What's On in Amsterdam on Tuesday 3 November
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themTuesday 3 November
The London collective led by Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland, known for falsetto-led disco-soul hits such as Busy Earnin' and Back On 74.
A family musical based on the story of the kidnapped Dalmatian puppies and Cruella de Vil, with songs, puppetry and humour.
The Scottish band fronted by Sharleen Spiteri, behind hits such as I Don't Want a Lover and Say What You Want, play the former gasholder.
The American singer known for her experimental electronic R&B, including the album Raven, shows her new live set.
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.
A Halloween-themed concert of music from film soundtracks, played in the main classical concert hall.
The American singer known for experimental, electronic-leaning R&B presents her new live show in the main hall, which has sold out.
The energetic Dutch comedian returns to the stage with his high-paced, family-friendly stand-up show.
A dark fairy tale starring Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who has a husband woven out of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
Hands-on art workshops for children aged 6 to 12, held on Saturdays at the museum.
Mocca, Amsterdam's network for culture in education, organises a group outing to Tchaikovsky's classic ballet Swan Lake.
The English psychedelic rock band from Kettering, known for the jangly, sixties-inspired sound of their debut album Sun Structures.
Italian cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima joins other musicians, flamenco guitarist Dani de Morón among them, in a programme inspired by the Mediterranean.
An exhibition by the Amsterdam artist duo Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukács, known for video works that build dreamlike digital landscapes from film, nature and media imagery.
The cello meets the oud, the Arab lute, in a concert with an orchestra devoted to the classical Arab-Andalusian music tradition.
A hands-on cooking workshop on ceviche, Peru's national dish of raw fish cured in lime juice with chilli and onion.
Young children and families gather for an English-language picture book reading session.
Danny Boyle's frenetic 1996 adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows a group of heroin addicts navigating Edinburgh's gritty underbelly.
RZA's film about an ex-convict in a small American town who fights back against racist violence, shown at the Imagine festival.
An intimate concert in a yurt, with the performers kept secret until you arrive.
The bestselling author of Babel, The Poppy War and Yellowface signs copies of the Dutch edition of her new book.
Italian cellist-composer Giovanni Sollima and fellow musicians in a programme whose title, 'the lyre of the sea', suggests Mediterranean string traditions.
The start of a children's art lab where young participants design and print their own T-shirts.
A talk with music about Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, whose singing started in the gospel church before she topped the charts.
Climbing in the dark at this outdoor rope and climbing park, with a spooky Halloween theme.
A morning concert of Bach served with breakfast, with Serbian cellist Maja Bogdanović playing.
An open day where teenagers and parents can try out TUMO, a free after-school programme in coding, design, animation and other digital skills.
An evening of storytelling at Mezrab, Amsterdam's storytelling house, where tellers retell myths and old legends from many different cultures.
Boom Chicago veterans Pep Rosenfeld and Greg Shapiro, known for his Trump impressions, host a comedy night following the American midterm election results.
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya's hand-drawn Japanese animated film about a family fireworks workshop, which premiered in competition at the Berlinale, screens at the fantastic film festival.
Oud player Omar Lazrak, a longtime student of Moroccan oud master Saïd Chraïbi, joins cellist Anwar Saidi and an orchestra playing Andalusian classical music.
This Imagine film takes its title from the wind phone, a disconnected phone box in Japan where people go to speak to dead loved ones.
An absurdist family show for ages eight and up about chaos and paying attention; the title means "It's still quiet now".
A screening and talk about Jamaicans losing access to their own beaches as more of the coastline goes to private and tourist development.
Weekly evenings at Mezrab where people take the stage to tell stories, often true and personal ones, to a listening audience.
Geert Mak, the Dutch journalist and historian behind 'In Europe' and 'Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City', speaks in a series of talks by public thinkers.
A concert by a Dutch ensemble made up only of cellos, part of a festival devoted to the instrument.
A theatre production whose title takes aim at Lolita, presumably Nabokov's novel and the way it shapes how young girls are seen.
French-Armenian cellist Astrig Siranossian, known for combining the cello with her own singing, presents a programme built around comparing works.
The French-Armenian cellist, known for combining the classical repertoire with Armenian music, in a programme built around comparison.
An improvising trio of Norwegian pianist Harald Austbø, Dutch bassist Ernst Glerum and Han Bennink, the veteran drummer of Dutch free jazz.
The Turkish singer-songwriter, known for her gentle acoustic folk-pop songs, brings her tour to Amsterdam.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
Lukas Dhont's First World War drama about young soldiers, from the Belgian director of Girl and Close.
An informal evening of tabletop and board games inside the hostel's public cafe.
The weekly film-industry gathering screens Dutch short films followed by filmmaker Q&As.
TUMO is a free after-school programme from Armenia where teenagers learn things like coding, animation, game design and graphics through self-paced work and workshops.
A programme on contemporary fashion at the art, antiques and design fair at the RAI.
Audience seating for the recording of Eva Jinek's current affairs talkshow at De Hallen.
A French-language drama from Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, the director of Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist.
An expat community group outing to a magic show; you need a ticket and should RSVP on Meetup.
A performance for young audiences aged ten and over, at the Bijlmer theatre known for its dance, music and youth programming.
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 programme of short films at Imagine, Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
The third programme of new Dutch short films in Imagine's fantastic-film strand, showing homegrown horror, sci-fi and fantasy.
A vintage rock 'n' roll dance workshop focusing on classic footwork and partnering skills.
A large-format pub quiz organised by Internetgekkies, held at a craft brewery in the Westergas park.
A Basque drama about an older gay man living freely in Gran Canaria who has to return to San Sebastián after a stroke and faces going back into the closet.
A farewell for Marleen Stikker, the internet pioneer behind De Digitale Stad and founder of Waag, known for championing public, open and ethical technology.
A do-it-yourself bike workshop where people fix their own bikes with shared tools and help from volunteers, held at the Vrankrijk squat.
A voku, short for volkskeuken, is a cheap communal vegan dinner, held here together with a free market where you can take or leave goods at no charge.
The Amsterdam Conservatory's student big band, directed by trombonist Ilja Reijngoud, plays with the Dutch jazz trumpeter Teus Nobel as guest soloist.
A meetup for meeting new people in Amsterdam Zuid, where you work on hands-on creative projects together in a studio setting.
The Turkish singer-songwriter Kalben, known for intimate guitar-led indie folk sung in Turkish, tours her Land of Lost Poets material.
A hands-on class where you cut, stitch and finish your own leather cover for a notebook or journal.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's festival of fantastic film, which covers horror, science fiction and fantasy.
A social outing for bouldering, which is climbing short walls without ropes above thick safety mats, at one of the Monk climbing gyms.
Young Dutch cellists play the second round of a national competition in front of a jury and an audience.
A lunchtime talk at De Nederlandsche Bank's money museum on who decides what appears on banknotes and coins, and why.
An open rehearsal of a community choir that sings about the climate crisis, and newcomers can usually join in.
A public discussion of how hard it is for young people to find somewhere affordable to live in the city.
A film version of Jane Austen's novel about the Dashwood sisters, one ruled by her head and the other by her heart, looking for love and security.
A screening at Imagine, the yearly Amsterdam festival of genre cinema: horror, science fiction, fantasy and the strange.
An open life drawing session, where you draw from a live model, usually without an instructor, run by the Life Drawing Amsterdam Meetup group.
Library staff read illustrated stories aloud to entertain young children and toddlers.
A weekly social gathering for the local LGBTQ+ community to meet and connect.
An interactive reading and craft workshop designed for children aged five and up.
Student instructors lead playful outdoor movement and introduce basic sports skills to children.
A practical visual arts course covering core drawing and painting techniques to help develop your personal style.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's festival for horror, science fiction, fantasy and other fantastic cinema.
The first half of a French two-part film about Charles de Gaulle, covering his wartime years leading the Free French resistance from London.
A beginners' introduction to crochet, where you use a single hook to loop yarn into stitches and build fabric, held at a rug shop.
A regular evening of board games where you can drop in, join a table and play with other people.
A stand-up comedy set by Artur Chaparyan at this comedy club.
A family film about Yugly, said to be the world's ugliest dog and, oddly, also the cutest.
The second half of a French two-part film about Charles de Gaulle, who led the Free French during the Second World War and later became president.
A session about dreams and worldbuilding, the craft of inventing a whole imaginary world, with its places and rules, for stories or games.
Nora Turato, the Croatian artist based in Amsterdam, talks about her work, which turns language from media and advertising into text pieces and spoken performances.
A lunchtime concert of jazz standards in the Van Houtenkerk, the historic church in Weesp.
An introductory session on humanism, the non-religious outlook built on reason, ethics and human dignity.
A theatre production at Bellevue, the Leidseplein-area theatre known for cabaret, music theatre and drama.
A swap market with lunch for Zuidas residents and professionals, where you can trade things you no longer need and look around the new sustainable TheCubeHouse.
A creative session where people combine different materials and techniques to make mixed-media artwork.
A talk at De Nederlandsche Bank's money museum asking whether economies should keep pursuing abundance or change course.
Conservatory students from Geneva perform as part of a series that brings young musicians from music schools abroad.
A theatre show whose cheeky title translates as 'stroke the kitty'.
A three-day programme by Volksoperahuis, the Dutch music theatre company, built around the show De vader de zoon & de weg.
A screening at Imagine, Amsterdam's annual festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
A live concert by Ole 60 in one of Melkweg's halls, part of the venue's regular programme of touring acts.
A talk and debate evening on how the economy could be organised in the future, at the debate centre on the IJ waterfront.
A pub quiz in a restaurant, with teams answering rounds of general-knowledge questions over drinks.
Martijn Aslander, the Dutch writer and speaker on information, knowledge and digital tools, is the guest at this talk and viewing evening.
A monthly LGBTQ+ film screening from Roze Filmdagen, Amsterdam's queer film festival.
A literary evening about language used inventively and with excess, held at the University of Amsterdam's public venue for talks.
Students from the Geneva class of cellist and teacher Denis Severin play a concert programme together.
A live concert by Stormy, booked as part of Melkweg's mixed programme of pop, hip-hop and club acts.
An open participatory singing gathering held at the Jordaan neighbourhood theatre cafe.
Adults can work on self-directed craft and design projects at their own pace with available guidance.
A free weekly fitness and movement group in Amsterdam-West for anyone wanting to get active and meet neighbours.
A regular walking group in West for staying active and meeting local neighbours.
A Tuesday afternoon crafting meetup for needlework, embroidery, and painting.
Affordable community dining organised by the Dutch charity to bring local neighbours together over a warm meal.
Informal half-court basketball for anyone who wants to play, with teams made up on the spot from whoever turns up.
An informal jazz café evening with live jazz in a relaxed, café-style setting.
The library's documentary series gives Heals its first Dutch screening.
A live set by Pebbledash, one of the smaller touring acts in Paradiso's concert programme.
A series of five creative sessions in an inclusive studio where everyone can come and make art together.
A performance whose title translates as 'I promise you eternal doubt', at the VU's campus cultural centre.
A short daytime chamber music concert by the ensemble Trio Panache, held in a church in Amsterdam-Zuid.
Jeroen van Kan presents his new book, whose title translates as 'the book itself', at the Spui bookshop.
A night of live bands in the small living-room venue, with Second Hand Sunset and The Earwurms on the bill.
A small-venue gig in the intimate Cinetol, with Operelly headlining and the act Aluminium as support.
A film screening at the arthouse cinema in Westerpark.
The second edition of the Double Dutch programme at this stage in a former church in Bos en Lommer.
Two classical guitarists play a duo concert in the seventeenth-century church on the eastern islands.
A concert in the small Cinetol venue with Operelly headlining and Aluminium as the support act.
A film screening at the arthouse cinema in Westergas; the Dutch title means 'Just Get Used To It'.
A studio session for drawing and painting, run by a Meetup group where people bring their own projects and work alongside each other.
Round-table discussions for owners' associations of apartment buildings about making them more sustainable, for example through insulation and energy measures.
A theatre production at the Diemen theatre whose hashtag title translates as 'dare to see'.
A public discussion that asks whether a problem usually called a crisis should be seen in a different way.
A session on mindful parenting, which applies mindfulness techniques to help parents respond calmly and attentively to their children.
A film screening at the arthouse cinema in Westerpark.
A Dutch class for highly educated newcomers that combines the Duolingo app with Nederlands in Gang, a well-known Dutch textbook for fast learners.
Named after a line from the Lord's Prayer, this event in the canal-side church takes up debt, guilt and forgiveness.
An informal expat meetup at an Irish pub, with a session of drinks and conversation alongside games of pool.
Students from the Amsterdam Conservatory play a concert in the historic church, this time with the ensemble Duo 12-21.
A monthly drawing get-together where people sit down with pencils and sketch in company in the bar.
A workshop on reflecting on your values and motivations to find more meaning in your working life.
A holistic bodywork and plant medicine session focused on physical recovery and relaxation.
A women's walking group meets every Tuesday for brisk exercise and social conversation.
An informal neighbourhood drop-in morning to chat over a warm cup of coffee.
A gentle Tuesday walking group for women through Sloterpark.
A modified, therapeutic yoga class tailored for people dealing with ongoing pain, mobility limits, or injuries.
Local residents gather for a community film screening and casual discussion.
Violin students from the Amsterdam Conservatory play for an audience at an informal performance evening.
An expat social group invites people to free personality testing, hosted by Marga Verspagen.
A stage performance by Astrid Akse at this small Amsterdam theatre.
A small Foodie Fellowship meetup to eat tacos together, the group's second Taco Tuesday.
A public consultation where the city asks residents what they think of its updated plans for affordable, good-quality housing.
A solo piano recital by Alicja Furmanczyk in the quiet room of the Amsterdam UMC hospital.
A feature film screening in the cinema's regular programme of Dutch and international independent releases.
Casual indoor basketball in a school gym, run by an Amsterdam meetup group for indoor football and basketball.
The Centrum district council runs an information market for over-60s on adapting their homes and support for living independently for longer.
A feature film screening in the cinema's regular programme of arthouse and independent releases.
An evening for business guests and networking at the art, antiques and design fair at the RAI.
A postpartum support group for new mothers getting through sleepless nights, drawing on attachment theory and holistic approaches.
A session for researchers on building sustainable, less stressful writing habits for academic work.
An open session at the theatre, which suggests an open-stage or try-out format where visitors can drop in.
Spanish language lessons for children at the public library.
Local women gather for an informal morning meal and informational talks on neighbourhood life and health.
Drop in for coffee, tea, and informal conversation with local neighbours.
A regular meeting of Amsterdam.pm, the local user group for programmers who work with the Perl language.
The private club's resident choir meets for their weekly rehearsal.
A weekly advice surgery offering practical and legal support for local squatters and housing activists.
The theatre is reserved on this date, most likely for a private booking rather than a public performance.
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 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.
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.
One of the most influential voices in Dutch hip-hop performs with the Metropole Orkest, the Dutch jazz and pop orchestra, conducted by British composer Simon Dobson.
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 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.
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 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.
An international festival of flamenco, the Andalusian tradition of song, guitar and dance, with performances across the city.
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.
Dockyard Festival and Mystic Garden Festival join forces for a shared ADE edition of electronic music in the western harbour park.
The popular Dutch comedian, known for fast physical storytelling and sound effects, performs a Dutch-language show.
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.
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.
An exhibition marking 50 years of Playmobil, with giant dioramas, special shows and toys visitors can play with themselves.
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 global sports, outdoor and winter sports trade fair moves from Munich to Amsterdam for the first time, opening with a Leaders Summit before a two-day expo.
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.
The Australian comedy trio, brothers Joe and Carlo Salanitri with Andrew Manfre, are known for viral sketches sending up life in Italian-Australian migrant families.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
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.
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.
A participatory session where the audience sings choruses from Handel's Messiah and learns about how the oratorio is put together.
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.
Detroit Love is techno pioneer Carl Craig's touring concept, started in 2014 to bring Detroit's techno and house sound and artists to clubs worldwide.
A drop-in art studio where children can make their own work, at the art museum in Laren known for its Dutch modernist collection.
The Paris string quartet plays Bartók, music by the American composer Carlos Simon and a quartet by Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix's gifted older sister.
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.
Katsuhiro Otomo's groundbreaking 1988 cyberpunk anime screens in a crisp 4K restoration.
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.
Stanley Kubrick's razor-sharp Cold War satire follows a frantic bid to stop an unhinged US general from triggering nuclear armageddon.
The presentation examines clothing from 1640 to 1930 that bears physical signs of wear, tailoring, mending, and daily life.
An outdoor and community exhibition presented in collaboration with Middle East Archive, a digital platform documenting everyday life and visual culture across the region.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the concert hall's architecture and acoustics before attending the free midday performance.
The Dutch comedian and cabaret performer does a solo show in Dutch at the small canal-side theatre that hosts the country's stand-up and cabaret.
Heather Lenz's 2018 documentary traces the life and career of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, from conservative post-war Japan to global contemporary stardom.
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.
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.
A theatre production that recreates the atmosphere of a night out on stage, mixing musical theatre with electronic club music.
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