Save the date(s)!

Welcome back, dear readers! May has started with a bang—25 degrees Celsius and a sun so bright that it makes us want to grin from ear to ear. Given this, we understand your eagerness to soak up all that Amsterdam has to offer, now that the UV index has risen above 1.

With limited time and resources, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by decision paralysis and miss out on the experiences that would resonate most with you. As thesis season approaches, we are reminded of the most valuable lesson we have learned from previous academic endeavors, one that applies to all areas of life: work smart, not hard. That’s where we come in; the Aa team has its eyes everywhere. We’ve scoured the depths of the internet to bring you a curated selection of must-attend events for May, leaving you with only the need to cycle to the venue or hit the ‘purchase now’ button for the events you’re excited about.

This month’s cheat sheet includes exhibitions, parties, markets, and more.

So go ahead, have fun, and don’t forget to thank us later!

XxAa

P.S. For the full rundown, keep an eye out on our Instagram on Mondays for our weekly PSAs.

May 2024 ChSh

Week 1: 29/04 – 05/05

Day

01-12/05 Exhibition: ‘Quest to Inner Peace’ | Bar Bario  

02/05 ‘Oy Vey’ Joods Filmfestival | Kriterion 

02/05 Workshop: Light Catchers | Stedelijk

02/05 Neo Sora’s ‘Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus’ | Melkweg

03/05 Another Aspect ’SS24, tunes,snacks, drinks’ | Afura Store 

03/05 Burn x Tree of Saba Pop-up: sea moss, ceramics, workshop | Zeedijk 67

03/05 Studio Weiman x Cafe Preto ‘Brazilian Bomb’: an evening about Brazilian art and culture – art market, bites & drinks, live samba, and live graffiti | Papaverweg 14 

03/05 Saint-Jean x Oatly pop-up opening day | Saint-Jean Deli 

03/05 Glamcult welcomes Deparel | Glamcult Store

03/05 25 Years of Ron Mandos | Galerie Ron Mandos  

04/05 draw draw draw – mikidou life drawing #8 | murmur

04-05/05 IJ-Hallen | NDSM-Plein 1

04-05/05 Chantal Akerman’s ‘Dis-moi’ | De Uitkijk

04/05 ‘MARCET’ pop-up: food & drinks, art , vintage jewellery & more | Egelantiersgracht 97 

04/05 Mad City Festival | Lofi 

04/05 Network at an exhibition party with Scrapsville spring collection release | Triple V Studio

05/05 Liberté Liberté with Miss Bashful X DBBD, DJ Sweet6teen, Doppelgang, Elias Mazian, Maara, Moody Mehran, Spray and Twiena.    | Lofi 

05/05 Grenzeloos: Soep, dans, poëzie en gesprek over bewegingsvrijheid | Studio/K

05/05 LIBERADIO Block Party | Radio Radio

05/05 Artificial Intelligence walk-in workshop | Foam

05/05 In conversation with Frank van Lamoen on photography during the Hunger Winter | Stedelijk

05/05 25 years of Galerie Ron Mandos celebration | Galerie Ron Mandos

05/05 Baba Boys cap restock and Palestine solidarity event | café40 

05/05 LIBERADIO Block Party | Radio Radio 

Night 

29/04 Strawberry Guy | Paradiso

30/04 blue lake (live) | murmur

01/05 Holos Paradigm – Beyond the dance floor workshop | Radion

01/05 Zoh Amba Bhakti with Farida Amadou & Chris Corsano | BIMHUIS

02/05 Night + Day Event: intimacy in a room with Naomi Pacifique and Marieke Elzerman | Radion

02/05 Metro54 x Buro Stedelijk present #51: Chorus in Flight |  Buro Stedelijk

02/05 Ganni invites Chenin | Chenin Chenin 

02/05 Betonska & Organic Signs present Refractor with  A Strange Wedding (live), Sindh (live), Jan Swam, Iggy P and Nelly | Garage Noord

02/05 Zonneprijs #8 fuis: Navigate, Stijn, Zaphyria and LNDE | Zonnehuis

02/05 Rummikub Toernooi XL | Skatecafe

02/05 Steppin’ presents RADIOHOP, Kay Tee and Boogie Mind | Radio Radio

02/05 NAWFSIDE SOUNDSYSTEM | nachbar

03/05 Disco Arabesquo night with Baba Boys pop-up | Paradiso

03/05 PLAZA with Akanbi, bambinodj, Femi, Unruly Phoenix b2b Antunes, Sandor Dayala and  Willem Feltzer b2b TeePee  | Garage Noord

03/05 Café Soleil opening Feest | Papaverhoek 31 

03/05 Baile Do Café with Glabra, Trippy Tins B2B Kaiena and Special Guest (BR) | Schietclub

03/05 Alison Ellwood’s ‘Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing’ | Melkweg

03/05 PAX-ROMANA: Floralia with Claudio PRC, D-Leria, DJ Nobu, Jennifer Cardini, Jephta (hybrid live) and TITIA | Radion

03/05 Cinnaman B2B Danny Daze | Radio Radio

03/05 CPT vol. IV with Lazergazer, Ngoni Egan, and Sunny Saimuns | OT301

03/05 Devon Rexi (live), AK Soundsystem, DJ Corridor, Jan & Herman, Jeremy Punt & VELEZ, Teqmun, The Low G Court with Giu Nunez & doo-bop | Skatecafe

03/05 Bonne x kanaal40 suit release | kanaal40

03/05 Terra with State OFFF | Parallel

03/05 4B2M RESIDENCY #5 | Benelux Bar

03/05 ferrari rot and Jelte b2b Moxes | nachbar

03/05 Our Society x Doka Studio with Julion De’Angelo, DJ Westfa and Wendel Sield | Doka

04/05 OUWE STIJL is Botergeil | Radion

04/05 Doka Studio with Pieter Jansen | Doka

04/05 Erika de Casier | Melkweg

04/05 kanaal 40 invites Bar Bario with Sueuga, Tizi and AMIR | kanaal40

04/05 Cinthie | Radio Radio

04/05 Marco Shuttle, Cobahn and  Remma | Garage Noord

04/05 Mad City | Lofi

04/05 Joshua Cordova, Loma Doom and Beau Wanzer | Benelux Bar

04/05 BSS, Jasmín, Hani, Mehran and Pascal Moscheni | Skatecafe

04/05 AMORAL (house set) and LUKA | nachbar

04/05 Baile Trama with TH4YS, GUS and SZAL | OT301

04/05 Pardon with DJ Python, AMALIAH, Eycee b2b Willem Feltzer and CHALÉ | Parallel

04/05 CINNAMAN B2B Danny Daze | Radio Radio 

04/05 MKANA DISKO: open jam sessions | Treehouse NDSM 

05/05 Dance Films With Jake – MALA Burlesque | OT301

05/05 Drahla and spullen | Cinetol

05/05 HighSchool | Paradiso

Week 2: 06 – 12/05 

Day 

07/05 Workshop: Buying photography ‘Where to start?’ | FOAM

09/05 Corridor, The Homesick & Beatrix | Skatecafe

09/05 Courtyard opening – SONA presents: PAWSA | Lofi

10/05 Courtyard opening – Live From Earth | Lofi

10/05 Kurashi Collective Spring/Summer 2024: Pop-up Opening & Art Expo | Obey Art Space 

10/05 Cranberryjouce DIY Male Contraceptive Workshop | Pavilion 

10-11/05 TranScreen Rewind | Kriterion 

10/05 Exhbition: Janette Beckman’s ‘Rebels’ | FOAM 

11/05 Ventilator Cinema: ‘United by Music’ for a free Palestine | OT301 

11/05 Courtyard opening – Festimi | Lofi

11/05 Palestina Fundraiser Festival with night programme hosted by Radio TNP | Cinetol 

11/05 Knits and Notes turns 1 festival | Tolhuistuin

12/05 Ciranda Sundays at Doka | Doka

12/05 Radion x Orphic Community | Radion

12/05  Courtyard opening – PATIO | Lofi

12/05 ‘Bye Bye Tibériade’: Songs and Scenes from Palestine | Eye 

Night 

08/05 EUROPANACHT with Moody Mehran, Dam Swindle and BELLA | Paradiso

08/05 Doka Studio family gathering with Child of Pleasure, Gallinger and Tornadoe | Doka

08/05 Suze ljó, Voc Crezée & Venz | Radio Radio 

08/05 Klank & Kleur with Running Hot | Schietclub  

09/05 The Creative Lab: creative sessions #1 ‘nude model painting’ | Expocafé Zamen

09/05 SIM-OJ , T.NO and Hannah Wattimena  | nachbar

10/05 Doka Studio with Acemo, Lieke TR and Lil Lawaw | Doka

10/05 After party for Kurashi Pop-up | kanaal40 

10/05 Curated by Afra with MATRIXXMAN, PRIVACY and UIRA PURU | Skatecafe

10/05 Terra with State OFFF, S!RENE, Galecta and Ohjeelo | Parallel

10/05 Creatures of The Night: YoungWoman invites | Radion

10/05 bebe bad, INSULINDE and Main Phase | nachbar

10/05 Wata Igarashi, Spekki Webu and Julie | Garage Noord

10/05 Clone Royal Oak: Prosumer & Serge | Radio Radio 

10/05 TOAST with Delicia Dionne, ROWSU, CAMTRAO, Yusu Selectors and TONY B2B MTN | Schietclub 

11/05 Feels Right with BAMBII, CHAMOS, NALA and MORE | Parallel

11/05 Drift Kyiv x Stereolube | Radion

11/05 DJ Europarking and EMILIJA | nachbar

11/05 Club Transmission & TranScreen x Doka Studio | Doka

11-12/05 Hard Weekend | Garage Noord

11/05 Sjamsoedin, DJ KO, Lenxi and Tracey | Skatecafe

11/05 AIDA, Sarkawt Hamad, Yòp | Radio Radio 

11/05 Achterbahn | De Sering

11/05 Field Notes with Nosedrip | Schietclub 

Week 3: 13 – 19/05

Day 

14/05 Eye on Art: ‘I Laugh Because I Know They Can’t Kill Me’ | Eye 

15/05 LI-MA Presents: Can I Touch You Online? | Lab111

15-19/05 John Gibbs’ ‘Transformers’: 40th Anniversary Event | Lab111

16/05 Ventilaor Cinema: A Welcome Distraction and Friends | OT301

16-18/05 1/OFF sample sale | Dr Jan van Breemenstraat 1 

17/05 Slim Radio Mario Kart Tournament | Kropaarstraat 12 

17/05 Finissage: The One-Straw Revolution | Framer Framed

18/05 Palet 5 Years | Lofi

18/05 D.E.L.S. with Sonderae, Guobo and Julien Chaptal | Doka

18-19/05 Lentekabinet | Het Twiske 

19/05 SlapFunk Summer Gathering #1 with CASSY, Christian AB, Coast 2 Coast, Doudou MD b2b Cap, DJ SENC, DPR, Morgan, Reflex Blue (Live) and Samuel Deep b2b Cinnaman | Lofi

Night 

14/05 Songs and Scenes from Palestine: A Fidai Film | Eye 

15/05 YES I DO: LifeLoan, xCelia +string ensemble, Kleine Oelewapper and NORBERTINE | Skatecafe

15/05 motsion (deep listening) | murmur

15/05 Holos Paradigm – Beyond the dance floor workshop | Radion 16/05 Not a Fan | nachbar

16/05 Astronaut and  Figgie | Skatecafe

16/05 Knekelhuis Concerts with Stacks and Archetype | Garage Noord

16/05 Nachtwinkel: De Schuurman, Ziggy Twiss, Kurashi Soundsystem | Radio Radio 

17/05 De Reünie | Radion

17/05 Darling10, Dennis Brank, DJ LELE, DJ UNK and Special Guest | Skatecafe

17/05 Terra with Leonce, CHALÉ & OISHĪ | Parallel

17/05 Doka Studio with Dean Chew and Mo Wrights | Doka

17/05 Sachsen Trance | kanaal40

17/05 Fever Dream with Meth Math (live), CyberFairy777, Corazon and Muscle Rider | Garage Noord

17/05 Ineffekt, Jan Koster and PHIA  | nachbar

17/05 OSSX, MArgie, Cheyanne Hudson | Radio Radio 

18/05 BSS, Charles Moon | Radio Radio 

18/05 As The World Turns | Skatecafe

18/05 FS Green Invites Keyrah | Parallel

18/05 DJ Spit and Passion DEEZ | nachbar

18/05 Doka Studio with Hellie and Nathan Kofi | Doka

18/05 Lentekabinet After with D. Tiffany, Manuka Honey, Sarkawt Hamad, Rozaly and Neska | Garage Noord

18/05 Studios: Bass Asylum (Showcase) with Eycee, Figlio Böler, Polli Panda and more | OT301 

19/05 Lentekabinet After with Jennifer Loveless, DJ Lag, Oceanic and Nico Adamako | Garage Noord

19/05 Sounds Familiar Shakedown x Doka Studio with Dego, Patrick Gibin, Retromigration, Volcov, Zemame and Motet | Doka

Week 4: 20 – 26/05 

Day

22/05 Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Io Sono L’Amore’ | Uitkijk 

23/05 Knits & Notes x Crafts Council Nederland x State of Fashion | Rembrandt Café Arnhem 

23/05 Africadelic Film Festival | Rialto de Pijp

24/05 Maluku Stories | Felix Meritis  

24/04 Exhibition Opening of Eline Martherus’ ‘I Never Promised You a Rose Garden’ | Hama Gallery 

25/05 SOUL2SOUL MARKT KABAAL: SOUL FOOD, KUNST, REAAMPJES | Markt Centraal 

25/05 TGIB MARKET | Studio Wieman

25/05 Rainbow Disco Club with Antal, Chaos In The CBD, Charmaine, Daiki, Daphni, DJ Almelo, Kamma, Margie, Moxie and Sisi | Lofi

25-26/05 EX-Favo’s & Friends with ELEKTRA, Genet and Son, The Mulder Collection, Art by Theodorus | Johan van Hasseltweg 39

25/05 Studios: Viva la Vulva Festival | OT301 

26/05 PATIO II with Arthur Robert b2b Marcal, Chrissie, Comrade Winston b2b Rosati, I-RO, Pink Concrete | Lofi

26/05 Queer Open Stage: Act 10 | Framer Framed 

Night

21/05 Danny Brown | Melkweg 

22/05 Lizard Disco with Cavolo Nero, Dorpsstraat 3, Frank Arnold and Space Age DJ Collective | Skatecafe

22/05 We The People Poetry Night – ‘A call to love’  | Parallel

23/05 claire rousay and Ben Boye | Dokzaal

23/05 Interest Reset with Mezer The Architect and Runningman | nachbar

23/05 badtime Vinyl & Vol. 4 release party with badtime (live), Daisy Daisy (live) and Camy Huot | Garage Noord 

24/05 Tom Trago , Jerrau | Radio Radio 

24/05 GRID #3 | Radion

24/05 Grauzone x Skatecafe present: Pol (live), Black Current, Grauzone DJ Team (Trish Trash & DJ Marc), Ofra and Betonkust | Skatecafe

24/05 Terra with CAIIRO and WesLee | Parallel

24/05 Plug & Play | kanaal40

24/05 DJ AYA and Tsepo | nachbar

24/05 Doka Studio with Lola Edo and OG Karin | Doka

24/05 Caribbean BBQ Party with Chaika (live), DJ Bean, Dj Chrisania, DJ Lele, DJ Popskull, DJ RichyStylez, D-opss (live), El Pregonero, El Wincho, Ike Melchizedek, MC Pester and Toff Youth | Garage Noord

25/05 Steppin’ Into Tomorrow x Doka Studio with Kaidi Tatham, Lucas Benjamin and Kofi The Unknown | Doka

25/05 Pechera IIII | Radion

25/05 Nothing Toulouse, PET NAT, Willy Party, MELLEK, Movie Premiere: Play Date, Skate Contest and Friestaillieu | Skatecafe

25/05 Parrhesia with LSDXOXO, DJ Shahmaran, OJO OJO, ALIS. and Mystral | Parallel

25/05 DJ TRACKSÜIT and Genex | nachbar

25/05 ANTIDOTE with Vromo b2b Dylan Fogarty | Radio Radio

25/05 Los Angles with Alada, smother, DIORA b2b Cinnamasta and more | Garage Noord 

25/05 The Herd | kanaal40

27/05 Gayance, Passion Deez, DJ MDMA MD (Eric André) | Radio Radio  

Week 5: 27/05 – 02/06

Day 

29/05-02/06 Fiber Festival 2024

29/05 Exhibition: Breaking Waves | Framer Framed 

30/05 The Couch presents: Director’s Commentary | Lab111

31/05 AFROVISM x Sammy Hoever : Mouth Full of Golds | Felix Meritis 

31/05 Jim Sharman’s ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ (Sing-Along) | Lab111

01/06 DIE RAKETE | Lofi

01/06 CALL Festival  | Dokzaal

Night 

28/05 kou (live) | murmur

29/05 Holos Paradigm – Beyond the dance floor workshop | Radion 

30/05 Skeptic and Tie Wrap | nachbar

30/05 Pacific Ondergronds & KRUISPUNT present 3321 | Garage Noord

30/05 Africadelic Festival presents Benda Bilili!(with introduction) | Eye 

31/05 Gravity #3 with Stenny, biju, Mankiyan, Richii, kiiia and Nurali | Garage Noord

31/05 NASA 5 Year Anniversary Party | Skatecafe

31/05 Nu Jazz | OCCII

31/05 YPNOTIKA YP08 | Radion 

31/05 BiX and Vanille | nachbar

31/05 Identified Patient, RONI | Radio Radio 

31/05 Doka Studio with Kléo and Nedda Sou | Doka

01/06 THELMA and Vromo | nachbar

01/06 Lofi with JEANS, Cryptofauna, Eva Vrijdag & more | Lofi01/06 Ziongate with Omagoqa (SA), Dlala Thukzin, Doulou, Chuck Black, Inkedrebelle and MC Sha’man | Parallel

Xx, Aa