What's On in Amsterdam on Friday 30 October
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themFriday 30 October
The Amsterdam Museum marks its 100th birthday with 100 days of activities around the city.
The young Finnish conductor, chief conductor designate of the Concertgebouworkest, leads Mahler's Seventh Symphony, the sprawling work whose two 'Nachtmusik' movements earned it the name 'Song of the Night'.
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.
Italian cellist-composer Giovanni Sollima and British cellist Laura van der Heijden join the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra for the first performance of a Respighi work.
The cultural centre's signature Friday night features an open programme of oral storytelling from local and visiting tale-tellers.
Fun Forest's treetop climbing courses open after dark, so you climb the routes at night.
The veteran Dutch singer, songwriter and clown, also known as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak, performs his show 'Vandaag' ('Today').
A month of family activities at the national museum, inviting children and parents to discover the stories behind works in the collection.
The London collective known for gritty UK road rap teams up with the Moroccan-American New York rapper behind 'Unforgettable'.
Italian cellist-composer Giovanni Sollima and British cellist Laura van der Heijden join the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra for a recently completed Respighi cello concerto and Walton's Cello Concerto.
Mamoru Oshii's 1995 anime classic about a cyborg agent hunting a hacker, shown as part of the Imagine fantasy film festival.
Peter Vermeersch's anarchic Belgian big band takes John Coltrane's music apart and puts it back together in its own wayward style.
American drummer Bill Stewart, long known for his work with John Scofield, leads a trio with bassist Larry Grenadier and tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III.
Interactive theatre in which the audience acts as the jury in a staged murder trial about diamonds and lies, and decides the verdict.
A screening of the 2026 documentary about the long-running California punk band NOFX, followed by a Q&A with El Hefe, the band's guitarist and trumpeter.
Young children follow a trail through the museum helping Fiep Westendorp's famous illustrated cats track down a runaway mouse.
The long-running ensemble mixes fast-paced improv games, sketches, and video comedy sparked by audience suggestions.
An interactive English-language session of songs, nursery rhymes, and picture books for young children.
An outdoor market of design, art, craft and food stalls on the Amstel next to the Stopera, free to enter.
The Netherlands Bach Society, the period-instrument ensemble behind the All of Bach project, marks All Souls with music on death and remembrance.
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 family stage version of Lewis Carroll's story, recommended for ages eight and up, framed as a strange journey to find yourself.
Opening of an exhibition curated by Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr about the images and visual language of uprisings around the world over the past decade.
Director Nina Spijkers stages Chekhov's The Seagull for Het Nationale Theater; it's a play about love, ambition and failed artists at a country estate.
A sing-along night in which teams of audience members compete to sing well-known pop hits.
A Tapis Rouge festival screening with actor Antoine Reinartz, known for 120 BPM and Anatomy of a Fall, who introduces the film and takes questions in English.
An English-language stand-up show from comedian Pernille Haaland, built around her Nordic background and the culture clash of life abroad.
A rooftop celebration of the Mexican Day of the Dead, the holiday that honours the departed with marigolds, altars and painted skulls.
A Halloween edition of a party built around 2000s pop, R&B and dance hits.
A concert for babies up to 18 months, built around sound, colour and movement rather than sitting still and listening.
Around 25 booksellers sell second-hand and antiquarian books, prints, posters and magazines at this weekly Friday market.
A stage version of Ken Kesey's novel about Randle McMurphy, a rebellious patient, and his struggle with the controlling Nurse Ratched on a psychiatric ward.
Mamoru Oshii's influential 1995 anime about cyborg agent Major Kusanagi, introduced by Utrecht AI-culture scholar Payal Arora as part of Imagine Fantastic Film Festival.
A festival about death and dying, approached through theatre and performance.
Tickets are now on a waiting list for this bill of three singer-songwriters, headed by the English songwriter Dan Whitlam.
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.
The Safdie brothers' tense 2017 crime thriller, with Robert Pattinson as a small-time robber racing through one night in New York to get his brother out of jail.
A Tapis Rouge festival screening followed by an English-language Q&A with Antoine Reinartz, the French actor seen in 120 BPM and Anatomy of a Fall.
Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about three cinema ushers, staged by Amsterdam On Stage in the city's oldest cinema, which suits the story.
The Netherlands Bach Society gives a quiet All Souls programme of music reflecting on death and remembrance.
The Offline Club, which runs phone-free gatherings, hosts a screening of a film about attention and screen use, with time to talk afterwards.
Art historian Frank Elzas leads an architectural walking tour visiting historic Amsterdam sites that are usually closed to the public.
The opening round of the national competition for young cellists, part of the Cello Biennale, with a set piece by composer Karmit Fadael.
A hands-on Japanese cooking class where you learn to make sushi at home, also offered as a team-building activity.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
A hands-on paper-folding workshop at the public library, led by origami artist Samuel Tsang.
A hands-on session modelling and sculpting objects from clay, open to beginners.
An evening of stand-up comedy paired with mixed drinks alongside the IJ.
An art historian guides visitors through the Dutch national museum's essential Golden Age masterpieces and historic treasures.
A Halloween party that mixes live bands with DJ sets.
An exhibition exploring the realities of independence struggles across Africa, Suriname, and the Caribbean.
Individual intuitive card consultations held in the historic canalside library.
Participants learn bead embroidery techniques to customise and repair second-hand garments.
A hands-on crafting session using vintage beads to design and make custom jewellery.
A multilingual reading session featuring children's stories read aloud in Mandarin.
The local market's resident sommelier leads an informal tasting of selected bottles paired with small bites.
The Dutch tradition of a comedian looking back on the past year in a solo show, and De Kleine Komedie has long been its home.
A craft class on upcycling, which means turning old or discarded materials into new and useful objects.
An awards ceremony that honours the achievements of Black people in the Netherlands across fields such as culture, business and community work.
A ghost-themed theatre show about a haunted Amsterdam.
A UK ensemble playing choro, the lively instrumental music that grew up in Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century.
Judging by the title, a comedy show about Indian family culture meeting life in the Netherlands.
Jeff Lieberman's 1988 horror comedy, starring Kevin Dillon, about a VHS tape that turns its viewers into killers, shown in the festival's video-era sidebar.
A three-hour painting workshop with a Halloween theme, held at Vessel with a view over the canal.
Lawyer and activist Jelle Klaas looks at science fiction and fantasy through a Marxist lens.
The American singer and rapper, who mixes pop-punk, emo and hip-hop, brings his tour to the Amsterdam-Oost music venue.
Scenes from Shakespeare reset in new times and places, including Romeo and Juliet in 1921 Rome and Antony and Cleopatra as teenagers.
Mascha Schilinski's German drama, winner of the Cannes Jury Prize, follows four generations of women on one farm across a century; for ages 16 and over.
A programme of short films at Imagine, Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
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 children's theatre show about Adem, a boy eager to explore the world before he is even born, who first has to find his parents.
A show whose title means 'AI and Me', looking at how artificial intelligence is entering everyday life.
A dancehall party whose name is Jamaican patois for 'for the girls'.
A weekend of film screenings focused on LGBTQ+ stories and filmmakers.
A workshop at Imagine, Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction film, linked to Darkfield, the British company known for binaural sound shows staged in total darkness.
The long-running stage version of Susan Hill's ghost story, in which a young lawyer is haunted by a spectral woman at a remote English house.
The New York electronic producer plays a live set of intricate, percussive, ambient-leaning techno, with DJs Oceanic and ISA W.
The second session of a hands-on workshop in making theatre masks.
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 dinner marking Samhain, the old Gaelic festival at the end of the harvest that Halloween grew out of.
A Halloween version of bingo, the game where numbers are called out, held at the club in the Eastern Docklands.
A Halloween-themed Latin dance party, with costumes encouraged.
A discussion about how history and art can represent genocide in Iraq.
An acoustic guitar evening led by Glenn Jones, the American fingerstyle player in the American Primitive tradition and formerly of Cul de Sac.
Won Shin-yun's 2005 Korean horror film about a wig that brings something sinister to a seriously ill young woman, shown with a short film.
A communal dinner at the Indische Buurt community centre, this month built around Kurdish home cooking.
A compact twenty-minute performance blending personal storytelling and humour about relocating from southern Italy to the Netherlands.
The American stand-up, known for clean observational comedy and his Dry Bar Comedy specials, performs an English-language set.
A talk on where the night mayor role goes next; Amsterdam was among the first cities to have one, an independent advocate for nightlife and the after-dark economy.
Its title points to Carl Jung's Red Book, the psychiatrist's illustrated private record of his visions and inner journeys.
A French-language film followed by a Q&A held with Roze Filmdagen, Amsterdam's LGBTQ+ film festival, as part of Tapis Rouge.
A Halloween costume party with a joke name that spoofs the Met Gala, New York's famous fashion benefit.
A one-person retelling of Reynard the Fox, the medieval Dutch fable about a cunning fox who tricks his way through the animal kingdom.
An immersive audiovisual screening pairing the British band's music with large-format digital visuals projected across walls and floors.
A listening session of field recordings by Palestinian artist Inas Halabi, made at the sites of demolished Palestinian villages.
A communal vegan dinner served at the independent cultural centre.
A weekly community kitchen serving affordable, volunteer-cooked vegan meals on the former shipyard grounds.
Part of a series presenting new Ukrainian music at Splendor, the musician-run venue.
A Halloween party where fancy dress and cocktails are the main event.
An open creative studio session where you choose a medium and work at your own pace with hands-on materials.
A live set of cabaret, theater, or song in the venue's intimate tapassalon.
A Halloween-themed improv show combined with the graduation performance of CREA's level 4 improvisation students.
A hands-on workshop exploring the modes, rhythms, and performance traditions of Eastern Mediterranean folk music.
A lecture on how witches have been portrayed in art, and how the figure of the witch became a scapegoat on a broomstick.
A do-it-yourself bike workshop where you fix your own bicycle using shared tools, with help on hand.
A pre-Halloween social party with costume prizes and a free first drink; the location is only shared with people who hold a free Socials ticket.
A programme at Pakhuis de Zwijger, the Amsterdam centre for talks and debates.
An event at Amstelveen's pop venue whose Dutch title translates as 'Peaking Early'.
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.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantastic film covering horror, science fiction and fantasy.
A screening at Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's festival of recent French-language cinema, of a film based on Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera story.
A hands-on craft class in which you string beads into your own jewellery or decorative pieces.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
An introductory workshop on the basics of modern witchcraft practice, such as rituals, herbs and intention-setting.
Dutch organist Matthias Havinga plays music by contemporary Dutch composer Joey Roukens, with a free lunch served beforehand.
A Friday afternoon drinks cabaret blending stand-up comedy and performance to kick off the weekend.
Comedian Mohna Joshi does a stand-up set at Scala, a foodbar and theatre that pairs short 20-minute shows with time to eat and drink.
An informal social evening in the Zuidas business district, run by a Meetup group that brings together people with Asian and African connections and anyone else interested.
A Halloween special co-hosted by the No Barrier and Breakdown nights.
An after-work drinks meetup run by an expat group, open to newcomers and anyone who wants to meet other internationals in the city.
A Halloween night of dancing, music and costumes hosted by the social community Kooch, with a prize for the best costume.
Poems by Toon Tellegen and Tonnus Oosterhoff, two of the best-known Dutch poets, performed by Madelief Lammers with prepared-piano improviser Albert van Veenendaal.
A small festival of short performances at the neighbourhood theatre on the Sajetplein in Oost.
A residential weekend retreat over Halloween that mixes shamanic ritual with tantric practices such as breathwork, movement and partner exercises.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
Documentaries made at the Wajda School, the Warsaw film school founded by Polish director Andrzej Wajda.
An open philosophical discussion where attendees propose questions and the group picks one to explore together, no background in philosophy needed.
A programme on decolonial performing arts in Suriname, featuring the Surinamese company Het Doe-Theater and Land Te Koop.
Guy Gilson's rarely shown 1965 French film from the New Wave years, about a long-distance romance between a young sailor and a woman in Paris.
Children aged 4 to 10 hollow out and decorate pumpkins at the kids' programme of the Geversduin campsite restaurant.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
A neighbourhood community meal with a vegetable-garden theme, followed by a screening of the documentary Agatha's Almanac.
An Amsterdam choir performing popular and folk songs, the kind of repertoire that invites the audience to sing along.
Book launch for Lev Avitan's Tot één gemaakt, about how people get reduced to a single story or category, and what it means to refuse that.
A Halloween edition of the Raving Charlie club night.
The artist and author leads a guided tour of the exhibition reflecting on history and memory.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
A French-language feature shown as part of Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's festival of recent francophone cinema.
A volunteer-run eetcafé, meaning a cheap shared dinner in the squat-scene tradition.
A theatre performance whose Portuguese title means 'in the ruins', a theme of destruction and what remains.
Children aged six and up solve secrets, riddles and hidden clues on a trail across several OBA library branches.
A small-group painting workshop with personal guidance using Ecoline, a liquid watercolour ink; no creative experience is needed.
A stage production whose title blends 'biotope' and 'utopia', pointing to themes of nature, habitat and an imagined better world.
A choral concert held in the Zuiderkerk, the 17th-century church built by Hendrick de Keyser.
A Halloween club night named after the Scream horror films.
French baroque cellist Bruno Cocset, founder of Les Basses Réunies, coaches young cellists in public on period instruments and style.
A screening in Tapis Rouge, the festival of new French-language cinema at Het Ketelhuis in the Westergasfabriek.
A children's Halloween parade and Dracula disco at the neighbourhood playground in Sloten, with activities for members.
A party night at the former gasworks complex in Westerpark; the listing gives no line-up details.
A programme of experimental performance work, where trying something new matters more than a polished result.
A Halloween meet-and-mingle evening run by Kooch for people looking to make new friends, with a prize for the best costume.
A morning yoga practice open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike.
A guided morning session of gentle meditative movement and breathwork.
A community gardening session where volunteers can tend vegetables and help maintain the site.
A regular volunteer work morning carrying out practical nature management and conservation tasks in the woods.
A gift voucher for a hands-on Japanese cooking class where the person you give it to learns to make ramen.
A relaxed daytime lunch service inside the alternative cultural centre on the Overtoom.
A community gardening afternoon tending to the shared plots at the self-managed cultural community in Amsterdam-Noord.
An informal social gathering hosted in the hostel lounge for travellers and locals to connect.
Part of the IMPRODECO series, this programme looks at how Dutch colonial history can still be heard in music.
A screening in Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's festival of recent French and French-language films.
Participants are guided through conscious connected breathwork focused on seasonal introspection and grounding.
An open jam session where musicians can sit in and improvise jazz and funk together.
A try-out of Rikkert van Huisstede's New Year's Eve show, part of the Dutch tradition of comedians looking back on the past year.
A stand-up comedy night with sets from three comedians: Daan Put, Jet Bootz and Levy Geernaer.
A calm Friday morning focused on well-being and mindful presence at the community garden.
A screening at Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's festival of new French-language films, most of which have not yet had a Dutch release.
The veteran Amsterdam jazz pianist brings his lively swing and stride playing to the café.
Canvas Nights is one of the Volkshotel's club nights, and this edition has Hazuki playing a DJ set.
A concert by the ensemble EYRA in the 19th-century church on the Keizersgracht.
Part of Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's yearly festival of new French-language cinema, which shows films before or instead of a regular Dutch release.
A regular Friday evening of group mantra chanting and ancient philosophy, followed by a shared vegetarian dinner.
A talk on why giving up is sometimes the bravest choice in a culture that praises perseverance.
A try-out (preview performance) of a new Dutch-language show whose title translates as 'Incomprehensibly Rich'.
A double bill of live music with two acts sharing the stage.
A group breathwork session with an autumn theme of slowing down and turning inward, drawing on the image of trees linked underground by fungal networks.
A sound bath, where participants lie or sit while gongs, bowls and other instruments are played around them for relaxation.
A return run of a Dutch-language show whose title translates as 'Mum Is Angry'.
A stage show whose Dutch title means 'space debris', the junk left orbiting Earth from old satellites and rockets.
The club's regular Friday night party, this time with a Halloween theme.
A bike kitchen is a shared workshop where you fix your own bike with communal tools and help from volunteers.
A theatre production at Frascati whose Dutch title translates as 'until it is what it has to be'.
A Dutch-language theatre show whose Amsterdam-dialect title roughly means 'you could have known'.
An informal social café where trans people and their friends and allies can meet in a relaxed, inclusive setting.
A blues night with a live set from the band Blues Bridge.
A late-night Friday programme in Paradiso's main hall.
A monthly Friday meetup at the French bookshop where creative people meet each other and stay to work on their own projects.
Dutch music journalist Christiaan Verweij launches his new book at the volunteer-run anarchist bookshop.
Three acts share one bill in the Machinegebouw, the old machine hall on the Het Groene Veld site.
A savings booklet run with the Donald Duck comic that lets children save towards prizes through their visits to the cinema.
A read-aloud session for toddlers aged two and up, sharing picture books with them on a parent's lap.
Milou Brand is the guest at this edition of De Balie's Plein Publiek programme.
A women-only social squash evening for players of all levels, run by the Amsterdam Social Squash meetup group.
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 set by Imanol Emede at Pompstation, a restaurant and club in a former water pumping station.
An evening with Dutch performer Froukje Bouman at Scala.
Local residents learn to report on life in Amsterdam Noord, writing and making stories about their own neighbourhood.
A Dutch-language theatre performance whose title translates as 'The Lonely Soul'.
A small jazz trio playing in this intimate piano bar in the Jordaan.
A DJ night with Tiepfout and Rhodon Cerise in the Oedipus brewery's event space.
Community sessions offering Japanese shiatsu bodywork, working along traditional meridian channels.
A stand-up comedy night; the name suggests comedians performing in a Slavic language rather than English or Dutch.
An advanced Iyengar yoga session focusing on precision alignment and sustained postures for experienced practitioners.
An accessible group exercise session designed to get local neighbours moving together.
Local women gather for an informal afternoon of embroidery and social conversation.
A regular community yoga class held at the NieuwLand social space.
After six weeks of cleaning up the De Pijp neighbourhood, the winner of the €750 prize in the local clean-street competition is announced.
An informal weekly gathering for activists, hackers, and the local community to connect over open-source tech.
The neighbourhood cinema screens a selected feature film for its weekly Friday night programme.
A show at the theatre on the Uilenstede student campus in Amstelveen.
A night of upbeat pop, R&B, and club hits in the centre of Amsterdam.
Dutch-language stand-up in the club's small attic room; doors open at 20:30.
A session on using your own life story to build confidence and resilience.
A mobile advice desk at the Ten Katemarkt offering information on energy saving and making your home more sustainable.
Three Dutch bands share a bill at this small rock and metal venue.
A live set by Belma Arolat at The Tunnel & Co.
A small-scale concert by these two performers at Het Einde van de Wereld, an intimate music venue.
A live set from the duo Kim & Jason at the Leidseplein-area rock and blues bar known for its nightly live music.
A relaxed get-together for mothers and their babies or toddlers, with time to talk while the children play.
A professional meetup on how human behaviour and workplace culture shape compliance and risk control in organisations.
A professional training on leadership styles, steering a team and handing over tasks with confidence.
A theatre performance; the Dutch title means 'Verdict'.
A party to welcome students to the new academic year at the Amsterdam University of the Arts.
A solo theatre performance by Paul van Kessel.
A training course for family and friends of people with mental health problems or addiction, focused on communicating better and looking after yourself.
An informal drop-in coffee gathering where local residents meet their neighbours and chat.
A rehearsal by the OTA chamber choir, a small vocal ensemble, at the neighbourhood venue.
An open co-working session at the Institute for Advanced Study, where researchers and others share a workspace and meet across disciplines.
Spanish language lessons for adult learners, held at a branch of Amsterdam's public library.
A social morning gathering tailored for Chinese residents aged fifty and over.
Neighbours gather for an informal morning of hot drinks, sweet treats, and casual chat.
An evening gathering with worship and fellowship at the local church.
A weekly club night spotlighting hip-hop, R&B, afrobeat, and urban chart hits.
A series of group meetings in Ganzenhoef, Zuidoost, about building personal strength and supporting one another.
Drop in to consult the local neighbourhood liaison officer with questions or concerns about the area.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in a series designed for people with little or no experience of symphonic music.
The Swedish producer behind 'Call on Me' and the Pryda and Cirez D aliases, known for big, visually elaborate progressive house and techno shows.
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.
The young Finnish conductor, who will become the Concertgebouw Orchestra's chief conductor, leads the orchestra in a Mahler symphony.
An exhibition on Amsterdam's LGBTQ+ history, held in the former church on Dam Square as part of WorldPride Amsterdam.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
Around 80 works lent by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, centred on Matisse's La Blouse roumaine, with paintings by Rothko, Picasso and Barnett Newman.
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.
An exhibition of large Playmobil scenes featuring work by diorama artist Oliver Schaffer, where visitors can look at the displays and also play.
The London label set up in 2005 by trance trio Above & Beyond, and known for melodic deep house, hosts its Amsterdam Dance Event night.
A major retrospective by the renowned photographer known for monumental landscapes, portraits and atmospheric explorations of human impact.
Over 150 monumental street art murals, painted on-site by international artists, fill a former shipyard warehouse.
Citywide arts festival staging performances, tours, and special events across various participating Amsterdam museums.
The Polish pianist, who won the Chopin Competition in 1975 and is famous for being fussy about detail, plays a programme he keeps secret until the last moment.
Dutch artist Boris Acket, known for large immersive light and sound installations, fills the market hall with an installation shown as part of 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.
Hands-on workshops, games, and maritime activities designed for children and families.
A digital projection show rendering the Dutch master's fantastically detailed depictions of heaven, hell and sin into large-scale animations.
An exhibition for children featuring the intricate, detail-rich illustrations of Dutch picture-book maker Charlotte Dematons.
An animated digital installation bringing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella and its philosophical meditations on life to light.
Dance event pioneers ID&T present a sensory labyrinth of light, sound, and interactive technology in the Elementenstraat warehouse.
An exhibition showcasing the pop artist's commercial textile designs from the 1950s and 1960s before his rise to fame.
An exhibition about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
A free chance to watch the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at work as it rehearses, at lunchtime.
An exhibition on how the Rotterdam-born Abstract Expressionist painter worked, from his gestural brushwork to his famous Woman paintings.
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.
Amsterdam's festival of ideas, with talks, debates and conversations featuring philosophers, writers, artists and thinkers.
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.
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 festival of talks and debate on big questions, opening with British novelist Deborah Levy, twice Booker-shortlisted for Swimming Home and Hot Milk, before moving to Tolhuistuin.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra musicians play chamber works by Dvořák, Korngold and Eisler, Europeans drawn to America, marking 250 years since the Declaration of Independence.
An outdoor ice rink in front of the Rijksmuseum, with open skating sessions and skating lessons.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
The Berlin techno producer, known for the film Berlin Calling and its hit Sky and Sand, plays his own tracks live on his machines rather than DJing.
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.
Tattooists from Schiffmacher & Veldhoen, the studio linked to veteran Dutch tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher, offer Rembrandt-themed tattoos to walk-ins daily from 10:00 to 17:00.
An exhibition on James McNeill Whistler, the American-born painter in London known for his Nocturnes and the portrait of his mother.
The Concertgebouw's weekly free 12:30 lunchtime concert, this time marking Black Achievement Month, the October celebration of Black achievement in the Netherlands.
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.
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.
Masaaki Suzuki's period-instrument ensemble, best known for its complete recording of Bach's cantatas, plays the six concertos Bach wrote while serving at the Köthen court.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
The American singer known for glossy, hyperpop-tinged electro-pop on Troubled Paradise and STARFUCKER tours her latest record, WOR$T GIRL IN THE WORLD.
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.
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.
The museum of optical illusions and mind-bending rooms puts on a Halloween theme for the weekend.
Outdoor art route placing site-specific sculptures and installations along the walking paths of the Amsterdamse Bos.
A family-friendly interactive exhibition exploring mythology, nature, and the symbolic wisdom of ravens across different world cultures.
A behind-the-scenes guided tour through the costume departments, stages, and rehearsal halls of the opera house.
The Belgian photographer known for stark black-and-white portraits shows his photographs of the sea and the people who live by it.
Crate-digging market inside the covered passage of De Hallen, featuring independent record vendors selling vinyl across multiple genres.
Children aged two to six wear silent-disco headphones as a professor character takes them back to prehistoric times to see how dinosaurs lived.
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.
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 Canadian electronic duo, known for their mix of deep house and indie songwriting, play a DJ-style club set rather than their live band show.
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.
British producer George King, who mixes electronic music with hip-hop, jazz and ambient, plays under a dome with fractal visuals by Dutch artist Julius Horsthuis.
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.
Drawing in the Royal Palace on Dam Square as part of October drawing month, inside Jacob van Campen's 17th-century former city hall.
An exhibition celebrating early trailblazers and foundational works in digital and video installation art.
An exhibition tracing decades of LGBTQIA+ community life, activism, pride celebrations, and resilience across Amsterdam.
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.
The exhibition examines the global supply chains of cocoa, sugar, and palm oil behind the beloved Dutch breakfast staple.
Danny Boyle's frenetic 1996 adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows a group of heroin addicts navigating Edinburgh's gritty underbelly.
A theatre production that recreates the atmosphere of a night out on stage, mixing musical theatre with electronic club music.
