Monthly calendar for Amsterdam with festivals, special events, concerts, cultural happenings, fairs, film & media arts, sports and entertainment. Exhibitions in museums and galleries are listed in the Exhibitions Calendar
April 30-May 4, 2025
Art fair for contemporary autonomous and applied art and design
May 4
Gathering at the National Monument on Dam Square to honor soldiers and civilians killed during World War II.
May 5
Celebrates the country's 1945 liberation from the Nazi German occupation. One of the main events is a large festival on Museumplein, with music, poetry and speeches.
March 20-May 11, 2025
Most famous flower exhibition in the world, situated between Amsterdam and The Hague, in a wonderful park with millions of daffodils, hyacinths and tulips bulbs
May 16-17, 2025
Two-day showcase festival in the Main and Small Hall of Paradiso for talented, new bands from all over the world
May 8-18, 2025
As a grand tribute to the composer, orchestras from around the world will come together in Amsterdam 105 years after the first Mahler Festival.
May 23-24, 2025
Classic music and jazz concerts on 2 and 4 grand pianos at De Duif church, opposite the idyllic Amstelveld.
April 18-September 21, 2025
World's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest and exhibition of award-winning and often shocking photojournalism at De Nieuwe Kerk.
May 17-September 21, 2025
Outdoor art exhibition with more than 60 figurative sculptures and spatial installation art
May-October
Go back in time with a ride on a historic tram from Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Vienna or Prague.
May-September
Free dance, music and cabaret performances in the park's band shell.