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Steebs Method

Paradiso, Saturday, November 28 at 07:30 PM GMT+1

Dutch-spoken hip hop and jazz fusion

Steebs’ Method, a jazz-rap band straight from the Groningse bodem. Born from a deep drive for creative freedom and autonomy, Steebs’ Method blends boom bap beats with mystical jazz textures and philosophical, storytelling lyrics. Groningen based artist STEEBY (Jesse Kortenschijl) was inspired at a young age by the honesty and storytelling within hip-hop. In recent years he emerged as one of the leading voices in the Northern hip-hop scene, with releases like 'Alright' and 'Rat Race', sold out two shows at Simplon Poppodium, and played all throughout the country. 

Starting 2024, he joined forces with The Method, a jazz inspired hip-hop band consisting of up-and-coming musicians from the northern Netherlands and beyond. The band is known for their energetic live shows, featuring complex compositions, virtuosic solos and head-bobbing beats. The combination of the powerful yet vulnerable lyrics of Steeby and The Method’s raw creative energy ensure a unique and inspiring live experience for any music lover.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/steebs-method

Marou & Massin

Paradiso, Saturday, December 12 at 10:00 PM GMT+1

Diverse debut album by young hip-hop duo

Marou & Massin from Purmerend have known each other since secondary school and have been making music together since 2017. The hip-hop duo’s style revolves around hard-hitting bars, ambiguous lyrics and exploring all facets of hip-hop. On ‘Greed’, they speak out about greed, propaganda and the role of the media. With ‘Geen Love’ and ‘Huismuziek’, they take a different approach, featuring Afro-trap and melodic hooks that showcase a more danceable side to their music.

Following gigs at Zwarte Cross, as the support act for Talib Kweli and a summer session at 101Barz, it’s clear that Marou & Massin are making great strides in the Dutch hip-hop scene. Now it’s time for the next step: their debut album is due out in November, and they’ll be performing it live for the first time with an energetic live show in our Upstairs Room. 

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/marou-and-massin

HARD AEROBICS in Amsterdam, Harp Reworks EP Relaese Party

Bar Theo, Friday, September 25 at 06:30 PM GMT+2

HARD AEROBICS lands in Amsterdam.

This time at Bar Theo, bringing together selectors from Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Bucharest and Mexico for a night of danceable oddities, unexpected turns and sounds from all corners.

No strict genres, no straight lines… just good music made for moving.

Celebrating as well the Harap Alb: Reworks EP Release Party, with three of the producers on this record throwing tracks for us.

Lineup:
Dany E Afrobot My Boy Roy Articulat Daniel Enache

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/hard-aerobics-in-amsterdam-harp-reworks-ep-relaese-party

Splendor Kinderconcert #6

Splendor, Sunday, February 14 at 11:00 AM GMT+1

Splendor presents:“Mag ik dat ook proberen?” Tijdens de Kinderconcerten van Splendor krijgt die nieuwsgierigheid alle ruimte

Iedere tweede zondag van de maand neemt een andere musicus de kinderen mee op een muzikale ontdekkingstocht. Geen gewoon concert waarbij je stil moet zitten en alleen maar luistert, maar een gezellige ontmoeting met bijzondere instrumenten, mooie muziek en verhalen achter de muziek. De kinderen mogen vragen stellen, van dichtbij kijken en ontdekken hoe verschillend instrumenten kunnen klinken.

VANDAAG:

Iris presenteert Sarah met een hele familie van blokfluiten, Thomas op trombone, Dave op tuba en Peter op slagwerk. Hoe verschillend kunnen blaas- en slagwerkinstrumenten eigenlijk klinken?

DE KINDERCONCERTEN

Een serie van 8 kinderconcerten, iedere tweede zondag van de maand
Zaal open: 10.30 uur
Concert: 11.00 – 11.30 uur
Ontmoet de musici & ontdek de instrumenten: 11.30 – 12.00 uur

Hoe klinkt een hobo van heel dichtbij? Waarom trilt een contrabas zo mooi? Wat gebeurt er als je op een ballofoon speelt? En hoe klinkt een instrument dat je misschien nog nooit hebt gezien?
Tijdens de Splendor Kinderconcerten maken kinderen op een ontspannen en speelse manier kennis met de wereld van muziek.
Geen groot theater. Geen decors. Geen ingewikkelde verhalen.
Wel échte musici. Échte instrumenten. En heel veel verwondering.

Elke maand laten verschillende musici hun favoriete instrumenten horen. Blaasinstrumenten, strijkinstrumenten, tokkelinstrumenten, slagwerk, elektronische instrumenten en instrumenten uit allerlei delen van de wereld komen voorbij. We vertellen kort iets over de muziek, laten kleine stukjes horen en ontdekken samen hoe verschillend instrumenten kunnen klinken.

Natuurlijk maken we ook samen muziek. Kinderen, ouders, opa’s en oma’s worden uitgenodigd om mee te doen aan een eenvoudig muziekspel waarbij publiek en musici samen één muzikaal geheel vormen.
De kinderen zitten op kussens, dekens en stoelen, vlak naast de musici. Zo dichtbij beleef je een concert bijna nergens.

Na afloop is het concert nog niet voorbij. Van 11.30 tot 12.00 uur is er alle tijd om vragen te stellen, de musici te ontmoeten en – misschien wel het leukste van alles – de instrumenten van dichtbij te bekijken, aan te raken en sommige zelfs even uit te proberen.

Zo wordt muziek niet alleen iets om naar te luisteren, maar iets om zelf te ontdekken.

Praktisch
* Iedere tweede zondag van de maand.
* Zaal open om 10.30 uur.
* Concert van 11.00 tot 11.30 uur.
* Instrumenten ontdekken en musici ontmoeten van 11.30 tot 12.00 uur.
* Kinderen vanaf 4 jaar hebben gratis toegang (maximaal drie kinderen per betalende volwassene).
* Ouders/verzorgers, opa’s en oma’s zijn natuurlijk ook van harte welkom.
* Liever rustig een kop koffie drinken tijdens het concert? Kinderen mogen ook zelfstandig in de zaal zijn terwijl je in de Splendorbar wacht.

Een eerste ontmoeting met muziek die nieuwsgierig maakt, inspireert en misschien wel het begin wordt van een leven lang luisterplezier.

HET PROGRAMMA

13 september
Iris presenteert trombonist Brandt, trompettist Christian, drummer Felix pianist Meika en Antonii ons clavecimbel. Antonii speelt ook een eigen compositie. Brandt vertelt bovendien hoe kinderen zelf muziek componeren voor het Nieuwjaarsconcert dat 1 januari op de TV is.
11 oktober
Iris ontmoet samen met de kinderen Michiel op de cimbaal, Maarten op basklarinet, Peter op slagwerk en Vera op fagot. De cimbaal en de fagot zijn instrumenten die je niet iedere dag ziet. Vera laat zelfs een speciale kinderfagot zien, waarmee jonge muzikanten al op vroege leeftijd kunnen beginnen.
8 november
Iris presenteert Sarah met een hele familie van blokfluiten, Thomas op trombone, Dave op tuba en Peter op slagwerk. Hoe verschillend kunnen blaas- en slagwerkinstrumenten eigenlijk klinken?
13 december
Vandaag maken de kinderen kennis met Emine en de prachtige kemence, een traditioneel strijkinstrument vol bijzondere klanken. Wie er ook zijn: Marieke (viool), Anne La Berge (fluiten) en Ties (saxofoon).
10 januari
Marieke presenteert het concert (in plaats van Iris, die is op vakantie) en natuurlijk haar eigen viool, samen met Peter op vibrafoon, River op contrabas en Allard op een enorme bassaxofoon. Een mooi concert waarin strijkers, slagwerk en blazers elkaar ontmoeten.
14 februari
Vandaag staat het maken van muziek centraal. Componiste Renske laat zien hoe een muziekstuk ontstaat. Daarnaast spelen Michiel (cello en cimbaal), Bruce (drumset en handdrums) en Wim op contrabas.
14 maart
Iris presenteert Andrea op harp. En ook: Bart met zijn slagwerk, Akim op zelfgemaakte instrumenten, Aisling op hobo en Vera met fagottino's.
11 april
Traditional Strings Festival! Een bijzondere afsluiting: een muzikale wereldreis in een uurtje! Vandaag wandelen de kinderen langs de 3 verschillende concertzalen van Splendor en maken ze kennis met bijzondere snaarinstrumenten uit verschillende culturen:
- Ross laat de Kretenzische lyra en de tarhu horen.
- Derya en Sokratis spelen op de prachtige kemenche uit Istanbul.
- Arslan laat de Azerbeidzjaanse kamancha klinken.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/splendor-kinderconcert-6

Splendor Kinderconcert #5

Splendor, Sunday, January 10 at 11:00 AM GMT+1

Splendor presents:“Mag ik dat ook proberen?” Tijdens de Kinderconcerten van Splendor krijgt die nieuwsgierigheid alle ruimte

Iedere tweede zondag van de maand neemt een andere musicus de kinderen mee op een muzikale ontdekkingstocht. Geen gewoon concert waarbij je stil moet zitten en alleen maar luistert, maar een gezellige ontmoeting met bijzondere instrumenten, mooie muziek en verhalen achter de muziek. De kinderen mogen vragen stellen, van dichtbij kijken en ontdekken hoe verschillend instrumenten kunnen klinken.

VANDAAG:

Iris presenteert Sarah met een hele familie van blokfluiten, Thomas op trombone, Dave op tuba en Peter op slagwerk. Hoe verschillend kunnen blaas- en slagwerkinstrumenten eigenlijk klinken?

DE KINDERCONCERTEN

Een serie van 8 kinderconcerten, iedere tweede zondag van de maand
Zaal open: 10.30 uur
Concert: 11.00 – 11.30 uur
Ontmoet de musici & ontdek de instrumenten: 11.30 – 12.00 uur

Hoe klinkt een hobo van heel dichtbij? Waarom trilt een contrabas zo mooi? Wat gebeurt er als je op een ballofoon speelt? En hoe klinkt een instrument dat je misschien nog nooit hebt gezien?
Tijdens de Splendor Kinderconcerten maken kinderen op een ontspannen en speelse manier kennis met de wereld van muziek.
Geen groot theater. Geen decors. Geen ingewikkelde verhalen.
Wel échte musici. Échte instrumenten. En heel veel verwondering.

Elke maand laten verschillende musici hun favoriete instrumenten horen. Blaasinstrumenten, strijkinstrumenten, tokkelinstrumenten, slagwerk, elektronische instrumenten en instrumenten uit allerlei delen van de wereld komen voorbij. We vertellen kort iets over de muziek, laten kleine stukjes horen en ontdekken samen hoe verschillend instrumenten kunnen klinken.

Natuurlijk maken we ook samen muziek. Kinderen, ouders, opa’s en oma’s worden uitgenodigd om mee te doen aan een eenvoudig muziekspel waarbij publiek en musici samen één muzikaal geheel vormen.
De kinderen zitten op kussens, dekens en stoelen, vlak naast de musici. Zo dichtbij beleef je een concert bijna nergens.

Na afloop is het concert nog niet voorbij. Van 11.30 tot 12.00 uur is er alle tijd om vragen te stellen, de musici te ontmoeten en – misschien wel het leukste van alles – de instrumenten van dichtbij te bekijken, aan te raken en sommige zelfs even uit te proberen.

Zo wordt muziek niet alleen iets om naar te luisteren, maar iets om zelf te ontdekken.

Praktisch
* Iedere tweede zondag van de maand.
* Zaal open om 10.30 uur.
* Concert van 11.00 tot 11.30 uur.
* Instrumenten ontdekken en musici ontmoeten van 11.30 tot 12.00 uur.
* Kinderen vanaf 4 jaar hebben gratis toegang (maximaal drie kinderen per betalende volwassene).
* Ouders/verzorgers, opa’s en oma’s zijn natuurlijk ook van harte welkom.
* Liever rustig een kop koffie drinken tijdens het concert? Kinderen mogen ook zelfstandig in de zaal zijn terwijl je in de Splendorbar wacht.

Een eerste ontmoeting met muziek die nieuwsgierig maakt, inspireert en misschien wel het begin wordt van een leven lang luisterplezier.

HET PROGRAMMA

13 september
Iris presenteert trombonist Brandt, trompettist Christian, drummer Felix pianist Meika en Antonii ons clavecimbel. Antonii speelt ook een eigen compositie. Brandt vertelt bovendien hoe kinderen zelf muziek componeren voor het Nieuwjaarsconcert dat 1 januari op de TV is.
11 oktober
Iris ontmoet samen met de kinderen Michiel op de cimbaal, Maarten op basklarinet, Peter op slagwerk en Vera op fagot. De cimbaal en de fagot zijn instrumenten die je niet iedere dag ziet. Vera laat zelfs een speciale kinderfagot zien, waarmee jonge muzikanten al op vroege leeftijd kunnen beginnen.
8 november
Iris presenteert Sarah met een hele familie van blokfluiten, Thomas op trombone, Dave op tuba en Peter op slagwerk. Hoe verschillend kunnen blaas- en slagwerkinstrumenten eigenlijk klinken?
13 december
Vandaag maken de kinderen kennis met Emine en de prachtige kemence, een traditioneel strijkinstrument vol bijzondere klanken. Wie er ook zijn: Marieke (viool), Anne La Berge (fluiten) en Ties (saxofoon).
10 januari
Marieke presenteert het concert (in plaats van Iris, die is op vakantie) en natuurlijk haar eigen viool, samen met Peter op vibrafoon, River op contrabas en Allard op een enorme bassaxofoon. Een mooi concert waarin strijkers, slagwerk en blazers elkaar ontmoeten.
14 februari
Vandaag staat het maken van muziek centraal. Componiste Renske laat zien hoe een muziekstuk ontstaat. Daarnaast spelen Michiel (cello en cimbaal), Bruce (drumset en handdrums) en Wim op contrabas.
14 maart
Iris presenteert Andrea op harp. En ook: Bart met zijn slagwerk, Akim op zelfgemaakte instrumenten, Aisling op hobo en Vera met fagottino's.
11 april
Traditional Strings Festival! Een bijzondere afsluiting: een muzikale wereldreis in een uurtje! Vandaag wandelen de kinderen langs de 3 verschillende concertzalen van Splendor en maken ze kennis met bijzondere snaarinstrumenten uit verschillende culturen:
- Ross laat de Kretenzische lyra en de tarhu horen.
- Derya en Sokratis spelen op de prachtige kemenche uit Istanbul.
- Arslan laat de Azerbeidzjaanse kamancha klinken.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/splendor-kinderconcert-5

Book of Returns

Splendor, Sunday, October 25 at 06:30 PM GMT+1

Anne La Berge presents MAZE FESTIVAL:Day 2, evening - MAZE & guests

MEMORY AND LISTENING AS AN ATTITUDE
18.30-19.30 Panel discussion:
Silvia Tarozzi, Deborah Walker, Julia Eckhardt, Jasna Veličković, Dario Calderone
Anne La Berge – moderator
20:00-22:00 Concert: Dream and Memory in Dialogue

Éliane Radigue is renowned for her electronic music. Silvia Tarozzi, Deborah Walker and Julia Eckhardt are among the first interpreters of Radigue’s acoustic works. Since 2011 they have been involved in her process of composition, which occurs through an oral and shared transmission of the music.

MAZE:
Dario Calderone: The Dreamed Sound – premiere
Anne La Berge: Pause Then – MAZE version premiere

Silvia Tarozzi (violin), Deborah Walker (viola) and Julia Eckhardt (viola):
Éliane Radigue: Occam IV (solo viola, 2012)
Éliane Radigue: Occam River II (violin and cello, 2013)
Éliane Radigue: Occam Delta III (violin, viola, and cello, 2013)

The MAZE Festival 2026 is supported by:
Stichting Volsap and Stichting MAE
Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst
Het Cultuurfonds
NORMA

MAZE Podcast

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/book-of-returns-2

Book of Returns

Splendor, Sunday, October 25 at 02:00 PM GMT+1

Anne La Berge presents MAZE FESTIVAL:Day 2, afternoon - MAZE & guests

MEMORY AND LISTENING AS AN ATTITUDE
14.00 Dario Calderone: Workshop Deep Listening into Dreams (in the attic)
16.30 KHZ kollektiv:
Leva Raubyte: new work
Tobias Alvarez: new work
Lingyuan Yang: new work
Pedro Latas: new work

KHZ Kollektiv explores performance and composition using historic electronic instruments and their modern counterparts. For this special MAZE festival-edition they will be performing new scores by Ieva Raubyte, Tobias Alvarez, Lingyuan Yang and a new media score using motion sensors by Pedro Latas.

MAZE

The MAZE Festival 2026 is supported by:
Stichting Volsap and Stichting MAE
Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst
Het Cultuurfonds
NORMA

MAZE Podcast

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/book-of-returns-1

Book of Returns

Splendor, Saturday, October 24 at 06:30 PM GMT+2

Anne La Berge presents MAZE FESTIVAL:Day 1 -MAZE & guests

MEMORY AND LISTENING AS AN ATTITUDE
18.30 Opening with Yannis Kyriakides: installation performance Fundaments & Variants
20.00 Concert

MAZE and guests present compositions where memory and association play a role in concept, score, and performance. Whether it concerns dreams, the desire to repeat something, childhood memories, association, or finding one’s way navigating a path, remembering creates a new experience of what we think we know because it inevitably goes hand in hand with forgetting and being open to the future. The festival takes place over two days at Splendor in Amsterdam, a venue that aligns closely with our artistic practice and audience where one can find intimate listening experiences, unconventional stage setups, and close interaction between performers and visitors.

MAZE:
Peter Ablinger: Book of Returns
Jasna Veličković: Charged Room – première
Christian Marclay: Shuffle

Silvia Tarozzi (viool),
Deborah Walker (altviool):
Canti di guerra, di lavoro e d’amore

The MAZE Festival 2026 is supported by:
Stichting Volsap and Stichting MAE
Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst
Het Cultuurfonds
NORMA

MAZE Podcast

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/book-of-returns

How to be Human

De Balie, Wednesday, November 11 at 08:00 PM GMT+1

In a world adrift, it is all too easy to shut ourselves off from everything that is happening around us is: from disasters, wars and humanitarian crises. How do we remain connected to the world around us, and to its history – not only intellectually, but emotionally as well?

Through stories varieying from the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India, the largest industrial disaster in history, to the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, we explore the concept of restorative justice: the act of doing justice by active listening. What does it take to truly listen to, bear witness to and acknowledge the experiences of others?

The programme is inspired by the performance Nothing Bigger Than Humanity by Resonate Productions. Diverse voices from our collective past come together as testimony to global power dynamics. These forces can fracture even the most fundamental bonds between people, leaving us torn between profound love and deep fear. Can we find ways to remain connected, and in doing so contribute to restorative justice?

Throughout the evening, live music will accompany and shape the conversation.

The full performance of Nothing Bigger Than Humanity can be attended on 20 and 21 October in Frascati Theater.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/how-to-be-human

CinéDialoog: Caméra d’Afrique

De Balie, Thursday, October 29 at 08:00 PM GMT+1

ProgrammamakerRokhaya Seck ProgrammamakerStefan Malešević I.s.m.Black Achievement Month

Aan de hand van de iconische documentaire Caméra d’Afrique gaan we in gesprek over films die zich ontrekken van de (neo)koloniale blik. Hoeveel ruimte is daar vandaag nog voor in de internationale festivalwereld?

Aan de hand van fragmenten uit belangrijke films, interviews met filmmakers en zeldzaam historisch beeldmateriaal blikt Ferid Boughedir in Caméra d’Afrique (1893) terug op de eerste twintig jaar van de nieuwe auteursfilm die vanaf de jaren zestig in Sub-Sahara-Afrika opkwam. Een periode die getuigt van een onvermoeibare drang tot zelfexpressie. Maar ook staat hij stil bij de bestaande productie- en exploitatiestructuren. Hij spreekt filmmakers als Med Hondo, Souleyman Cissé en Sembene Ousmane. Ongehinderd door een gebrek aan middelen en infrastructuur brachten deze pioniers van de Afrikaanse auteursfilm de werkelijkheid in al haar facetten in beeld, eindelijk gezien door Afrikaanse ogen.

Na de vertoning van Férid Boughedirs Caméra d’Afrique gaan we in gesprek over de huidige stand van zaken. We bespreken hoe filmmakers in de eerste decennia na de onafhankelijkheid vanuit hun eigen artistieke en culturele perspectief konden werken. Welke ruimte ontstond er toen Afrikaanse filmmakers niet langer hoefden te voldoen aan de verwachtingen van de koloniale blik? En in hoeverre bepalen Europese financiers, festivals, distributeurs en internationale verwachtingen vandaag nog steeds welke verhalen worden verteld?

Deze vertoning maakt deel uit van 60 jaar West-Afrikaanse cinema, een programma dat terugkijkt op de eerste decennia van de Afrikaanse filmgeschiedenis na de onafhankelijkheid, in samenwerking met Black Achievement Month.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinedialoog-camera-dafrique

National Design Debate 2026: Shaping Europe

Waag, Friday, October 23 at 03:00 PM GMT+2

How can Europe redesign itself, from infrastructure to imagination? We design with American software, train on global AI models, and communicate through platforms developed outside Europe. While Europe leads the way in regulating technology, an important question remains: are we also leading in shaping our own future?

On Friday, October 23, designers, artists, thinkers, and technologists will gather for the National Design Debate 2026: Shaping Europe, live in the iconic Philips Hall of the Evoluon in Eindhoven. The event is organized by Next Nature and Waag Futurelab.

Can Europe develop its own design culture—one that offers a genuine alternative to both American big tech and China’s state-driven model?

Shaping Europe is a call to rethink the role of design in Europe—not merely as an aesthetic discipline, but as a cultural and political force that helps shape our digital future. The question is not only what we design, but with which values, using whose tools, and for whom.

Programme

15:30 hrsKeynote by Kristel Baele, Chair of the Council for Culture 16:00 hrs

Short statements:

• Tinkebell, artist & provocateur
• Moktar Nabil, cultural entrepreneur
• Constant Dullaart, artist
• Roosje Klap, director Noorderlicht & designer
• Erwin Blom, journalist & digital innovator

16:30 hrsArtistic intermezzo by Urland16:40 hrsDesign debat, moderated by Marsha Simon17:00 hrsClosing discussion with Marleen Stikker, director Waag Futurelab & Koen van Mensvoort, director Next Nature

The Nationaal Design Debat is a place for both friction and imagination. It is for everyone who believes that design is more than solving problems—it is also about questioning, provoking, and dreaming. Join us. Think along. Make yourself heard. The future starts with a good conversation!

Speakers

Kristel Baele
Kristel Baele is Chair of the Council for Culture. Drawing on her background in public administration and higher education, and her love for the arts, she is committed to the future of art and culture in the Netherlands. She connects cultural policy with societal issues and the role of creativity in a changing society.Tinkebell
Tinkebell is a Dutch artist known for her outspoken and provocative work. Through her projects, she challenges ideas about ethics, consumerism, animal welfare, and social norms. Her work sparks public debate about the values that shape contemporary society.Moktar Nabil
Moktar Nabil is an experienced cultural entrepreneur with a strong background in both the creative and business sides of the cultural sector. He is Executive Director of the 40Worldwide Foundation, founder of Garage Noord and kanaal40, and formerly served as Creative Director of both organizations.Constant Dullaart
Constant Dullaart is a visual artist whose work explores the influence of the internet, social media, and digital platforms on society. His practice exposes the hidden power structures behind online visibility, data, and algorithms, and has been exhibited internationally.Roosje Klap
Roosje Klap is a mixed media designer, researcher, and director of Noorderlicht in Groningen, and project manager of THEA, the new art gallery for culture and technology in Groningen. She is known for her experimental, investigative approach within visual culture. She works at the intersection of art, design, and technology.Urland
URLAND is a Dutch theatre collective that brings together technology, performance, and digital culture. Their productions explore how artificial intelligence, algorithms, and virtual worlds are reshaping what it means to be human. Combining theatre, film, and digital media, they create bold and immersive experiences.Erwin Blom
Erwin Blom is a Dutch journalist, author and digital innovator exploring the intersection of media, technology and culture. Through vibecoding and vibedesigning, he investigates how AI enables people to turn ideas into working products and designs without traditional technical skills, lowering the barrier between imagination and creation.Marleen Stikker
Marleen Stikker is Director and co-founder of Waag Futurelab in Amsterdam. She is a pioneer in digital rights, open technology, and social innovation. Through Waag, she advocates for a more democratic, transparent, and equitable technological future.Koert van Mensvoort
Koert van Mensvoort is an artist, philosopher, and Director of Next Nature. He explores how technology is evolving into a new form of nature and how humans can learn to live with it. Through his work, he inspires audiences worldwide to rethink the relationship between nature and technology with curiosity and optimism.Marsha Simon
Marsha Simon is a moderator, presenter, and program maker. Driven by curiosity about what moves people and what is at stake, she makes complex subjects clear and tangible, so that what seems big and distant can come close. With fifteen years of experience at the intersection of creativity, science, policy, and transition issues, she asks the questions that make you re-examine your own role.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/national-design-debate-2026-shaping-europe

Stad in stilstand

Perdu, Thursday, October 15 at 05:00 PM GMT+2

This programme is in Dutch

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/stad-in-stilstand

Sven Cilliers

Paradiso, Saturday, January 30 at 07:30 PM GMT+1

Contemporary pop from a South African-born singer-songwriter

Sven Cilliers is a South African-born artist based in the Netherlands. His music blends contemporary pop with a nostalgic undertone, featuring warm, cinematic productions, strong melodies and personal stories about love, friendship, freedom and the search for a place that feels like home.

From the age of fifteen, Cilliers built up his audience in his own unique way: in the queues outside venues such as Paradiso and the Ziggo Dome. With his so-called ‘lineshows’, he turned waiting concert-goers into his first audience. These spontaneous performances subsequently found their way online to an ever-growing community.

He has since released a series of his own singles and has opened for acts at Paradiso on several occasions. In January, he returns, for the first time with his own headline show.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/sven-cilliers

KitKatClub: Kinks of Berlin (2026)

Melkweg, Saturday, October 24 at 09:00 PM GMT+2

In this new documentary, we immerse ourselves in the mysterious world of one of the most iconic clubs in the world – and accompany very different people through their Berlin nights. We meet Tim, alias Raven Van Krueger, who wants to make it big as a drag artist. Elisa discovers a new sexuality with her friends, a BDSM couple loves publicly, a dog play duo lives stability and excess, David tries to fight his way out of addiction. And club founder Simon seems out of step with the times – like many who once laid the foundations of the legendary KitKatClub. Performances, discussions about consent, tender conversations with fathers, encounters between bodies and souls. "KitKatClub: Kinks of Berlin" is a cinematic experience about freedom, intimacy, identity, sex, and unlearning shame—raw and poetic at the same time.

After the film you can party on for free at our new club Annie!

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/kitkatclub-kinks-of-berlin-2026

Club Kid (2026)

Melkweg, Friday, October 23 at 09:45 PM GMT+2

A special preview screening of the new film "Club Kid", including an after-party at our new club Annie and a goodie bag! In this new dramady from Jordan Firstman the wild nightlife of a New York club promoter is turned completely upside down when his 10-year-old son, whose existence he knew nothing about, suddenly appears in his life. Director and protagonist Jordan Firstman made a big impression this spring with Club Kid at the Cannes Film Festival. The film features top model Cara Delevingne, Colleen Camp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and up-and-coming talent Reggie Absolom.

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/club-kid-2026

Club Kid (2026)

Melkweg, Friday, October 23 at 09:45 PM GMT+2

A special preview screening of the new film "Club Kid", including an after-party at our new club Annie and a goodie bag! In this new dramady from Jordan Firstman the wild nightlife of a New York club promoter is turned completely upside down when his 10-year-old son, whose existence he knew nothing about, suddenly appears in his life. Director and protagonist Jordan Firstman made a big impression this spring with Club Kid at the Cannes Film Festival. The film features top model Cara Delevingne, Colleen Camp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and up-and-coming talent Reggie Absolom.

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/club-kid-2026

Aftershock: The Seismic Impact of Dubstep

Melkweg, Sunday, October 25 at 05:00 PM GMT+1

Lauren Martin, the Scottish, London-based music writer and editor (formerly of RBMA, DJ Mag, and others), published "Aftershock: The Seismic Impact of Dubstep" in 2026 through Velocity Press. The first book on dubstep history, it's an oral history of the British electronic music genre’s origin story, as told through extensive interviews with 28 key artists and industry figures, and exclusive photography and visual ephemera from artists and photographers. 

In this hosted Q&A session featuring exclusive photography and video footage, Martin will discuss dubstep history and influence, how its sound and principles show up in contemporary music scenes, and the importance of archiving music culture.

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 presentation.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/aftershock-the-seismic-impact-of-dubstep

Groove Sessions with The ISO Trio

Contra, Saturday, November 7 at 08:00 PM GMT+1

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.

This edition we welcome The ISO Trio!

The ISO Trio is a modern jazz organ trio: With Bertram Haselager (DK) on guitar, Micah Graves (US) on Yamaha organ, and Max Sergeant (NL) on drums. The band is formed through the Dutch jazz scene and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and has since arranged jazz music with various influences such as gospel, hard bop, and modal jazz. Their music is a new take on the old organ trio format. Something they’ve shared among venues such as Bimhuis, De Nieuwe Anita, and Hidden Jazz Club Amsterdam. Their sets are interactive and high energy, built around a high level of musicianship and improvisation.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/groove-sessions-with-the-iso-trio

Savitri | Frederic Voorn

Arti et Amicitiae, Sunday, November 22 at 03:00 PM GMT+1

Frederic Voorn is a concert pianist and composer. He has given concerts on four continents and performs on both modern and historical keyboard instruments. He has played in venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Tonhalle in Zurich, and has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Europe and North America. Since 2005, he has also been active as a composer. His works for piano, chamber music and orchestra are regularly performed and have been released on several CDs. Alongside his concert career, he conducts choirs, gives masterclasses and for many years made radio programmes for NPO Radio 4, including Pianistenuur.

Savitri is an ancient story from the Indian Mahabharata, which also contains the Bhagavad Gita. It tells of the triumph of love over death and is still a popular fairy tale in India today. Frederic Voorn has composed twelve piano works inspired by Savitri, and Odilia van Manen will narrate the story during this literary concert.

More information at Fredericvoorn.nl

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The Arti Shuffle is a public programme at the artists’ association Arti et Amicitiae, where visual arts, performance, music, literature, and film come together.

In collaboration with Arti members and guest artists, each edition offers a surprising and diverse programme that creates new connections, attracts a broad audience, and brings fresh energy to the society.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/savitri-or-frederic-voorn

Savitri | Frederic Voorn

Arti et Amicitiae, Sunday, November 22 at 03:00 PM GMT+1

Frederic Voorn is a concert pianist and composer. He has given concerts on four continents and performs on both modern and historical keyboard instruments. He has played in venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Tonhalle in Zurich, and has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Europe and North America. Since 2005, he has also been active as a composer. His works for piano, chamber music and orchestra are regularly performed and have been released on several CDs. Alongside his concert career, he conducts choirs, gives masterclasses and for many years made radio programmes for NPO Radio 4, including Pianistenuur.

Savitri is an ancient story from the Indian Mahabharata, which also contains the Bhagavad Gita. It tells of the triumph of love over death and is still a popular fairy tale in India today. Frederic Voorn has composed twelve piano works inspired by Savitri, and Odilia van Manen will narrate the story during this literary concert.

More information at Fredericvoorn.nl

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The Arti Shuffle is a public programme at the artists’ association Arti et Amicitiae, where visual arts, performance, music, literature, and film come together.

In collaboration with Arti members and guest artists, each edition offers a surprising and diverse programme that creates new connections, attracts a broad audience, and brings fresh energy to the society.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/savitri-or-frederic-voorn

Arti Shuffle Jonge Musici: Frances Amado en David Urban

Arti et Amicitiae, Thursday, May 20 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

Arti Shuffles Young Musicians

Arti Shuffles Young Musicians is a collaboration between Arti and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. This concert series gives young, promising musicians the opportunity to gain stage experience and showcase their talent at various venues. Audiences can discover a new generation of musicians in a varied programme filled with surprising performances.

Arti Shuffles Young Musicians: David Urban & Frances Amado

German pianist David Urban and Dutch-American vocalist Frances Amado met during their bachelor’s studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Together, they form a playful duo in which improvisation, song and text take centre stage. They perform original compositions as well as standards from the American Songbook.

conservatoriumamsterdam.nl

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The Arti Shuffle is a public programme at the artists’ association Arti et Amicitiae, where visual arts, performance, music, literature, and film come together.

In collaboration with Arti members and guest artists, each edition offers a surprising and diverse programme that creates new connections, attracts a broad audience, and brings fresh energy to the society.

-- > Would you like to join us for dinner before the event? Please make a reservation via [email protected] or call +31 (0)20 623 2995.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/arti-shuffle-jonge-musici-frances-amado-en-david-urban

Arti Shuffle Jonge Musici: Frances Amado en David Urban

Arti et Amicitiae, Thursday, May 20 at 08:30 PM GMT+2

Arti Shuffles Young Musicians

Arti Shuffles Young Musicians is a collaboration between Arti and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. This concert series gives young, promising musicians the opportunity to gain stage experience and showcase their talent at various venues. Audiences can discover a new generation of musicians in a varied programme filled with surprising performances.

Arti Shuffles Young Musicians: David Urban & Frances Amado

German pianist David Urban and Dutch-American vocalist Frances Amado met during their bachelor’s studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Together, they form a playful duo in which improvisation, song and text take centre stage. They perform original compositions as well as standards from the American Songbook.

conservatoriumamsterdam.nl

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The Arti Shuffle is a public programme at the artists’ association Arti et Amicitiae, where visual arts, performance, music, literature, and film come together.

In collaboration with Arti members and guest artists, each edition offers a surprising and diverse programme that creates new connections, attracts a broad audience, and brings fresh energy to the society.

-- > Would you like to join us for dinner before the event? Please make a reservation via [email protected] or call +31 (0)20 623 2995.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/arti-shuffle-jonge-musici-frances-amado-en-david-urban

WTF Queer Wednesday

Vrankrijk, Wednesday, November 25 at 07:30 PM GMT+1

Vegan Food at 7 30/ Open til Midnight / We are DIY Community Based/ Hosting Queer Events

https://www.instagram.com/wtfqueerwednesdays/

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/wtf-queer-wednesday-62

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

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

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

Wende

Paradiso, Thursday, February 18 at 08:30 PM GMT+1

Multidisciplinary Dutch pop artist returns with a new tour

There 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.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/wende-1

Wende

Paradiso, Wednesday, February 17 at 08:30 PM GMT+1

Multidisciplinary Dutch pop artist returns with a new tour

There 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.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/wende

Tiny Habits

Paradiso, Thursday, March 11 at 07:30 PM GMT+1

Accoustic folk-pop trio from Boston

Following 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.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/tiny-habits

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

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-comedy-underground-35

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

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

Florian Zenker & Santiago Cimadevilla

Splendor, Thursday, October 15 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

Santiago Cimadevilla presents:Electric guitar, bandoneon, and effects in a new musical encounter

Electric guitar and bandoneon are not an obvious pairing. In this new duo, guitarist and composer Florian Zenker and bandoneonist Santiago Cimadevilla bring the two instruments together in a sound world that can be intimate and spacious one moment, rhythmically intricate and explosive the next.

The programme centres around Florian’s original compositions. His electric guitar, transformed through an extensive palette of effects, moves between clear melodic lines, atmospheric textures and improvisation, while the bandoneon adds its unmistakable combination of breath, rhythm and raw acoustic sound. Together, the two musicians explore the space between composition and spontaneity, drawing freely on jazz, Latin American music, cinematic soundscapes and other influences without settling into a single genre.

Florian studied jazz guitar in The Hague and has performed internationally with numerous ensembles, alongside his work as a composer for film, radio and television. Over many years he has developed a highly individual approach to electric guitar and electronic effects. Santiago, born in Buenos Aires and based in the Netherlands, has built his career around the bandoneon in tango, contemporary music, chamber music and orchestral projects.

Florian Zenker: Electric guitar
Santiago Cimadevilla: Bandoneon

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/florian-zenker-and-santiago-cimadevilla

Florian Zenker & Santiago Cimadevilla

Splendor, Thursday, October 15 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

Santiago Cimadevilla presents:Electric guitar, bandoneon, and effects in a new musical encounter

Electric guitar and bandoneon are not an obvious pairing. In this new duo, guitarist and composer Florian Zenker and bandoneonist Santiago Cimadevilla bring the two instruments together in a sound world that can be intimate and spacious one moment, rhythmically intricate and explosive the next.

The programme centres around Florian’s original compositions. His electric guitar, transformed through an extensive palette of effects, moves between clear melodic lines, atmospheric textures and improvisation, while the bandoneon adds its unmistakable combination of breath, rhythm and raw acoustic sound. Together, the two musicians explore the space between composition and spontaneity, drawing freely on jazz, Latin American music, cinematic soundscapes and other influences without settling into a single genre.

Florian studied jazz guitar in The Hague and has performed internationally with numerous ensembles, alongside his work as a composer for film, radio and television. Over many years he has developed a highly individual approach to electric guitar and electronic effects. Santiago, born in Buenos Aires and based in the Netherlands, has built his career around the bandoneon in tango, contemporary music, chamber music and orchestral projects.

Florian Zenker: Electric guitar
Santiago Cimadevilla: Bandoneon

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/florian-zenker-and-santiago-cimadevilla

KASSETT – KASSETTkafé (met de Componist der Nederlanden)

Theater de Richel, Wednesday, November 25 at 08:00 PM GMT+1

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Bij het KASSETTkafé brengen we halfjaarlijks de bruine kroeg naar de theaterzaal. Elke editie is anders, maar de ingrediënten zijn altijd hetzelfde: filosofie, theater, muziek en kroegpraat. Met een borrel in de hand neemt huisfilosoof Gerko Tempelman je samen met muzikanten, spelers en schrijvers mee in een actueel thema. De avond sluit je af met een vol hoofd, een vol hart en een leeg glas.

Het KASSETTkafé is een initiatief van KASSETT, een gezelschap dat filosofisch muziektheater maakt. Elke editie sluiten zangeres en actrice Oukje den Hollander en schrijver Frank Siera aan; soms zijn er verrassende gastmuzikanten of speciale sprekers. Laat je verrassen, kom met ons van gedachten wisselen en hef samen met ons het glas bij het KASSETTkafé!

Deze editie sluit Componist der Nederlanden Camiel Jansen aan en bestaat KASSETT 10 jaar. Dus maken we de balans op: met dank aan ChatGPT, Wikipedia en Google Maps trainen we steeds minder en minder ons eigen geheugen, wat ons tot de vraag leidt: welke herinneringen mogen we absoluut niet vergeten en moeten nog eens minstens 10 jaar worden bewaard? We stelden deze vraag eerder aan 10-jarigen, en via hun ontwapenende antwoorden hopen we vanavond u te inspireren.

Foto: Bibian Bingen

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/kassett-kassettkafe-met-de-componist-der-nederlanden

De lotgevallen van het ruimteschip Exorbitans – Han van der Vegt en vrienden

Theater de Richel, Sunday, October 11 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

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De lotgevallen van het ruimteschip Exorbitans is een voorstelling die alle grenzen van de kenbare wereld te buiten gaat. Het ruimteschip en haar bemanning zijn rusteloos en welgemoed op zoek naar telkens nieuwe sterren en planeten, en naar wezens die hun kunnen vertellen hoe zij hun eigen bestaan en dat van het universum bekijken. Wezens die doelloos over de grond kruipen, wezens die met hun lichaam een hele planeet vormen, wezens die bestaan uit gaswolken, en nog allerlei andere ongedroomde mogelijkheden. De voorstelling bevat een overmaat aan poëzie.

In deze voorstelling zullen Han van der Vegt, die het epische gedicht Exorbitans heeft geschreven, en een aantal Nederlandse dichters, die de stemmen van de buitenaardse wezens zullen vertolken, u alle hoeken van het heelal laten zien. Met muziek van Harald Austbø.

En voort maar weer door de vetlagen van het heelal,

tot we tenslotte bij een hemelkwadrant

uitkomen, waar we nieuwe vormen van leven

hopen te kunnen waarnemen. Exorbitans

verbreedt haar greep op de stuwingen in het duister.

Nog een enkele zindering, en de sluier

van de werkelijkheid stolt om haar kap.

Han van der Vegt is dichter en vertaler. Hij heeft acht dichtbundels geschreven en heeft meerdere lange gedichten als voorstelling gebracht.

Tekst: Han van der Vegt

Muziek: Harald Austbø

Spelers: Anneke Brassinga, Ben Zwaal, Han van der Vegt, Hannah van Binsbergen, J.Z. Herrenberg, Michael Tedja, Mischa Andriessen, Rozalie Hirs, Samuel Vriezen

Kleding: Charlie Leemans

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/de-lotgevallen-van-het-ruimteschip-exorbitans-han-van-der-vegt-en-vrienden

R.P.C. (UK) + Phat Problem (UK)

The Cave, Saturday, September 26 at 09:45 PM GMT+2

R.P.C. (UK)

Sat September 26, 2026 starts at 22:45

RPC are a Irish hardcore punk band based in London that utilises various genres and are known for their high energry shows, combining hardcore punk, crossover thrash, and skate punk, creating fast paced, heavy, and intricate music. The group formed during the pandemic the band burst onto the Irish music scene in February 2022 and have covered all corners of Ireland making notable appearances at the Siege of Limerick, Relapse Punk Festival the 16th GGI festival, Dublins Fibber Magees, Galway and even making the semi finals of the Belfast metal 2 the masses competition this year. The bands first EP "Chop, Drop & Roll." was released into the world June 30th and was marked by a noteworthy inclusion on Hotpress.com https://www.hotpress.com/culture/premiere-cork-band-r-p-c-release-debut-ep-chop-drop-roll-22914471 https://instagram.com/rpc.band?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Phat Problem (UK)

Sat September 26, 2026 starts at 21:45

This colorful quartet hails from Brighton, and their aggressive street punk stays true to their motto: screw the system! They also call it out with tracks like "Busy Bee," which likens us—as workers—to bees literally killing themselves with toil for their queen. Expect hard-hitting lyrics and a raw, unpolished sound.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/rpc-uk-phat-problem-uk

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

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

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

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.

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Benjamin Herman trio + Tomoaki Baba

Paradiso, Thursday, November 5 at 10:00 PM GMT+1

Experimental jazz inspired by the music of Tokyo

Ever since his first tour of Japan in 1989, Benjamin Herman has been fascinated by Tokyo’s music scene. This is evident on ‘The Tokyo Sessions’, where saxophonist Benjamin Herman, together with bassist Thomas Pol and drummer and producer Jimmi Jo Hueting, delves into that world once again. The album was recorded at Studio Dede in Tokyo, with guest appearances by, amongst others, noise guitarist Otomo Yoshihide, tenor saxophonist Tomoaki Baba and traditional wind instruments such as the shakuhachi and shō.

Back in the Netherlands, Herman and Hueting processed the recordings using analogue synthesisers, samples and subtle overdubs. The result is an album in which jazz is blended with noise, electronic music, anime soundtracks and Japanese salon music, without it becoming a mere collection of disparate styles.

During this concert, the trio will be joined by tenor saxophonist Tomoaki Baba. His energetic playing can be heard, amongst other things, on his album ‘Electric Rider’ and in the soundtrack to the animated film *Blue Giant*, in which his saxophone forms the musical voice of the main character, Dai Miyamoto.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/benjamin-herman-trio-tomoaki-baba

Benjamin Herman trio + Tomoaki Baba

Paradiso, Thursday, November 5 at 10:00 PM GMT+1

Experimental jazz inspired by the music of Tokyo

Ever since his first tour of Japan in 1989, Benjamin Herman has been fascinated by Tokyo’s music scene. This is evident on ‘The Tokyo Sessions’, where saxophonist Benjamin Herman, together with bassist Thomas Pol and drummer and producer Jimmi Jo Hueting, delves into that world once again. The album was recorded at Studio Dede in Tokyo, with guest appearances by, amongst others, noise guitarist Otomo Yoshihide, tenor saxophonist Tomoaki Baba and traditional wind instruments such as the shakuhachi and shō.

Back in the Netherlands, Herman and Hueting processed the recordings using analogue synthesisers, samples and subtle overdubs. The result is an album in which jazz is blended with noise, electronic music, anime soundtracks and Japanese salon music, without it becoming a mere collection of disparate styles.

During this concert, the trio will be joined by tenor saxophonist Tomoaki Baba. His energetic playing can be heard, amongst other things, on his album ‘Electric Rider’ and in the soundtrack to the animated film *Blue Giant*, in which his saxophone forms the musical voice of the main character, Dai Miyamoto.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/benjamin-herman-trio-tomoaki-baba

Tot één gemaakt

Felix Meritis, Friday, October 30 at 08:00 PM GMT+1

Een avond over relaties

Waarom worden mensen steeds weer teruggebracht tot één verhaal, één categorie? Wat gebeurt er als we dat weigeren? Op vrijdag 30 oktober vieren we de boekrelease van Lev Avitans ‘Tot één gemaakt‘. Met spoken word, een talk, kunst en muziek vieren we de kracht van meervoudigheid – want niets bestaat op zichzelf.

Van mensen en lichamen, van talen tot geschiedenissen: ze worden teruggebracht tot één vaststaand verhaal, tot één identiteit. Dominante systemen leggen mensen en manieren van leven vast in categorieën en normen. Verschil wordt verdacht gemaakt en wie niet binnen de norm past, moet zich aanpassen of wordt uitgesloten. In zijn nieuwe boek Tot één gemaakt onderzoekt filosoof, theatermaker en spoken word-artiest Lev Avitan wat er gebeurt wanneer het Vele steeds opnieuw tot het Ene wordt gemaakt, en hoe we een wereld kunnen scheppen waarin diversiteit werkelijk kan bestaan.

Tijdens deze avond neemt Lev je mee in zijn filosofie van relaties. Hij gaat in gesprek met schrijver Tatjana Almuli, die in haar boek Tot lijf gemaakt onderzoekt hoe onze lichamen aan strakke kaders worden onderworpen. Ook prof. Soortkill treedt op, met wie we praten over wat als kennis telt en waarom. Met muzikale begeleiding van Qusai Naim, beeldende kunst van Marc Sylla, performance van Stryder en tunes van dj Mo Wrights.

Line-up

LEV AVITAN

Lev Avitan (1996) is schrijver, filosoof, theatermaker en spoken word-artiest. Zijn werk wordt gekenmerkt door kwetsbare zelfreflectie en een hoge mate van maatschappelijk engagement. Avitan maakte de film Mijn moeder wil niet meer leven (2024). Met theatermaker Nabil Tkhidousset verzorgt hij de podcast Echtemannentakkies en maakte hij de voorstelling 7sheb 3lik. Hij stond eerder op festivals als Lowlands en Down The Rabbit Hole en gaf filopoëtische lezingen op plekken als Brainwash Festival en The School of Life.

TATJANA ALMULI
Tatjana Almuli is auteur van Knap voor een dik meisje en Ik zal je nooit meer. Recent verscheen haar derde boek Tot lijf gemaakt. Als freelancejournalist en fotograaf publiceert ze regelmatig in NRC, Trouw, Vogue en Flow. Met schrijver Malou Holshuijsen maakt ze de podcast Tussen dertig en doodgaan. En samen met regisseur Harmen van Liemt richtte ze kunstcollectief Primavera op.

QUSAI
Qusai is een Syrische cellist, woonachtig in Amsterdam, die Arabische en Turkse maqamtradities combineert met jazz, Roma-invloeden en hedendaagse improvisatie. Actief in samenwerkingsgerichte, interculturele en ritueel geïnspireerde muziekprojecten in Nederland en internationaal.

STRYDER

Stryder is een Palestijnse rapper en spoken word-artiest die met zijn werk maatschappelijke thema’s onderzoekt en bevraagt. Geboren in een Palestijns vluchtelingenkamp draagt hij de ervaring van ontheemding en onrecht in zijn werk. Hij ziet zijn kunst als een uitlaatklep, maar ook als middel om te confronteren en te documenteren.

DJ MO RIGHTS

DJ Mo Rights is artiest, muziekproducent en dj. Zijn werk vertrekt vanuit onderzoek en met zijn tracks en mixes creëert hij verhalen die genres overstijgen, maar geworteld blijven in diasporische tradities. Naast zijn werk als dj en producer organiseert hij clubavonden en releaseparty’s, schrijft hij over lokale artiesten en leidt hij panels die samenwerkingen op lokaal niveau stimuleren.

PROF. SOORTKILL

Prof. Soortkill is wijsgeer, schrijver en medeoprichter van SMIB WORLDWIDE, een lifestyle brand en collectief uit de Bijlmer. Zij hebben een eigen kledingmerk, muzieklabel, festival, de Smibanese University en ze bestormen de culturele sector vanuit alle hoeken sinds 2014. Prof. Soortkill stelde in 2019 het Smibanese woordenboek 2.0 samen. In 2023 verscheen Smibologie. Each one, teach one, in 2025 Smibologie Vol. 2: Operation Manual, waarin hij richtlijnen geeft voor een succesvol smibologisch bestaan.

NAWA SIRA VAN SLUIJS | Moderator

Nawa Sira van Sluijs is documentaire filmmaker, presentator en allround creative. Ze heeft als doel een platform te bieden voor verhalen die niet alleen sociale kwesties aankaarten, maar ook de schoonheid en kracht van persoonlijke verhalen belichten. Als presentator werkt ze voor onder andere Omroep Zwart, NTR en Radio1, en ze presenteert en modereert verschillende evenementen en programma’s.

Wil je dit programma bijwonen, maar heb je niet de middelen om een ​​ticket te betalen? Stuur een e-mail naar [email protected]; we kunnen vast iets regelen.

Let op: Door dit ticket te boeken, ga je ermee akkoord dat er mogelijk foto’s van je worden gemaakt tijdens het programma. Wil je liever niet op de foto? Geef dit gerust aan bij een van onze medewerkers, dan houden we hier rekening mee.

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Tot één gemaakt

Felix Meritis, Friday, October 30 at 08:00 PM GMT+1

Een avond over relaties

Waarom worden mensen steeds weer teruggebracht tot één verhaal, één categorie? Wat gebeurt er als we dat weigeren? Op vrijdag 30 oktober vieren we de boekrelease van Lev Avitans ‘Tot één gemaakt‘. Met spoken word, een talk, kunst en muziek vieren we de kracht van meervoudigheid – want niets bestaat op zichzelf.

Van mensen en lichamen, van talen tot geschiedenissen: ze worden teruggebracht tot één vaststaand verhaal, tot één identiteit. Dominante systemen leggen mensen en manieren van leven vast in categorieën en normen. Verschil wordt verdacht gemaakt en wie niet binnen de norm past, moet zich aanpassen of wordt uitgesloten. In zijn nieuwe boek Tot één gemaakt onderzoekt filosoof, theatermaker en spoken word-artiest Lev Avitan wat er gebeurt wanneer het Vele steeds opnieuw tot het Ene wordt gemaakt, en hoe we een wereld kunnen scheppen waarin diversiteit werkelijk kan bestaan.

Tijdens deze avond neemt Lev je mee in zijn filosofie van relaties. Hij gaat in gesprek met schrijver Tatjana Almuli, die in haar boek Tot lijf gemaakt onderzoekt hoe onze lichamen aan strakke kaders worden onderworpen. Ook prof. Soortkill treedt op, met wie we praten over wat als kennis telt en waarom. Met muzikale begeleiding van Qusai Naim, beeldende kunst van Marc Sylla, performance van Stryder en tunes van dj Mo Wrights.

Line-up

LEV AVITAN

Lev Avitan (1996) is schrijver, filosoof, theatermaker en spoken word-artiest. Zijn werk wordt gekenmerkt door kwetsbare zelfreflectie en een hoge mate van maatschappelijk engagement. Avitan maakte de film Mijn moeder wil niet meer leven (2024). Met theatermaker Nabil Tkhidousset verzorgt hij de podcast Echtemannentakkies en maakte hij de voorstelling 7sheb 3lik. Hij stond eerder op festivals als Lowlands en Down The Rabbit Hole en gaf filopoëtische lezingen op plekken als Brainwash Festival en The School of Life.

TATJANA ALMULI
Tatjana Almuli is auteur van Knap voor een dik meisje en Ik zal je nooit meer. Recent verscheen haar derde boek Tot lijf gemaakt. Als freelancejournalist en fotograaf publiceert ze regelmatig in NRC, Trouw, Vogue en Flow. Met schrijver Malou Holshuijsen maakt ze de podcast Tussen dertig en doodgaan. En samen met regisseur Harmen van Liemt richtte ze kunstcollectief Primavera op.

QUSAI
Qusai is een Syrische cellist, woonachtig in Amsterdam, die Arabische en Turkse maqamtradities combineert met jazz, Roma-invloeden en hedendaagse improvisatie. Actief in samenwerkingsgerichte, interculturele en ritueel geïnspireerde muziekprojecten in Nederland en internationaal.

STRYDER

Stryder is een Palestijnse rapper en spoken word-artiest die met zijn werk maatschappelijke thema’s onderzoekt en bevraagt. Geboren in een Palestijns vluchtelingenkamp draagt hij de ervaring van ontheemding en onrecht in zijn werk. Hij ziet zijn kunst als een uitlaatklep, maar ook als middel om te confronteren en te documenteren.

DJ MO RIGHTS

DJ Mo Rights is artiest, muziekproducent en dj. Zijn werk vertrekt vanuit onderzoek en met zijn tracks en mixes creëert hij verhalen die genres overstijgen, maar geworteld blijven in diasporische tradities. Naast zijn werk als dj en producer organiseert hij clubavonden en releaseparty’s, schrijft hij over lokale artiesten en leidt hij panels die samenwerkingen op lokaal niveau stimuleren.

PROF. SOORTKILL

Prof. Soortkill is wijsgeer, schrijver en medeoprichter van SMIB WORLDWIDE, een lifestyle brand en collectief uit de Bijlmer. Zij hebben een eigen kledingmerk, muzieklabel, festival, de Smibanese University en ze bestormen de culturele sector vanuit alle hoeken sinds 2014. Prof. Soortkill stelde in 2019 het Smibanese woordenboek 2.0 samen. In 2023 verscheen Smibologie. Each one, teach one, in 2025 Smibologie Vol. 2: Operation Manual, waarin hij richtlijnen geeft voor een succesvol smibologisch bestaan.

NAWA SIRA VAN SLUIJS | Moderator

Nawa Sira van Sluijs is documentaire filmmaker, presentator en allround creative. Ze heeft als doel een platform te bieden voor verhalen die niet alleen sociale kwesties aankaarten, maar ook de schoonheid en kracht van persoonlijke verhalen belichten. Als presentator werkt ze voor onder andere Omroep Zwart, NTR en Radio1, en ze presenteert en modereert verschillende evenementen en programma’s.

Wil je dit programma bijwonen, maar heb je niet de middelen om een ​​ticket te betalen? Stuur een e-mail naar [email protected]; we kunnen vast iets regelen.

Let op: Door dit ticket te boeken, ga je ermee akkoord dat er mogelijk foto’s van je worden gemaakt tijdens het programma. Wil je liever niet op de foto? Geef dit gerust aan bij een van onze medewerkers, dan houden we hier rekening mee.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/tot-een-gemaakt

Amsterdam Polish Film Festival: The Promised Land

De Balie, Friday, October 23 at 06:30 PM GMT+2

Three ambitious friends pursue wealth in a world driven by ruthless capitalism. The Promised Land is Widely regarded as one of Wajda’s greatest achievements. Followd by an after talk.

What was it like to live in a rapidly industrializing city of Łódź at the end of the nineteenth century? The Promised Land is a story of three ambitious friends – a Pole, a German, and a Jew, who join forces to build a textile factory and pursue wealth in a world driven by ruthless capitalism. With breathtaking visual dynamism, Andrzej Wajda transforms Władysław Reymont’s celebrated novel into a powerful picture of industrial modernity, class conflict, and the allure of success. Widely regarded as one of Wajda’s greatest achievements, The Promised Land remains strikingly relevant today.

Conversation: The Promised Land in 21st century
Wajda’s 1975 masterpiece is considered one of the greatest films in Polish cinema history and its domestic release triggered massive debate among historians, censors and the general public. This conversation will explore the roots of the story, the film’s critique of early industrial capitalism, and the reasons why the message it carries is still relevant today.

About Amsterdam Polish Film Festival
The 5th edition of the Amsterdam Polish Film Festival is entirely dedicated to Andrzej Wajda, the renowned Polish director who received an Academy Award in 2000 for his lifetime achievement.

Purchase a ticket for the entire festival

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/amsterdam-polish-film-festival-the-promised-land

Amsterdam Polish Film Festival:

De Balie, Sunday, October 25 at 02:30 PM GMT+1

Afterimage, Andrzej Wajda’s final film, is a moving meditation on creative freedom, moral conviction, and the devastating consequences of ideological control. Followed by a talk on abstract art in totalitarian societies.

Afterimage (2016, 122 min)
Afterimage is inspired by the life of one of Poland’s most influential modernist artists in postwar Poland, a renowned avant-garde painter Władysław Strzemiński. Having refused to subordinate his art to the demands of Socialist Realism, he opposed the Stalinist regime. Stripped of his position, livelihood, and public visibility, Strzemiński struggled to preserve his artistic integrity in the face of relentless political persecution. Afterimage, Andrzej Wajda’s final film, is a moving meditation on creative freedom, moral conviction, and the devastating consequences of ideological control. Dignified and deeply humane, it is a poignant farewell from one of cinema’s greatest masters.

Talk: a clash between art and politics
Why was abstract art so passionately hated by totalitarian systems? And why many artists having the misfortune to live in one still insisted to create abstract visions and objects? Anda Rottenberg and Matt Steinglasswill bring the life and work of a brilliant, uncompromised Polish artist, Wladyslaw Strzemiński to the spotlight, explaining the circumstances under which he pursued his artistic ideas and how he influenced the development of 20th-century European art.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/amsterdam-polish-film-festival

Amsterdam Polish Film Festival: Innocent Sorcerers

De Balie, Thursday, October 22 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Andrzej Wajda’s 1960 film Innocent Sorcerers captures a generation experiencing freedom, modernity, and loneliness. The screening is followed by a conversation on the work of Andrzej Wajda.

Set over the course of a single night in postwar Warsaw, Innocent Sorcerers follows Bazyli, a young doctor and a jazz enthusiast who’s carefully cultivated detachment is challenged by a chance encounter with an enigmatic young woman. What begins as a flirtatious game of invented identities gradually becomes an intimate exploration of vulnerability, desire, and the uncertainty of genuine relationship.

Blending the energy of Poland’s emerging youth culture with emotional depth, Andrzej Wajda’s 1960 film captures a generation experiencing freedom, modernity, and loneliness. Stylish, witty, and quietly subversive, Innocent Sorcerers remains one of the best portraits of Polish postwar urban youth.

Conversation: The man behind the films
What shaped Andrzej Wajda’s artistic sensitivity? Why do the shots in his films resemble paintings? How did he understand and portray the experiences of his generation? And what did he wish to convey telling the stories of people whose fates are intertwined with the grand narrative of history? Prof. Rafał Syska explores these questions and sheds light on Wajda’s unique artistic vision.

About Amsterdam Polish Film Festival
The 5th edition of the Amsterdam Polish Film Festival is entirely dedicated to Andrzej Wajda, the renowned Polish director who received an Academy Award in 2000 for his lifetime achievement.

Purchase a ticket for the entire festival

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/amsterdam-polish-film-festival-innocent-sorcerers

Amsterdam Polish Film Festival: Man of Marble / Man of Iron

De Balie, Saturday, October 24 at 02:30 PM GMT+2

A screening of two classics from Andrzej Wajda: Man of Marble and Man of Iron. Inbetween Katarzyna Ślesicka and Kris van Heuckelom will reflect on how how the propaganda is portrayed in Wajda’s film as a manipulative, myth-making machine.

Man of Marble (1976, 165 min)
A young filmmaker sets out to uncover the fate of Mateusz Birkut, a once-celebrated bricklayer who became a socialist icon during Poland’s Stalinist era before disappearing from public life. As the investigation unfolds through archival footage, interviews, and official records, the gap between state propaganda and lived experience becomes increasingly apparent. Blending political inquiry with self-reflection, Man of Marble is both a gripping mystery and a landmark critique of power and historical mythmaking. Andrzej Wajda’s masterpiece captures the complexities of postwar Poland while affirming cinema’s ability to challenge official narratives and recover forgotten lives.

Talk: Reflections on propaganda and truth
How is propaganda in Wajda’s films portrayed as a manipulative, myth-making machine? Wajda demonstrates how easily filmmakers, and the state officials could produce documentaries to serve political purpose. And that was a long time before AI generated content. A very current topic.

Film: Man of Iron (1981, 157 min)
It is August 1980, in the Gdańsk shipyard the strikes had just begun. Man of Iron follows a disillusioned journalist assigned to discredit Maciej Tomczyk, a prominent worker and opposition activist. As he pieces together Tomczyk’s story, his own assumptions begin to unravel, reflecting the profound social and political transformation unfolding across Poland. Interweaving fictional characters with historical figures and using documentary footage, Andrzej Wajda creates a portrait of solidarity, courage, and the struggle for freedom. Awarded the Palme d’Or at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, Man of Iron stands as a political drama and an enduring testament to the power of collective action.

About Amsterdam Polish Film Festival
The 5th edition of the Amsterdam Polish Film Festival is entirely dedicated to Andrzej Wajda, the renowned Polish director who received an Academy Award in 2000 for his lifetime achievement.

Purchase a ticket for the entire festival

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/amsterdam-polish-film-festival-man-of-marble-man-of-iron

French II (live) - ADE

Paradiso, Friday, October 23 at 10:00 PM GMT+2

Live show by electronic producer from Tilburg

French II combines wobbly bass, breaks, and driving techno with detailed sound design. His releases on labels such as Unknown - Untitled, Nerve Collect, and Intercept show his versatile approach to electronic music. Alongside his more club-focused tracks, he also explores darker and more melancholic sounds, leaving room for experimentation.

Together with Alberta Balsam, Bastian Benjamin, and Milio, French II performed live as part of ‘A#’ at renowned stages including Draaimolen and Speedy J’s STOOR Live at Pink Noise in 2025. At Draaimolen 2026, French II debuted his new live set, which became one of the most memorable performances of the festival. During ADE, he brings this new live set to Paradiso.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/french-ii-live-ade