What's On in Amsterdam on Sunday 1 November
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themSunday 1 November
A group visit to Amsterdam's historic zoo, which also includes Micropia's microbe museum, the Groote Museum, a planetarium and an aquarium.
Founded in 1972, the cello ensemble from the Berlin Philharmonic is known for arrangements that range from classical to tango, jazz and pop.
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'.
Players from the Berlin Philharmonic, one of the world's leading orchestras, perform as a chamber ensemble.
SONCE performs with guest musicians.
A family musical based on the story of the kidnapped Dalmatian puppies and Cruella de Vil, with songs, puppetry and humour.
Kander and Ebb's musical set in a seedy Berlin nightclub as the Nazis rise to power, featuring Sally Bowles and the Kit Kat Klub's Emcee.
Two leading cellists, Nicolas Altstaedt and the Austrian-Iranian Kian Soltani, join the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
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.
Ravel wrote this concerto for Paul Wittgenstein, a pianist who lost his right arm in the First World War; Saint-Saëns' tone poem shows skeletons dancing at midnight.
Singer Corinna and her band perform songs made famous by Doris Day, the American singer and film star known for Que Sera, Sera.
A festival of ideas where philosophers, writers, scientists and other thinkers give talks and take part in conversations, here at the Flemish arts centre.
A festival of ideas with talks, debates and performances on philosophy, culture and society.
A morning of Bach with Nicolas Altstaedt, the German-French cellist and conductor known for repertoire running from baroque to contemporary.
The British baroque collective, known for performing without a conductor and often singing from memory, brings its pared-back approach to early vocal music.
Levy Rozman, the American international master behind the world's most-watched chess YouTube channel, brings his chess commentary and humour to the stage.
The American international master and hugely popular chess YouTuber takes his game analysis and jokes on tour.
The Dutch soprano, lead singer of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish and formerly of After Forever, plays the main hall, which is down to a waiting list.
Hands-on art workshops for children aged 6 to 12, held on Saturdays at the museum.
Mozart's comic singspiel about backstage theatrical rivalries is performed with traditional wooden marionettes.
A screening of Pulse at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction films.
Mozart's comic singspiel about backstage theatrical rivalries is performed using traditional wooden marionettes.
Participants learn the basics of fragrance blending and create their own custom scent from botanical ingredients.
Drag performers act out a whodunnit between dinner courses, and diners try to work out who the killer is.
An interactive live concert designed for young children and their families to sing and dance along together.
The long-running ensemble mixes fast-paced improv games, sketches, and video comedy sparked by audience suggestions.
A dynamic vinyasa flow session taught indoors with wide glass views across the IJ waterfront.
Bach's motets are among his most admired choral works, including Jesu, meine Freude.
An intimate concert in a yurt, with the performers kept secret until you arrive.
A Sunday of clothes swapping, a repair table where people help each other, vegan pancakes and tours of the off-grid building.
Pieter Hulst and Willem Voogd, known for their science shows for children, are back with a new adventure involving a time-travelling toilet.
A market of independent makers, designers and food stalls in the former gasworks park, with free entry.
A group visit to an exhibition in Amersfoort pairing Helen Frankenthaler's poured colour-field paintings with Donald Judd's minimalist sculptures.
The Glasgow power-pop band behind Bandwagonesque plays, with support from Euros Childs, formerly the frontman of Welsh psych-pop band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
Baroque cellists Bruno Cocset and Amarilis Dueñas join Holland Baroque for first modern performances of music by Giovanni Benedetto Platti, written for a count who collected cello works.
The American chess international master, known on YouTube as GothamChess, brings his live show of game analysis and chess humour to the stage.
Climbing in the dark at this outdoor rope and climbing park, with a spooky Halloween theme.
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 with comedians from around the world, paired with cocktails.
A long-running Sunday afternoon tradition of live jazz sessions in a classic literary café on the canal.
Kaitai is Japanese for dismantling, the word used for carving up a whole tuna in front of an audience.
Over both days, visitors can carve and decorate pumpkins and join in craft activities at the garden.
Samhain is the old Celtic festival marking the end of harvest and the start of winter, observed here as a ceremony in the artists' village.
A programme built on the music of Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer behind the Spaghetti Western scores, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
A talk with Julie Corman, the American producer of many low-budget genre films and widow of the B-movie producer and director Roger Corman.
A hands-on workshop where you make dough and bake pizza in a wood-fired oven.
Italian cellist Giovanni Gnocchi, a soloist and teacher at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, appears in this series.
A family performance at Muiderslot, the thirteenth-century moated castle in Muiden, east of Amsterdam.
An absurdist family show for ages eight and up about chaos and paying attention; the title means "It's still quiet now".
A double bill of Crocodiles and Bawler under the name The Wormhole Cult, at the Oedipus brewery's event space in Amsterdam-Noord.
Cinemini is Eye's film programme for toddlers; this one shows the animated adaptation of Julia Donaldson's picture book about a mouse and a monster.
A children's concert from SoWhat with a gleefully gross title: troll snot and spider soup.
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.
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 Sunday jazz session at the brown café, this time featuring Oliver Emmitt.
Jonathan Meiburg's Texas art-rock band Shearwater shares the bill with Loma, his side project with Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski; the show is sold out.
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 English-language tour of the Scheepvaarthuis, the ornate 1916 shipping company headquarters seen as the first Amsterdam School building and now a hotel.
A daytime dance party, so you can rave without staying up all night.
An exhibition of shortlisted work from a photography prize for LGBTQ+ photographers working with nature, staged here as part of World Pride.
A hands-on session modelling and sculpting objects from clay, open to beginners.
A remembrance gathering at the historic cemetery on the Amstel, where candles are lit and the names of the dead are read aloud.
Pianist Ivo Janssen, known for his recordings of Simeon ten Holt's hypnotic minimalist piece Canto Ostinato, plays it with mallet percussionists.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
Musicians gather for an informal afternoon of traditional Irish folk tunes at the waterfront pub.
A screening of The Peril at Pincer Point at Imagine, Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction films.
A bike ride through the Amsterdamse Bos led by a forest ranger, who explains the woods' nature and management along the way.
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.
A Halloween festival organised by Femmazing, so expect costumes and a spooky theme.
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.
A theatrical production exploring themes of belonging, migration, and the meaning of home.
A craft class on upcycling, which means turning old or discarded materials into new and useful objects.
A children's theatre show about a little lamb that turns out to be a pig, at the youth theatre in the Jordaan.
The Dutch singer-songwriter, once frontman of the Frank Boeijen Groep, plays Dutch-language pop including songs like Zwart Wit and Kronenburg Park.
Part of the cello festival, this concert puts cellist Emir Cello together with Kaan Yazici and Sander van Elferen.
Adelina Reyes marks the Mexican Day of the Dead, when families honour deceased relatives with altars, marigolds, candles and food.
A youth theatre performance based on Pim Lammers and Milja Praagman's picture book about identity and self-acceptance.
A hands-on session from Amsterdam Fermentation and Food Preservation on brewing kombucha and jun, its lighter cousin fermented with green tea and honey.
Paint your own ceramics with Sofia James Pottery in Lila's canal house, with brunch or aperitivo included.
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 Peruvian party celebrating Fiestas Patrias, Peru's national independence holiday, with Latin music and dancing.
A family show for ages eight and up about escape and adventure, for anyone who longs to be free.
Maya Annik Bedward's documentary traces the zombie from its Haitian roots and Black history to its place in horror cinema, shown at Amsterdam's fantastic film festival.
An event at Grond whose title is the Spanish and Italian word for temperature; the listing gives no further detail.
A talk on the 17th-century Amsterdam rabbi and printer who asked Cromwell to readmit Jews to England, and on how far Dutch tolerance really went.
Dutch dance collective dOFt performs a dance piece for children aged six and up.
Ensemble arrangements of music from the Twilight vampire film series, played inside the 17th-century Zuiderkerk.
A screening of The Lost Internet at Imagine, Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction films.
A weekly Sunday-afternoon family workshop at the national film museum, where children aged six and up learn the tricks behind film.
The Amstel museum, formerly the Hermitage Amsterdam, presents its Matisse programme at the annual fair for art, antiques and design.
An All Souls commemoration at the Amsterdam cemetery, with the grounds opened up for remembering loved ones who have died.
A family theatre show by MaxTak for children aged eight and up.
A show at Amsterdam's best-known cabaret theatre whose title links Donald Trump to the 250th anniversary of American independence in 2026.
A music festival in the Keizersgracht church that looks at love from different angles instead of trying to say what it is.
A beginners' introduction to the handpan, a steel instrument shaped like a dome and played with the hands, which has a soft, bell-like sound.
A group of cellists playing together as an ensemble.
A casual evening of table tennis and an open jam session, where musicians can join in and play together.
A visual performance for ages six and up about discovering each other's worlds.
A commemoration for All Souls, the Catholic day for remembering the dead, when families visit and decorate graves.
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.
Meet fellow internationals for an informal evening of tabletop games at the Moxy hotel.
The American duo makes slow, meditative music that blends acoustic instruments, layered vocals and gentle electronics, here on a European tour.
The California folk singer-songwriter, known for her album The Pirate's Gospel, plays with folk band The Hackles opening; the show is sold out.
A theatre show made for babies and toddlers, which usually means a short, gentle piece of sound, movement and images for very young children and their parents.
A first taste of circus for babies aged 6 to 18 months, watched up close together with a parent.
A screening of In This Darkness I See You at Imagine, Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
A programme of short films from Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction, grouped under the theme of unexpected discoveries.
In a masterclass, an experienced musician coaches students in front of an audience, so you see how a performance takes shape.
YAIMA, an American duo, play their meditative mix of acoustic instruments, gentle vocals and soft electronic textures.
A Sunday walk through Tuindorp Oostzaan, the 1920s garden village in Amsterdam-Noord, ending at its historic community building.
An open life drawing session, where you draw from a live model, usually without an instructor, run by the Life Drawing Amsterdam Meetup group.
A family theatre show for ages eight and up; its title pairs the Indonesian and Dutch words for grandfather.
A programme of new short fantasy, horror and science fiction films by Dutch makers.
A French-language film followed by a Q&A held with Roze Filmdagen, Amsterdam's LGBTQ+ film festival, as part of Tapis Rouge.
Dutch drummer Joost Lijbaart and Brazilian guitarist Juliano Abramovay, with Chieko, play music drawing on Japanese and Brazilian influences.
New York artist Phil Buehler unveils his Wall of Tears, a public artwork built from people's personal messages about loss and the COVID-19 pandemic.
A hands-on workshop guiding musicians through listening techniques, spontaneous composition, and collaborative playing.
A Sunday jam session at the Zuidoost jazz stage, with Farid Ghannam and Gerben van Etten opening before other musicians are invited to join in.
A screening at the festival of films from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and the wider Maghreb region of North Africa.
An outdoor art trail through the woods, with works placed along the route for walkers to come across.
An animated family film featuring a grumpy fish and a hyperactive sea dragon.
A long-running children's programme at the Stadsschouwburg, the city's main theatre on the Leidseplein.
On the first Sunday of every month, the English-language bookshop on Leidseplein gives itself over to children's stories.
A hands-on craft class in which you string beads into your own jewellery or decorative pieces.
A Sunday party aboard the former offshore pirate radio ship, now moored in Amsterdam as a club and event venue.
The French producer known for melancholic, melodic electronic tracks with lo-fi and hip-hop influences.
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.
Cellist François Salque, harmonica player Hermine Deurloo, British jazz pianist Gwilym Simcock and French accordionist Vincent Peirani meet across classical, jazz and folk.
A children's show about nature and how it changes over the four seasons of the year.
A guided bike ride through the Amsterdamse Bos with a forest ranger, who points out the nature and history of the woods along the way.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantastic film, covering horror, fantasy and science fiction.
A film festival of screenings, usually independent and experimental work, at the Overtoom cultural centre.
An interactive puppet performance designed for young children and families.
Short live concerts made for babies and toddlers, who come with their parents and are free to move, listen and react.
A social reading session where people bring their own book, put phones away and read quietly together in the café.
A guided walk through the cemetery's arboretum, a large and varied collection of trees growing among the graves.
A film screening at the Amsterdam City Archives; the title means "You can't live in a tank".
Dutch jazz drummer Joost Lijbaart and Brazilian guitarist Juliano Abramovay join Chieko for improvised music drawing on Japanese and Brazilian traditions.
The Tapis Rouge festival's prize screening, followed by a question-and-answer session with the jury in French.
An exhibition of drawings and visual work by a Palestinian artist who calls themselves a scribbler.
A live French-accented jazz ensemble plays the canal-side café.
Learners of Dutch practise the words and tune of a Dutch song before a group sing-along.
Young musicians in training from different countries perform at the glass concert hall on the IJ waterfront.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantastic film, covering horror, fantasy and science fiction.
A drop-in singing session where participants learn and sing gospel songs together, led by Amsterdam's ZO! Gospel Choir.
A quartet concert in the small English Reformed Church inside the Begijnhof courtyard.
Yuzo Kawashima's 1961 drama starring Ayako Wakao as a Tokyo geisha, shown with English subtitles; please RSVP only if you already have a ticket.
A talk and conversation about where hope can still be found in the face of the climate crisis, held at the canal-side church.
A French-language feature shown as part of Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's festival of recent francophone cinema.
An open studio session where people work on their own art or craft projects side by side in a shared space.
The ONTROERCLUB hosts an afternoon of burning wood into charcoal, with a focus on ritual.
A monthly team trivia night testing general knowledge over drinks.
A French-language feature shown as part of Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's festival of recent francophone cinema.
A French-language film in the Tapis Rouge festival programme; the title means "if you think it through".
A double bill of nykolaes and Daniël Paul.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantastic film, covering horror, fantasy and science fiction.
A hands-on art workshop using texture paste, a thick acrylic medium for building raised, sculptural surfaces on canvas.
The fourth edition of a Paradiso event which, judging by its title, focuses on a new generation of performers.
KHEMEIA plays songwriter material with a jazz feel, combining personal songs with jazz harmony and improvisation.
A French-language film shown as part of Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's festival of francophone cinema.
A screening in Tapis Rouge, the festival of new French-language cinema at Het Ketelhuis in the Westergasfabriek.
A screening of The Ants at the Maghreb Film Festival, which shows films from North Africa and its diaspora.
A wine club tasting at a Jordaan wine shop, the first session in a numbered series.
Students receive free admission or half-price tickets to stage productions and workshops across the venue's autumn programme.
Trainers lead a group fitness session combining cardio and bodyweight exercises in Oosterpark.
A creative workshop at the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre, which runs art, music, theatre and other courses for students and anyone else who signs up.
A weekly Sunday afternoon gathering for Arabic speakers and anyone interested in Arabic culture to socialise over drinks and snacks.
A pop-up space where creators and makers can come together to work on projects, share skills and show what they make.
Chieko and Juliano play a mix of classical music, jazz, and Japanese and Latin American songs at this small theatre and cultural venue.
A screening in Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's festival of recent French and French-language films.
A Sunday afternoon philosophy discussion where participants suggest questions and the group picks one to talk through together, in the open-ended Socratic tradition.
A double bill of nykolaes and Daniël Paul, with targus aims opening.
A screening at Tapis Rouge, Het Ketelhuis's festival of new French-language films, most of which have not yet had a Dutch release.
Jonnah Bron's photographs explore belonging and identity.
A chamber concert for flute, cello and piano.
A party night at Pllek, the industrial-chic hangout on the NDSM waterfront in Noord.
A film in the Tapis Rouge festival programme; its French title means "marriage with a taste of orange".
Ellie Maliepaard takes over the kitchen for a Sunday meal at the long-running artists' society club off the Leidseplein.
The Foodie Fellowship meets for a social lunch of French comfort food at the Parisian-style bouillon, a type of affordable, no-frills brasserie.
A production by the InPlayers, Amsterdam's English-language amateur theatre company.
The cinema at Westergas screens Garance as part of its Tapis Rouge programme.
A work-in-progress showing of a new opera, giving the audience a look at the piece before it is finished.
A women-only sweat lodge, a ritual of heat and steam in a closed hut, themed around autumn and the cycle between energy and stillness.
A keynote lecture from the creative producing master's programme at the arts university's DAS Graduate School, on art and how to describe the value it offers.
A night of blues music in Amsterdam West.
A concert in the intimate setting of a salon venue.
A theatre production at Frascati whose Dutch title translates as 'until it is what it has to be'.
Violist and composer Ig Henneman and reed player Ab Baars, partners and veterans of Dutch improvised music, mark their 80th and 70th birthdays.
A screening of Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant at Imagine, Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction films.
A brunch at the plant-filled café-bar in Oost, named after Spring/Summer 2027, the season label fashion brands use for their upcoming collections.
A theatre performance whose title means 'migratory bird'.
Amsterdam Zuid's new passenger tunnel under the station opens to travellers, replacing the existing route through the station.
A book club for people working in creative fields, meeting to talk about a shared read at the NDSM wharf.
A theatre performance titled SHY at the canal-side theatre on Leidsegracht.
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 solo piano recital by Alicja Furmanczyk.
An afternoon of live music led by Quinten Rutgers and guest musicians, at the café in the former Lloyd shipping company building in the eastern docklands.
The Seattle band mixes pop-punk guitars with R&B and pop hooks.
A monthly social group run in Amsterdam Noord that starts from Stretch&Fold.
A workshop at Framer Framed, the Oostpoort platform for contemporary art focused on decolonial and global perspectives.
A solo piano recital by Nicolás Bernáldez Gómez.
A Sunday gathering featuring live music, reflection, and community fellowship inside the Keizersgracht church.
A relaxed weekly Sunday evening meetup where people can meet new people over a drink.
The Dutch title means 'the odd bird', the expression for someone who doesn't quite fit in.
A weekly pickup basketball game for players who know the 4-out offence, with newcomers asked to click Going and message the organiser, John.
A workshop at the public library on putting sentences together.
A live set at the Utrechtsestraat record shop, which regularly hosts performances among its racks of new and secondhand records.
A theatre performance; the Dutch title means 'Verdict'.
A memorial gathering for refugees who died on their way to Europe.
A club night put on with Hoogmoed at the theatre-turned-club on the Nes.
Silati sets up a temporary shop in the converted tram depot in Oud-West.
The Dutch title means 'outdoor sound', which suggests music or sound presented in the open air.
An event at the 17th-century Sephardic merchant's house on the Sint Antoniesbreestraat, now a public reading room and cultural venue.
The Scottish band from Bellshill, known for jangly guitar pop and the 1991 album Bandwagonesque.
A Sunday morning worship gathering with the local church community.
A lecture on community as a spiritual theme, hosted by the anthroposophical IONA foundation.
A Sunday gathering of the Dominicus community, an independent ecumenical congregation known for its progressive, participatory services.
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.
The Amsterdam hip-hop duo of Willie Wartaal and Big2, known for hits like 'Broodje Bakpao' and 'Slapeloze Nachten', play the former gasholder in Westerpark.
The German hard dance group led by H.P. Baxxter, behind "Hyper Hyper" and "How Much Is the Fish?", brings over 30 years of rave anthems to ADE.
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.
Stravinsky's groundbreaking 1913 ballet score is paired with a cello concerto by Wynton Marsalis, the American jazz trumpeter and composer.
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 IJ-Hallen is a huge flea market held in the former shipyard halls at NDSM, where hundreds of stalls sell second-hand goods.
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.
The German trance DJ and producer, behind the 1990s anthem For an Angel, plays one of electronic music's best-known careers back.
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 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 installation that turns more than fifty years of satellite climate data into sound, so you can hear how the Earth is changing.
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.
Berlin DJ and producer Alex Ridha, who has made abrasive electro and techno as Boys Noize for over 20 years, hosts his own ADE night.
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.
The touring exhibition of this year's World Press Photo winners, the yearly international contest for photojournalism and documentary photography.
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.
Dockyard Festival and Mystic Garden Festival join forces for a shared ADE edition of electronic music in the western harbour park.
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.
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 German producer known for melancholic, layered electronica plays the concert hall during Amsterdam Dance Event, alongside the singer-songwriter Adna.
A dub night led by Berlin pioneer Moritz von Oswald of Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound, with Polish dub producer Radikal Guru.
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 yearly art, antiques and design fair, where dealers show everything from old masters and antiquities to modern and contemporary work.
A fair for art, antiques and design, with more than 110 exhibitors focusing on pieces from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
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.
Dutch melodic techno producer Colyn plays a four-hour set on a party train that leaves from Amsterdam Central and comes back to it.
Sinfonia Rotterdam plays well-known hits live while 180-degree projected visuals surround the audience.
A photography exhibition about graffiti culture, including life-size images of subway cars more than three metres high.
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 South African duo, who began at student house parties, combine house beats with live instruments like saxophone and keyboards.
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 practical class at the museum where you try painting for yourself, with brushes and paint.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
Morning yoga session held surrounded by Vincent van Gogh's masterworks.
A family exhibition exploring magic, illusions and ritual in Jewish culture and folklore.
A 4K restoration of Studio Ghibli's 2010 animated film, adapted from Mary Norton's The Borrowers, about a tiny girl living secretly beneath the floorboards of a house.
A family autumn-holiday programme of nature, adventure and experiments on Pampus, the 19th-century fortress island in the IJmeer.
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.
A hands-on workshop in the Muziekgebouw's hidden SoundLAB, a room with more than 100 interactive electronic and acoustic instruments to play and explore.
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.
Adolphe de Meyer was a pioneering early-20th-century photographer known for soft-focus pictorialist images and for helping invent fashion photography at Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A programme about colour and the science behind it at the hands-on science museum by the IJ.
French producer NTO, a leading name in melodic techno, plays a three-hour live set built on deep rhythms and atmospheric synthesisers.
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.
A Sunday guided tour of the Scheepvaarthuis, a national monument and showpiece of the expressive Amsterdam School style that now houses the hotel.
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.
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 dedicated open session giving young children safe access to the urban sports hall's trampolines.
A theatre production that recreates the atmosphere of a night out on stage, mixing musical theatre with electronic club music.
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