Electronic music night with Space Arp Pete and Two-TwentyNine at Time is the new space, running from 22:00 to 03:00.
Club night at Rotown with dancing into the early hours.
A preparty for the Dutch Modular Fest featuring short sets from electronic music makers and speakers. Free for DMF Saturday ticket holders, € 6 for others.
Boss Priester and friends perform at Toffler with Hidde van Wee and DORA in a late-night electronic session.
Interdimensional Transmissions and Clone Records present a night with Ectomorph, Erika, BMG, Serge and jannah at Export.
Russian stand-up comedian Sasha Dolgopolov performs a work-in-progress show testing new material. The audience plays a role in shaping which jokes will make the final cut.
ALLE GROND is an interdisciplinary performing arts festival on Brienenoord featuring shared meals and performances. Day 2 starts at 18:00 with theatre, dance and music.
LINK UP and BUBBLING BABY bring a summer blockparty to Garden of Bird with electronic and Afro-diasporic music from baile funk to UKG.
LINK UP and BUBBLING BABY take over BIRD for a night of electronic and Afro-diasporic music, from baile funk to bubbling and UKG.
Mike Vitale performs aboard the Nieuw Statendam cruise ship docked in Rotterdam.
Friday night dance party at Bambooz Rotterdam with music and atmosphere until the early morning.
Rescue presents an evening curated by Elijah Tevrede with ten DJs and producers. Departure from Rotterdam CS.
Regular Dutch-language stand-up show at Comedy Club Haug with rotating headliners, club regulars, and new talent. Sharp, live-tested material in about two hours.
Multi-day exhibitions and festivals still on today.
Exhibition exploring drawing as a form of movement and resistance, featuring work by seven international artists at Kunstinstituut Melly.
Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme present a work based on conversations with former Palestinian prisoners and poets, exploring how resistance takes shape in everyday life.
Hajra Waheed presents a multimedia work about freedom fighters, combining sound, drawings, and paintings.
Kunsthal Rotterdam celebrates Rotterdam artist Woody van Amen with a retrospective of his work, marking his ninetieth birthday and his influential role in post-war avant-garde art.
Over a hundred floating baby penguin balloons drift through the Kunsthal Rotterdam in this playful installation by Danish artist Benedikte Bjerre.
A retrospective of street photographer Helen Levitt featuring over 220 photographs, a film, and color slides from her complete archive.
Interactive exhibition for children exploring the future, with hands-on activities and creative making opportunities.
The Maritime Museum Rotterdam celebrates the women who have shaped maritime history and continue to make their mark on the industry today.
Riet Wijnen transforms Kunstinstituut Melly's bookshop, café and event space into an innovative project combining art, commerce and social space.
Family exhibition exploring nature's patterns: why zebras have stripes, ladybirds have spots, and snail shells have spirals.
An exhibition at the Belasting & Douane Museum exploring the Dutch childcare benefits scandal and the experiences of those affected.
Janilda Bartolomeu's film installation examines the dreams and aspirations of the Cape Verdean diaspora at Rotterdam's Nieuwe Instituut.
Exhibition exploring how women across the globe have shaped art and culture throughout history, from antiquity to today.
Exhibition featuring the three nominees for the 2026 Hendrik Chabot Prize, a prestigious award for artists based in Rotterdam.
The Maritiem Museum Rotterdam showcases historic ships and cranes in working order. In spring and summer, visitors can take sailing trips aboard some of the vessels.
Three years of restoration work on Van Gogh's "The Poplar Lane near Nuenen" in the studio of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
Follow the journey of artworks to the museum in this exhibition. Diary of Things traces how works find their way to Rotterdam, from quiet routes to turbulent transformations.
An exhibition about artists working with technology and how the pixel has transformed modern art and culture.
The Collection Gallery at the Nieuwe Instituut displays over 150 years of design history in a permanent exhibition.
Exhibition exploring sustainable food production through portraits of farmers, growers, researchers and pastry chefs from around the world.
Twenty Dutch photographers and visual artists present their work in this exhibition exploring how photography has developed over the past decade.
The Natural History Museum Rotterdam displays twelve remarkable mice from its collection in a compact exhibition.
An exhibition exploring the fascinating miniature world of lichens, featuring works by artists Suzette Bousema and Ingeborg Klarenberg at the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam.
Photo exhibition exploring the design history of the Nieuwe Instituut through architect Jo Coenen's original sketches and drawings from the 1980s.
An exhibition of thirteen recent acquisitions from the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning.
CuliNesse 2026 is a culinary event in Rotterdam featuring diverse gastronomic experiences and flavours.
Guided walk through Trompenburg Gardens where a guide reveals the garden's autumn splendour. Each walk is unique as nature constantly transforms.
SIDELINED turns the Nieuwe Instituut's Deck into an alternative sports bar where you can play, ask questions, and feel part of the community.
Membership is an event on 1 January 2026 at De Dependance in Rotterdam.