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NOFX: 40 Years of Fuckin' Up (2026) + Q&A: El Hefe
Melkweg, Friday, October 30 at 09:45 PM GMT+1
A special screening of the new NOFX film, plus Q&A with guitarist El Hefe!
"40 Years of Fuckin' Up" is Spinal Tap, but real. It's a film about the infamous, fairly un-famous, and beloved punk rock band NOFX. This is the unbelievable story about how a group of untalented drug-addled teenage punks somehow became the most successful independent band in history — and they did it haphazardly, entirely on their own.
Melkweg often hosts different types of programmes at the same time, such as concerts, club nights and films. Please note that there may occasionally be some noise pollution from other programmes during the screening.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/nofx-40-years-of-fuckin-up-2026-qanda-el-hefe-1
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NOFX: 40 Years of Fuckin' Up (2026) + Q&A: El Hefe
Melkweg, Friday, October 30 at 07:00 PM GMT+1
A special screening of the new NOFX film, plus Q&A with guitarist El Hefe!
"40 Years of Fuckin' Up" is Spinal Tap, but real. It's a film about the infamous, fairly un-famous, and beloved punk rock band NOFX. This is the unbelievable story about how a group of untalented drug-addled teenage punks somehow became the most successful independent band in history — and they did it haphazardly, entirely on their own.
Melkweg often hosts different types of programmes at the same time, such as concerts, club nights and films. Please note that there may occasionally be some noise pollution from other programmes during the screening.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/nofx-40-years-of-fuckin-up-2026-qanda-el-hefe
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Imminence: Axis Mundi Albumovie (2026)
Melkweg, Thursday, October 1 at 09:15 PM GMT+2
The Swedish alternative metalcore band Imminence has built up a loyal global fanbase with their blend of metal and classical music. Back in 2024, they played a sold-out show here in the Max! Now they are releasing their latest album, ‘Axis Mundi’, as a new, immersive visual album experience. This exclusive cinema event will be screened worldwide in a select number of cinemas, including ours, one day before the album is released on streaming platforms.
Melkweg often hosts different types of programmes at the same time, such as concerts, club nights and films. Please note that there may occasionally be some noise pollution from other programmes during the screening.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/imminence-axis-mundi-albumovie-2026
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Wende
Paradiso, Thursday, February 18 at 08:30 PM GMT+1
Multidisciplinary Dutch pop artist returns with a new tourThere will also be concerts on Wednesday 17 February and Friday 19 February.
One thing has remained true for the past twenty years at Wende’s concerts and festival performances: anyone who has seen her live never forgets it. As a multidisciplinary pop artist, she moves effortlessly between music, theatre and dance. Since 2003, she has released eight albums and won Edisons in several categories. In recent years, Wende has been very much in the spotlight with her EPs ‘Vrijplaats’ (2024) and ‘Vrijplaats II’ (2025). To mark these releases, she played no fewer than nineteen nights at a sold-out Carré, with guests including Sef, MEROL, Jacqueline Govaert, Antoon and Naaz. This was followed by a sold-out tour of the Netherlands and Belgium.
Now Wende is returning with a new tour to promote her new pop album ‘Er Is Nog Tijd’, due for release in January 2027. As part of this tour, she will be performing at Paradiso for three evenings in February.
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Wende
Paradiso, Wednesday, February 17 at 08:30 PM GMT+1
Multidisciplinary Dutch pop artist returns with a new tourThere will also be concerts on Thursday 18 February and Friday 19 February.
One thing has remained true for the past twenty years at Wende’s concerts and festival performances: anyone who has seen her live never forgets it. As a multidisciplinary pop artist, she moves effortlessly between music, theatre and dance. Since 2003, she has released eight albums and won Edisons in several categories. In recent years, Wende has been very much in the spotlight with her EPs ‘Vrijplaats’ (2024) and ‘Vrijplaats II’ (2025). To mark these releases, she played no fewer than nineteen nights at a sold-out Carré, with guests including Sef, MEROL, Jacqueline Govaert, Antoon and Naaz. This was followed by a sold-out tour of the Netherlands and Belgium.
Now Wende is returning with a new tour to promote her new pop album ‘Er Is Nog Tijd’, due for release in January 2027. As part of this tour, she will be performing at Paradiso for three evenings in February.
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Tiny Habits
Paradiso, Thursday, March 11 at 07:30 PM GMT+1
Accoustic folk-pop trio from BostonFollowing a sold-out show at Tolhuistuin, Tiny Habits are returning to Paradiso with new music. Cinya Khan, Maya Rae and Judah Mayowa are known for their acoustic blend of indie, folk and pop, with the occasional touch of disco. Their music was spotted early on by the likes of Elton John, Kacey Musgraves and Marcus Mumford, and took them on tour with Gracie Abrams, James Taylor and Noah Kahan. On their new album ‘Keepers’ (2026), the indie trio venture a little further from their folky roots: from upbeat disco on ‘Love Ruins Everything’ to pure pop and R&B on ‘Someone You Love’ and ‘Towel’. Expect an evening full of irresistible harmonies and plenty of surprises to keep your ears pricked up.
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The Comedy Underground
Theater de Richel, Wednesday, November 25 at 09:00 PM GMT+1
The Comedy Underground Night Time Show rears it’s ugly little head in Theater de Richel’s beautiful basement. This show is a staple of Amsterdam’s international alternative comedy scene, showcasing a wide variety of talent every week in both open mics and work-in-progress shows.
Stand-up comedy, Clown, Improv, Sketch, Music, you name it we’ve got it! Come and experience the beauty and chaos of live experimental performances in the heart of Amsterdam. Hosted and produced by Diederik Zuurmond and Georges Degoumois.
Doors open 20:30. Show goes from 21:00 till 22:00
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ADE dinner show with SMANDEM.
Contra, Thursday, October 22 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Inspired by legendary venues like New York’s Blue Note, London’s Ronnie Scott's we introduce Amsterdam’s Contra: the place to enjoy intimate jazz concerts from your dinner table. A chef's menu is served, accompanied by our wide selection of wines. To keep the balance between the listening experience and sharing the moment, the concert consists of 3 sets of 35-40 minutes, each followed by a break to enjoy your table, your company, and the atmosphere. A dinner ticket includes a table reservation. Only coming for the music and a drink? Then buy a regular ticket or (if you're a student or max. 25 years old) a student ticket.
To celebrate ADE we organise a week of eclectic, futuristic and above all insanely groovy electronic jazz! Inspired by the NU Jazz movement that has taken over the USA, UK and Europe we invite artists that blend jazz with electronic music, hiphop and other influences. This edition we invite an Amsterdam-based band and 3 leading instrumentalists of their generation.... Smandem!
SMANDEM. is an Amsterdam-based collective consisting of Aäron Bouwman (bass), Rafael Devante Sinay (guitar), and Kick Woudstra (drums). Inspired by artists such as Herbie Hancock, Christian Scott, and Wayne Shorter, as well as Kanye West and Brent Faiyaz, the trio creates a sound deeply rooted in the jazz tradition while refusing to be confined by stylistic boundaries or formal conventions. They continuously push forward, exploring ways to connect their refined musicianship with contemporary popular music. After years of playing together and as sidemen in the biggest productions of the Netherlands, they've grown to be a strong team. A philosophy that lies at the core of both their music and their personalities is: “Tradition is a living thing. Not to be mistaken for history, which is a passive concept. To be alive means to develop, evolve and adapt which is exactly what we’re trying to do with our music.”
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/ade-dinner-show-with-smandem
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Workshop Mapping Solidarity for Palestine
Rozenstraat, Thursday, September 24 at 06:30 PM GMT+2
Location: Rozenstraat 59
Mapping Solidarity traces and makes visible the networks of solidarity with Palestine in Amsterdam.
Mapping is not only a way of representing solidarity, but a practice of solidarity itself, creating new possibilities for connection and resistance.
Through this participatory workshop, art and culture workers, activists, and participants can reflect on recent pro-Palestine actions, campaigns, and boycotts across cultural, educational, and public spaces.
The map facilitates conversations around key questions: What has worked? Where have we fallen short? How can we strengthen our networks, resist fragmentation, and build more coordinated strategies toward our shared aims? The map serves as an active tool for documenting struggles, making connections visible, identifying gaps, and imagining future action, bridging past, present, and future.
The workshop is accompanied by extracts from the publication Standing, Photographing, Sitting, Filming, Organising, Screenshotting, Resharing, in Solidarity, including a scene of the 2024 UvA barricade, enlarged by Alina Lupu.
To register for the workshop click here
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/workshop-mapping-solidarity-for-palestine-1
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Pezhvakha-ye Shiraz / De weerklank van Shiraz / Echoes of Shiraz
Perdu, Saturday, November 7 at 08:00 PM GMT+1
This entire recital is dedicated to the poetry of Hafez and Saadi, both from Shiraz. Their poems, written in the 13th and 14th centuries, are still very popular in Iran and surrounding countries. The recital begins with an introduction into the characteristics of the ghazal, the type of poem that we recite. Subsequently the poems will be recited: first the Persian original, then the Dutch translation. All poems will be accompanied by one or more musicians, on various instruments including setar, trumpet and double bass. Between the poems there will be interludes of various musicians.
About the book Pezhvakha-ye Shiraz / De weerklank van Shiraz / Echoes of Shiraz
This book, a short anthology, was specially written for this recital and everyone in the audience will be given a copy. In the book you will find twelve ghazals by Hafez and Saadi, both the original Persian text plus transliteration and the Dutch and English translations. The translations were written by Daniel Gerdes and Ghazaleh Alimardani together. Frans Poolen and Guus de Vries also participated in this cheerful project by commenting on the draft translations.
About this recital
Above all, we hope to create a colourful performance, devoted entirely to the beauty of the ghazals that we recite. There will be a lot of music in order to enjoy the beauty of these poems even more. We also hope to make Dutch readers more familiar with the poems of Hafez and Saadi. And finally, our performance is meant as a cheerful plea for cultural openness.
About the performers
Ghazaleh Alimardani studied dramatic literature. She worked for a long time as a storytelling teacher for minor refugees who have no access to education. She is passionate about photography and literature such as Persian poems and in particular poems of Hafez and Saadi.
Daniel Gerdes works in the field of alternative dispute resolution. Translating poems is one of his hobbies. His book In de roes van liefde en wijn (In the ecstasy of love and wine), with translations of poems by Hafez, was published in 2024 and launched at Theater Perdu in Amsterdam.
Victor Gerdes, internist by profession, has enjoyed music all his life and plays the cello. He has played in various orchestras and bands. He is classically trained but open to all kinds of other music.
Micha Hes focuses in his work on issues relating to waste management and sustainability. His passion is theatre. He acted in several plays in the past and has enjoyed theatre ever since.
Egbert Jas plays the double bass and has been active in jazz and improvised music for several decades. How many decades is information he prefers not to disclose. He studied for some time at the Amsterdam conservatory. He toured with Frans Vermeersen’s All Ears, Stormy Weather, Ingram Washington and the band of Melvin Rosbief. In order to reach even more elevated levels of music, Egbert built his own instrument, an electric bass called The Singing Bookshelf.
Arash Mahdavian, born in Kermanshah in the west of Iran, is a civil engineer. He has been living in the Netherlands since 2011. He loves Iranian classical music. He has played tar and setar (instruments used in Iranian classical music) for more than thirty years.
Frans Poolen, who works as a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, is passionate about literature. He is the author of several short stories and translations of prose and poems. Quite special about his translation activities is that he has translated poems by Hafez and Saadi into Maastricht dialect. As far as we know he is the first person in the world ever to do so.
Markward Smit plays the trumpet, the tuba and the trombone. He played in a large number of bands, including the Vivos, the Funfare, the High Society Jazz Band, Piece of Cake Jazz Band, Rainbow Jazz Valentines, Yezz Thats Jazz, Les Finesses, the Amstel Bigband, the Herb Spectacles and the Non Melting Ice Cream Band. He not only plays jazz but also other genres like soul, mariachi, klezmer and classical music.
Guus de Vries, who works as a piano teacher, studied French and conservatory (piano). More recently he studied literary translation at the vertalersvakschool (translation academy). He likes many types of art. In particular music, poetry and other types of literature because all these art forms, each in its own way, tell us a story.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/pezhvakha-ye-shiraz-de-weerklank-van-shiraz-echoes-of-shiraz
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Pezhvakha-ye Shiraz / De weerklank van Shiraz / Echoes of Shiraz
Perdu, Saturday, November 7 at 08:00 PM GMT+1
This entire recital is dedicated to the poetry of Hafez and Saadi, both from Shiraz. Their poems, written in the 13th and 14th centuries, are still very popular in Iran and surrounding countries. The recital begins with an introduction into the characteristics of the ghazal, the type of poem that we recite. Subsequently the poems will be recited: first the Persian original, then the Dutch translation. All poems will be accompanied by one or more musicians, on various instruments including setar, trumpet and double bass. Between the poems there will be interludes of various musicians.
About the book Pezhvakha-ye Shiraz / De weerklank van Shiraz / Echoes of Shiraz
This book, a short anthology, was specially written for this recital and everyone in the audience will be given a copy. In the book you will find twelve ghazals by Hafez and Saadi, both the original Persian text plus transliteration and the Dutch and English translations. The translations were written by Daniel Gerdes and Ghazaleh Alimardani together. Frans Poolen and Guus de Vries also participated in this cheerful project by commenting on the draft translations.
About this recital
Above all, we hope to create a colourful performance, devoted entirely to the beauty of the ghazals that we recite. There will be a lot of music in order to enjoy the beauty of these poems even more. We also hope to make Dutch readers more familiar with the poems of Hafez and Saadi. And finally, our performance is meant as a cheerful plea for cultural openness.
About the performers
Ghazaleh Alimardani studied dramatic literature. She worked for a long time as a storytelling teacher for minor refugees who have no access to education. She is passionate about photography and literature such as Persian poems and in particular poems of Hafez and Saadi.
Daniel Gerdes works in the field of alternative dispute resolution. Translating poems is one of his hobbies. His book In de roes van liefde en wijn (In the ecstasy of love and wine), with translations of poems by Hafez, was published in 2024 and launched at Theater Perdu in Amsterdam.
Victor Gerdes, internist by profession, has enjoyed music all his life and plays the cello. He has played in various orchestras and bands. He is classically trained but open to all kinds of other music.
Micha Hes focuses in his work on issues relating to waste management and sustainability. His passion is theatre. He acted in several plays in the past and has enjoyed theatre ever since.
Egbert Jas plays the double bass and has been active in jazz and improvised music for several decades. How many decades is information he prefers not to disclose. He studied for some time at the Amsterdam conservatory. He toured with Frans Vermeersen’s All Ears, Stormy Weather, Ingram Washington and the band of Melvin Rosbief. In order to reach even more elevated levels of music, Egbert built his own instrument, an electric bass called The Singing Bookshelf.
Arash Mahdavian, born in Kermanshah in the west of Iran, is a civil engineer. He has been living in the Netherlands since 2011. He loves Iranian classical music. He has played tar and setar (instruments used in Iranian classical music) for more than thirty years.
Frans Poolen, who works as a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, is passionate about literature. He is the author of several short stories and translations of prose and poems. Quite special about his translation activities is that he has translated poems by Hafez and Saadi into Maastricht dialect. As far as we know he is the first person in the world ever to do so.
Markward Smit plays the trumpet, the tuba and the trombone. He played in a large number of bands, including the Vivos, the Funfare, the High Society Jazz Band, Piece of Cake Jazz Band, Rainbow Jazz Valentines, Yezz Thats Jazz, Les Finesses, the Amstel Bigband, the Herb Spectacles and the Non Melting Ice Cream Band. He not only plays jazz but also other genres like soul, mariachi, klezmer and classical music.
Guus de Vries, who works as a piano teacher, studied French and conservatory (piano). More recently he studied literary translation at the vertalersvakschool (translation academy). He likes many types of art. In particular music, poetry and other types of literature because all these art forms, each in its own way, tell us a story.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/pezhvakha-ye-shiraz-de-weerklank-van-shiraz-echoes-of-shiraz
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Twenty Minutes of Silence
Perdu, Friday, July 10 at 06:30 PM GMT+2
Join us on the evening of the 10th July at Boekhandel Perdu for an intimate reading with Kate Briggs. In the bookshop we will gather to celebrate the publication of Hélène Besette’s Twenty Minutes of Silence, a second translation from the French to appear in Fitzcarraldo blue. To mark the occasion, Kate will read from her translation before engaging in conversation with Mia You. The doors will open at 18.00 for a 18.30 start, and tickets are available via perdu.nl for 5€.
Kate Briggs is a writer, editor & translator based in Rotterdam, where she founded and co-runs Short Pieces That Move, a micro-press & pedagogical project. In 2025, she published the first English-language translation of Hélène Bessette’s debut novel, Lili is Crying (Fitzcarraldo Editions & New Directions), a finalist for the 2026 French-American translation prize. Editorial projects include A Social Practice of Unknowing Yourself in Real Time: Work on Conversation (co-edited with Laura Haynes following a residency at Glasgow School of Art (2025)) & Verbs for Practicing Togetherness, with graduates from the Masters in Artistic Research in & through Cinema at The Netherlands Film Academy (2026). She is most recently the author of I am not ready, a pamphlet of poems (SPTM, 2026). She teaches at the Piet Zwart Institute.
Mia You is the author of the poetry collections Festival (Belladonna, 2025) and I, Too, Dislike It (1913 Press, 2016), and the chapbooks Rouse the Ruse and the Rush (Nion Editions, 2023) and Objective Practice (Achiote Press, 2007). Her poems have appeared in Poetry magazine, the Boston Review, nY, De Gids, Nioques and the PEN Poetry Series. She teaches Anglophone literature at the Universiteit Utrecht and in the Critical Studies program at the Sandberg Institute.
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Maison Avant Après - the latest collection fashion forward literature & annual Perdu Party
Perdu, Friday, June 26 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Maison Avant Après is a new project that opens up a space for literature on fashion. This evening, Maison Avant Après presents its debut collection Haute Écriture. This also marks Perdu’s season finale and continues into the early hours.
On 26 June Maison Avant Après presents their first collection Haute Écriture. The écrituriers of service turn their fascination for fashion into strange and dazzling pieces full of paradoxes. The practitioner of haute écriture spends years gathering enough impressions and spends hundreds of hours on the tiniest details. The pieces on show are made using complex techniques and paradoxical feelings. We see how fashion dictates strict laws and conceals oppression, but also offers possibilities to escape corsets and straightjackets.
During the presentation, the Maison proudly shows the result of this labour, hoping to form an artistic avant-garde together with the audience rather than a flock of passive fashion victims. There is no doubt that fashion has the power to mobilise the masses, but can the continuous metamorphosis on the catwalk bring about real, substantial change?
Afterwards, the show continues on the dance floor for the festive closure of Perdu’s cultural season with music, drinks, and aesthetic excess into the night.
Hurry to the front row!
***TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON***
A programme by Perdu x Maison Avant Après
Host: Oliver Taylor
Language: EN/NL (during the Dutch parts, English translations are shown)
Dress code: OverdressedDewi de Nijs Bik relates to the Radical Call for Love collection of fashion designer Marine Serre, who took the fashion world by storm a decade ago in the aftermath of the attacks in Paris and Brussels. What remains of this mobilizing energy in 2026? And how do these remnants inscribe themselves into history? This new poetry work will be presented by literary top model Marieke Ornelis, herself a writer and dramaturge.
Tim Fraanje provides a fashion commentary to Alessandro Michele’s debut-couture show Valentino Vertigineux (2025), of which a rich selection of video fragments is shown. What can this exorbitant parade teach us about abundance and excess? Luuk Dolfijn joins on the drums.
Romy Day Winkel en Hanka van der Voet honour Amsterdam’s 19th-century seamstresses who formed the first all-female union of the Netherlands, De Naaistersbond. They perform a reading of poems, short stories and call-outs from the union’s newspaper De Naaistersbode, to highlight the radicality of the seamstresses.
rahman QUL presents his new poetry, turning metropolitan Paris – global fashion capital – into an echo chamber for post-Soviet experiences and the stories of marginalized communities that have ended up in Limburg. He shows how people with limited means use fashion to shape their desire for a luxurious, post-capitalist world.
Rainer Diana Hamilton and Violet Spurlock are the writers of the text What does it mean to be well-dressed? in which they explore the idea of fashion as a collective dialogue. In their absence, the audience will perform this polyphonic conversation.
Party line-up:
Tim Fraanje and Luuk Dolfijn go on stage for a second time as music duo Big Hare. They give a demonstration of Solarcore, a danceable method to manifest a magnificent, solar powered future. The performance includes a display of futuristic solarcore costumes made by designer Jonathan Ho.
Tonight Dj V von Willendorf, dj alterego of poet Anne Marijn Voorhorst, crosses as many musical regions and genres as possible – from van baile funk, kuduro and latin core to grime, dancehall, acid house and contemporary trance.