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Cinema Derive - MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE  1980

OT301, Sunday, October 18 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

Line up: Gérard Depardieu. Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre
Open: 19:30 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € 3

MON ONCLE D'AMERIQUE 1980
Directed by Alain Resnais
125 minutes
In French with English subtitles

Here we have a movie that seems to be 'normal' - in the sense that it has a story. But as with many films by Alain Resnais (Last Year in Marienbad), what is experimental is the wild approach to the story. Where most movies use plots to suck the audience into some fictional world, here the plot is being used to illustrate the theories of a behavioral theorist - Henri Laborit, author of Decoding the human message.

Mon oncle d'Amerique focuses on the interactions of three main protagonists; an actress, a writer and a factory manager (Gérard Depardieu). As we follow their lives, the film keeps cutting away to professor Laborit explaining his theories in relation to the story. The result is absurd, but also insightful. What could be dry and stuffy becomes, in the hands of Resnais, totally engaging - charged with a good dose of irony and surreal humor. In fact, in the end, this flick makes clear how boring and dull most movies are, because so many directors are caught in a trap of simply imitating others. This one is absolutely unique.

The laboratory tests and theories of Henri Laborit revolve largely around how we handle stress in relation to society. And for me that also makes the movie more damn relevant than ever - because I have never seen the world in more stressful times than today. Another great thing about this crazy film, whether you buy the theories or not, is how it helps us to back away and look at our lives within a context... not to simply follow our feelings per se, but to always step back and see the entire picture. Some people have even compared this flick to a Greek tragedy, which illustrates human behavior. Take this outrageous premise for a movie, add some snappy and creative editing, a wicked sense of humor, and a multi-layered thought-provoking script, and you have one of the most original films in cinema history. (As pointed out in Gilles Deleuze's book Cinéma 2: l'image-temps).

Open Door: 19:30
Film Start: 20:00

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinema-derive-mon-oncle-damerique-1980

AADE: The Noodle Show

OT301, Friday, October 23 at 05:00 PM GMT+2

Genre: Electronica, workshop, jam
Line up: Nadia Struiwigh, Kessler
Open: 17:00 - 20:00 hrs
Tickets: € 10 / €15 (at the door)

The Noodle Show creates safe environments where experimentation and improvisation intersect. We collaborate with visual and electronic music creators for artist talks and an open collaborative live jam.

For this special AADE edition, Nadia Struiwigh and Kessler each open up their live setup and talk about their creative process, hardware and approach to electronic music.

After the talks, we open the floor. Bring a machine, plug in and join the jam. We provide the master clock and mixer to keep everyone in sync.
Come to listen, learn and hang out.

Nadia Struiwigh
Insta // Soundcloud // Linktree
Kessler
Insta // Soundcloud // Linktree
The Noodle Show
Insta

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/aade-the-noodle-show-1

Gazing into the Abyss

OT301, Thursday, November 26 at 07:30 PM GMT+1

Genre: Doom, shoegaze, noise
Line up: Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Crashing, Farer
Open: 19:30 - 01:00 hrs
Tickets: € 10

A night of doom + shoegaze + noise
Hidden Since the Foundation of the World · Crashing · Farer

The abyss is loud, and it gazes back.

A night of loud and heavy music at OT301 with bands from across the Dutch underground, each arriving from a different direction. Farer build doom out of two bass guitars, no guitar, and a voice used as a primal scream. Crashing play reverb-soaked shoegaze and alt-rock in the spirit of Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine. Hidden Since the Foundation of the World sit in between: electric violin, fuzz and feedback, somewhere between early Sabbath and spaced-out noise, inside a wall of fog.

Slow where it needs to be, loud throughout. Three bands from 20:00, finished by 23:00. Entry €10.

Bring earplugs.
Artists

Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Neo-psychedelic doom — Amsterdam, NL
Hidden Since the Foundation of the World began, fittingly, at an academic panel on exorcism, where founding members Blev Lavoux (vocals, violin) and Joel Bordeaux (guitar, electronics) first met. By 2025 the two Americans had added a Dutch rhythm section — Ivar van der Heijden (bass) and Kareem de Vries (drums) — in Amsterdam, and built something that refuses to sit still inside doom: electric violin, fuzz and feedback pulled from early Sabbath out to spaced-out noise, funeral doom and sludge, melody and post-punk restlessness riding on top. Live, synced films and samples dissolve into unpredictable, improvisational transitions inside a wall of fog.
Website · Bandcamp · Instagram · YouTube

Crashing
Inspired by shoegaze and alt-rock giants like Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine, Crashing indulges in noisy reverberated hooks, intense live performances and raw unfiltered volume with a strong emphasis on DIY culture. Be prepared for immersive noise and hard hitting tracks crafted not only to be heard, but to be physically felt. Crank up the gain. Nail the kick drum to the floor. Bring earplugs.
Instagram · Spotify · 'Tuco' video · Linktree

Farer
Dutch doom/noise trio Farer create an imposing discord of severe, caustic bass textures, harrowing vocals and winding drums. The band, featuring members of Ortega, was originally founded as MENHIR in 2013, but chose Farer as their new moniker mid 2019, after spending two and a half years of writing and recording their debut record Monad. By taking time to further explore the possibilities of being a band with two bass players and the absence of a guitar, the record exhibits the bands evolution into a new entity thoroughly. Meaning, carefully crafted, drawn-out, oppressive and compelling songs.
With their debut, Farer made a committed and captivating testament to suffering. Heavy grinding riffs and deep pulsating rhythms; a restless stirring. Amidst all these layers you can hear the voice as a primal scream – the shock of being. The dissonance of forces vying for existence and the harmony of lightless oblivion. An agonising story of something or somebody coming in contact with the singularity Monad and thus creating an incomprehensible cycle of violent creation and destruction. Out of nothing, nothing becomes.
Bandcamp · Instagram · Facebook · Streaming

Doors open: 19:30
Live shows: 20:00–23:00

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/gazing-into-the-abyss

AADE: Anderworld zine launch

OT301, Friday, October 23 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

Genre: Zine launch, expo
Open: 20:00 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € Free

Join us in the Ventilator cinema for the launch of our first printed Anderworld zine.

Anderworld is a post-capitalist, cooperative record label that launched in June 2026. This zine is our first publication, intended to tell you a bit more about our grand plans to change the music industry, and the rest of the universe.
Anderworld is the beginning of a new chapter. The birth of a project centered on redistributing ownership, value, and control among artists and those involved. Being cooperative also means engagement, shared responsibility, and collaboration - which is why our label focuses on Amsterdam. Not because we think Amsterdam is better than other cities, but because we value encounter, deliberation, and cooperation.
The label and this zine are part of Amsterdam Alternative (AA) and builds on decades of experience with free spaces, collective ownership, and (sub)cultural venues. Together, we are working on a non-commercial, organic, and above all inspiring empire. A serious endeavor, but at the same time an experiment with room for chaos, friction, chance, humor, and inexplicable absurdities.
In the Ventilator bar we will be hosting a special exhibition from our friends of Tempio Del Futura Perduto (Milan)
Expo: Italo Ghetto - by Shyla N
Shyla N is a photographer focused on street cultures as street art and vandalism with numerous active international publications. The photos we selected come from different periods and were all conceived to tell the story of "the new Italian ghetto": abandoned spaces and life cycles in a decadent but at the same time wonderful mediterranean land.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/aade-anderworld-zine-launch

Rise Up for Indigenous Liberation Week!

OT301, Saturday, October 10 at 01:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 13:00 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € 5-20

Join us on Saturday, October 10th for a full day (13:00-21:00) of Indigenous Liberation, Resistance, and Resilience focused arts, film, panel discussions, workshops, and Indigenous youth empowerment activities.

This event is for all ages and families are encouraged to join with their children.
Dinner will be provided for all attendees, prepared by Cafe Gilde.
In addition to our main programming detailed below, "Non-Binary", an Indigenous gender identities art exhibition by Masharu Studios will be on display in the Ventilator Cafe during the event with members of the team.
Full Schedule:
13:00-14:00 - Opening Ceremony & Intergenerational Intercultural Indigenous Panel
13:00-13:15 - Welcome & Opening Remarks
13:15-13:30 - Intercultural Opening Ceremony
13:30-14:00 - Opening Panel with Intergenerational & Intercultural Indigenous
14:00-15:00 - Art as Resistance in Palestine
14:00-14:15 - “Animated in War” compilation: Short Animated Films by Haneen Nofal
14:15-15:00 - "Stitching Our Stories, Weaving Our Resistance” - Tatreez Presentation by Ghenva Alkabra. Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity to join a practical workshop with Ghenva in the Ventilator Cafe (open 15:00-17:00). *The practical workshop costs are not included in the tickets for this event, and are paid to Tatreez Language directly.
15:00-15:30 - Break & Refreshments
15:30-17:00 - Workshop: Youth Minecraft: Indigenous World Building through Community Co-Creation
15:30-16:15 - Participatory World Building Activity (all ages welcome to co-create with our Indigenous Youth)
16:15-16:30 - Group Discussion about their World Building Experience & Real-World Applications/Considerations
16:30-17:00 - Youth Led Presentations & Open Discussion about the workshop
17:00-17:30 - Dinner Break 1 (free meals available to all attendees on-site)
17:30-19:00 - Seeking Sovereignty: Indigenous Land Resistance Around the World
17:30-18:00 - Film Screening: “Kintun Nütram” by Likan Manque (Mapuche Youth Filmmaker & Hip-hop Artist)
18:00-18:30 - Discussion Panel on Global Indigenous Environmental Challenges & Resistance
18:30-19:00 - Rise Up against Colonial Industries in Zuid-Oost (Indigenous Youth Presentations)
19:00-19:30 - Dinner Break 2 (free meals available to all attendees on-site)
19:30-21:30 - Continuing Resilience & Resistance for Future Generations
19:30-20:30 - Workshop on Land Grief by Sarah Pardede: How do we grieve the land from ecocide & extraction into a site of liberation — personally and interpersonally?
20:30-20:50 - For the Future Generations: Previews of Indigenous Youth Film, Research, and Other Projects in Development
20:50-21:00 - Closing Ceremony + Call to Action: Join our Indigenous Youth Led Action on Monday 12 October for our Indigenous Liberation Day march against colonial industries in Zuid-Oost! (15:30 start from Bijlmer Station, AMS)
21:00-23:00+ Community Drinks & Discussions in the Ventilator Bar and/or we encourage you to join the Palestine Benefit downstairs in the OT301 Studios (open until 3am)

Suggested Donation: €5-20

*Any profits from this event will go directly towards supporting the Indigenous Liberation Movement’s Indigenous youth empowerment activities in the Netherlands and globally.

Follow us on Instagram for updated program information & future events.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/rise-up-for-indigenous-liberation-week

Rise up! Indigenous Liberation Week

OT301, Friday, October 9 at 05:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 17:00 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Join us at Café Gilde for an evening of Indigenous storytelling, music, poetry, dance, and more!
Entry is free/donation based.
Any proceeds from this event will go directly towards supporting our Indigenous Youth programs in Amsterdam and globally.
Food will be available to support the café as thanks for using the space.
Schedule:
17:00 - Doors Open for Dinner + Music of Resistance
17:30 - Opening from the Indigenous Liberation Movement
17:45 - Poetry by Sarah Pardede
18:15 - Indigenous Youth Stories of Resilience
19:00 - Musical Break: Songs of Resistance
19:30 - Participatory Indigenous Dance as Resistance Workshop
20:30 - “Non-Binary” Art Project Presentation + Panel with Queer/NB Indigenous
21:00 - Indigenous Youth Stories of Resistance & Resilience
21:30 - Closing Ceremony with our Intergenerational & Intercultural Indigenous Leaders
Speakers/Program Details:
Sarah Pardede (she/they) is Indigenous Toba Batak from the Pardede clan. She is a water protector & land defender, offers legal support for indigenous farmers and refugees, is a poet, artist, musician, researcher, and RMIDS student at UvA.
Willem Koning (he/him) is Karinja, a writer, artist and a co-founder of the former K'makah Foundation.
Viene Vaux (they/them) is a Cree, two-spirit, 60’s Scoop Survivor from Treaty 5, Pimicikamak Cree Nation.
Chautuileo Tranamil is Mapuche Pewenche from Wallmapu, Chile. She is a political scientist, youth mentor and a protector of mother Earth.
Skylar Joseph (she/her) is Sicangu Lakota from Turtle Island. She is a forensic anthropologist/archaeologist specializing in humanitarian actions, human rights, and Indigenous advocacy on a global level.
"Non-Binary", an Indigenous gender identities art exhibition by Masharu Studios will be on display with the project team. Youth Interns from Masharu Studios will be presenting the project on behalf of Dr. Masharu & alongside our Indigenous queer/NB panel.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/rise-up-indigenous-liberation-week

Massief

OT301, Saturday, December 19 at 09:00 PM GMT+1

Genre: Bass, Breakbeat, Jungle, Drum & Bass
Line up: Tamen (IE/AU), Son of Sesh, Rikipicchi b2b dj Lis, Kizzero b2b Gimmeamfbreakbeat, Déandrah (VJ)
Open: 21:00 - 03:00 hrs
Tickets: € 10-12

We are a community based event, driven by a passion and connection to Bass Freak-wincy and Breakbeat Culture. MASSIEF strives to provide a platform for Artists, Deejays and Creatives to explore their sound and make their own contribution to Breakbeat and Underground Bass Music culture. Over the past couple of years, our concept has been hosted on Echobox.radio and a string of venues around Amsterdam, most notably; Noordspace, De Hintergarten, Bar Dancing Multipla, and OT301, where MASSIEF has showcased a range of local and international artists who encompass Bass and Breakbeat Culture in their own unique way.

Featuring:

Tamen (IE/AU)
Irish DJ and producer Tamen (Naarm/Melbourne) headlines MASSIEF, bringing a dynamic selection that has seen him shell dancefloors from Berlin to London, major European festivals like Outlook and Sun & Bass, and Keep Hush in Eora/Sydney. Known for his lethal, high-energy DJ sets and razor-sharp sound design, Tamen has built an impressive catalog alongside long-time collaborator Pugilist and POD, putting out releases on top-tier imprints including Samurai Music, Rupture, 3024, Trule, Dext, Repertoire, Straight Up Breakbeat, Echo Chamber, Basics, and Ruff Kutz. With heavyweight support from the likes of Mantra, Om Unit, and Tim Reaper—and a string of upcoming vinyl releases on Modern Hypnosis, Ruff Kutz, and Samurai—expect an uncompromising journey through sub-heavy breaks, jungle, and unreleased dubs. Watch ya bass bins!

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

Indigenous Liberation Week Opening Film Screening: “Return to the Falls” + Stolen Generations Discussion Panel

OT301, Thursday, October 8 at 05:00 PM GMT+2

Genre: Film, Panel discussion
Open: 17:00 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € 5-10

“Return to the Falls” is a feature‐length docudrama that tells the life story of Elder Betty Ross (Cree). As a girl from Pimicikamak Cree Nation, she held the sacred teachings of her father like a torch to survive the Indian residential school system. In this film, you will experience Betty’s journey. Cinematic reenactments bring to life unimaginable hardships and euphoric moments of freedom, interwoven with present day footage of Betty as she returns to the falls of her childhood for the first time in more than 70 years.

Program:
17:00-18:00 - "Non-Binary": Indigenous Gender Identities Art Exhibition Open with Project Team Q&A
18:00-18:30 - Opening Introductions from the Indigenous Liberation Movement
18:30-19:30 - Film Screening: “Return to the Falls”
19:30-20:30 - Panel Discussion with Survivors of the Stolen Generations
20:30-21:00 - Closing Remarks from the Indigenous Liberation Movement
21:00-22:00 - Drinks & Discussions + “Non-Binary” Art Exhibit w/Q&A
Following the film, we will have a panel discussion with the daughter of Elder Betty Ross, Viene Vaux (Cree) and Chautuileo Tranamil (Mapuche), who are both Indigenous survivors of the Stolen Generations. The discussion will be moderated by Skylar Joseph (Lakota) and she invites the speakers to share their experiences as survivors, their resilience, and their dreams for the future generations.
Speakers:
Viene Vaux Bilodeau (they/them) is a Cree, two-spirit, 60’s Scoop Survivor from Treaty 5, Pimicikamak Cree Nation. Viene was illegally adopted by white Canadian parents as a baby and was raised without knowing their Cree heritage. Elder Betty Ross is the mother of Viene and together they have had to overcome, and are healing from, generations of forced assimilation & family separation practices.
Chautuileo Tranamil is Mapuche Pewenche from Wallmapu, Chile. She is a political scientist, youth mentor and a protector of mother Earth. She grew up partly in the Netherlands, as Chautuileo was one of the stolen generations from the Mapuche people. Her mother was enrolled in a residential school in Chile. Even though they got separated forcefully, they have established their reconnection. Both of them advocate for Indigenous rights and Indigenous motherhood.
"Non-Binary", an Indigenous gender identities art exhibition by Masharu Studios will be on display with artists/researchers and subjects of the project available in the Cinema Cafe, before and after the main screening event. Youth Interns from Masharu Studios will be presenting the project on behalf of Dr. masharu (they/them), and alongside Viene, who is featured in the project.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/indigenous-liberation-week-opening-film-screening-return-to-the-falls-stolen-generations-discussion-panel

vandaag, morgen en gisteren

OT301, Sunday, October 4 at 06:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 18:00 - 18:30 hrs
Tickets: € donation

vandaag, morgen en gisteren

music, performance, poetry, queer

Oct. 4 – 18:00 – 4bid Gallery – 20 min.

biologisch afbreekbaar

Anna and Fardau form the pop-folk duo biologisch afbreekbaar. Together they express themselves through ethereally harmonised songs and sing in Dutch about societal pressures and finding inner peace. The duo started in 2023 and has since built a strong musical bond with a shared love for poetry. They use metaphors based on nature, which they call their main source of inspiration. Their music is recognizable by its poetic lyrics and captivating harmonies, which quickly draw you into their warm and vulnerable world. They are releasing their debut EP, titled ‘vandaag, morgen en gisteren’ (today, tomorrow and yesterday) later this year. A collection of 4 songs that take you through the day and tell a story about being stuck in a cycle. The duo has already gained attention from 3voor12, Friesland Pop and Leeuwarder Courant, among others. They hope to put their project more on the map in the coming year and encourage people to be more vulnerable.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/vandaag-morgen-en-gisteren

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, October 29 at 12:00 PM GMT+1

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-86

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Saturday, October 31 at 12:00 PM GMT+1

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-88

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Friday, October 30 at 12:00 PM GMT+1

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-87

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, October 28 at 12:00 PM GMT+1

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-85

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Saturday, October 24 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-84

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Friday, October 23 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-83

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, October 21 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-81

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, October 22 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-82

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Saturday, October 17 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-80

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, October 15 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-78

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Friday, October 16 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-79

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Saturday, October 10 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-76

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Friday, October 9 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-75

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, October 14 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-77

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, October 8 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-74

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, October 7 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing, plant-based menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything. Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-73

Can You Hear It? // Machine - part of BANGS festival

OT301, Friday, October 2 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 19:00 - 21:00 hrs
Tickets: € donation

Can You Hear It? // Machine

banging, crip, film, neurodivergent, performance, poetry, political, queer, reading, Remote, solo, storytelling

Oct. 2 – 19:00 – 4bid Gallery – 10 min on loop for two hours

Malicious Sheep

Can You Hear It? is a spoken word recording of a quantum poem that explores the vastness of everything through a synesthetic lens. Machine is a spoken word recording of a poem with accompanying video which explores erasure, technology, and abuse of power.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/can-you-hear-it-machine-part-of-bangs-festival

BANGS! - Unbecoming

OT301, Friday, October 2 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Line up: Alex Fletcher
Open: 19:00 - 20:30 hrs
Tickets: € 0

A comedy hour for the queer and lightly disturbed. Alex is a lean, mean, masturbating machine. Here to put some words together in something resembling a sentence. A solo queer performance.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/bangs-unbecoming

Jim Saah - IN MY EYES book talk

OT301, Thursday, October 29 at 07:00 PM GMT+1

Line up: Jim Saah - King Koala press
Open: 19:00 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € Donation

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/jim-saah-in-my-eyes-book-talk

Vondelbunker Violence - White Knuckle Grip - Angles Morts - Fed Up

Vondelbunker, Sunday, September 27 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

White Knuckle Grip
White Knuckle Grip is a hardcore band founded in 2024. The Rotterdam based group– Sebastian Rengifo Rodriguez [vocals], Joey Roodenburg [bass], Aleksi Nardo [drums] and Oliver Chambers [guitar] – utilise groove-driven riffs, introspective lyrical themes, and dynamic song structures to create a sound that is both abrasive yet emotionally-charged. Taking inspiration from hardcore, nu-metal, hip-hop and shoegaze, White Knuckle Grip brings a young and unapologetic energy to the stage, and a breath of fresh air into the Dutch hardcore scene.

Angles Morts
Angles Morts is a Rotterdam-based five-piece hardcore/death metal crossover band. With oriental influences in their music, the band blends crushing breakdowns, punishing blast beats and eerie melodies that promise a chaotic and unforgettable live experience that gets the crowd moving.

Fed Up
020HC

DOORS @ 20 
 

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/vondelbunker-violence-white-knuckle-grip-angles-morts-fed-up

Amsterdam BANGS x Vondelbunker: "There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew."; "TRAUMA PARTY"; "UNCOMBE"; "Saint's basket"

Vondelbunker, Thursday, October 1 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

19:30 There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.

Inspired by the idea that we all share responsibility for the world we inhabit, this audiovisual performance combines music with evolving abstract and organic visuals.

By: VJ Caro

Length: 30 min.

Is this suitable for children? Yes.

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20:00 TRAUMA PARTY

Underdog children of the digital era, but struggling to cope with what's required to live in it: superficiality and lack of humanity and empathy, downgrading of human emotions, feelings, creativeness, individuality and real connections. This struggle is downright traumatizing. Hence we came up with our own concept called the TRAUMA PARTY: it's not only music, it's words, language, images, vibes, feeling, movement. It's a ritual that allows yourself to FEEL and BEING HUMAN again despite the system being built to make it harder and harder for you: it's catharsis and therapy through dance and music, facing your traumas and the hurt that living like this gave you and SWEATING IT OUT OF YOUR BODY. Thriving in the contradiction and imperfection of being human through creating art that faces the contradiction of the system and self-destroying mechanisms and dynamics we jailed ourselves in.

WELCOME TO THE TRAUMA PARTY.

By: MAYFLOW

Length: 40-80 min.

Content Warnings: Flashing lights, swear words.

Is this suitable for children? No.

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At 21:00, outside of the bunker, the event Espace Vivant will take place.

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21:30 UNCOMBE

through strong friendship, this project came into being, birthing soft noise and weak electronics

Length: 25 min.

Content Warnings: Loud; ear protection advised.

Is this suitable for children? Not necessarily. Could be scary for kids.

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22:15 Saint's basket

Horny or Scared? We have a new item! We have a new tool! It's for every member of the family! Get your friends, family, your neighbor, the person on your right and left , your kids and all living species and subhumans Gets them all to agree TOGETHER!

By: Saint's basket

Length: around an hour.

Content Warnings: Showing everything with no filter

Is this suitable for children? At children about children

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Part of Amsterdam BANGS, an autonomous theatre and performance festival taking place all over the city, Oct. 1-4, raising funds in support of Palestine and Lebanon. All shows are free or on donation. More info on the website https://amsterdambangs.nl/bangs-2026-programme 

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/amsterdam-bangs-x-vondelbunker-there-are-no-passengers-on-spaceship-earth-we-are-all-crew-trauma-party-uncombe-saints-basket

10/10

Vondelbunker, Saturday, October 10 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

For as long as humanity has been able to count, even before the fraction sign, the positional numerical system, or the Julian calendar had been invented, we have looked at our fingers, kept them all unbent and understood the blinding power of a 10/10 .
For this reason, October 10th has long been considered by most experts as the most perfect of days [source: dude just trust me]
Join us at Vondelbunker on the 10/10 date, to listen to some 10/10 music, dance some 10/10 moves, enjoy the company of 10/10 people, and spend some 10/10 time.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/1010-1

Fu-rious Warriors: the Monkey

OT301, Wednesday, September 30 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Line up: Havoc in Heaven
Open: 19:00 - 23:00 hrs
Tickets: € 3

Step into the golden age of hand-drawn animation with a special screening of the timeless classic, Havoc in Heaven (大闹天宫), at Ventilator Cinema.

Based on the early chapters of the legendary 16th-century Chinese epic Journey to the West, the film centers on Sun Wukong (the Monkey King). Born from a magical stone, Sun Wukong possesses supernatural strength, a cloud that lets him fly across the heavens, a size-changing staff, and a famously mischievous streak that leads him to single-handedly rebel against the Jade Emperor's celestial bureaucracy.

If Sun Wukong feels familiar, you aren't imagining things! He is the direct cultural and mythological blueprint for Son Goku in Akira Toriyama’s iconic franchise Dragon Ball. From Goku's monkey tail, magical extending staff, and flying nimbus cloud to his playful defiance and love for a good challenge, the DNA of the Monkey King lives on in modern anime.

Released in two parts starting in 1961, Havoc in Heaven was directed by Wan Laiming and produced by the pioneering Wan brothers at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. The film brilliantly blends traditional Chinese folk art with the dynamic choreography, face-painting motifs, and percussion-heavy soundtrack of Peking opera.

Wanna know more? A small introduction will be given before the movie to explain everything!

Tickets are only €3 (available online or at the door). Don't miss your chance to see this breathtaking cornerstone of world animation on the big screen!

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/fu-rious-warriors-the-monkey

Folk-Rock & Alternative Pop //Deuce - Emma Soulsby - The Places You'll Go

Vondelbunker, Friday, September 25 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

Deuce is a three-piece alternative electronic pop act. Melodic synthesizers and captivating guitars transport you to their dreamy world, as they build the energy into danceable grooves. In this way, they straddle the line between a traditional band and electronic music.They tell their story through introspective lyrics and melancholic sounds, inspired by artists like London Grammar, Aurora, and Rüfüs Du Sol.

 

Emma Soulsby is a singer, songwriter, and budding producer who is exploring the boundaries of alternative Dutch pop. With raw, sensitive lyrics drawn from her inner world, she reflects her deepest emotions and doesn’t shy away from honesty. Her music is filled with experimental sounds and electronic influences. Together with her band, she takes you on a journey through her story. Her message is to evoke a sense of recognition in the listener. Emma makes music for people with intense emotions who feel out of place in this society. She wants people to feel a sense of freedom and understanding while listening to her music and attending her shows.

 

The Places You'll Go is a five-piece folk-rock band from Amsterdam. The lineup consists of a bassist, a drummer, two guitarists (one of whom is also the vocalist), and a violinist. The band’s sources of inspiration include Black Country, New Road, Big Thief/Adrianne Lenker, and Car Seat Headrest. They perform an entirely original repertoire consisting of powerful and emotional folk music infused with rock elements.

DOORS @ 20:00

FREE ENTRY 
 

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/folk-rock-and-alternative-pop-deuce-emma-soulsby-the-places-youll-go

VIS 01 AMS

OT301, Friday, October 30 at 11:00 PM GMT+1

Genre: Techno, breakbeat, jungle, drum & bass, hard bounce, experimental techno
Line up: Bella Hall, Sachiko
Open: 23:00 - 03:00 hrs
Tickets: € 15

VIS Imparbilis presents, VIS 01 AMS.
Pilot #1 of our Birthday party format: New World Birthday Soirée. An inclusive Birthday party, as a ticketed public event.

This is not a traditional club night. This is Narrative Nightlife; a curated musical trip with deck Goddesses Bella Hall and Sachiko.
Sets with different genres and sounds interacting with each other, taking inspiration from; techno, breakbeat, drum & bass, jungle, acid, hard bounce, Brazilian funk, & experimental techno.

Bella Hall is the founding member of AMPFMEININE, a high energy genre-fluid DJ collective based out of Rotterdam, geared toward creating greater opportunity and representation for femmes in the scene. Bella is a Swiss born, Amsterdam based DJ, community organizer and curator, inspired by the countless nights spent on the dancefloor, she has a knack for all things breakbeat, infectiously blending it with bits of drum & bass, dubstep, and techno. She has a bi-monthly show on Echobox ‘Garlic & Onions’ showcasing her deep love for all corners of electronic music.
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Some artists take you on a journey, Sachiko pulls you into The Vortex. Estonia-born and Netherlands-based, Sachiko is a DJ and producer whose sets are built for high-energy, sharp and bass-driven dancefloors with a sensual touch. Moving through bass, offbeat techno, breakbeat, dubstep and jungle, she uses her concept of Making Vortex to create a charged connection with the dancefloor — a shared field of sound, body, and motion. She has performed at ADE, VISION, and Rampage International, sharing bills with DJ Assault, TSVI, Sir Spiro, Visages, and Vier, and is currently working on new releases for 2026.
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The night evolves in 3 phases:
THE PRELUDE

THE PARTY - Includes the Birthday person’s ritual: “The Rebirth”. A live art performance; a symbolic transformation moment. The Birthday person becomes the muse of the night.

THE AFTERPARTY - A descent into emotional resolution of the night’s narrative.
Put on that costume, and unmask.
*We encourage people to express themselves in creative ways through their Halloween costumes, if they wish.
This is not a party with a show. This is a party as a show, where every guest is a participant.

Come over.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/vis-01-ams

VIRTA (current): An Evening of Performance in the Underworld

OT301, Thursday, November 12 at 07:30 PM GMT+1

Line up: Irina Baldini with Emily Welther, Artemise Ploegaerts, Simona Piras, Katarina Kadijevic
Open: 19:30 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € sliding scale 10><15

VIRTA (CURRENT): New Collaborative Works
Date: Thursday, November 12th
Venue: OT301 Studios, Amsterdam
Doors Open: 19:30 | Performance: 20:00

Join us for an immersive evening of contemporary movement, sonic exploration, and performance art at OT301 Studios. This special event showcases the latest choreographic and multidisciplinary work by Irina Baldini, presented in close collaboration with her collaborators Emily Welther, Artemise Ploegaerts, Simoa Piras and Katarina Kadijevic.

Irina joins forces with her collaborators to construct a landscape where sound and body dialogue in real-time. Together, they dive into the underworld of presence, offering a visceral experience unique to the experimental energy of OT301.

Come witness this intersection of dance, sound design, and collaborative creation.
ABOUT THE WORK:
VIRTA (CURRENT) is a multidisciplinary performance piece that combines live music, real-time composed dance, and poetry, inspired by the Finnish underworld from the Kalevala mythology. Created by choreographer Irina Baldini in collaboration with an international team of artists, the work explores psychological undercurrents and human connection in a dimly lit, experimental setting. For more details, visit Irina Baldini’s portfolio site.

Tickets & Reservations:
Available via the link. Space is limited, so early booking is highly recommended.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/virta-current-an-evening-of-performance-in-the-underworld

Abyss-2

OT301, Saturday, November 21 at 08:00 PM GMT+1

Genre: Techno, Acidtechno, Mental, Break
Line up: Unit Moebius Anonymous, Acidupdub, Light speed drivers, Rombout
Open: 20:00 - 03:00 hrs
Tickets: € 10

ABYSS-2 is a travel through several forms of underground electronic music.
From introspective sounds to dancefloor energy, 4 artists, in 4 live-acts will welcome you inside their musical worlds.

Be on time,
Take a big breath,
And dive with us in the deep see of TECHNO.

Party will start at 20.00

There will be food (bretons crepes & Galettes) available until 23.00 for everybody who need extra energy !!!
And a vinyl shop with productions of the artists !

Artists
Unit Moebius Anonymous
Insta // Soundcloud
Acidupdub
Soundcloud
Light speed drivers
Soundcloud

BE ON TIME TO BE SURE TO NOT MISS ANY OF IT.....

Capacity 300 visitors
We recommend presale

Studio 301
Insta // FB

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/abyss-2

Atomic Cafe Cinema: Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y & Buster Keaton

Vondelbunker, Thursday, September 24 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

DIAL H-I-S-T-O-R-Y  1997

Directed by Johan Grimonprez
68 minutes
In English

This film is one wild piece of cinematic dynamite. It's a very early work by Belgian artist/filmmaker Johan Grimonprez (Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat) which traces the history of international airplane hijackings in the 20th century, starting from the first transatlantic hijacker Raffaele Minichiello in 1969, up into the mid-90s. This essay film mixes together news broadcasts, pop music, personal reflections and the illuminated science-fiction writing of Don DeLillo (White Noise, Mao ll) in an attempt to explore the birth of this phenomena.

It should therefore be clear this documentary enters into some pretty crazy territory. There are cultural landmines detonating everywhere! Some of the cases deal directly with the Palestinians whose cause wasn't being reported in the mainstream media, and the tactics they used to re-inscribe themselves in history again. Some of the clips and the editing have a joyous sense of humor, and at other times they are totally absurd and confronting. This flick also serves as a razor-sharp critique of the mass media, and how its increasingly sensationalistic reporting of events mirror our own self destruction. So many documentaries these days are so dull and standardised—this one-hour video montage by Grimonprez fuses together archival material, astute analysis, and imagination. No stuffy 'talking heads' formula here, this flick is on the run...

The music score is composed by John Zorn collaborator David Shea, but it is also cranked up with pop and disco tunes. The result is disorientating and exhilarating... it feels like a breath of fresh air. It easily remains one of the most subversive films of the last few decades, and also an aesthetically fascinating one.

+ short film:

COPS  1922
Directed by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
18 minutes
English inter-titles

Hey let's go back to the poetry of early cinema again, with this brilliant Buster Keaton flick. So much imagination, with hands-on skills that are astounding. The power of a human, rather than technology. It's just the kind of film that ignites your sense of creativity and uplifts your spirit. This particular short film follows a young man (Buster Keaton) who finds himself being chased by the entire Los Angeles Police force. It's about capitalism and class division, but also the age-old story of love versus authority.

ATOMIC CAFE CINEMA @ VONDELBUNKER
(The nuclear fallout bunker under the bridge in the Vondelpark)
Doors open at 20:00, film starts at 20:30
Entrance: free

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/atomic-cafe-cinema-dial-h-i-s-t-o-r-y-and-buster-keaton

Improvisatie Theater - De Concurrent Speelt

OT301, Friday, November 20 at 06:30 PM GMT+1

Genre: Comedy
Open: 18:30 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € 9

Hoe bereid je een voorstelling voor ZONDER script? Dat is precies wat theatergroep "De Concurrent" gaat doen op 20 november. Alle scènes worden ter plekke bedacht op basis van suggesties uit het publiek. Het wordt een combinatie van korte en lange scènes, met garantie op lachen, ongemakkelijke momenten, en onverwachte plot twists.
Programma:

18:30 - deur open

19:00 - start spelen

19:45 - pauze

20:00 - start spelen

20:45 - einde voorstelling

Tot 22:00 - drankjes in de bar.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/improvisatie-theater-de-concurrent-speelt

Les Souvenirs de Mémé

OT301, Sunday, October 11 at 03:30 PM GMT+2

Genre: Theatre
Line up: Natacha Demant
Open: 15:30 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 20

"My show is going to tell you how and why I get bored in my lovely town of Saint-Pourçain-Sur-Sioule in this year 2009.
You’ll understand how and why I decided to give myself a new boost at 87.
You’ll discover how and for how much you can go on the trip of a lifetime without digging too far into your pocket: A pilgrimage to Lourdes!
Grandma Nénette is going to tell you everything! Everything! The best and even the worst, but before talking to you about it, we’ll listen to a little bit of Pierre Bachelet!"

Jeanette, nicknamed Nénette since she was a little girl, was born in 1922 in Saint-Pourçain-Sur-Sioule. She married big Marcel after the war because her beloved Henri never came back. She would be haunted all her life by the memory of Andrew, an English paratrooper she tenderly loved and had found stranded in her garden while the Germans occupied the town.
She’ll tell you about her memories of a booze-filled trip to Lourdes. Grandma is an epicurean, She knows how to treat herself with a nice little Suze to ease her sorrow.
The one-woman show by Natacha Demant, which toured for 10 years in Hauts-de-France. After a 10-year break, we are bringing back this comedy for a one-time performance in Amsterdam!
Performance: Natacha Demant
Text and direction: Vincent Bonnet
Makeup: Céline Van den Broëck
Photography: Yves-Vincent Davroux and Roman Bonnery.

Doors: 15:30
Show starts: 16:00
The show lasts an hour

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In French:
"Mon spectacle va te raconter comment et pourquoi je m'emmerde dans ma bonne ville de Saint-Pourçain-Sur-Sioule en cette année 2009.
Tu y comprendras comment et pourquoi j'ai décidé de me donner un nouvel élan à 87 ans.
Tu découvriras comment et pour combien on peut se payer, sans trop mettre la main au porte-monnaie, le voyage de toute une vie : Un pèlerinage à Lourdes !
Mémé Nénette va tout vous dire ! Tout ! Le meilleur et même le pire, mais avant de t'en parler, on écoutera un p'tit coup de Pierre Bachelet ! "

Jeanette, qu'on surnomme Nénette depuis sa plus tendre enfance, est née en 1922 à Saint-Pourçain-Sur-Sioule. Elle épousa le gros Marcel après la guerre car son beau Henri ne revenait pas. Elle sera hantée toute sa vie par le souvenir d'Andrew, un parachutiste anglais qu'elle a tendrement aimé et qu'elle avait trouvé échoué dans son jardin alors que les allemands occupaient la ville.

Elle vous racontera ses souvenirs d'un voyage alcoolisé à Lourdes. Mémé est une épicurienne, elle sait se faire plaisir avec une bonne petite Suze pour consoler sa peine.
Le seule-en-scène de Natacha Demant qui a tourné pendant 10 ans dans les Hauts-de-France. Après 10 ans de pause, nous reprenons cette comédie pour une représentation unique à Amsterdam !

Interprétation : Natacha Demant
Texte et mise en scène : Vincent Bonnet
Maquillage : Céline Van den Broëck
Photographies : Yves-Vincent Davroux et Roman Bonnery.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/les-souvenirs-de-meme

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & MARXISM with Jelle Klaas

OT301, Friday, October 30 at 06:45 PM GMT+1

Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Open: 18:45 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € 6,50

A lecture with film clips and visual material by Jelle Klaas

Friday 30 October 2026
Doors: 18:45 | Start: 19:00

Spaceships, aliens, vampires, zombies, distant planets and imaginary worlds. Science fiction and fantasy are among the most popular forms of storytelling — but what do these stories tell us about the world we actually live in?

And perhaps more importantly: what can they tell us about the possibility of a different and better world?

On Friday 30 October, Ventilator Cinema welcomes human rights lawyer, Marxist and lifelong science-fiction and fantasy enthusiast Jelle Klaas for an illustrated lecture exploring these genres through a critical Marxist lens.

Moving between cinema, literature, comics, games and popular culture, Klaas examines how science fiction and fantasy reflect questions of capitalism, class, power, labour, racism, feminism and political struggle.

From spaceships and dystopian futures to magical kingdoms and the undead, imaginary worlds have long provided ways of thinking about very real political and social conflicts. Science fiction can imagine societies beyond capitalism, while fantasy can reproduce — or challenge — ideas about hierarchy, race, power and history.

So what is politically troubling about enormously popular works such as Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings?

What happens when we look at zombies, vampires, aliens and dystopian societies through the lens of class and capitalism?

And which works of science fiction and fantasy should every socialist know?

Expect an accessible and provocative journey through the genre, filled with film clips, images, references and recommendations — from famous blockbusters to radical and lesser-known works.

ABOUT JELLE KLAAS

Jelle Klaas is a Dutch human rights lawyer and Executive Director of PILP, a human rights law firm and NGO based in Amsterdam. He is one of the founders of the organisation and has many years of experience using strategic litigation to advance human rights in the Netherlands.

His legal work focuses particularly on the right to protest, anti-discrimination, civil procedure, housing policy and strategic human rights litigation. He has represented activists, communities and civil-society organisations and has been involved in major cases concerning ethnic profiling, demonstration rights and socioeconomic rights.

Before PILP, Klaas worked for fifteen years as a social lawyer, including on cases concerning the right to basic shelter and support for undocumented people.

Alongside his legal work, Klaas has been politically active throughout his life and is a Marxist.

His other great passion is science fiction and fantasy. Since childhood, he has immersed himself in the genre across films, novels, comics and games. In this lecture, these two worlds come together: political analysis and a lifelong fascination with imaginary worlds.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/science-fiction-fantasy-and-marxism-with-jelle-klaas

Fangs (Anyab) halloween screening

OT301, Thursday, October 29 at 07:30 PM GMT+1

Genre: Musical, Egyptian, Horror
Open: 19:30 - 23:00 hrs
Tickets: € 7 / 10, 13

Join us on October 29, 2026 at 20:00 for a special halloween screening of FANGS (ANYAB) in Amsterdam at Ventilator Cinema in OT301, hosted by Mizna.

Fangs (Anyab) (1981, 1h 40m,
Arabic, w/ English Subtitles)
dir Mohammed Shebl)

Egypt’s answer to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, this delirious musical-horror oddity follows two innocent lovers who stumble into a nightclub of disco-dancing vampires, rock ‘n’ roll numbers, and campy bloodsucking mayhem. Cairo meets Transylvania in a cult curio that’s equal parts satire, singalong, and surreal nightmare. Mohammed Shebl’s 1981 adaptation isn’t just a cult classic, Anyab (Fangs) is an astute commentary on the Egyptian socio-political climate all wrapped up in disco, glam and vampire fangs!

About Mizna:

For more than twenty-five years, Mizna has promoted contemporary and experimental approaches to art, literature, and film; work that questions and expands the forms and conceptual frameworks of Arab and SWANA culture. Mizna publishes a biannual print literary and art journal, Mizna, and produces the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, the largest and longest-running SWANA-centered film festival in the Midwest. Mizna also offers readings, film series, performances, public art commissions, and community events that have featured 1000+ local and transnational writers, filmmakers, and artists. Learn more at www.mizna.org

Mizna is also holding FANGS (ANYAB) halloween screenings in Minneapolis and Los Angeles.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/fangs-anyab-halloween-screening

Visual Encounters Film Fest 2026

OT301, Saturday, October 31 at 02:00 PM GMT+1

Genre: Documentary
Open: 14:00 - 19:00 hrs
Tickets: € 5

What happens when anthropology moves beyond the written page and into images, sounds and encounters?
Visual Encounters returns for its 4th edition, presenting 16 ethnographic films created by filmmakers from the University of Amsterdam’s MA in Visual Anthropology.
Across two days, the festival moves through different worlds, relationships and ways of seeing. The films explore memory, identity, migration, family, belonging, intimacy, place, and social change through approaches ranging from observational documentary to collaborative and experimental filmmaking.
At the heart of Visual Encounters is the idea that filmmaking can be more than a way of documenting people and places. It can become an encounter: between filmmaker and participant, image and experience, audience and world.
Screenings will take place in thematic blocks, followed by Q&As with the filmmakers—opening conversations about not only what these films show, but also how they were made and what kinds of relationships made them possible.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/visual-encounters-film-fest-2026

Cinema Derive - L'HUMANITE  1999

OT301, Sunday, September 20 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Genre: Drama
Line up: Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier
Open: 19:00 - 23:00 hrs
Tickets: € 3

L'HUMANITE 1999
Directed by Bruno Dumont
141 minutes
In French with English subtitles

French director Bruno Dumont always takes us on a sacred/spectral journey that is bleak and sublime. Where most filmmakers are content to tell a simple story, Dumont is always more soul-searching. His movies are a strange mix of carnality, existential void, and spirituality. This one focuses on detective Pharaon De Winter, as he investigtes the murder and rape of a young 11-year-old girl. The brutal inhumanity of this act rattles the detective, and it's impossible for him to comprehend/ reconcile that such obscenity is possible.

So although on the surface this is a police procedural based on a situation like a typical cop flick, Dumont instead turns the tables and it becomes an eerie exploration of our central character's psyche. After all, detective movies are about a search for the truth, it's only that Dumont redirects what kind of truth is uncovered. And if the truth is revealed, it will not be a banal resolution/ conclusion like so many other crime movies. In fact, L'humanité warps genre conventions to the degree that some people have said it's not a police film, but the opposite...an anti-policier.

When it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999, it totally polarised the audience. People were shouting, screaming and storming off, while others were in rapture..... including the head of the jury David Cronenberg who showered L'humanité with the Grand Jury prize, and the best acting awards went to Emmanuel Schotté and Séverine Caneele. The fact that both top awarded actors were non-professionals was perceived as an insult, a slap in the face to professional careerism, and only added fuel to the outrage. By the way, director Dumont is actually well known for casting his movies by going to unemployment centres in rundown areas of the country. In any case, all these things together blew up and created an international scandal.

The feral murder of the young girl is certainly a desecration, but it's one that reveals another desecration.... not of a church, but of an entire landscape - the post-industrial, rundown, working-class rural region in northern France of Bailleul. A world that has been exploited, ruined and abandoned. That's where the story takes place, and where the director himself was born and raised.

In the 1960s in France there was a string of movies implying that the police and criminals have more in common than people believe. They both have the same mentality and use the same methods (threats, violence, blackmail, punishment, sometimes even torture). This movie takes it a step further where cops who represent law and order might have aspects in common with the people they are hunting down, and who they describe as mentally disabled/ill. This is a movie that captures something unhinged, unstable... a twilight zone where things might not be so black-and-white as they are presented. As always in Dumont's work, it's about spiritual suffering in the modern world.

CINEMA DÉRIVE - ventilator space
Overtoom 301, 2nd floor
Doors open at 19:30, film starts at 20:00
3 euros

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinema-derive-lhumanite-1999

Zafzifa

OT301, Wednesday, November 4 at 07:30 PM GMT+1

Genre: Film
Line up: Peter Sant
Open: 19:30 - 22:30 hrs
Tickets: € 10

Shot on 16mm with open sets and non-actors, Żafżifa unfolds as an emotional journey of yearning, scepticism, and hope. The stories, shaped not by invention but by lived encounters, build continuously, culminating in an architectural and emotional collapse.

Set in a small and densely populated seaside town in Buġibba, Malta, Żafżifa paints a corrosive portrait of a man who returns to the island to discover his friends have taken advantage of the changing economy and moved on with their lives. Tortured by a mysterious past, he seeks to unleash himself from the relentless progress that surrounds him.
Throughout, friends and enemies swim by, failing to puncture his carapace until he meets Annie. She, like him, has a child she never sees; has been disappointed in love; lives in a vacuum, without freedom, without companionship. Brought together by fate and torn apart by circumstance, together they struggle against a barrage of obstacles the gods throw in their path.
Program:
19:30 - doors open
20:00-21:40 - film screening
21:40-22:00 - Q&A
22:00-22:30 - drinks at the bar
A film by Peter Sant
Duration: 99mins
Country: Malta
Language: Maltese with English subtitles

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/zafzifa

Summer Dance Forever Watch Party - House Battle

OT301, Saturday, August 29 at 03:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 15:00 - 23:30 hrs
Tickets: € 7,5

The local House Dance Community is organizing a little informal gathering to watch the Summer Dance Forever House Battles at Ventilator Cinema. During the breaks we'll have a dance jam session.

Don't have a ticket for the battle come by. Bring your own snacks and you can buy drinks here if you want.

Doors open at 15:00

House Dance Forever Top 48: 16:00 - 17:00
House Dance Forever Battle: 18:00 - 23:00

Location:

Ventilator Cinema, On the 2nd floor of the OT301 building

Overtoom 301, Amsterdam.

When you arrive on location the door might be closed, but call the number(s) that are writen on the piece of paper on the door. We'll come down to get you.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/summer-dance-forever-watch-party-house-battle

Cinema Dérive - MR. KLEIN 1976 (Monsieur Klein)

OT301, Sunday, July 19 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

Genre: Cinema, Drama, French
Line up: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé
Open: 19:30 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € 3

MR. KLEIN 1976
(Monsieur Klein)
Directed by Joseph Losey
135 minutes
In French with English subtitles
What a haunting movie this is... a riveting thriller made by director Joseph Losey, containing a delirious performance by Alain Delon. In my eyes, it's the best role of his career. And yet it is a film that was pushed away and largely deleted in cinema history. This is pretty shocking in terms of culture, especially since there is so much junk kept in the history books, while gems like this are forgotten.
Right from the start, this flick is absolutely riveting. The story takes place during the German occupation of France in 1942, and centers on an art dealer called Robert Klein (Delon). Since Jews are being rounded up and sent to the death camps, it meant Jewish homes would be ransacked by the locals after Jews were deported (the same thing happened on a widespread scale here in Amsterdam). Since our main character Robert is an art dealer, it means he can get stolen art for bargain prices. And of course there are other Jews who haven't been dragged to the camps, but are being hunted down and need cash to escape, and desperate enough to sell everything they have. All in all, the Jewish persecution is great for Robert's business, until mysterious events begin to occur and Robert becomes aware there is another man going around Paris, using his name, but who is a Jew. The movie then unravels from this otherworldly premise...
This existential thriller has a strong Kafka vibe, and director Joseph Losey certainly knew what it was like to be hunted. He had been accused of being a Communist during the 'red scare' of the 1950s in the United States, was forced to go underground, and eventually escaped to Europe where he made some dazzling works of art like The Servant, and this film. The cinematography is overcast in a poetic way, flowing with muted colors and deep shadows. It unfolds almost like a lucid dream, as we watch our main character's life fall apart, while at the same time exploring themes like persecution, mysterious doppelgängers, the dark side of collaboration, and war-profiteering. And let's be clear; this is not just a movie about something in the past, it is about our modern lives today also. The script is by Franco Solinas (Battle of Algiers). Besides Alain Delon, the film features Jeanne Moreau and Juliet Berto.
One of the great aspects of this movie is how it fuses together delirium with historical facts... a surreal, psychological masterpiece. At the time it came out, it won the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director.

Overtoom 301 2nd floor
Doors open at 19:30, film starts at 20:00
3 euros

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinema-derive-mr-klein-1976-monsieur-klein

Chaotic Cupid Cabaret

OT301, Thursday, July 16 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Genre: Comedy and Variety
Line up: Femke Fatale, Alphrodesiac, Daisy Danger, Riot Ravioli, Dr.Amore, Sicilian Sinner, Madam D’aroughcoune, Virgin Greg, and many more
Open: 19:00 - 23:00 hrs
Tickets: € 12.50

Slide into our DMs, and see the graveyard of unread messages, U Ups? and unsolicited pictures. Then rot on the couch with us as we swipe past beautiful, emotionally unavailable lamp posts in search of something vaguely resembling mutual interest.

Join us for an evening of chaotic matchmaking (and occasional, maybe, unmaking (oepsies)!), where our cupids pull the strings on love’s little disasters with mischief, sharpened aim, and an occasional miss. Featuring a dangerously talented lineup of performers who expose their most questionable choices, relive first dates so bad they probably deserve their own show, and leave you questioning if that was fact or fiction.

It’s seductive. It’s messy. It’s slightly (very) unhinged. And if you’re lucky, you might even leave with closure. Or at least a story that starts with, “So I met them on stage at a cabaret show..."

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/chaotic-cupid-cabaret

Bookbinding Workshop: coptic binding

OT301, Monday, July 13 at 06:00 PM GMT+2

Genre: DIY - Bookbinding
Line up: Irina Baldini
Open: 18:00 - 20:00 hrs
Tickets: € 25<>30

Workshops at 4bid are a great way to get a first-hand introduction to the art of bookbinding and printmaking. All of our workshops are taught in an open and friendly atmosphere. Absolute beginners are more than welcome!

Bookbinding Workshops:
-1.Introduction to Bookbinding, Pamphlets; Stab Bindings; Concertinas
-2.Single sheet Binding
-3.Exposed Back Binding

DESCRIPTION Suitable for complete beginners. During this workshop participants will learn how to cut, fold and bind.

On completion of the workshop you will leave with your own book and the skills to make more at home using minimal equipment. Introduction to Bookbinding is one of three-part series of introductory bookbinding workshops at 4bid.

You are encouraged, but not required, to take all workshops in order. Participants to Introduction to Bookbinding 2 will benefit from techniques learned in '1,' and likewise participants to '3' will benefit from techniques learned in '2.' For a complete beginner, taking all three workshops in order will give you a good foundation in bookbinding.

Price: donation between 25 and 30 euro - concessions available-

RSVP to reserve a place

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/bookbinding-workshop-coptic-binding

ATE Methodology - practice workshop

OT301, Wednesday, July 8 at 05:30 PM GMT+2

Genre: movement and voice workshop
Line up: Irina Baldini
Open: 17:30 - 19:30 hrs
Tickets: € 20

ATE Methodology - practice workshop
Dates: 8th July - Price 20€ - payment via link
Questions: [email protected]
Accountable temporary expedients (ATE) is a choreographic methodology developed by Irina Baldini, that uses task-based improvisation to challenge dancers’ ability to handle confusion and uncertainty.
Key principles of Accountable Temporary Expedients:
Use of movement and voice: The practice involves integrating dancing with vocalising as part of the exploration, treating the "fleetingness of sound" as a material to engage with.
Improvisation and Composition: ATE is a tool for both improvising in the moment and for choreographing future work. We will make use of the ATE card deck, a practical tool complementing the methodology in use.
Internal and external stimuli: attending to the body's internal signals by focusing in particular on the organs of the torso, as well as the performer's environment.
Embracing Confusion: The practice challenges movers to attend to multiple stimuli at once and encourages embracing doubt and uncertainty to foster new decision-making and “emergent embodied cognition”.

Bio
Irina Baldini is an Amsterdam-based Finnish-Italian dancer, choreographer, and artist-researcher known for her site-responsive work and interest in ephemeral experiences. With an extensive background in classical and contemporary dance (Laban Centre, ArtEZ University), conservation, and printmaking, she integrates diverse mediums in her practice.

Baldini has performed and choreographed internationally at venues including the Venice Biennale and Tate Britain. Her work often utilizes improvisation and a "not-aboutness" approach, focusing on the immediacy of sensation.

As a curator, she co-founded the Amsterdam non-profit 4bid Gallery, a platform for experimental encounters between visual and performance arts. She also initiated the performance events Highs & Lows and the body-focused B. base program.

Baldini is an active educator and has authored three books, including Low Content (2018) and Kelder (2020), which reflect on change, performance, and metamorphosis and Accountable Temporary Expedients (2021). Beyond her work in dance and visual arts, she plays bass guitar and is lead vocalist in the punk-HC band Controlled Illusion.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/ate-methodology-practice-workshop-2

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Friday, July 3 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-52

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, July 2 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-51

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, July 1 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 12:00 - 17:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-50

The Heat of Others - Book launch

OT301, Wednesday, July 1 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

Genre: Book launch
Line up: Morgane Billuart, Macarena Magaña, Jiji Jizu
Open: 20:00 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € Free

On the 1st of July at 8 PM, OT301 invites you to the book launch of The Heat of Others by Morgane Billuart. The reading will be accompanied by a prologue by Macarena Magaña and a soundscape by Jiji Jizu.

The Heat of Others follows Max, a young researcher who travels to Svalbard, Norway, to speak at a conference on the ethics of mind enhancement. There she encounters a high-tech experimental building powered by “Dual Resolve,” a system that harvests human body heat. As the conference unfolds, the warmth of bodies and the pressure begin to blur, pulling Max into a state of growing uncertainty where thought and sensation are no longer discernible.

Morgane Billuart is a writer and storyteller whose work navigates the intersection of critical inquiry and narrative practice. Her practice spans writing and visual media, exploring how technology shapes contemporary modes of imagination, perception, and social relations. She is an affiliated researcher at the Institute of Network Cultures and the New Center for Research and Practice, and co-hosts the podcast GirlEmployee with Carmen Lael Hines. Her written works include The Heat of Others (2026), Cycles, Becoming the Product (2025), and The Sacred and the Doomed (2024), reflecting a sustained engagement with the material and cultural entanglements of technological development.

Supported by the generous support of the @mondriaanfonds.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-heat-of-others-book-launch

Dinner at Café Gilde

OT301, Saturday, July 4 at 05:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 17:00 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € 12

While the weltpolitik averts its gaze from the Americas, it's hard to totally look away, and as such we all know which day Independence Day falls on for that torrid land and its disillusioned peoples, all the while saying with full intention that we're not looking. This dinner is, therefore, roundly not for the occasion.

Unlike the pretentious description here, the dinner will be humble, satisfying, and above all delicious. What the dish consists of exactly remains to be decided, so if you're allergic to anything and planning to join us, please get in touch in advance to let us know.

We're asking for €12 for a single course plus a few bits beforehand to keep your mouth busy (a swankier place would call that an amuse bouche).

Please use the ticketing system here to book a place at a given time. One place is one seat at a table.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/dinner-at-cafe-gilde-17

Sanctuary Dierbaar benefit

OT301, Saturday, July 25 at 06:00 PM GMT+2

Open: 18:00 - 21:00 hrs
Tickets: € 20

Café Gilde and Sanctuary Dierbaar are joining forces for a charity buffet for Olivia and Emma! Olivia and Emma are hens that are mothers to broiler chickens. They were rescued from slaughter at an Animal Save Netherlands vigil on the 31st of March. At the time, Olivia and Emma were around 15 months old. Egglaying hens never get to see their chicks, whilst laying countless fertile eggs their whole lives. Being forced to lay an egg every day is extremely demanding on their bodies. We are providing them with the medical care they need to stop laying eggs for a spell. In doing this, we let them enjoy their freedom in good health for as long as possible, no longer as production animals, but as dignified, worthy individuals who can simply be themselves, and who will never again have to do anything for humans.

Doors at 6:00 PM; begins at 6:30 PM. There are 46 seats. For every ticket sold, €10 goes to Olivia and Emma's care.

Aida, founder of Sanctuary Dierbaar, will give a short introduction talking about the sanctuary and Olivia and Emma's rescue. Afterwards, Bob will share some information about Café Gilde, after which the delicious buffet will be open. We will conclude the evening at 9:00 PM.

This event is made possible in part by Heartbeet Community! Read more about Olivia and Emma's rescue on the Sanctuary Dierbaar website (in Dutch): https://sanctuarydierbaar.nl/bewoner/olivia-en-emma/

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Café Gilde en Sanctuary Dierbaar slaan de handen ineen voor een charity buffet voor Olivia en Emma! Olivia en Emma zijn moederdieren van vleeskuikens. Ze zijn op 31 maart dit jaar gered uit het slachthuis tijdens de vigil van Animal Save. Olivia en Emma waren toen zo'n 15 maanden oud. Moederdieren zien hun kuikens nooit, terwijl ze in hun leven vele bevruchte eieren hebben gelegd. Elke dag een ei moeten leggen is extreem belastend voor hun lichamen. Wij geven ze de nodige medische zorg om een periode te stoppen met leggen. Hiermee stellen we ze in staat om zo lang mogelijk in goede gezondheid van hun vrijheid te genieten. Geen productiedier meer, maar waardige individuen die zichzelf zijn en die nooit meer iets voor de mens moeten doen.

Inloop vanaf 18:00, start om 18:30 uur. Er zijn 46 plaatsen. Van elk verkocht kaartje gaat er €10 ten behoeve van de zorg voor Olivia en Emma.

Aida, oprichter van Sanctuary Dierbaar vertelt kort over de Sanctuary en de redding van Olivia en Emma. Dan horen we van Bob interessante weetjes die je nog niet wist over Café Gilde, waarna het heerlijke buffet wordt geopend. We sluiten om 21:00 uur af.

Dit event wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Heartbeet Community! Lees hier meer over de redding van Olivia en Emma op de website van Sanctuary Dierbaar: https://sanctuarydierbaar.nl/bewoner/olivia-en-emma/

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/sanctuary-dierbaar-benefit

INC Exit Fest Club Night

OT301, Friday, June 26 at 10:00 PM GMT+2

Genre: Electronic
Line up: edj & mdj, Hunter, Ostrex, Human Observer b2b Burchhhha, Power Switch
Open: 22:00 - 03:00 hrs
Tickets: € Free

On 24, 25, and 26 June 2026, the Institute of Network Cultures organizes the INC Exit Fest, a community gathering and party that celebrates the departure of our 22 year-old research group from the Amsterdam HvA-polytech to become an autonomous center/NGO/org-net/Dutch cultural organization. The move was instigated by the mandatory retirement at 67 on September 1, 2026 of its founder Geert Lovink. Already in 2024, the team decided to step into an open, yet uncertain, future–one in which will look for new partners, coalitions, and funding possibilities. We believe in the power of metamorphosis and new beginnings. It is the strong desire of the wider INC community to continue our ever-changing INC ways to bring together critical research with speculative experimentation.

On Wednesday the 24th, we start with an evening program at the University of Amsterdam’s cultural event space Spui25. Then, on the 25th and 26th, we will gather in the former Amsterdam squat OT301 for two full conference days, curated by the INC’s current core team. We will showcase and celebrate issues that we have been working on lately such as digital sovereignty, streaming, girl theory, AI refusal, digital publishing strategies and Internet Core aesthetics. Most of all, we want to come together and celebrate our unique tribe with the aim to decide where to take INC next.

To make the Exit Fest into a true community gathering, there will be a beautiful mess of side programs, doomscroll performances, screenings, guerrilla exhibits, and a mini book fair. Last but not least, all main programming takes place inside the psychedelic green screen of THE VOID and, in true INC style, we will end the program with a performance evening and a meme-fueled party night. Come and hang out with us – let’s enjoy the overload and take the INC to a new level together!

22:30-23:30 edj & mdj (Dj)
23:30-00:00 Hunter (Live)
00:00-01:00 Ostrex (Dj)
01:00-02:00 Human Observer b2b Burchhhha (Hybrid)
02:00-03:00 Power Switch (Dj)

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/inc-exit-fest-club-night

INC Exit Fest

OT301, Friday, June 26 at 10:00 AM GMT+2

Genre: Talk, Exhibition, mini bookfair, screenings
Open: 10:00 - 22:00 hrs
Tickets: € Free

On 24, 25, and 26 June 2026, the Institute of Network Cultures organizes the INC Exit Fest, a community gathering and party that celebrates the departure of our 22 year-old research group from the Amsterdam HvA-polytech to become an autonomous center/NGO/org-net/Dutch cultural organization. The move was instigated by the mandatory retirement at 67 on September 1, 2026 of its founder Geert Lovink. Already in 2024, the team decided to step into an open, yet uncertain, future–one in which will look for new partners, coalitions, and funding possibilities. We believe in the power of metamorphosis and new beginnings. It is the strong desire of the wider INC community to continue our ever-changing INC ways to bring together critical research with speculative experimentation.
Program:

9:30 am - Doors open

10.00 - 11.45 (Studio/Online) - Gendered Desire & Resentment on the Platform: Can we Queer Alienation into Belonging? (Session + Q&A)
With: Kate Babin, Francesco Barchiesi, Dunja Nešović and İdil Galip.
Chair: Chloë Arkenbout.

10:00 - 12.15 (Cinema Bar) - Creative Resistance Against AI Assembly (Workshop - Registration Needed (Link tba))
Facilitated by Eke Rebergen and Jordi Viader Guerrero.
13:00 - 14:00 (Studio/Online) - Goodbye Poverty Jetset: MoneyLab Lessons for Creative Work (Session)
With: Inte Gloerich, Alessandro Longo, MACAO (Emanuele Braga, Federico Aldovisi), and Patricia de Vries.
Chair: Sepp Eckenhaussen.

13:00 - 13:30 (Cinema) - Internet Core Performance Lecture (Performance)
With: Laura Subirats and Diana Milán.

14:00- 14:45 (Studio/Online) - The Ultimate MyCreativity & MoneyLab Trivia Quiz (Quiz)
Quizmasters: Inte Gloerich & Patricia de Vries

15.15 - 17.00 (Studio/Online) - Internet Aesthetics: Where Are The Thinkers? (Session + Q&A)
With: Morgane Billuart, Sophie Publig, Sofi Xian, and Klaudia Orczykowska
Chair: Ruben Stoffelen & Mela Miekus.

15:15 - 15:45 (Cinema) - Weaving Through Screens (Performance)
Curated by Laura Mrksa and Slutty Urbanism Collective (Letizia Chiappini and Valeria Ferrari)

17:30 - 18:30 (Studio/Online) - INC 2.0 Updates: Enjoy Your Endings (OT301 Studio)
With: Ruben Stoffelen, Mela Miekus, Tommaso Campagna, Chloë Arkenbout, Sepp Eckenhaussen, Giovanni Rossetti and Geert Lovink.

20:30-22:00 (Studio/Online/Cinema) - Weaponised Media: Streaming Performances
Politics of Filtration by Ksenia Ryback and Dasha Hetmanova (Lecture Performance)
Fannypack Music by Martina Raponi (Music Performance)
School of the Image: Constellations by Donatella Della Ratta, Noura Tafeche and THE VOID (Live Video Essay Performance)
Field (Before and After) by Gabriel Vigliensoni (Live Coding Music Performance)
Book Fair / Exhibitions / Screenings / Side Activities / Suggestions
///// Mini Book Fair ///// (OT301 Cinema Bar)
Friday June 26, 17.00-23:00
With: Outline, HumDrumPress, Nero & MACAO, Xpub, Spookstad, Hothead, Visual Methodologies Collective, Aksioma, Set Margins, Sleepy Press
///// Installations ///// (Around OT301)
V.I.B.E.
Playground — On teaching in the time of forced automation
///// Doom Scrolling Room ///// (Cinema)
Weaving Through Screens. Collective Doomscrolling and Productive Unrest. By Slutty Urbanism (Letizia Chiappini, Valeria Ferrari) and Laura Mrksa. Installation bed/fitness balls (woven by Laura). Sound: Gropina – Zeno Poggioni.
Installation available from Thursday, 11:00 am to Friday, 20:30
///// Breaks Screenings ///// (Studio)
INC Archival Material
Beautiful World: A Film by Mieke Gerritzen
P.A.R.K. 4d Tv Cd Rom Twaalf Uur Puur Beeld En Geluid\
Vertical
Reality_Hacking
Cyberpunk VHS
And more...

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/inc-exit-fest-1

16mm Cult Movie Night

OT301, Wednesday, June 3 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

Genre: Film, Spaghetti Western
Line up: Keoma
Open: 19:30 - 23:00 hrs
Tickets: € 5

On June 3, 16mm Cult Movie Night rides into the dark underbelly of the American Old West. We are proud to present the one-of-a-kind Spaghetti Western masterpiece...

KEOMA

Keoma is a half-Indian gunfighter, who returns from the killing fields of the Civil War to find his hometown ravaged with plague and its people terrorised by a racist tyrant. With the help of his father and his friend, a freed slave named George, Keoma plans for REVENGE... and REDEMPTION!

KEOMA is an epic film of BIBLICAL proportions, inspired by the works of William Shakespeare and Sam Peckinpah.

Directed by the infamous Italian Master ENZO G. CASTELLARI (The Inglorious Basterds, 1990: The Bronx Warriors).

Starring FRANCO NERO (Django, The Mercenary) as Keoma, and WOODY STRODE (Spartacus, Sergeant Rutledge) as George.

KEOMA

One Night Only — Wednesday, June 3. Projected on REAL 16mm film! It WILL change your LIFE.

LOTS OF GUNS!
LOTS OF MUD!
The struggle for JUSTICE in a world WITHOUT LAW!
A SILENT ANTI-HERO like only FRANCO NERO can play!!!
Slow motion VIOLENCE like only CASTELLARI can deliver!!!

One Night Only — Wednesday, June 3

Doors open: 19:30
Programme starts: 20:00

No digital cinema. Only 16mm.
The bar is OPEN before and after the screening.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/16mm-cult-movie-night-3

Print & Sewing Open Space - Building a house without bricks

OT301, Friday, June 12 at 02:00 PM GMT+2

Genre: Workspace
Open: 14:00 - 19:00 hrs
Tickets: € 0

The Print & Sewing Open Space is an ongoing, travelling project consisting of a modular and mobile accumulation of collectively owned — and borrowed — print, publishing, textile, and making resources, including a risograph machine, library shelves, book-making materials, sewing tools, and a DIY screenprinting table, among others.

Activated across Café Gilde and Ventilator Bar, the Print & Sewing Open Space functions as an open workspace, library, and kiosk where guests, collaborators, and friends — current and soon-to-be — can come together to print, sew, bind, mend, repair, publish, and experiment collectively. We are interested in sharing and exchanging DIY techniques of printing, binding, sewing, and publishing, making these tools and practices accessible to wider communities.

Rooted in the interrelation between self-publishing and textile practices as political tools to disseminate our own knowledges, the space will host workshops that merge both disciplines — from bookbinding with textiles and collective publishing to garment repair, sewing for collectives, and other hands-on experiments.

The Open Space also includes a library of publications contributed by members of damdam and its broader ecosystem. Workshops and activities will be announced via damdam’s Instagram.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/building-a-house-without-bricks-print-and-sewing-open-space

Life Drawing session -

OT301, Tuesday, June 9 at 06:30 PM GMT+2

Genre: Life Drawing
Open: 18:30 - 20:00 hrs
Tickets: € 10

Dear all,
>When do we meet?
Tuesday 18;15

>Where do we meet ?
in front of the gate of OT301

>Where do we draw?
At 4bid gallery, inside OT301
Please sign up via the meetup link,

https://www.meetup.com/Life-Drawing-drop-in-Amsterdam-4bid-gallery-OT301/

We very much look forwards to seeing you,
4bid crew

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/life-drawing-session-