British soul and jazz artist Mica Millar returns to Rotterdam with new material. Winner of Jazz FM UK's 'Soul Act of the Year', she performs at LantarenVenster.
This house music event celebrating the golden era of house (1989-2005) has been postponed; the new date will be announced soon.
A live pop and rock music evening at Baroeg in Rotterdam.
TENDER performs at Rotown Rotterdam with an energetic live show.
Everyone Rocks is a music festival at Baroeg with performances by various artists.
A dance night at Rotown celebrating guilty-pleasure pop hits and chart songs.
Margriet van der Linden explores her own life through Annie, the American CPR dummy, in this try-out performance. A personal show about womanhood, ideals and reality, inspired by Hannah Gadsby.
Shermanology presents D'EAUPE, a club night at Sahara Rotterdam featuring Shermanology as the only act.
A late-night dub session in Rotterdam with DJs spinning electronic music through the weekend.
A late-night club event at Toffler featuring DJs RILEY and DAETOR spinning until dawn.
SYSTEM is a club night at Now&Wow Rotterdam featuring 17 DJs and producers.
Climb aboard authentic steam trains between Gouda and Rotterdam's historic depot on this family-friendly weekend, with play areas, model railways and market stalls.
BOMBSTRAP presents their debut album BIG ENEMY with support from Loogie, BLOED and Cancer Void. Nihilistic hardcore from Rotterdam and Manchester.
Children's author Loes Riphagen reads from her new picture book and signs copies for the audience.
Oscar Smit takes aim at the overheated housing market in this try-out of his new cabaret show. The 2024 Cameretten jury prize winner delivers clever jokes and sharp political commentary.
Photographer Rob Hornstra and writer Arnold van Bruggen document the lives of undocumented migrants in Europe's largest greenhouse complex, where they labour under harsh conditions to produce our food.
Stand-up comedy night featuring a lineup of comedians at ComedyCity Rotterdam.
Traditional Spanish flamenco dance and live music fill an evening at Verhalenhuis Belvedere.
Fugazii brings ghetto house and club music to MONO in Rotterdam for a high-energy night of dancing.
Dutch-language stand-up comedy night with rotating headliners, club regulars, and new talent at Comedy Club Haug.
Thom Gerrits brings his full-length cabaret show "Alone Tonight" to Fijt & Fictie in Rotterdam - a premiere for the venue.
INITY is a club night at The Grit with DJs Criss, Piero Farho, Rancido and Shiga.
Young DNA researchers from Erasmus MC give mini-lectures on DNA during the Weekend of Science at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam.
A spinning club for experienced spinners to practice their craft together in the wool workshop at Belevenisboerderij Schieveen.
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.
A two-hour comedy night at Comedy Club Haug featuring announced comedians and guest performers.
Interactive theatre performance by midwife Eliane Coutinho exploring birth, parenthood and children's literature, featuring a reading from 'Anansi the Spider and His 3 Invisible Friends'.
Monologue by Mika de Pee about the Prague Spring of 1968, with live jazz by Adriaan Koster. A music theatre performance about revolution, ideals and the personal as political.
Sample six Norwegian beers with paired snacks, followed by entertainment from Rocky Roger.
Explore the wool workshop at Belevenisboerderij Schieveen, where volunteers showcase the traditional craft of wool processing. Open Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10:00-15:00, free entry, no booking needed.
Guided group tour of KaperGerlings at De Piekfabriek in Rotterdam.
Multi-day exhibitions and festivals still on today.
BASSJACKERS spins an all-night DJ marathon at Toffler Rotterdam, a non-stop electronic music experience from opening to closing.
A relaxed drinks event on the Maas river in Rotterdam at Maassilo.
Club night at Baroeg with DJs spinning until the early morning.
All-night jam session at Jazzpodium BIRD where musicians perform their favorite classic numbers from Friday evening to Saturday morning.
Exhibition exploring drawing as a form of movement and resistance, featuring work by seven international artists at Kunstinstituut Melly.
Late-night Latin and dance music party in Rotterdam that runs into the early hours.
Afra and L.F.T. deliver a 10-hour back-to-back DJ set at the Rotterdam club Export.
A performance where chairs become the protagonists in an unexpected setting. An exploration of ordinary objects on stage.
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.
A retrospective of street photographer Helen Levitt featuring over 220 photographs, a film, and color slides from her complete archive.
Over a hundred floating baby penguin balloons drift through the Kunsthal Rotterdam in this playful installation by Danish artist Benedikte Bjerre.
A photography exhibition at Kunsthal Rotterdam celebrating five decades of the North Sea Jazz festival, showcasing images by three renowned photographers.
A dance party designed for forty-somethings at HAL4 aan de Maas, featuring music until late into the night.
An exhibition exploring the fascinating miniature world of lichens, featuring works by artists Suzette Bousema and Ingeborg Klarenberg at the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam.
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.
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 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.
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.
The Natural History Museum Rotterdam displays twelve remarkable mice from its collection in a compact exhibition.
Twenty Dutch photographers and visual artists present their work in this exhibition exploring how photography has developed over the past decade.
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.
Exhibition exploring surrealism as a global artistic movement and creative mindset, beyond its European origins.
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.
A late-night party at MUNCH Rotterdam spinning classic hits from dusk until dawn.
Santiago Sierra's largest solo exhibition ever shown in the Netherlands examines the intersection of war and economic profit in DEATH & MONEY.
Membership is an event on 1 January 2026 at De Dependance in Rotterdam.