What's On in Amsterdam on Sunday 25 October
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themSunday 25 October
The 40th edition of the big children's film and media festival, with international film premieres, workshops for toddlers and an interactive MediaLab for ages 3 to 14.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical, based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and home to the song 'Memory'.
Amsterdam's annual October marathon starts and finishes in the 1928 Olympic Stadium, on a flat course through the city and along the Amstel.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, the one that opens with the famous four-note motif.
The second of the Dutch techno organisation's two Amsterdam Dance Event shows at the Arena-area concert hall.
A work by Olafur Eliasson, the Danish-Icelandic artist known for large light and water installations such as The Weather Project, shown in ARTIS's historic aquarium.
Families explore the Rijksmuseum through riddles, scents and drawing, as an introduction to highlights from its collection.
Dutch techno producer Reinier Zonneveld, known for hard-hitting live sets made on hardware, plays an eight-hour live set with the Amsterdam party organisers Loveland.
DGTL, the Amsterdam electronic festival brand, hands the whole event to Folamour, the French DJ from Lyon known for house steeped in disco, soul and funk.
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.
Brass players from the Concertgebouw Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet score in an arrangement for brass ensemble.
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.
Tchaikovsky's 19th-century ballet about Prince Siegfried and Odette, a woman under a curse that turns her into a swan.
Folamour, the French DJ and producer from Lyon known for disco- and soul-laced house, plays one extended all-day set for DGTL during Amsterdam Dance Event.
The Rotterdam techno pioneer Jochem Paap plays live as STOOR, his rougher, improvised project built on hardware machines, during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A packed underground techno and house line-up at the Skatecafe, including Helena Hauff, Eris Drew, Call Super and Detroit's Ryan Elliott.
Theatre maker Sara de Monchy guides young visitors through Yayoi Kusama's signature polka-dot installations.
A creative workshop afternoon tailored for children in the cultural village.
Children and accompanying adults experiment with unusual instruments and sound installations in the venue's dedicated workshop space.
DGTL, the Amsterdam electronic festival known for its focus on sustainability, teams up with FUSE, Brussels' veteran techno club, for an ADE night.
Prospa, the British duo known for euphoric, rave-inspired house, host their Prophecy party as part of Awakenings' Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
Fun Forest's treetop climbing courses open after dark, so you climb the routes at night.
Audio Obscura's ADE night features Michael Bibi, the London tech-house DJ and producer behind the Solid Grooves label.
A family drawing workshop inspired by the iconic, playful style of Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp.
Several Amsterdam theatres put on family shows, workshops, treasure hunts and backstage tours for children aged 2 to 12.
The German hard dance band fronted by H.P. Baxxter, behind 1990s rave hits like Hyper Hyper and How Much Is the Fish?, plays during Amsterdam Dance Event.
Dutch melodic techno producer Colyn plays a four-hour set on a party train that leaves from Amsterdam Central and comes back to it.
Dutch artist Boris Acket, who makes large installations of moving fabric, light and sound, fills the Centrale Markthal with this work.
Audio Obscura hosts Swiss melodic techno duo Adriatique playing back to back with British tech house producer Cloonee.
Awakenings, the long-running Dutch techno brand behind the Spaarnwoude festival, hosts Sunday daytime sessions at the Leidseplein club during ADE.
The New York house producer behind classics like 'Something Goin' On' and the famous remix of Everything But The Girl's 'Missing' plays with guests.
A hands-on session for adults in SoundLAB, a hidden lab with more than 100 interactive electronic and acoustic instruments to play and explore.
The Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan, known for championing contemporary music, sings songs with the French pianist Bertrand Chamayou.
A nationwide week in which theatres put on children's and family shows, workshops, scavenger hunts and backstage tours for ages two to twelve.
British house and tech-house DJ and producer Josh Baker plays the Gashouder, the round former gasholder at Westergasfabriek.
A sound programme at the zoo on how the noises of animals and natural habitats are changing along with the climate.
A programme at Artis zoo about how sound recordings of animals and environments can reveal a planet undergoing change.
The brass players of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra perform an arrangement of music from Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet.
A daytime dance party for children and their families, part of Amsterdam Dance Event, with club-style music played at child-friendly hours.
A closing party for Amsterdam Dance Event, with sets by techno DJs including SAIDAH in a warehouse in the Westpoort industrial area.
A percussion concert designed to surround the audience with sound, held in the domed former church the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra uses as its rehearsal hall.
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.
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.
A chamber concert built around Gershwin's 1924 Rhapsody in Blue, the piece that brought jazz into the concert hall.
Dub night with Moritz von Oswald, co-founder of Berlin's Basic Channel and a pioneer of dub techno, plus Polish dub producer Radikal Guru and others.
The national children's theatre week, with around 100 theatres offering children's shows, workshops and extras for families.
A hands-on workshop in shodō, the Japanese art of writing characters with brush and ink, at the Amstelveen museum devoted to the CoBrA art movement.
A programme on dubstep, the bass-heavy sound that came out of south London in the early 2000s, and how far its influence reached.
Dutch melodic house and techno producer Colyn and guests play a Sunday sunset party on a club train with the 50:HERTZ crew.
The long-running ensemble mixes fast-paced improv games, sketches, and video comedy sparked by audience suggestions.
A daytime dance party with DJs aimed at children and their parents.
A stage adaptation of Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen's memoirs about growing up, writing, addiction and mental illness in Copenhagen.
A choir performs Argentine composer Martín Palmeri's Misatango, a setting of the Latin Mass in tango style, traditionally with bandoneon.
An afternoon of live samba and bossa nova at the craft brewery's tasting room in Amsterdam-Noord.
Musicians with refugee and migrant backgrounds lead an open intercultural jam session blending styles from around the world.
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.
Dave Clarke, the British techno DJ known as the Baron of Techno, and guests each bring five tracks and explain what they meant for their careers.
A Japanese host teaches you to cook ramen in a hands-on cooking class.
Berlin community radio station Refuge Worldwide teams up with United Identities for an Amsterdam Dance Event session with DJs Rob Manga and BLAY.
A percussion concert designed to surround the audience with sound, in the Netherlands Philharmonic's domed former church in Oost.
Apollonia, the French trio of Dan Ghenacia, Dyed Soundorom and Shonky known for minimal, groove-led house, curates a night at the club under the A'DAM Tower.
Detroit Love, Carl Craig's party series celebrating Detroit techno and house, comes to the club at the top of A'DAM Tower.
A morning dance party during ADE, with coffee and toast as part of the idea.
A travelling dance hall aimed mainly at older people, with live music and dance hits from past decades.
Spike Lee's 1989 film about racial tension that boils over on one scorching summer day on a Brooklyn block.
A house and electronic music party on a boat during Amsterdam Dance Event, run by a meetup group for an international crowd.
London-based kirtan singer Radhika Das leads call-and-response mantra singing that blends Indian devotional chant with Western pop and soul.
An ADE edition of Het Danspaleis, the travelling dance hall where older people dance to live music and singers.
A Sunday edition from Awakenings, the Dutch techno organisation known for its big summer festival at Spaarnwoude and its nights in the Gashouder.
The Russian fashion historian and costume collector Alexandre Vassiliev talks about how sexuality and clothing have shaped each other.
Breakfast Club, the morning-after party series, ends Amsterdam Dance Event with a 30-hour non-stop marathon in Amsterdam-Noord.
Lichtbende, the Amsterdam collective that makes live shows with handmade lantern projections and live music, performs its piece 'Niemandsland' ('No Man's Land').
A 5 km run to close Amsterdam Dance Event, with Boyos Soundsystem playing from a cargo bike, then free coffee and pastries.
A house dance competition for newcomers, where beginners face off in freestyle rounds to house music.
The Zeedijkkoor, a choir named after the old harbour street, sings songs about the Red Light District and Amsterdam's historic centre.
A tribute show to Prince, the American singer, guitarist and songwriter behind 'Purple Rain' and 'Kiss', performed by Dutch musicians.
A dance party run by two event collectives on board the Veronicaschip, the former pirate radio ship that is now a club on the IJ.
A long-running Sunday afternoon tradition of live jazz sessions in a classic literary café on the canal.
Learn to make classic Italian tiramisu from the house chef's recipe, then eat what you have made.
A storytelling night where people take the mic to tell true stories about their sex lives, judged in a friendly competition.
A concert for babies up to 18 months, built around sound, colour and movement rather than sitting still and listening.
A family concert from SoWhat whose title translates as "Troll Snot and Spider Soup", which suggests a playful, slightly gruesome story told through music for children.
A clown performance centred on a diva character, part of TILLATEC's sSSsSsensationsSs series.
Dutch singer Roxeanne Hazes, daughter of the folk-pop singer André Hazes, appears at the Utrechtsestraat record shop, which often hosts in-store performances.
An English-language set from a fast-rising Canadian comedian known for interactive stand-up, recently seen in Crave's series The Office Movers.
Through October, visitors can sketch the interiors of the Royal Palace on Dam Square, with a drawing coach on hand to give tips.
A hands-on making and building session for children at the adventure playground.
A ceramics class where you choose glazes and apply them to plates, cups or bowls, which are then fired in a kiln.
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.
Percussionists and timpanists from the Netherlands Philharmonic and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra play music by Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Eric Whitacre and others; tickets cost €10.50.
A family show for ages seven and up by Amsterdam theatre company Griot, apparently drawing on the tale of Ali Baba and the forty thieves.
A balfolk evening: easy social couple and circle dances from French and Belgian folk traditions, played live by Ragaeri and Celtic Constellation.
Alto saxophonist Benjamin Herman, known for New Cool Collective, guests at the café's Sunday afternoon jazz sessions.
A weekly Sunday karaoke night at the Utrechtsestraat queer bar, where anyone can put their name down and sing, with entry free as the title says.
An exhibition held as part of Amsterdam Dance Event that looks at how club culture and nightlife are documented and preserved.
Gerard Klein gives a first-hand account in the Jewish Cultural Quarter's eyewitness programme, which focuses on personal testimony from the war years.
A creative family afternoon about Mexico's Day of the Dead, the festival for honouring and remembering deceased relatives.
A hands-on session where you make your own candles, organised through a local arts and crafts Meetup group.
A free tour of the photography museum's exhibitions given in Dutch Sign Language (NGT).
A dance session in ballroom, Latin and freestyle styles for LGBTQ+ people aged 50 and over, held as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
Two DJs play back to back for three hours, trading tracks rather than playing separate sets, on the hard and fast end of techno.
The Keizersgracht museum and library of hermetic, alchemical and mystical books presents a programme built around the idea of the paradise garden.
A flowing yoga class with immersive sound or atmosphere, held in the Netherlands Philharmonic's domed former church.
An ADE programme held in Our Lord in the Attic, a 17th-century canal house with a hidden Catholic church in its upper floors.
An after party held during Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's annual October electronic music festival and conference.
A hands-on session modelling and sculpting objects from clay, open to beginners.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
A Sunday evening comedy show whose name nods to Saturday Night Live, from Amsterdam's English-language comedy theatre.
Musicians gather for an informal afternoon of traditional Irish folk tunes at the waterfront pub.
Large-scale sculptures by the influential Dutch constructivist and modernist are placed throughout the museum's outdoor grounds.
The children's theatre company stages a lively, humorous fairy tale for young kids.
A family-friendly weekend brunch buffet featuring dedicated play areas for children.
A free, open-to-all community flamenco choir rehearsal in Buitenveldert.
A one-day botanical drawing workshop focused on capturing plants and flowers in detail.
A special Sunday edition of the long-running multicultural street market in Amsterdam-Oost.
A casual flea market where locals sell second-hand clothes, vintage homeware, and curious bric-a-brac.
A guided architecture tour exploring the landmark Amsterdam School building now operating as the Grand Hotel Amrâth.
Participants learn bead embroidery techniques to customise and repair second-hand garments.
An informal, drop-in evening of casual chess matches inside the subterranean cultural centre.
A hands-on crafting session using vintage beads to design and make custom jewellery.
Anne Kaasa and Natasa Sibalic perform Portuguese music in the small church in the Begijnhof courtyard, as part of Q.Festival.
A tribute to singer Boudewijn de Groot and lyricist Lennaert Nijgh, whose 1960s partnership produced Dutch classics like 'Welterusten meneer de president' and 'Het Land van Maas en Waal'.
A relaxed Sunday afternoon of acoustic swing and French chanson inside the canal-side brown café.
An installation by Touki Delphine, the Dutch collective known for turning salvaged objects into audiovisual installations, shown during the Amsterdam Dance Event.
A children's theatre performance designed for toddlers and young kids at the boutique puppet and story theatre.
A craft class on upcycling, which means turning old or discarded materials into new and useful objects.
A puppet theatre show about words and language for children aged six and up.
A film quiz linked to the Imagine Film Festival, Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema, held at the comedy theatre Boom Chicago.
An Amsterdam Dance Event party run by the 4AM Network together with Loos.
A diner chantant is a dinner with songs performed between courses; here Les Amuses provide the music.
A joint work by Dutch visual artist Heleen Blanken and Daniel de Bruin, who builds kinetic sound machines, shown in ADE's art programme.
Techno yoga is a yoga class set to techno, and this is the session that closes YOTECHA's run during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A Sunday session at Thuishaven, the outdoor club in Amsterdam's port area, hosted by Polyamor with DJ Davyboi and guests he has invited.
A night of melodic house and techno to close Amsterdam Dance Event, with AVALAN, Corren Cavini and Stylo.
A theatre show for young children aged four and up, at the student-district theatre on Uilenstede in Amstelveen.
A Latin dance party, named after the Cuban slang word for a woman with flair and grace on the dancefloor.
A screening of the film Coward with English subtitles, followed by drinks and a chance to meet other internationals.
Amsterdam celebrates its 751st birthday, which officially falls on 27 October, with a public day and a special historical document on show.
An ADE event from the Breakfast Club series, with this edition titled Second Wind.
The second edition of a Korean-themed club night; haejang is Korean for curing a hangover, as in the famous hangover soup haejang-guk.
The second beginners' battle of house dance, where newer dancers take turns freestyling against each other in front of judges.
The InDeep'n'Dance record shop invites visitors to browse its vinyl crates and meet the people behind it.
A hands-on class in mosaic, the craft of making images and patterns by setting small pieces of tile or glass into a surface.
A production at Dutch National Opera & Ballet's home on the Amstel.
A show mixing hats with music and poetry at the Ramses Shaffy Huis, a residence for older artists named after the Dutch singer.
JØASE and the Boogie House collective close their Amsterdam Dance Event week with a party at Panama, the club on the eastern docklands.
An embroidery workshop where you bring a shirt, trousers or bag from home and stitch your own designs onto it.
A dance battle for newcomers to house dance, the footwork-heavy club style that grew out of New York and Chicago.
An event from DGTL, the Amsterdam electronic music festival organisation, during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A festival at Splendor, the musicians' collective that runs a concert venue in a former bathhouse in the Plantage.
An Amsterdam Dance Event club night at Shelter, the basement club under the A'DAM Tower in Noord known for long techno and house nights.
A slapstick comedy for children aged four and up, full of chases and playful fights, about a friendship that comes from an unexpected direction.
A percussion concert in the Netherlands Philharmonic's home base, a former church in Oost.
A tango salon is a social dance evening where couples dance Argentine tango, usually to classic orchestra recordings, with partners changing between sets.
The ensemble Koper8 joins New York-based saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, her longtime drummer Tom Rainey, baritone saxophonist Giuseppe Doronzo and Jannis Anastasakis for improvised and composed jazz.
A small ADE exhibition at Analogue Shop that seems, from its title, to be about the faces of Dutch rave and ecstasy culture.
A weekly Sunday-afternoon family workshop at the national film museum, where children aged six and up learn the tricks behind film.
A hands-on session where you learn basic weaving techniques and make something of your own.
A drawing session with a live model, usually without an instructor, at the artist-run gallery in the OT301 building on the Overtoom; places must be booked.
A party on the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, running under the name Lost Miracle.
A club night during Amsterdam Dance Event built around South Asian diaspora music and DJ culture, which is what "desi" refers to.
A night of African and Afro-diaspora music, such as Afrobeats and Afro house, played live.
During the autumn half-term, visitors use needle and thread to work together on one large shared artwork at this Zaandam museum of regional history and industry.
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.
An experimental guitar bill with punk guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle, Bhutanese improviser Tashi Dorji with The Ex's Andy Moor and drummer Sun-Mi Hong, plus Egypt's The Handover.
PIV, the Amsterdam house label run by DJ Prunk and known for groovy, rolling house, hosts its own ADE party at IJland.
A theatre performance staged as part of Synestheet's family weekend, so it is aimed at children together with their parents.
An electronic music night held as part of Amsterdam Dance Event.
A night built around Black music during Amsterdam Dance Event, at the queer bar Prik on the Spuistraat.
A flamenco performance by the group Perlas Del Barrio.
An ADE event with Disco Arabesquo at the Van Eesteren Museum, which is about the modernist planning behind Amsterdam's western garden suburbs.
Andrzej Wajda's last film (2016), about avant-garde painter Władysław Strzemiński and his persecution under Stalinist rule in postwar Poland.
Lively music theatre for young audiences about being good to others and learning to set your own boundaries.
An Amsterdam Dance Event night hosted by the electronic music label Berg Audio.
A vinyl-only DJ night during Amsterdam Dance Event, at the club in a former school building in Nieuw-West.
An ADE event at ICK Dans, the Amsterdam dance company and venue founded by Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten, featuring Harmonic Dissonance.
A joint ADE party from Pompstation, the club in a former pumping station in Oost, and Baggerbeest, held at Baggerbeest.
Stephanie Struijk appears at De KHL, the former Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd building on the Houthavens waterfront.
Live blues on the IJ waterfront.
A hands-on workshop guiding musicians through listening techniques, spontaneous composition, and collaborative playing.
An interactive storytelling session designed to introduce children to books and creative tales.
A dining event that pairs a meal with music, part of the festival's programme outside the clubs.
A community-oriented concert presenting organ and vocal works by Johann Sebastian Bach in the historic canal-side church.
Dutch comedian Roel C. Verburg does a stand-up set at Comedy Cafe.
Amsterdam's music conservatory hosts part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme in its building on the Oosterdokseiland.
The second day of club and festival programming at Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music festival and conference.
The closing party of a joint ADE series from Intercell and the DJs Milion and SAIDAH, with guests they have invited.
Sunjoo Lee, Adriana Knouf, Claire Williams and Ryan Jordan are artists who work with handmade electronics, textiles and sound, often in ritual-like or performative ways.
An art exhibition in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, held under the title How Can There Be Day Without Night.
The Sunday programme of a weekend that, by its title, is about live presence and performance.
A session on how money is created and who controls it, at the technology and society institute in the old weigh house on Nieuwmarkt.
A hands-on craft class in which you string beads into your own jewellery or decorative pieces.
The Conscious Club launches its new album, Cosmic Navigation, with a release event during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A feel-good disco and house party hosted by Tonno Disko with guest DJs.
The title plays on eau de cologne and links Amsterdam with New Amsterdam, the Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York.
Zeezout, Dutch for 'sea salt', hosts its own event as part of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's annual electronic music festival.
The second evening of a multi-day programme by MAZE, the Amsterdam ensemble for experimental new music, with guests, at the musician-run venue Splendor.
The DJ MVSON plays a guest set at Madam, the bar at the top of the A'DAM Tower.
The got.drip ADE Sunday party, where Leitmotiv hosts the guest DJ Pascal Benjamin.
A meetup for people who make or care about spatial sound, meaning audio spread across many speakers to surround the listener, run by Futures of Listening.
A new activity at the children's play farm: a spooky Halloween celebration with plenty of pumpkins.
Duo Fatalis plays a chamber music concert in De Hoop, a former clandestine church.
A concert by Dividivi3 inside the Noorderkerk, the seventeenth-century Protestant church in the Jordaan.
A regular bar night of racing each other at Nintendo's Mario Kart, now in its 75th edition.
Ola Rud presents JazzDrama, a performance that combines jazz with theatre.
A Halloween party at the Bijlmer petting farm, with spooky fun for children and families.
A live-streamed Beatport session with Fabric Records, the label of the well-known London club Fabric.
A cabaret-style evening of songs, the café chantant format, this time built around Germany and its songs.
Two shows in one evening, Wazo Bean and Superweekend, at the small theatre on Haarlemmerplein.
A Halloween-themed improvisation theatre workshop at the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre, making up scenes on the spot.
An ADE party hosted by BRAK, held at De VerbroederIJ, a creative space and venue in Amsterdam Noord.
An open philosophy discussion where anyone can suggest a question and the group picks the topic on the day.
A Q.Festival concert of Portuguese music in the English Reformed Church, the old church tucked inside the Begijnhof courtyard.
The Amsterdam contemporary music ensemble Nieuw Amsterdams Peil presents the third edition of its Unpolished programme.
An ADE programme with Lawil Karama and Megan Hoetger at W139, the long-running artist-run space for experimental contemporary art on Warmoesstraat.
A production by Rietwijker and Krakeling, Amsterdam's long-running theatre for children and young audiences.
The Los Angeles house music collective True House LA hosts a tribute night to DJ Romain, the New York deep house DJ.
A 2025 film by Peruvian-born documentary maker Javier Corcuera, known for La espalda del mundo, followed by a question-and-answer session.
A group exhibition by various artists, built around catchy, enjoyable songs.
The University of Amsterdam's heritage museum invites children to explore its collection for themselves during the half-term.
A reading party, where people bring their own book and read alongside others in a social setting.
An open studio session where people work on their own art or craft projects side by side in a shared space.
A rave-style electronic dance night in the programme of Amsterdam Dance Event.
A party billed as the last of its series, styled as a celebration of a lifetime.
A Sunday session co-hosted by the Nomadism Records label and Cartel, part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
The title is Spanish for 'Pearls of the Neighbourhood' and points to a night of Latin music.
A neighbourhood Halloween party in the park organised by KIEM, with spooky fun for local children and families.
Children aged six and up solve secrets, riddles and hidden clues on a trail across several OBA library branches.
A programme at the Flemish arts centre in the city centre, whose title points to unusual places of refuge.
A late-night club event held as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
A trio whose Italian name means roughly 'oddballs' puts on a musical show at this small theatre.
A book club discussion of the Japanese crime writer's best-known novel, a Detective Galileo mystery in which a maths teacher helps his neighbour cover up a killing.
The Amsterdam Expat Meetup Group picks up litter in the city centre to close the ADE weekend, then goes for drinks at the Zeedijk pub afterwards.
A stage production at DeLaMar, the large commercial theatre on Leidseplein that mostly puts on musicals, comedy and popular theatre.
A graduation performance by students finishing their training at the Amsterdam University of the Arts.
Two party promoters team up for a joint Amsterdam Dance Event night at Baggerbeest, an informal venue on the edge of the city.
A family film in which a girl called Mia has an adventure at a school for monsters.
The closing event of the BUITENBEELD exhibition at Nieuw en Meer, the artists' studio complex on the Nieuwe Meer.
A party in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, the city's yearly five-day electronic music festival and conference spread across clubs and venues.
Trainers lead a group fitness session combining cardio and bodyweight exercises in Oosterpark.
A graduation performance by students of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, showing their final work before they finish their training.
A walking tour of the historic cemetery along the Amstel, known for its notable Dutch burials and garden architecture.
A theatre performance about a character named Wanda and the thoughts that keep her awake at night, at the canal-side Theater Bellevue.
A loose group of jazz musicians playing improvised sets in an informal meeting-place setting.
Tré Sweeney hosts this book club's discussion of the Japanese author's crime novel about a mathematician who helps his neighbour hide a killing.
A salon-style evening at Huis de Pinto, a 17th-century merchant's mansion in Nieuwmarkt that is now a library and cultural venue.
Local musicians play an informal live set at the neighbourhood cafe inside a former public bathhouse.
A weekly Sunday afternoon gathering for Arabic speakers and anyone interested in Arabic culture to socialise over drinks and snacks.
The Leidseplein rock bar closes out the weekend with live bands playing funk, rock, and soul.
An afternoon tea dance and social gathering for the local LGBTQ+ community.
A string quartet plays chamber music in an intimate salon setting.
A work by artist Jaco Schilp, shown as part of the art programme of the Amsterdam Dance Event.
CQTD hosts a closing brunch to wind down the Amsterdam Dance Event week.
A Sunday club night with an Ibiza theme, and judging by the name a Halloween twist as well.
A jazz set from Maarten Voortman's quartet at a small concert space in Weesp.
A Sunday afternoon DJ session hosted by the label Nomadism Records at Cartel.
An exhibition of work by Justine Ellul, shown during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A club night at Lofi in Amsterdam West, programmed as part of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music conference and festival.
A label showcase night, where artists and DJs signed to Born House Records play sets.
A finissage is the closing event of an exhibition, here at the Flemish arts centre Brakke Grond: a last chance to see the work, often with a gathering.
A collaboration night between 4AM Network and Loos, part of the week of club events across the city during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A sunrise-themed ADE event from the organisers IAM Productions, the kind that runs into the early morning.
A joint party from UND3RT3MPL3 and Musique de Lune, two of the many crews running events during Amsterdam Dance Event.
A live performance by the artist Robine at the small Tolstraat venue, a former cinema that now hosts concerts and club nights.
A showcase night for the artists of the Spacenaut label or collective.
An event about in-between spaces, held in the Keizersgrachtkerk, a late-19th-century church on the canal.
A performance at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, where shows are usually made and performed by its students.
A book club discussion of Matt Haig's novel about a woman who finds a library between life and death where she can try out other versions of her life.
Club Baggerbeest hosts a night at Pompstation, the restaurant and venue in a former water pumping station in Amsterdam-Oost.
An electronic music party in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, which fills the city's clubs and other venues for five days every October.
An afternoon pub quiz where teams answer general knowledge questions over drinks.
A live jazz set in a neighbourhood café from a trio of Willem ten Sythoff, Tomek van Leeuwen and Tobias van der Pijl.
The second night of JEA's own party series during Amsterdam Dance Event.
The official after party for the ACiD event, part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
A cello and piano duo recital at the De Hallen branch of the public library.
An event in the programme of Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly festival and conference for electronic music.
A book club discussion of Virginia Evans's novel told through letters written by Sybil Van Antwerp, a retired lawyer looking back on her life.
A theatre production at Frascati whose Dutch title translates as 'until it is what it has to be'.
An after-hours party run by NEXUP and WAVY, the kind that carries on dancing past sunrise.
A concert under the name Book of Returns at Splendor, a former bathhouse run by a collective of musicians as a venue.
A club event in the Amsterdam Dance Event programme, one of hundreds of parties held across the city during the electronic music festival week.
A Halloween-themed shared meal where everyone brings a dish to put on the table.
A jazz set from Alper Aydogan's quartet at the small piano bar.
A performance by the artist Janey, part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
A label showcase, where the record label Born House Records puts on a line-up of its own artists.
From the title, an event about one language shared across three countries, held in the old church in Noord.
Atomiser Radio and Hothead join forces for a party during Amsterdam Dance Event, the city's yearly electronic music week.
A Dutch class for highly educated newcomers that combines the Duolingo app with Nederlands in Gang, a well-known Dutch textbook for fast learners.
An evening with Dutch performer Froukje Bouman at Scala.
A performance by an Amsterdam drama collective at De Sloot, a small theatre.
An event called Unboxed, part of the Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
A club night where the RELO4D organisers host the guest act The Illumi'Naughties as part of Amsterdam Dance Event.
An event called Prophecy, part of the 2026 Amsterdam Dance Event programme.
A stage production called KID, performed at Scala.
A live performance at Griffioen, the cultural centre on the Vrije Universiteit campus that puts on music, theatre and film.
A live jazz night in the bar of De Boule De Boule.
A stage performance by the duo Fraukje and Marijn.
An event at Joe's Garage, the volunteer-run neighbourhood social centre in Amsterdam-Oost.
A Sunday evening pickup basketball game; players should know the 4-out offence, and first-timers are asked to message the organiser, John, beforehand.
A morning-after party, as the stylised title spells out, for dancers who want to keep going once the night is over.
A hands-on session making a terrarium, a small plant garden inside a glass container; note this one takes place in Rotterdam.
An evening social gathering tailored specifically for senior women.
A Sunday morning worship gathering with the local church community.
An informal get-together with no set programme, for meeting people and chatting.
A supportive gathering for people grieving the loss of a loved one, held at the historic cemetery.
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.
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.
An interactive science and technology exhibition focusing on the history, physics, and programming behind video games.
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.
FSTM takes over the Noord skate café for ADE with Helena Hauff b2b Quest, Eris Drew, Call Super b2b Ryan Elliott, Japan's DJ Masda and Laura Meester, among others.
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 family-friendly Sunday programme of creative workshops and cultural activities for all ages.
A digital projection show rendering the Dutch master's fantastically detailed depictions of heaven, hell and sin into large-scale animations.
An exhibition for children featuring the intricate, detail-rich illustrations of Dutch picture-book maker Charlotte Dematons.
An animated digital installation bringing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella and its philosophical meditations on life to light.
Dance event pioneers ID&T present a sensory labyrinth of light, sound, and interactive technology in the Elementenstraat warehouse.
An exhibition showcasing the pop artist's commercial textile designs from the 1950s and 1960s before his rise to fame.
An exhibition about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
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.
A family Sunday at the museum for Día de Muertos, the Mexican festival that remembers the dead with altars, marigolds and decorated skulls.
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.
A hands-on studio where visitors of all ages can make their own art, inspired by Van Gogh's techniques and work.
An autumn half-term programme on Pampus, the nineteenth-century fort island in the IJmeer that was part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.
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'.
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.
Prospa, the British duo known for rave-inspired house and techno, bring their Prophecy event to ADE with Awakenings, the Dutch techno festival organisation.
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.
A hands-on painting course at the museum, where participants try painting techniques in the spirit of Van Gogh's work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Gardens of Babylon is an event series known for organic and melodic house in elaborately decorated settings, and this is its Sunday edition at Westergas.
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.
A closing party for Amsterdam Dance Event; "bajes" is Dutch slang for prison and probably refers to the former Bijlmerbajes prison site.
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.
Explore the Amsterdam School architecture and maritime history of the monumental building, which now operates as a luxury hotel.
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.
A dedicated open session giving young children safe access to the urban sports hall's trampolines.
Family activities for the autumn school holiday in the house where Rembrandt lived and worked for nearly twenty years.
