL's ADE programme.
A deep-sea installation by Olafur Eliasson, the Danish-Icelandic artist known for The Weather Project, set inside the ARTIS aquarium.
Fun Forest's treetop climbing courses open after dark, so you climb the routes at night.
Into the Woods is a Dutch festival brand known for electronic music events in forest settings, and this is its Saturday programme during ADE.
The American house producer behind "You Don't Know Me", his famous remix of Tori Amos's "Professional Widow" and Duck Sauce plays a guest set.
The German producer, known for his melodic "high-tech minimal" sound and masked performances, brings his FCKNG Serious label together with Amsterdam party organiser Loveland.
German producer Boris Brejcha, known for what he calls high-tech minimal and for performing in a mask, hosts his FCKNG Serious label with Dutch organiser Loveland.
German producer Alexander Ridha, known for distorted electro and techno and his Boysnoize Records label, curates his own night.
A month of family activities at the national museum, inviting children and parents to discover the stories behind works in the collection.
Dockyard, the electronic music and techno festival brand, holds its own edition as part of Amsterdam Dance Event.
The South African duo play live house music mixed with jazz, adding saxophone and other live instruments to electronic beats.
DJ Slimfit's Saturday set at Our Lord in the Attic, the canal house museum with a 17th-century Catholic church hidden in its attic.
The Saturday edition of the ADE festival from Into The Woods, the Dutch electronic music organiser known for its events in the forest.
Verknipt, the Dutch organisation known for large hard techno events, takes over the big concert hall for Amsterdam Dance Event.
The German techno veteran, founder of the Cocoon label and its long-running Ibiza parties, plays a BiBi and Cocoon night.
American producer Lane 8 brings his melodic house label night, known for asking dancers to keep their phones away, in partnership with DGTL.
Max Cooper, the British producer known for pairing intricate electronica with scientific visuals, presents an immersive 3D audiovisual show under a projection dome.
A night-time disco party held on board a train, with the carriages used as a moving dance floor.
The Swiss duo Adriatique, known for melodic techno and their Siamese label, play the whole night at an Awakenings event during ADE.
A festival-style day of electronic music under the No Art banner, organised by SONA during Amsterdam Dance Event.
An electronic music festival at Taets, the arts and events venue on the former Hembrug military site in Zaandam, held as part of ADE.
A joint party from 909, the Amsterdam techno event named after Roland's drum machine, and Loveland, the long-running Amsterdam dance event organiser.
Two Amsterdam choirs perform Dvořák's large-scale setting of the medieval hymn about Mary at the cross, written after the deaths of his children.
Hunee, the DJ known for wide-ranging sets of disco, house and beyond, plays back-to-back with Stella Zekri and Suze Ijó.
The American DJ and producer behind "You Don't Know Me" and the Tori Amos "Professional Widow" remix, also half of Duck Sauce.
South African DJ Shimza, known for Afro house and Afro tech, leads DGTL's ADE event with guests in the former shipyard halls at NDSM.
La Tempête, the French ensemble led by Simon-Pierre Bestion and known for staged, atmospheric concerts, performs music by Bach, Mendelssohn and Brahms.
A live ensemble, usually a string quartet, plays songs from Disney princess films in a room lit by hundreds of candles.
A children's exhibition about stage magic and illusion, from escape artist Harry Houdini to the Dutch illusionist Hans Klok.
London techno festival Junction 2 and Mastery bring club music to NXT Museum, Amsterdam Noord's museum of digital and new media art.
A charity run along the canals followed by a party, organised by an Amsterdam run club to raise money for Free a Girl, which fights child sexual exploitation.
Franky Rizardo, the Amsterdam DJ and producer known for groovy house and tech house, hosts his Flow event in the former gasholder at Westergas.
Amsterdam festival brand DGTL hosts South African DJ and producer Shimza, a leading name in Afro house, and guests.
Carl Craig's Detroit Love, a touring showcase of Detroit techno and house, comes to the club at the top of A'DAM Tower.
An attempt at a record-length back-to-back DJ set, where DJs take turns at the decks without stopping, hosted by Fosbury music studio.
Affairs is the event series of Vintage Culture, the Brazilian DJ and producer Lukas Ruiz, known for melodic, crowd-pleasing house music.
A three-day ambient programme during ADE that treats listening as meditation, with drifting, beatless sound meant for lying down and switching off rather than dancing.
The ADE edition of Mystic Garden, an Amsterdam electronic music festival focused on house and techno.
Saturday at Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's annual electronic music conference and festival spread across clubs and venues.
Spanish tech house DJ Dennis Cruz shares the decks with Mau P, the Dutch producer behind the club hit "Drugs From Amsterdam".
The Swiss duo Adriatique, known for melodic house and techno and for their label Siamese, play a show during ADE 2026.
German producer Christian Löffler plays his melancholy, ambient-tinged electronic music, on a bill with Swedish singer-songwriter Adna, known for dark, hushed songs.
Music On, the party brand of Italian techno DJ Marco Carola, teams up with Amsterdam organiser Loveland for an early-morning sunrise session.
Drop-in craft sessions for children among the miniature mouse scenes of Het Muizenhuis, the small museum built around the Mouse Mansion picture books.
A daytime event with American DJs Eris Drew and Octo Octa, known for their joyful rave and breakbeat-heavy house and their T4T LUV NRG label.
The daytime part of an ADE trilogy by The Gardens of Babylon, the Amsterdam party organisers known for organic, tribal-leaning house and lavish decor.
The British duo play their revival of early-1990s rave, with breakbeat hardcore and jungle full of piano lines and fast breakbeats.
The British DJ and producer, known for groovy, bass-heavy house and tech house, plays one of the city's larger concert halls.
Families with children aged eight and up solve an interactive story game together through the museum galleries.
Young children follow a trail through the museum helping Fiep Westendorp's famous illustrated cats track down a runaway mouse.
A slow-looking tour, where the group spends a long time with a small number of works instead of moving quickly through the galleries.
Hands-on outdoor crafting and building activities for children at the sprawling nature playground.
Australian producer Skin On Skin, known for the club hit Burn Dem Bridges, puts together a daytime line-up with Intercell.
A private hands-on pottery class where couples can try wheel throwing together and pick up their fired work later.
A hands-on printmaking session where participants learn to create colourful multi-layer risograph prints of their pets.
An evening of looking for moths, usually drawn in with lights, led by experienced enthusiasts and paired with a short talk.
The masked Russian anti-fascist crew mix hip hop with hardcore punk, combining rapped vocals with fast, loud guitar music.
The opening day of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music conference and festival spread across clubs and venues.
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.
A Saturday ADE special from Verknipt, the Dutch party brand known for hard, fast techno.
The campsite and the Volkssterrenwacht Amsterdam, the city's public astronomy society, host an evening of stargazing for the annual night against light pollution.
A percussion concert designed to surround the audience with sound, in the Netherlands Philharmonic's domed former church in Oost.
An installation by Boris Acket, the Dutch artist known for large kinetic works that combine light, sound and movement.
The English techno DJ and producer Alan Fitzpatrick presents FORMA with We Are The Brave, the techno label he founded.
The Shapeshifters, the British house duo best known for their 2004 chart-topper Lola's Theme, play the Happy Feelings event.
A guided autumn boat excursion navigating the waterways and woodland canals of the Amsterdam Forest.
Urban sketching means drawing buildings and street scenes on location, and this museum workshop teaches the basics.
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.
The French producer NTO, known for emotional, melodic techno and his link with the Hungry Music label, plays a three-hour live set.
A showcase marking thirty years of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's annual electronic music conference and festival, hosted by Ruby Emma.
The long-running English-language comedy theatre on the Rozengracht does an improvised show, with scenes made up on the spot from audience suggestions.
A night with Southern Fried Records, the Brighton dance label founded by Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim.
Autumn holiday activities that invite visitors to explore the shared history of Suriname and the Netherlands.
A guided climb up the tower of Amsterdam's oldest building, a medieval church in the Red Light District, with views over the city and beyond.
A Saturday daytime event during Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music festival and conference.
An autumn walk through the Amsterdamse Bos, the large forest park on the city's southern edge.
A guided walk departing from the Homomonument traces the history of LGBTQ+ emancipation and activism across central Amsterdam.
Veteran Dutch DJ Michel de Hey hosts a day of back-to-back sets with guests including DJ Tennis, Benny Rodrigues, Burnski and Kepler.
The Amsterdam house and techno festival Mystic Garden holds a special edition as part of the city's annual electronic music week.
Lilly Palmer, the Swiss-born techno DJ and producer known for her hard, driving sets, hosts a private party on a boat.
Lichtbende, the Amsterdam collective that makes live shows with handmade lantern projections and live music, performs its piece 'Niemandsland' ('No Man's Land').
A double bill of British punk-era bands: Kirk Brandon's post-punk group Theatre of Hate and the Scottish band The Skids, known for 'Into the Valley'.
A hands-on leatherworking class where you cut, stitch and assemble your own leather bag.
An exhibition about Tomorrowland, the large Belgian electronic music festival known for its elaborate stage designs.
Amsterdam-based American artist Eric Staller, known for playful light art and the seven-person Conference Bike, shows The Gift in Europe for the first time.
The Scottish DJ and producer, known for the hit "Tell Me Something Good", hosts his own Club Knuckles party.
A session with Polyend, the Polish company behind hardware music tools such as the Tracker and Play, where people can meet its designers and try the instruments.
A listening session where records are played for close listening rather than dancing, with tea served.
The Zazu party presents a night with SOLÈY at the large concert hall in Amsterdam Southeast.
The American stand-up comedian, known as a co-host of the Flagrant podcast with Andrew Schulz, performs his touring stand-up show.
A concert for babies up to 18 months, built around sound, colour and movement rather than sitting still and listening.
Rush Hour, the Amsterdam record shop and label known for house, jazz, disco and reissues, hosts an ADE night at Lofi.
Brass Rave Unit, a Dutch band playing techno and rave on brass and drums, shares the bill with Manolo and Storken.
After 43 years, Harrie van Gennip is closing his De Pijp shop and workshop with an open house selling his antique stove collection.
This session puts Surinamese music and its influence on electronic sounds in the spotlight, a strong link given Amsterdam's large Surinamese community.
A theatre show for children aged four and up.
A brunch with dancehall, the Jamaican genre, hosted by Dutch rapper Bokoesam and DJ Steesko.
A free public exhibition with music and food. Ginga is the swaying basic movement of capoeira and a Brazilian word for swagger.
English-language stand-up from comedians from around the world, with cocktails at the bar.
Work by Mark Leckey, the Turner Prize-winning British artist known for Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore, under a title borrowed from a John Donne holy sonnet.
A double bill of British post-punk: Kirk Brandon's Theatre of Hate and the Scottish band behind 'Into the Valley'.
The Berlin techno duo Pan-Pot, who run the Second State label, host their own night in the former school building in Amsterdam West.
Berlin label Toytonics, known for funky, disco-tinged house, hosts an Amsterdam Dance Event party at Westergas.
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.
A boat trip on the Fluistervink along the winding waterways of the Amsterdamse Bos, the large woodland park on the city's southern edge.
Through October, visitors can sketch the interiors of the Royal Palace on Dam Square, with a drawing coach on hand to give tips.
The Italian DJ and producer, known for upbeat commercial house and dance remixes, plays an extended three-hour set at Blend XL.
A hands-on cooking class led by a Japanese host, where you make ramen from scratch.
A hands-on workshop in DJing with vinyl records, the "black gold" of the title, covering beatmatching and mixing on turntables.
A double bill of Andrzej Wajda's linked films about Polish workers and the Solidarity movement; Man of Iron won the Palme d'Or in 1981.
French producer N'to, known for melodic techno with orchestral touches and linked to the Hungry Music label, performs live rather than as a DJ set.
Berlin community radio station Refuge Worldwide teams up with Haarlem design studio and label United Identities for an Amsterdam Dance Event party.
De Warme Winkel, the Amsterdam theatre collective known for playful, chaotic and self-referential shows, takes on the idea of Europe.
Addict Ameba, an Amsterdam band, plays Afrobeat, Ethio-jazz and Latin rhythms, with Baher, in Mezrab's Salón Sonoro series.
A DJ marathon, where a series of DJs take turns on the decks over a long stretch of hours.
A guided painting session on the hotel rooftop where everyone paints the same subject, here an autumn-themed cat.
A three-hour hands-on workshop where you sew your own bag from old festival banners; no experience needed.
A hands-on workshop where you learn how cheese is made.
The Dutch house DJ and producer plays an ADE show at Westergas.
A calm break from ADE where you drink tea and lie back for a sound session, with Bruno Sitton playing gongs, bowls or other resonant instruments.
A theatre show for children aged four and up by the resident company, which is known for physical, mostly wordless Brazilian-Dutch theatre.
You practise your Dutch while playing games in the Jordaan, with Dutch language teachers on hand.
A programme on art, heritage and spirituality inside a 17th-century canal house with a hidden Catholic church in its attic.
A fitness session from the gym chain Basic-Fit, with music from Carista, the Rotterdam DJ known for wide-ranging house and club sets.
The organisers of this Halloween parade for families are looking for volunteers to set up, hand out candy and guide families, and volunteers get a free adult ticket.
A wellness session combining hypnosis, sound healing and ceremonial cacao, meant as a calm counterweight to the ADE club week.
The American artist Eric Staller, known for light art and playful public works, shows The Gift in Europe for the first time.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
An evening about death, dying and saying goodbye, presented as a night out rather than a solemn lecture.
PRJCT Amsterdam, the baroque ensemble founded by countertenor Maarten Engeltjes, performs with British soprano Anna Dennis.
The children's theatre company stages a lively, humorous fairy tale for young kids.
A night-time Amsterdam Dance Event party hosted jointly by the Intercell and Yanamaste collectives.
An exhibition exploring the realities of independence struggles across Africa, Suriname, and the Caribbean.
A morning read-aloud for parents and toddlers about a tantrum, using the How to Talk approach, with practical tips to use at home.
A wood-fired mobile sauna session set up for relaxation and community warming.
A guided walking tour examining the Amsterdam School and Berlage-designed residential developments of the Plan Zuid district.
Participants learn bead embroidery techniques to customise and repair second-hand garments.
A showcase from the Amsterdam record shop and label known worldwide for house, techno, disco and reissues of rare jazz and funk.
A hands-on crafting session using vintage beads to design and make custom jewellery.
Dutch DJ and producer B Jones, known for her vocal house and EDM releases, plays a set on a dinner cruise through the canals.
A weekly Saturday afternoon drag-hosted bingo with cash prizes at this long-running gay bar.
The Dutch-American violinist, singer and composer, known for experimental work that crosses classical music and pop, performs with Chimp.
A lineup of experienced stand-up comedians perform English-language or Dutch sets by the IJ.
An installation by Touki Delphine, the Dutch collective known for turning salvaged objects into audiovisual installations, shown during the Amsterdam Dance Event.
A stand-up comedy evening at ComedyTrain, the Amsterdam comedy club, with several comedians each doing a set, compèred in the club's usual line-up format.
A children's theatre performance designed for toddlers and young kids at the boutique puppet and story theatre.
The night-time afterparty that follows the No Art Amsterdam Dance Event festival, organised by SONA.
A hands-on workshop in batik, the centuries-old Javanese method of decorating fabric by applying wax to resist the dye.
A farm activity, usually for children, where you help with jobs such as feeding animals and mucking out for an hour.
Baile is the Brazilian word for a dance party, often linked to baile funk, the bass-heavy music that grew out of Rio's favelas.
A tribute to the Chicago label Rocky Jones founded in 1985, whose artists and records helped shape house music worldwide.
A low-key ADE session that pairs tea with immersive sound, a quieter option among the festival's club nights.
An Amsterdam Dance Event gathering that pairs music with a community kitchen, where food is cooked and shared together.
A Halloween concert of dark, mysterious and imaginative music, with a programme that draws on the old traditions behind Halloween.
Drag performer Pixxie Colada hosts a free evening of drag at Lellebel, the long-running queer bar on Utrechtsestraat.
A live event for the 500th episode of Find Your Harmony, the trance radio show hosted by Dutch DJ Andrew Rayel.
The British producer, known for melodic, cinematic electronic music and orchestral-leaning reworks, presents his own night.
A joint work by Dutch visual artist Heleen Blanken and Daniel de Bruin, who builds kinetic sound machines, shown in ADE's art programme.
A free interactive installation by media artist Yoon Chung Han, shown at the ADE Lab Village at Westergas.
A group bike ride from the Australian cycling clothing brand MAAP and Public Possession, the Munich record label and shop.
The market hall's in-house wine expert Robert presents and explains a selection of wines at Landmarkt in Amsterdam-Noord.
A yoga class set to techno instead of the usual ambient soundtrack, part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
A touring edition of the neighbourhood film festival, screening short films made in and about Amsterdam's districts, at the Indische Buurt public library.
A daytime electronic music party from the ZeeZout collective on the Saturday of Amsterdam Dance Event.
Soul Heaven, the long-running UK soulful house brand known for its mixed compilations, brings its sound to The Tequila Club.
An Amsterdam Dance Event programme of listening performances, artist-designed scenography and installations, and panel talks.
Luminosity, the Dutch trance promoter behind Luminosity Beach Festival, hosts a night-time ADE trance rave at Q-Factory.
An ADE afterparty led by Romanian minimal house DJ Raresh, with Jamback, Jhobei and Laura de Greef B2B Marlie.
An anniversary edition of the Labyrinth party during Amsterdam Dance Event, held at the late-night club in Amsterdam Nieuw-West.
An Amsterdam Dance Event programme called Dutch Candy whose subtitle, Faces of Ecstasy, points to the drug's place in Dutch dance culture.
The second edition of a Korean-themed club night; haejang is Korean for curing a hangover, as in the famous hangover soup haejang-guk.
A talk on the history of the MC in club and soundsystem culture, and how the MC has spoken for local communities.
A daytime rave from Luminosity, the trance brand best known for its beach festival in Bloemendaal, held during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A three-hour painting workshop on a rooftop terrace, with everyone painting an autumn-themed cat.
A daytime ADE party from Intercell where DJ Philippa Pacho invites other artists to play alongside her.
Amsterdam Dance Event's showcase for emerging DJs and producers, giving the stage to artists at an early stage of their careers.
An electronic music label takes over a barbershop for an informal DJ session.
A theatre dinner where guests share a meal while the evening's performance and conversation turn to death and mortality.
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.
An ADE talk on why vintage hardware samplers, like old Akai and E-mu machines, still shape how electronic and hip hop music sounds.
The Dutch-American violinist, singer and composer Diamanda La Berge Dramm plays her Chimp project live, part of her experimental work mixing violin, voice and electronics.
A joint night with Life and Death, the Italian label founded by DJ Tennis, in the club beneath the A'DAM Tower.
A programme at the Amstelveen museum devoted to CoBrA, the postwar movement of Danish, Belgian and Dutch artists known for spontaneous, childlike painting.
A special edition of the Blendsworld club night for Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music festival.
An exhibition on collecting and preserving the history of Amsterdam's clubs and nightlife.
A Greek boat-party organiser brings house music and four DJs to Amsterdam's canals for its first edition outside Greece.
Three party collectives, Another Room, Klub Krai and Knaagfest, put on a joint club night during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A soundsystem session built around soul records, on the programme of the Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music festival and conference.
A 14 km autumn forest walk from Hollandsche Rading station through the village of Lage Vuursche to Baarn station, with a 20 km option on to Hilversum.
A drawing activity at a bookshop in Noord, for adults and children aged four and up to do together.
FuLi hosts a daytime listening session where music plays over a high-fidelity sound system while coffee is served.
Padel, the fast-growing racket sport that combines tennis and squash, given an Amsterdam Dance Event twist.
An adult workshop in cloisonné, the enamel technique of filling small metal-wire compartments with colour, inspired by the work of Marie Kuyken.
The second daytime ZeeZout party of this year's Amsterdam Dance Event, with DJs playing through the afternoon.
A night of hard, fast techno during Amsterdam Dance Event; "pounding techno" means driving, high-tempo music at the heavier end of the genre.
A concert of film music in the Singelkerk, the Mennonite church hidden behind the house fronts on the Singel.
A festival at Splendor, the musicians' collective that runs a concert venue in a former bathhouse in the Plantage.
A collaboration with Rinse FM, the London community radio station closely tied to grime, UK garage and dubstep.
A cello concert of well-known classical favourites, played in a 19th-century church on the Keizersgracht.
A showcase night featuring a lineup of experienced stand-up comedians.
Lombardo's, the Amsterdam burger restaurant, puts on a party mixing burgers and DJs, and is not announcing the line-up in advance.
Art without rules: a workshop in painting intuitively, in the spirit of the abstract expressionists.
A record shop session where you can dig through crates of vinyl and meet the people behind InDeep'n'Dance.
A hands-on introduction to etching, a printmaking technique in which lines are bitten into a metal plate with acid and then printed.
A hands-on class where you cut, stitch and finish your own leather cover for a notebook or journal.
A trance party at Panama during Amsterdam Dance Event, with a name that plays on the festival's own.
DJ and producer Eli Fola presents The Healing Scapes, an event built around atmospheric, restorative electronic music, during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A Persian-themed house music night run by Vessbroz during Amsterdam Dance Event, held at the Oosterpark hotel.
Hajatan is the Indonesian word for a festive celebration, which suggests a gathering built around Indonesian culture and music.
A staging of The Witches of Eastwick, the musical based on John Updike's novel about three women and the charming stranger who upends their small town.
A shared ADE showcase where four labels and collectives put their DJs on one line-up.
A wellness session of spinal mobility, stretching and movement exercises, a slower daytime break from the festival's late nights.
The third part of Currents, a Futures of Listening series about new ways of listening to music and sound, programmed during ADE.
Black-and-white portraits of fellow artists photographed by Dave Clarke, the British techno DJ known as the Baron of Techno.
Justine Ellul shows her work on dancing and club culture in an exhibition that is part of the ADE programme.
A coffee-meets-music get-together with Dak, the Amsterdam specialty coffee roaster, part of the Amsterdam Dance Event.
An art-making session for children at the Midwest gallery.
A neighbourhood mending session on the square where you can bring torn or damaged clothes to be repaired.
A free-entry Amsterdam Dance Event night at Club UP, the small club tucked inside the De Kring artists' society building.
A social padel session for expats, aimed at trying the sport and meeting new people.
An Asia-focused showcase during Amsterdam Dance Event, presenting electronic artists and scenes from the region to the festival's international audience.
A rave, meaning a night of high-energy electronic dance music, programmed as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event.
Two collectives bring in the Italian producer Pole Folder, known for melodic, progressive-leaning electronic music, for an ADE night.
A look-back screening from Porn Film Festival Amsterdam, which shows independent, queer and alternative films about sex and sexuality.
An Amsterdam Dance Event party run with the Darkmatter organisation under the Sapodilla name, part of the city's yearly electronic music festival and conference.
The Italian appliance maker hosts an afternoon on sous-vide, where vacuum-sealed food is cooked slowly in a water bath held at a precise temperature.
A rave in the ecstatic dance style, which usually means free-form dancing without alcohol, during the Amsterdam Dance Event.
This session explores Moroccan music and its place in the culture of Amsterdam's Moroccan diaspora community.
A label showcase during Amsterdam Dance Event, where Event Records presents a line-up of its own producers and DJs.
A relaxed lounge with DJ sets on the last day of ADE, held at the Andaz hotel in the old public library building on the Prinsengracht.
An electronic music event at Concerto, the long-running Utrechtsestraat record shop, which hosts in-store sessions during ADE.
The Amsterdam Kameracademie plays Schubert's dark late string quartet, named after his song in which Death comes for a young girl.
A folk night headlined by Goblin Band from London, known for loud, rough takes on traditional songs, with acts from Derbyshire and The Hague.
A Dutch record label and party name known for Italo disco, electro and synth-driven dance music.
A visual artwork that keeps changing the longer you look at it, shown in a ballroom gallery during ADE.
VBX's Amsterdam Dance Event night at BRET, the club and bar near Sloterdijk station, on 24 October.
A conversation with the DJ 2Shoes about cultural roots and who owns and profits from dance music.
An all-day electronic music event during Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly festival of club nights, showcases and conference sessions.
An Amsterdam wine bar teams up with Soulful Sessions for wine with soulful house and related music.
Human VPN presents Someplace_else, a performance at Frascati, the Amsterdam theatre known for experimental work by young makers.
An immersive audiovisual screening pairing the British band's music with large-format digital visuals projected across walls and floors.
An after-party from a techno collective in the ADE East programme, which covers Amsterdam Dance Event activity in the east of the city.
The community workshop opens to visitors interested in learning crafts, woodworking, and hands-on making.
A songwriting camp at STMPD Studios, the Amsterdam studio complex founded by Martin Garrix, where producers and writers work on new tracks together.
A conference session on the women who have shaped electronic music as producers, engineers and artists, and on their place in the industry today.
An electronic music party held as part of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly festival and conference for club music.
Student and community big band musicians run through classic and contemporary jazz arrangements.
A one-off 30th anniversary edition of the House of Cake event, held as a pop-up during Amsterdam Dance Event.
Live jazz comes to the student cultural centre's café as part of the touring Cotton Jazz series.
A dining event that pairs a meal with music, part of the festival's programme outside the clubs.
A communal vegan dinner served at the independent cultural centre.
A sound system session in the Jamaican-rooted tradition, where a crew plays records through its own custom-built stack of speakers.
An informal evening for young professionals and expats in their twenties and thirties to meet in De Pijp.
Amsterdam's music conservatory hosts part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme in its building on the Oosterdokseiland.
A wind-down session to relax with during the Amsterdam Dance Event, as a break from the club nights.
A day of lectures, mini lessons and workshops in Italian, marking the week of the Italian language.
A course in the botanical garden about the ways plants adapt to survive drought, cold, predators and competition.
A techno party on the Saturday of Amsterdam Dance Event, put on jointly by two event collectives.
A games club where newcomers practise Dutch by playing board and word games together.
A family film from the long-running Dutch children's TV franchise, in which the Pieten hunt for Sinterklaas's missing presents and his staff.
An animated family film featuring a grumpy fish and a hyperactive sea dragon.
One in a series of numbered Sense Eclipse shows, held as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
The brand Rafting Goods marks five years with a Q&A, followed by a cypher, an open circle where performers take turns freestyling.
An ADE talk on how British sounds such as garage, jungle and UK funky have shaped house music, featuring Kim Tawjoeram and Frankie J.
A night of Blood on the Clocktower, a social deduction game in the Werewolf mould where a storyteller runs the game and players hunt a hidden demon; new players welcome.
Dutch television presenter and actor Johnny de Mol, known for the talk show HLF8, brings a theatre show whose title means 'Good that you exist'.
Buma Cultuur, the foundation that promotes Dutch music, marks 30 years by looking at three songs, each representing one decade.
A DJ session devoted to 45rpm seven-inch vinyl singles, presented together with Killacutz.
An Amsterdam Dance Event club night at Tobacco Theater, the venue in a former tobacco warehouse near the Nieuwmarkt.
An ADE night with Oh Voyage, DJ Klapsalon and Afrobot, under a Turkish title meaning 'hold my heart'.
A morning group run with a music theme, part of the daytime programme at the Amsterdam Dance Event.
A symposium on capture and control from The Hmm, the Amsterdam platform for talks and events about internet culture.
This is the 29th edition of the Demolition event series, held during Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music conference and festival.
An evening during Amsterdam Dance Event that serves dinner alongside performances and DJ sets from the Superweekend crew.
A house music night centred on women DJs at the Spuistraat LGBTQ+ bar.
A free video installation about club culture, shown at the ADE Lab Village at the Westergas site.
A graduation performance by students at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's main school for theatre, dance and other arts.
An electronic music event held as part of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly festival and conference for club music.
A house music session built around vinyl records and deep grooves, part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
Two party collectives, Lokaal and Tell Me More, team up for a joint club night during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A theatre piece at Frascati whose title promises a comic take on tragedy, staged at the Nes venue for new and experimental work.
A performance at Frascati, Amsterdam's stage for contemporary and experimental theatre and dance, with a title that promises something even more distasteful.
Two party brands join up for a night that, going by the name, leans towards hard, fast, trance-influenced techno.
An ADE programme at Zone2Source, the art space in the Amstelpark that focuses on art, nature and technology.
A discount at the Zaandam museum about the Zaan region's industrial and trading history, from windmills to famous Dutch food brands, during the school autumn break.
An Amsterdam run club group run in support of Free a Girl, the Dutch charity working against the sexual exploitation of children.
An electronic music event held as part of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly festival and conference for club music.
A second day of events at the store of Mud Jeans, the Dutch denim brand known for circular jeans that are leased, recycled and remade.
A club night from the Exchange Asia series, which focuses on Asian DJs and producers, held at a bar.
A Zwart Goud party streamed live on Beatport, the online store and streaming platform for electronic music.
A jazz double bill in the All Jazzed Up series, with the Femke Mooren Quartet and Anne-Roos.
Finalists from the long-running Groningen competition for up-and-coming Dutch cabaret performers bring their work to Amsterdam.
Paradiso brings a concert by Arkayla out to 't Zonnehuis, the former community centre in Noord that is now a music venue.
A band named after the Pearl Jam song, playing at P60, Amstelveen's pop venue.
A fundraising evening that combines a dinner with an auction of artworks.
Programmed at De Brakke Grond, the Flemish arts centre in the city centre that presents theatre, dance, performance and visual art from Flanders.
A midday house music session with the Dirty Sound Boys, set up as a lunch-break party.
Backspin Records joins Mixmag NL, the Dutch edition of the long-running dance music magazine, for an ADE event.
A daytime edition of the Komm Schon Alter party series, whose German name means roughly "come on, mate".
A poetic storytelling walk, framed as an expedition, about the Huis te Vraag cemetery.
A rave, meaning a night of continuous electronic dance music, usually techno or similar styles.
A late-night club event held as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
A workout session held as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event, the festival's daytime fitness side rather than a club night.
A talk on how British styles such as garage, jungle and bass music have shaped house music culture.
A graduation performance by students finishing their training at the Amsterdam University of the Arts.
A social meetup for playing backgammon, the old two-player game of dice and strategy, at a café.
Live music from Naruhiko Kawaguchi at Café de Pianist, a café that puts the piano at the centre of its programme.
Improvised comedy, with scenes made up on the spot, at the poetry and literature venue.
A stage production at DeLaMar, the large commercial theatre on Leidseplein that mostly puts on musicals, comedy and popular theatre.
The Saturday part of a weekend programme at the Hartwig Art Foundation's temporary Amsterdam exhibition space.
A breathwork session done to music, part of the Amsterdam Dance Event's wellbeing programme.
An informal gathering with drinks, snacks and DJs playing.
A creative workshop that uses 'mythopoetic thinking' to explore your inner landscape, which participants turn into personal stories, drawings or paintings.
A masterclass for producers releasing and building careers without a major label, part of ADE's conference and learning programme.
A children's event by Neuswijs for ages four and up, held at an art-lending gallery.
An Amsterdam Dance Event programme whose title points towards gentler, downtempo electronic music rather than peak-time club sounds.
Two party collectives join forces for a night of disco and house music.
A sensory-adapted guided tour of the WWII resistance exhibitions using touch objects and vivid spoken descriptions.
A relaxed daytime lunch service inside the alternative cultural centre on the Overtoom.
Lisa Korver plays a DJ set that lasts the whole day.
A free exchange where visitors can drop off usable secondhand items or pick up clothes, books, and household goods.
Broadcaster HUMAN hosts a live recording of its public debate show tackling urgent social and political issues.
Two club nights join forces for ADE, with The Bas[s]ment hosting the Deep club crew.
An Amsterdam Dance Event showcase where the Movement Recordings label puts its own artists on the decks.
A storytelling and spoken-word showcase where performers share intimate personal tales.
The Leidseplein live music bar hosts its regular rock night featuring loud cover bands and classic anthems.
A theatre performance about a character named Wanda and the thoughts that keep her awake at night, at the canal-side Theater Bellevue.
An exhibition at W139, the long-running artist-run space for experimental art, as part of Amsterdam Dance Event.
An event focused on Ukrainian women working in research, technology and innovation.
A group walk of about 8 km through the city centre, starting from Centraal Station, organised by the Amsterdam walks group.
An electronic music event during Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly festival and conference with hundreds of club nights, showcases and talks.
An Evoque party in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, the city's yearly week of electronic music club nights and conferences.
A daytime party from two agencies with hard techno, techno and acid, the squelchy sound of the Roland TB-303 bass synthesiser.
A live electronic music performance, meaning the artist plays and builds the music on stage rather than DJing records.
A live set by Gnoself and Mr. Keyes, meaning music performed on instruments and electronics rather than played from records.
A free-form dance session where people move however they like to a DJ's music, usually without talking, alcohol or set steps.
A stage production called Interval at the Meervaart, the large theatre in Amsterdam Nieuw-West.
A joint event from St. Pius and Waveshaper at Pakhuis de Zwijger, the cultural centre on the IJ better known for talks and debates.
The name is Indonesian for young coconut; the event is at Podium Mozaiek, the Bos en Lommer venue known for culturally diverse programming.
A joint night from two collectives, OG Records and Overbruggen, whose name is Dutch for 'to bridge'.
A work by artist Jaco Schilp, shown as part of the art programme of the Amsterdam Dance Event.
A film-themed ADE programme at the Van Eesteren Museum, which is devoted to the post-war Western Garden Cities of Nieuw-West.
A short-format talk in the Amsterdam Dance Event conference on practical ways for artists and professionals to keep going in today's music business.
A session at the science museum about how people form opinions, done as a group.
A vinyasa yoga class, a flowing style that links each movement to the breath, at the eco-hub built on an old shipyard in Noord.
Interactive storytime in French for children aged 0 to 3, with a chance for parents to meet; this month's theme is poo.
Daytime lunchbreak music sessions hosted by Schout-bij-nacht during the Amsterdam Dance Event week.
The second edition of a local festival built around meeting people, discovering things and joining in.
One of the many events in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, the festival and conference held across the city's clubs and venues.
Radio Chenin runs a series of DJ and radio sessions inside a shop, spread over three days.
An electronic music event during Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly festival of club nights, showcases and talks.
A club-style party with DJs, held in a bar-restaurant rather than a nightclub.
A theatre show whose title translates as 'All of Holland Hopes'.
Strampalati play music from Italy at the Teatro Munganga theatre.
Children get free entry to the Highlights of Holland attraction until 25 October.
A late-night techno afterparty put on by two promoters as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event.
VOYA sets up a pop-up bookshop as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
A stage performance built around two characters, Vlad and Veronika, at Amstelveen's municipal theatre.
An Amsterdam Dance Event edition of the Shufflemode party, hosted at the SAMPLE club.
A joint club night from two collectives, Agrio Club and Rapid Trax, at the Lofi club in Amsterdam West.
A themed party night whose title is a play on the Illuminati and the noughties, which points to music from the 2000s.
A talk on the orphanage run by Amsterdam's French-speaking Walloon Protestant community and its building on the Vijzelgracht.
A shop day built around Malabrigo, the Uruguayan brand known for soft, hand-dyed merino yarns in rich, variegated colours.
An ADE event at Oliva built around back-to-back DJ sets, as the play on "b2b" in the title suggests.
A concert by the wind orchestra Groot Excelsior together with an orchestra of its former members, each with its own conductor.
An electronic music party at Prime Amsterdam, held as part of the yearly Amsterdam Dance Event.
A Saturday session with Nomadism Records and the Cartel collective, playing electronic music during Amsterdam Dance Event.
An evening of live music from the band The New Advertisers at the small Torpedo Theater.
A theatre performance at the small venue on the Uilenstede student housing campus in Amstelveen.
A theatre production at Frascati, the Nes theatre known for contemporary and experimental work by young makers.
A daytime gathering programmed as part of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's annual festival and conference for electronic music.
A label showcase, meaning a night of DJs and producers from the Deep Stories Records roster.
An electronic music event from the NOME. collective, part of Amsterdam Dance Event's yearly programme of club nights and showcases.
An early-evening party with the resident DJs of Club Brandon, held during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A Turkish-language theatre performance at the Badhuistheater, a small stage in a former bathhouse in Oost.
A joint event from two collectives, part of the Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music festival and conference.
An ADE session in the Open Fire Sessions series, built around the electronic act Mushroom Pulses.
A club event from the promoter Ambrozic Productions, one of hundreds of parties during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A theatre production at Frascati whose Dutch title translates as 'until it is what it has to be'.
A theatre piece whose title plays on both 'God, come back' and 'God is coming back', at a stage known for new and experimental makers.
An Amsterdam Dance Event label night with the Bondage Music and Paracou labels showcasing their artists, presented by B:Wired.
A performance by Marko Maandag at Theater de Omval, the riverside theatre in Diemen.
A small-venue gig headlined by dublon, with the wine is ok opening.
A heavy music double bill at the metal bar The Cave, pairing a British band with a Dutch one.
A clubhouse-style gathering during the Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music festival and conference.
An ADE event where the GOT.DRIP collective invites the 4AM Network as guests.
A night that, as the name Homegrown suggests, focuses on local Amsterdam talent.
A French-speaking craft meetup for knitting, crochet and embroidery: bring whatever you are working on and join the group over tea or coffee.
A joint party by two crews, Tha Dogg House and 420Kmh, during Amsterdam Dance Event week.
A concert under the name Book of Returns at Splendor, a former bathhouse run by a collective of musicians as a venue.
A production by Korego Theater whose Italian title means 'We Are Italy'.
A label showcase where Leisure Music presents a line-up of its own artists.
Edwin Bakker presents his show Richtingsgevoel at Vrijburcht, a small community theatre on IJburg.
An Amsterdam Dance Event showcase where the Xpressive crew presents its artists.
A short-format talk in ADE's ShortCut series where The Tunegirl speaks openly about her work and experiences.
An ADE event from the electronic music label Bespoke Musik.
An electronic music event during Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly festival and conference held across clubs and venues.
A Dutch class for highly educated newcomers that combines the Duolingo app with Nederlands in Gang, a well-known Dutch textbook for fast learners.
A full moon gathering, usually built around meditation, ritual and setting intentions.
An evening with Dutch performer Froukje Bouman at Scala.
A night focused on classic house music, the dance style that came out of Chicago in the 1980s.
Over three sessions, neighbours work with professional artists on an experimental artwork for the outdoor space of Strandeiland, the new island in IJburg.
A knitting afternoon at the yarn shop for people doing the mystery knit-along (MKAL), where the pattern is released in clues; this session works on the fourth.
A club event in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, the city's yearly electronic music conference and festival.
A performance by an Amsterdam drama collective at De Sloot, a small theatre.
A return run of the second part of this production, at the cultural centre on the VU University campus.
A stage show whose Dutch title means 'property tycoon', at the small theatre on Haarlemmerplein.
A gig by the band dublon, with support from the wine is ok.
A joint dance music event from two collectives, Waterhouse Studios and Gardens of Dreams.
Community clinic appointments offering traditional acupuncture and cupping therapy.
A networking meetup for music industry people during Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's annual electronic music conference and festival.
The fourth piece in Niels Gräber and Isaac van den Aker's Mudcell composition series, performed as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event.
A club night at Shelter, the basement club under the A'DAM Tower in Noord.
A club night at Shelter, the late-night club in the basement of the A'DAM Tower in Noord.
Rock band Route 16, fronted by singer and bandleader Roos Meuleman, plays the last gig of the live music season in this neighbourhood community room.
A live performance by the artist Erik Tlaseca at the contemporary art space.
An ADE-week event at the Hans Brinker, the central budget hotel best known for its self-mocking adverts.
Recreational full-court pickup basketball, where the 15 to 20 players who turn up split into teams and play informal games.
A chance to meet the DJ and producer Ruben Karapetyan in person during Amsterdam Dance Event.
An event in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, the city's yearly week of club nights, label showcases and music industry talks.
A stage performance by the duo Fraukje and Marijn.
An event called GameMaster at Perdu, a small Amsterdam venue for poetry and experimental literature.
A showcase of Lowfriends artists during Amsterdam Dance Event, and the listing says it is sold out.
Suru teams up with Trackstack, a platform producers and labels use to share and manage unreleased music, for a session during ADE.
A NOME. event at Desmet Studios, a former cinema building in the Plantage.
An exhibition of artwork collected under the title Gut Art.
A performance made by a directing student at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, presented as part of their training.
An event in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, the city's yearly electronic music conference and festival.
A drop-in session from ING for international residents who are thinking about buying a home in the Netherlands.
A networking event for people working in electronic music, held during the Amsterdam Dance Event.
Blueprint is a themed club night at Club Prime.
An outdoor presentation of plans by five architecture teams for the new Meervaart theatre and the southwest shore of the Sloterplas lake.
A side event in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, presented as a boutique, most likely a pop-up shop.
Coach Kjeld explains what lifestyle coaching can do for you, with a positive, achievable approach instead of strict diets.
A business event built around 'Kingdom wealth', a term Christian circles use for running businesses and finances according to faith.
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.
T.B.A. means “to be announced,” so the listing has not yet identified the event.
Amsterdam Music Festival, the big EDM show of Amsterdam Dance Event, turns the football stadium into a huge indoor rave with mainstage DJs.
Amsterdam Music Festival, the big-room EDM festival held during ADE, fills the Johan Cruijff ArenA with headline DJs and large-scale stage production.
The world's biggest electronic music conference and festival takes over the city from October 21 to 25, with club nights spilling into cafés, shops and hotel lobbies.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
The electronic music festival marks its 30th edition, and the programme includes the Concertgebouw Orchestra playing Beethoven's Fifth in the Centrale Markthal.
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.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical based on T.S. Eliot's poems about cats, featuring the song 'Memory'.
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 British DJ and producer known for high-energy UK garage and bassline picks the line-up for a night in the former gasholder at Westergas.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, the one that opens with the famous four-note motif.
Northern Europe's largest design event spreads across Eindhoven with exhibitions, talks and graduate shows from the Design Academy and others.
For the city's yearly museum night, when museums open late with music and performances, this canal house with its hidden attic church takes part.
Drawings and sketches by the Rotterdam-born Abstract Expressionist painter, shown alongside his famous Woman I, with lectures, an audio tour and drawing workshops.
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.
A four-hour party train through the Netherlands with three stages on board, running several rides including a sunrise departure at 05:30.
Dockyard, a festival known for techno, holds its Amsterdam Dance Event edition at an outdoor site in the western port area.
The Barcelona party brand is known for theatrical themed events with costumed performers, confetti and props, set to tech house.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
Into the Woods, the Dutch electronic music organisation known for its forest parties, brings its festival to the ADE programme.
An exhibition on Amsterdam's LGBTQ+ history, held in the former church on Dam Square as part of WorldPride Amsterdam.
The Mercury Prize-winning London grime MC brings Más Tiempo, his house music party series, to ADE.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
The Liverpool duo behind the Grammy-nominated hit "Cola" bring EXPERIENCE, their own event, to ADE together with Amsterdam party organiser Loveland.
The young Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut plays Vivaldi's four violin concertos portraying spring, summer, autumn and winter, among the best-known pieces of Baroque music.
The Swiss duo known for emotive melodic house and techno play from opening to close for Awakenings, the Dutch techno brand.
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.
A major retrospective by the renowned photographer known for monumental landscapes, portraits and atmospheric explorations of human impact.
The Rotterdam techno pioneer Jochem Paap plays live as STOOR, his rougher, improvised project built on hardware machines, during Amsterdam Dance Event.
Over 150 monumental street art murals, painted on-site by international artists, fill a former shipyard warehouse.
Slimfit mixes classical music with electronic compositions inside the museum's 17th-century hidden church, tucked into the attic of a canal house.
Citywide arts festival staging performances, tours, and special events across various participating Amsterdam museums.
Autumn half-term activities at the hands-on science museum in the green, ship-shaped Renzo Piano building by the IJ.
Detroit house legend Moodymann leads a line-up including Belgian selector Lefto and London producer Shy One, during Amsterdam Dance Event.
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.
The Hague's annual autumn holiday festival of theatre, dance, film and visual art made for children.
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.
A club night on a train, with sets from a string of electronic labels and party crews including Italian techno label Deeperfect.
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.
Photographs by the American Henry Chalfant, who documented New York subway graffiti and co-created the book Subway Art and the film Style Wars.
The Norwegian cellist Truls Mørk plays Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto, and the programme also includes Beethoven's Eighth Symphony.
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.
The Amsterdam DJ and producer known for hard, fast techno and trance-tinged club sets plays a five-hour set on the second day of her series.
The South African twin brothers, among the best-known names in amapiano, bring their Echoes party to the Leidseplein club.
Fritz Lang's 1927 silent science-fiction classic is screened with live music from vocal ensemble Wishful Singing, drummer Yonga Sun, clarinettist Steven Kamperman and Jorrit Westerhof.
The Minimal Collective fills the medieval Oude Kerk with light, electronic music and a special sound system, and on Saturday the church organ plays alongside the electronics.
A hands-on studio where visitors of all ages can make their own art, inspired by Van Gogh's techniques and work.
The German DJ known for fast, hard-hitting techno plays from start to finish at an OUTWORLD night.
An autumn half-term programme on Pampus, the nineteenth-century fort island in the IJmeer that was part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
Quieter visiting hours for people sensitive to crowds and noise, with time to explore the medieval moated castle at Muiden and its gardens in peace.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
A concert of music from Tim Burton's films, much of it written by his longtime composer Danny Elfman, played in a church setting.
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 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'.
Danish producer Kölsch, known for emotional, melodic techno on the Cologne label Kompakt, hosts his IPSO concept in the former school building Het Sieraad.
The Amsterdam band that mixes Eastern European klezmer with Balkan brass and street-party energy celebrates 30 years together.
A guided tour for families that takes in highlights of the national museum's collection, which includes Rembrandt's Night Watch and Vermeer's Milkmaid.
An outdoor ice rink in front of the Rijksmuseum, with open skating sessions and skating lessons.
The Spanish techno DJ and Mindshake label founder brings Now Here, his own party series, to ADE together with Dutch promoter Free Your Mind.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
Weekend harvest festivals on an estate near Badhoevedorp, with apple and pear picking, food stalls, a swing carousel, live music and a brocante market.
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.
Sinfonia Rotterdam plays well-known hits live while 180-degree projected visuals surround the audience.
The Norwegian cellist Truls Mørk, who has recorded the Shostakovich concerto twice, makes a debut with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, alongside Beethoven's light-hearted Eighth Symphony.
The painter's former home displays etching and drawing techniques to show how Rembrandt pushed the boundaries of his craft.
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.
An exhibition on James McNeill Whistler, the American-born painter in London known for his Nocturnes and the portrait of his mother.
The Berlin techno duo Pan-Pot play an all-night set, taking a single long journey from warm-up to close.
The Concertgebouw's weekly free 12:30 lunchtime concert, this time marking Black Achievement Month, the October celebration of Black achievement in the Netherlands.
The Yorkshire DJ and producer known for deep and tech house brings his Knee Deep In Sound label's party to ADE, together with Crane Sessions.
The Brazilian DJ and producer brings his bouncy, sample-heavy house sound to Westergas for an ADE show.
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.
ADE Lab, the festival's programme of talks, workshops and masterclasses for aspiring music makers and fans, sets up a village at the Westergas site.
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.
Children follow the Dinorangers into the zoo's dinosaur woods, visit a dinosaur nesting ground and try forest survival activities.
An installation by the Dutch artist Boris Acket, known for large-scale works combining sound, light and moving fabric; 'einder' is an old Dutch word for horizon.
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 charity run along the canals followed by a party, organised by an Amsterdam run club to raise money for Free a Girl, which fights child sexual exploitation.
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.
South Korean rapper BewhY, who became famous after winning the TV rap contest Show Me The Money in 2016, known for fast, technical, faith-inflected hip-hop.
Up to 150 people board a forty-metre boat on the IJ for an afternoon and evening of house music.
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.
The American-born, Netherlands-based soprano Claron McFadden explores the music of Nina Simone, the singer, pianist and civil rights activist.
Part of Winter Vondelland, an early taste of winter in Vondelpark with games, live music, poffertjes and snert, the thick Dutch pea soup.
Audio Obscura, the Amsterdam promoter known for techno and house nights in unusual locations, teams up with Bad Boombox, which brings its own invited DJs.
A sightseeing boat trip along Amsterdam's canals on Blue Boat Company's City Canal Cruise.
Outdoor art route placing site-specific sculptures and installations along the walking paths of the Amsterdamse Bos.
Zamna, the party brand from Tulum in Mexico known for melodic techno and house events, hosts a night during the Amsterdam Dance Event.
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.
A 4K restoration of Alan J. Pakula's 1976 Watergate thriller, with Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as reporters Woodward and Bernstein.
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.
The Turkish producer, known for melodic deep house and his hit remix of "Feel", plays with friends at an ADE night run by Amsterdam organiser Loveland.
A drop-in art studio where children can make their own work, at the art museum in Laren known for its Dutch modernist collection.
An evening looking through telescopes at planets and stars from the hotel near the RAI; in clear weather Saturn's rings may be visible.
A party held on a moving train, with disco DJs playing on board as part of Amsterdam Dance Event.
Mystery Ensemble plays music from Tim Burton's films, mostly by Danny Elfman, the composer behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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.
The veteran Dutch festival organizer hosts its multi-day series of house and techno events for Amsterdam Dance Event.
Drawing in the Royal Palace on Dam Square as part of October drawing month, inside Jacob van Campen's 17th-century former city hall.
Musicians with refugee and migrant backgrounds lead an open intercultural jam session blending styles from around the world.
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.
Comedian and actor Saman Amini's cabaret show takes on the subjects that divide the Netherlands today, including fascism, racism and inequality.
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.
Family activities for the autumn school holiday in the house where Rembrandt lived and worked for nearly twenty years.
