What's On in Amsterdam on Saturday 14 November
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A social group meets up to visit Eindhoven's free light festival, where light installations and projections on buildings fill the city centre.
The open-air ice rink is back on Museumplein, with skating in view of the Rijksmuseum, a winter tradition for many Amsterdammers.
Handel's opera about the scheming mother of Nero, with Czech mezzo Magdalena Kožená and Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva, known for her dazzling coloratura.
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Sinterklaas arrives in Amstelveen and parades through town with his Pieten, music, dance and acrobatics, and the mayor and children's mayor welcome him in the centre.
Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Club in Weimar-era Berlin.
German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott plays Beethoven's lyrical Fourth Concerto, famous for opening with the solo piano alone.
Bach's St John Passion, his dramatic setting of the Gospel story of Christ's trial and crucifixion for choir, soloists and orchestra.
A Sinterklaas family tour of the hidden attic church, with songs, colouring, pepernoten, hot chocolate and a shoe set by the stove.
The young British singer and actress, who represented the UK at Junior Eurovision 2023 and starred in Disney's Zombies 4, plays a pop concert.
The Canadian pianist, known for his huge technique and rarely played repertoire, gives a recital that runs from Chopin to Gershwin.
Eline Arbo, ITA's artistic director, stages Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours, which links three women's lives to Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
Mystery Ensemble plays neoclassical arrangements inspired by the films of Hayao Miyazaki, the Studio Ghibli director, inside the seventeenth-century Zuiderkerk.
Sinterklaas makes his festive arrival in Oostzaan on Saturday 14 November.
The self-taught artist and musician from Alabama, known for sculptures built from found objects and for improvised, spiritual songs, appears at the Stedelijk.
The Jerusalem-born, Gaza-raised Palestinian singer and rapper, known for songs like "Very Few Friends" that switch between Arabic, French and English.
The Dutch singer-songwriter, known for frank, funny Dutch-language pop songs like "Hou Je Bek En Bef Me", plays the main hall.
Mozart's comic singspiel about backstage theatrical rivalries is performed with traditional wooden marionettes.
Sanoe Sadhoe hosts a festival introducing Indian culture around Deepavali, also called Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
Drop-in craft sessions for children among the miniature mouse scenes of Het Muizenhuis, the small museum built around the Mouse Mansion picture books.
Families can explore 17th-century Amsterdam through a guided tour, a treasure hunt and other activities built around the city archive's Meesterwerk Amsterdam exhibition.
Michael Jackson hits arranged for instrumental ensemble and played in a church lit by candles, as in the Candlelight concert series.
A festival of Indian music, with its rhythm traditions such as tabla drumming, held inside a 19th-century church on the Spuistraat.
The British singer and actress, known for playing Nova in Disney's Zombies 4, brings her pop tour to Westergas.
Families with children aged eight and up solve an interactive story game together through the museum galleries.
A hands-on introduction to maki-e, the traditional Japanese craft of decorating urushi lacquer with designs sprinkled in gold or silver powder.
An outdoor nature play and discovery group for toddlers and young children.
Hands-on outdoor crafting and building activities for children at the sprawling nature playground.
A formal ball in the former De Duif church, with a Viennese waltz workshop, an opening dance and an audience quadrille, played by the Netherlands Dance Orchestra.
Sing lead vocals with a live rock band backing you on stage.
The new film from Martin McDonagh, the writer-director of In Bruges, Three Billboards and The Banshees of Inisherin.
A day of music, workshops, open studios and performances at the Baggerbeest artists' complex, open to everyone.
To mark 15 years of Jazzfest, a musical walk through the Indische Buurt that passes six locations with live acts along the way.
The fifth edition of this international festival of adventurous jazz and improvisation, whose name comes from Sun Ra, takes place at Cinetol and De Appel.
The fifth edition of this international festival, run by the Amsterdam organisation Space is the Place, spreads across Cinetol and the art centre de Appel.
Music-theatre company Orkater stages part of its Suriname trilogy about Max Woiski, the Surinamese-Dutch bandleader who made Latin music popular in the Netherlands.
Boom Chicago, the English-language comedy theatre whose former cast includes Seth Meyers and Jordan Peele, puts on improvised comedy built from audience suggestions.
Marc-André Hamelin is a Canadian pianist famous for his technique and for championing rare repertoire, here playing a programme running from Chopin to Gershwin.
The French soprano saxophonist, known for his work with Joachim Kühn and Jordi Savall, turns to Indian music in a new project.
Songs by Ed Sheeran and Coldplay arranged for instrumental ensemble and played by candlelight in a church.
The Tunisian oud player and singer, known for blending Arabic music and Sufi-influenced vocals with jazz and electronics, performs at the Meervaart.
Kintsugi is the Japanese technique of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold so the cracks stay visible, and here you try it yourself.
Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, whose Spanish title means Bitter Christmas, from the director of All About My Mother and Pain and Glory.
A guided tour of the work of Henri Matisse, the French painter known for bold colour and his late paper cut-outs.
A hands-on leatherworking class where you cut, stitch and assemble your own leather bag.
A day at the Baggerbeest artists' studio complex with an art market, a pop-up show, studios open to visitors and workshops.
A painting workshop led by Julius Stibbe, where participants paint their own vision of the future, at the museum devoted to Amsterdam School architecture.
Finnish pianist and composer Olli Mustonen joins Sinfonietta players for Elgar's autumnal Piano Quintet, one of his last major chamber works.
A festival about play, held at CREA, the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre for students.
English-language stand-up from comedians from around the world, with cocktails at the bar.
A 75-minute show of music and light staged inside the church on the Keizersgracht.
An English-language stand-up night where several comedians each do a set.
Block Market runs pop-up vintage clothing markets, here set up in the former tram depot that now houses shops, a food hall and a cinema.
Short, playful children's theatre for ages one to six, using visual storytelling and music.
A boat trip on the Fluistervink along the winding waterways of the Amsterdamse Bos, the large woodland park on the city's southern edge.
A Dutch family film about Sinterklaas and his helpers, the kind of seasonal children's film released each year before 5 December.
An amateur musical society stages the Broadway musical based on Charles Addams's macabre cartoon family, with songs by Andrew Lippa.
Edson Sabajo, co-founder of the Amsterdam streetwear brand Patta, talks about his view of street culture and the value of just getting started.
Lance Hammer's drama with Juliette Binoche follows a family struggling to care for an elderly mother with dementia.
A tribute show that recreates ABBA's hits, from 'Waterloo' to 'Dancing Queen'.
The Dutch rock band Paceshifters play a set of Nirvana songs, from the grunge band's Bleach, Nevermind and In Utero albums.
A guided walk through the botanical garden that looks at the plants behind familiar herbs and spices, and where they come from.
The Dutch singer, who represented the Netherlands at Eurovision in 1998 and 2007, marks 30 years on stage with a seated anniversary concert.
American trumpeter and arranger Philip Lassiter, known for leading Prince's horn section, heads a session of funk and soul grooves.
A market where independent makers sell handmade crafts, design and creative work.
Lukas Dhont's First World War drama about young soldiers, from the Belgian director of Girl and Close.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
An exhibition exploring the realities of independence struggles across Africa, Suriname, and the Caribbean.
A Saturday morning reading and story session for young children at the specialist children's bookshop.
A hands-on ceramic workshop combining pottery techniques with reflective, ritualistic practices.
Creative hands-on art-making sessions hosted at the city museum.
A hands-on crafting session using vintage beads to design and make custom jewellery.
A weekly Saturday afternoon drag-hosted bingo with cash prizes at this long-running gay bar.
A lineup of experienced stand-up comedians perform English-language or Dutch sets by the IJ.
A dance party spread over three venues at WestWeelde, with different music on each level and a fantasy-themed setting.
Artists open their studios to visitors for the day, so you can see work in progress and talk to the people making it.
A smaller edition of the Amsterdam Eurobash party series, a dance night built around Eurovision Song Contest hits.
A festival night of improvised and experimental music with five acts, including drummer Frank Rosaly's Ruidoscuro project and a solo set by Jens Bouttery.
An evening of stand-up with a line-up of comedians, put on by the Pivot comedy organisers.
Shown in Melkweg's Kaboom Anime series, Studio 4°C's animated film of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's time-loop novel, the book that also inspired Edge of Tomorrow.
A show at a theatre for children and families; the title means "Samar and the Frightened King".
A stage production at Frascati, the Nes theatre known for new and experimental work by young makers.
A rock party for what would have been the 80th birthday of Herman Brood, the Dutch rocker, painter and Wild Romance frontman who died in 2001.
A screen-free social gathering dedicated to quiet journaling, letter-writing, and focused creative work without digital distractions.
The appliance brand SMEG hosts an afternoon pasta-making workshop in its showroom.
A ten-hour house music party at a warehouse venue in the Westpoort industrial area.
A playful take on the Sinterklaas shoe tradition: children set out skates they have made themselves at the Jaap Eden ice rink.
A guided walk from the Lloyd Hotel through the Eastern Docklands, tracing how the old port area became a showcase of contemporary Dutch architecture.
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 session that combines microdosing with somatic movement, which means slow exercises focused on how the body feels, set to live music.
A beginners' group for padel, a fast doubles racket sport that mixes tennis and squash and is played on a small court with glass walls.
Part of a three-day baroque festival in Weesp, with chamber music played in the town's 19th-century church.
A screening of the Irish-language comedy-drama about the Belfast rap trio Kneecap, in which the three members play themselves.
A guided English tour of the city theatre on Leidseplein, a national monument, including its history, the stage, dressing rooms and areas normally closed to the public.
A bouldering competition, which means climbing short walls without ropes over thick crash mats, held at Monk's climbing gym.
A festival of improvised and experimental music with the Amadou/Ribot/Smith trio, Run Into The Apocalypse, drummer Frank Rosaly's Ruidoscuro, Jens Bouttery solo and Nufaro.
The second preliminary round of the Amsterdam Kleinkunst Festival, a competition where new cabaret and music-theatre talent performs short sets for a jury.
A club night at Shelter, the late-night techno and house club in the basement of A'DAM Toren.
An art club where children make their own artwork in a hands-on session.
A hands-on class where you cut, stitch and finish your own leather cover for a notebook or journal.
A session of the social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower, in which players bluff and try to find the hidden demon in their village.
In this 2024 film by Noah Segan, John Turturro plays a pickpocket whose routine theft lands him in serious trouble.
The Hmm, an Amsterdam platform for internet culture, hosts an event on AI prompting and on giving many voices a say in the future.
A colourful children's show that invites young audiences into their own imaginations.
A hands-on workshop where participants mix their own body butter to take home.
A theatre piece about relationships, built on the idea that furniture lasts longer than boyfriends do.
A walk through the woods with a forest ranger, who points out the plants and wildlife of the Amsterdamse Bos in winter.
An evening that pairs live jazz with dinner at the restaurant.
The indie trio from Macclesfield in England play bright guitar pop with Afro and highlife-style rhythms.
Casablanca is a long-running bar on the Zeedijk where anyone can sign up and sing karaoke, taking turns through the evening.
Strindberg's 1907 chamber play about a cold, self-serving mother and the children who confront her after their father's death.
Part of Mediamatic's kink workshop series, this session brings together tantric practice and rope bondage, treating restraint as a form of intimacy and meditation.
A bill of Italian underground acts at the squat-born OCCII on the edge of the Vondelpark, with more names still to be announced.
Dutch cabaret performer Lisa Ostermann presents a solo show at the Amstel's classic home of comedy and cabaret.
The public library marks the start of Queer Amsterdam, an LGBTQ+ programme, with a celebratory opening event.
The daytime part of the birthday celebrations at the Overtoom cultural centre in a former film academy squat, with The Commons and Low / McEwan.
A living room festival puts small concerts inside or near local homes, here in Noord's Blauwe Zand neighbourhood, with a performance by Gospelkoor Noord.
The event comes back to the WestWeelde hall on 14 November after three sold-out editions.
An underground gig with ARDA and OGR at OCCII, the volunteer-run former squat known for punk, noise and experimental music.
A performance at the Bos en Lommer stage; the question marks in the title suggest a ghost story that doubts its own truth.
An immersive audiovisual screening pairing the British band's music with large-format digital visuals projected across walls and floors.
The community workshop opens to visitors interested in learning crafts, woodworking, and hands-on making.
A game of Blood on the Clocktower, the social deduction game, played with a custom script that combines characters from different editions.
Vue's large multiplex screens the latest Dutch Sinterklaas films, the family genre built around the Saint Nicholas holiday.
Learn to make natural soap, from choosing your own scent and design to mixing and pouring it.
A concert that tells stories from the past through songs, linking music to the events and periods that produced it.
Joep Mencke leads a sound journey with breathwork and meditation; you lie down, breathe and let the sound work, and no experience is needed.
A show about famous figures from history, at the VU university's cultural centre.
From 20 September, the water tower on Watertorenplein in Amsterdam-West hosts a new edition of the neighbourhood art project Buurt Kunst Licht.
Dutch-Moroccan designer Siba Sahabi, known for vessel-like objects drawing on Middle Eastern and Mediterranean traditions, opens a show named after the Old Persian word for walled garden.
A theatre performance whose Turkish title means 'The Juniper Tree'.
The Dutch comedian and TV maker, known for his offbeat VPRO documentary series, performs a theatre show at DeLaMar.
A club night of Turkish pop hits played by DJ Denden at Akhnaton, the long-running world music club near Centraal Station.
Part of a monthly dance series at De Hallen, presenting short dance pieces this time grouped around intimate, portrait-like work.
A club night of live sets and DJs at Garage Noord, raising money for someone's top surgery.
The Conservatorium van Amsterdam opens its doors to prospective students in classical music, jazz and music teacher training.
A hands-on class in belly dance, the Middle Eastern dance style built on hip, torso and arm movements.
An expat meetup group gets together for drinks and party games, open to newcomers looking to meet people.
A performance by Nawras Altaky at the large theatre in Nieuw-West.
Belcampo's new dance series continues with short personal pieces by young makers Lucas Lagomarsino, Lien Vandenborne with Fleur de Decker, and Sameepta Lamba; tickets €10.
A Dutch family film in which the Pieten have to save Pakjesavond, the Sinterklaas present night, after a huge snowstorm brings the country to a halt.
A performance platform is a showcase where dancers and choreographers present short new pieces to an audience.
A wool project for people interested in handicrafts, nature and sustainability, where participants work together on a shared blanket for Nieuw-West.
Codam is Amsterdam's free coding school in the 42 network, where students learn from each other with no teachers, and this day lets prospective students try it.
A stage performance at the Bos en Lommer venue, which programmes theatre, music and talks rooted in Amsterdam's many communities.
The Dutch jazz trumpeter and singer, known for his warm, swing-influenced albums, plays at the Utrechtsestraat record shop.
A concert devoted to the work of Samuel Vriezen, the Amsterdam composer, pianist and poet known for exploratory, often minimalist-leaning music.
A try-out: an early preview of a new show, performed before its official premiere while the makers are still refining it.
Several artists build one live piece from poetry, sound and movement, which loops and circulates rather than having a clear beginning or end.
The Dutch drum and bass organisers High Tea host Kanine, the British producer known for heavy, rolling dancefloor drum and bass.
A talk about failure, and what getting things wrong can teach you, led by someone called Piotr.
A group walk of 5 to 10 km looping around the Vondelpark and along the Lomanstraat, starting from the Blauwe Theehuis.
A three-hour guided painting workshop where participants make abstract work on a mindfulness theme, held on the hotel's rooftop.
A talk about looking at heritage and identity layer by layer, the way you peel an onion.
A special edition of Pllek's Plek van Liefde series, put on with a partner organisation at the waterside venue on the NDSM wharf.
A weekend of voice workshops on singing freely, led by Israeli singer and voice teacher Uria Tsur.
Comedian and actor Jordan Firstman's feature film, set in the world of nightlife and club promoters.
Trance promoter Luminosity hosts the Australian trance producer Factor B, who is presenting his Theatre of The Mind show.
Volunteers of all ages help with practical work to look after the park's nature for a day.
A guided painting workshop where participants make abstract work on a calm, mindfulness theme, held on the hotel's rooftop.
A hands-on session on mulching, which means covering soil with organic material such as leaves or wood chips to keep in moisture and feed the ground.
The fourth in a conversation series about being human, this time on what people really want from love and relationships.
A stage performance that tells a story about birth.
A volunteer-run eetcafé, meaning a cheap shared dinner in the squat-scene tradition.
A stage production at the Bijlmer's theatre, which focuses on work by makers from Amsterdam Zuidoost and diverse cultural backgrounds.
Veya performs a programme called Silence In The Storm, with Lewin opening the evening.
A rock double bill pairing the Dutch band Groundless Society with Town Cryers, whose members come from Ireland, Italy and Canada.
An MC introduces stand-up comedians from the Comedytrain collective in their own club, and you only find out who is on when they take the stage. Doors open at 20:30.
A gathering of neighbourhood residents that sets off from Park Frankendael, the former country estate in Watergraafsmeer.
A drawing meetup where people of all levels sketch together in the café on the library's seventh floor.
Lunch at Café Gilde, OT301's own café, as part of the celebrations for the cultural centre in the former Dutch Film Academy building on Overtoom.
A social meetup for playing backgammon, the old two-player game of dice and strategy, at a café.
Biechy and Aram Mukanay play DJ sets for the Canvas Nights series, held high up in the Volkshotel, the former newspaper building in Oost.
A theatre performance at Frascati, the stage on the Nes known for new and experimental Dutch theatre-makers.
A singles event built around guided, deeper conversations with other participants instead of the usual small talk of speed dating.
A supper club is a shared dinner, often hosted at a pop-up or private location, where guests eat together at one table.
A performance at the Bos en Lommer venue, which programmes theatre, music and talks from Amsterdam's many communities.
An evening for expats and locals with homemade lasagna, music and company; the ticket includes one glass of wine, and soft drinks are available.
A four-act bill at OCCII, the volunteer-run former squat venue by the Vondelpark known for punk, noise and underground music.
An event at A'DAM Lookout, the observation deck on top of the former Shell tower across the IJ from Centraal Station, with views over the whole city.
A free exchange where visitors can drop off usable secondhand items or pick up clothes, books, and household goods.
Broadcaster HUMAN hosts a live recording of its public debate show tackling urgent social and political issues.
A stage performance whose title plays on wisdom and foolishness, at the Bos en Lommer arts venue.
An informal social gathering hosted in the hostel lounge for travellers and locals to connect.
A theatre performance whose title means "mystical body".
An open-air exhibition on Oranje-Vrijstaatplein in Amsterdam Oost, on show from Monday 9 to Friday 27 November.
An evening that combines art, food and storytelling with Harvey Herman.
Steven Campos leads a workshop in contact improvisation, a partnered dance form improvised through shared weight, touch and momentum, open to dancers and non-dancers.
Dinner at Café Gilde, OT301's own café, as part of the celebrations for the cultural centre's 27th anniversary.
A dance event at Plantage Dok; the name is a play on the Dutch words for dance and dock.
Melissa Knollenburg performs her solo show Pretty Girls at the Bijlmer Parktheater, the theatre in Amsterdam Zuidoost.
A Podcastakademie workshop on oral history interviewing: how to record people telling their own life stories and memories for audio.
A Saturday tasting of wines from small European producers, with bottles sold at trade prices.
The Amphion chamber choir sings a programme built around the theme of consolation.
An evening of drinks and dancing near Leidseplein for international residents, organised by the Amsterdam International Community expat group.
A stage production at Frascati, the theatre on the Nes known for new and experimental work by up-and-coming Dutch theatre and dance makers.
Hands-on sessions where participants write their own poems with guidance, held on the square in the Transvaalbuurt.
DJAM student combos play short sets, then the stage opens to a jam session where any musician can join in.
A Buddhist meditation course looking at how a calmer, more positive mind can lead to lasting happiness, with talks and guided meditations.
Project Man pairs a talk with a song cycle, a set of songs written to be performed together around one theme.
A weekend brunch for people who want to make new friends in the city, organised by the Amsterdam Socials meetup group.
A volunteer-run library of anarchist books, zines and periodicals, open to visitors who want to read, borrow or talk.
A club night put on by Amsterdam's Most Wanted, a Meetup group of people who go out clubbing together.
RAW is a club night with DJ sets from OMARI, Solara Fox, Jay Lima, NARADA and Candl Telesford.
A club night at Bitterzoet, the small venue on Spuistraat known for hip-hop, soul and DJ parties.
A film screening at the arthouse cinema in Westergas; the Dutch title means 'Just Get Used To It'.
Stories told aloud in Turkish at the public library, a session usually aimed at children and families.
Two guitarists share the programme in a recital of music for guitar.
A musical whose title puns on 'none the wiser', staged in a former clandestine church.
A French bookshop's monthly gathering where people bring their knitting, crochet or embroidery and work on it over tea or coffee.
A Dutch-language stage play whose title means 'Unfriending'.
An intimate evening of electronic beats and deep dance grooves in Amsterdam Oost.
A film whose title means 'late bloomer', screening at the Westergas cinema that specialises in Dutch film.
A monthly meetup of the Netherlands Roleplaying Guild where players gather for tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons.
An afternoon walk outdoors in winter, setting off from De Boshalte.
An informal café meetup for internationals and locals in their twenties and thirties who want to meet new people over drinks.
A neighbourhood dance night with a DJ at the local community centre, held every second and fourth Saturday of the month.
A double bill with Katrat and Octopus, plus a set from DJ Cristel Ball, at De Nieuwe Anita, the small music bar in Oud-West.
A savings booklet run with the Donald Duck comic that lets children save towards prizes through their visits to the cinema.
The title, 'The Kriterion Girls', refers to Kriterion, the Amsterdam cinema set up in 1945 by students who had been in the wartime resistance.
A concert by EYRA in the Keizersgrachtkerk, a 19th-century church on the canal that is regularly used for concerts.
A Dutch class for highly educated newcomers that combines the Duolingo app with Nederlands in Gang, a well-known Dutch textbook for fast learners.
heylucas, a producer who makes emotional electronic music, shares the bill with Monoko.
A performance at Podium Mozaiek, the Bos en Lommer venue in a former church that programmes theatre, music and dance.
The regular Saturday club night at Club John Doe, near Leidseplein.
An evening event at Jungle Amsterdam, a venue centred on plants and urban greenery.
A Saturday evening dinner at a Moroccan restaurant in the Jordaan.
The seventh edition of a basement event series, this time featuring METATERME.
A mixed night of live electronic sets and DJs, including DJ Khabir and Sharp Shin, with a separate programme in Bar40.
Community clinic appointments offering traditional acupuncture and cupping therapy.
A guided brisk walking group through the park, geared towards staying active and meeting neighbours.
An informal get-together of the Zaanstad drawing group, where people bring their own materials and sketch side by side.
A social group meets for an evening of pool and drinks, and asks everyone to turn up on time for the 19:00 start.
A show whose title means "love makes you deaf", a play on the saying that love is blind.
A club night at the small Amsterdam bar and dance space, with DJs eben badu and wax playing.
An informal Appsterdam meetup where developers bring laptops to code and chat over coffee.
The community garden opens its gates to visitors and neighbours.
A French-language reading of contemporary literature on the theme of words as refuge and resistance, at the French bookshop.
A public lesson at the conservatory in which viola students play for Connie Pharoah and get coached by her.
A library workshop for people who are stuck with their writing, offering exercises and techniques to get the words moving again.
A performance by De Lelijke Eendjes, whose name means "the ugly ducklings", at Zaal 100, the Westerpark venue known for jazz and improvised music.
A performance at AstaroTheatro, a small independent theatre space.
Local volunteers who tackle litter and waste in the Indische Buurt meet at the café.
A theatre performance; the Dutch title means 'Verdict'.
A neighbourhood meetup in Amsterdam South for people who want to talk about spirituality and consciousness.
A project at Treehouse, a community studio and project space on the NDSM wharf in Noord.
Dutch lessons for people learning the language, held at a neighbourhood community venue.
A concert under the name Two of a Kind at the Amsterdam-Noord music venue housed in a 1930s community building.
Samuel Kiel plays live with fellow musicians in the café's small-scale music programme.
A live set by the act NXPCT at Collectief Groenhoven.
A Dutch-language stage show whose title translates as 'man with flaws'.
Neighbourhood group IJburg Schoon kicks off a litter clean-up along the Pampuslaan, with free coffee for helpers.
A theatre performance whose Dutch title means 'Incomprehensibly Rich'.
The Leftovers play the whole night, from opening to close.
A talk comparing how the Theravada and Mahayana schools of Buddhism understand emptiness and compassion, at a Tibetan Buddhist centre.
An informal drop-in afternoon where parents and grandparents whose child or grandchild has died can meet others who share that loss.
An open meeting of the volunteer-run social centre in Oost, where anyone can come and help decide how the space is run.
A performance by Hris East at Yellow House.
A neighbourhood clean-up where local residents get together to tidy their streets.
An open day for Rotterdam School of Management's Executive MBA, with a masterclass, alumni talking about the programme and time to talk with the admissions team.
A respite support service offering a welcome space for individuals to recover and take a break.
An intensive study session covering advanced Tibetan Buddhist meditation techniques and deity yoga practices.
T.B.A. means “to be announced,” so the listing has not yet identified the event.
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 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, one of the world's largest documentary festivals, brings a screening to the Carré theatre on the Amstel.
An exhibition putting Frans Hals and Rembrandt side by side, the two great Dutch Golden Age portrait painters.
Drawings and sketches by the Rotterdam-born Abstract Expressionist painter, shown alongside his famous Woman I, with lectures, an audio tour and drawing workshops.
The seasonal outdoor ice rink set up in front of the Rijksmuseum, between the Concertgebouw and the Van Gogh Museum.
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.
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.
A Sinterklaas programme for families at Muiderslot, the 13th-century moated castle in Muiden, where the Sint is said to be staying.
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 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 about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
DocLab is IDFA's programme of interactive, immersive and new-media documentary, where filmmakers and artists test what non-fiction storytelling can become.
The South Korean sculptor, known for unsettling machine-driven installations of dripping, flesh-like materials and her 2024 Tate Turbine Hall commission, takes over the medieval church.
An exhibition about the Egyptian boy pharaoh and his tomb, using large projections and replicas rather than original artefacts.
Photographs by the American Henry Chalfant, who documented New York subway graffiti and co-created the book Subway Art and the film Style Wars.
An exhibition focusing on Rembrandt's radical working methods, trial prints and inventive techniques with ink and copperplate.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
A group visit to the museum's exhibition on James McNeill Whistler, the American painter based in London who is best known for 'Whistler's Mother'.
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'.
Boiler Room, the platform known for livestreaming DJ sets with the crowd around the decks, hosts a club night.
Eindhoven's yearly light art festival, with installations and projections along a walking route through the city centre; note that this is in Eindhoven, not Amsterdam.
A drop-in guided tour of South Korean artist Mire Lee's show, known for kinetic sculptures with machinery, oozing fluids and visceral bodily imagery.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
The national museum displays textiles, costumes, and everyday garments highlighting traces of wear and historical repairs.
A photography exhibition about graffiti culture, including life-size images of subway cars more than three metres high.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
Carla Muijsers-Drukker tells the story of her experiences during the Second World War in the Holocaust museum's eyewitness series.
An exhibition of large, detailed Playmobil scenes built by diorama maker Oliver Schaffer, set up for both looking and hands-on play.
An exhibition on James McNeill Whistler, the American-born painter in London known for his Nocturnes and the portrait of his mother.
Hitchcock's 1959 chase thriller in a new 4K restoration, with Cary Grant as an adman mistaken for a spy, the crop-duster scene and the Mount Rushmore climax.
Work by Patricia Kaersenhout, the Dutch-Surinamese artist whose work deals with Black feminism, colonial history and the legacy of slavery.
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 pay-what-you-want live role-playing game where the audience goes on a quest built around live music.
Haarlem's large neo-Gothic cathedral is filled with Christmas decorations, displays and seasonal activities.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
This exhibition shows Amsterdam as 17th-century artists saw it, including famous places, buildings that are now gone and the stories behind the works.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
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.
STRAAT, the street art museum at NDSM, teams up with Museum MORE, which collects modern realist art, for a show about claiming public space.
A chance to see the studio in Rembrandt's former home, where he lived and worked, used as a working studio for visitors.
A sightseeing boat trip along Amsterdam's canals on Blue Boat Company's City Canal Cruise.
The contemporary Spanish-Dutch painter presents new works in dialogue with Francisco de Goya's iconic etchings, Los Disparates.
The Tunisian-German DJ behind the Desolat label and long known in Ibiza's house and techno scene plays one set for the whole night.
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.
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 broad survey of modern and contemporary art, design, and photography from the museum's permanent holdings.
Interactive light and digital installations invite visitors into responsive, mirror-filled rooms.
The presentation examines clothing from 1640 to 1930 that bears physical signs of wear, tailoring, mending, and daily life.
An outdoor and community exhibition presented in collaboration with Middle East Archive, a digital platform documenting everyday life and visual culture across the region.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the concert hall's architecture and acoustics before attending the free midday performance.
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.
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