
Sathanas In Gloriam presents: Unholy Craft + Cirith Gorgor + Reinkaos
Metal concert featuring Unholy Craft, Cirith Gorgor, and Reinkaos at Baroeg Rotterdam.

Metal concert featuring Unholy Craft, Cirith Gorgor, and Reinkaos at Baroeg Rotterdam.

Left of the Dial takes the stage at Rotown for an alternative rock and indie concert.

BENR performs at de Doelen.

The Official Unofficial takes the stage at Rotown in Rotterdam.

Glodi Lugungu presents a try-out of his new show exploring identity, expectations, and life's absurdities. An intimate evening with a rising comedy talent.

J4SCO and friends brings an electronic music night at Toffler with LeBagig and Swart on the decks.

Six seasoned performers recount their brushes with death in a witty, moving music programme. An afternoon show with singing, dancing and live performance.

Author and illustrator Esther van der Krol presents her book of nostalgic childhood memories from the 1980s and 1990s, with a special exhibition and signing session.

A dance party by Amsterdam Dance Event at Wereldmuseum, with DJs Manique Hendricks, MMIV and Suze Ijo.

Stand-up comedy evening at ComedyCity Rotterdam featuring Raw Comedy Night.

Documentary screening of 'Notes from the Woods' at Podium Islemunda's afternoon programme, a collaboration with WFFR.

A film screening of 'Notes from the Woods' by WFFR, presented by Cinema Islemunda as a collaboration between Podium Islemunda and WFFR.

Dutch-language stand-up comedy night with rotating headliners, club regulars, and new talent at Comedy Club Haug.

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.

Weekly English-language stand-up night featuring international comedians and resident acts. Each show is different, with live-tested material, crowd interaction, and surprise guests.

Four musicians - Mooren, Watson, Kay and Irons - share the stage at De Fruitvis.

Interactive children's show about farm animals for toddlers and preschoolers aged 2 and up.

Toneelgroep Altstadt opens the season with an absurdist black comedy about power and scarcity, performed by Jordy Vogelzang and DΓ©lano van den Berg.
Multi-day exhibitions and festivals still on today.

Faster Horses performs at Toffler in Rotterdam.

A performance where chairs become the protagonists in an unexpected setting. An exploration of ordinary objects on stage.

A three-day alternative music festival in Rotterdam featuring over 150 bands performing on stages across the city centre.

Over a hundred floating baby penguin balloons drift through the Kunsthal Rotterdam in this playful installation by Danish artist Benedikte Bjerre.

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.

A major retrospective of Marisol, the Venezuelan-American pop artist who shaped the visual culture of the 1960s with her distinctive sculptural works.

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.

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.

An exhibition exploring the fascinating miniature world of lichens, featuring works by artists Suzette Bousema and Ingeborg Klarenberg at the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam.

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.

Photographer Hans van Asch presents his striking bird still lifes at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, exploring how birds behave in artificially constructed settings.

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.

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.