Cheat Sheet: May 2025

The Cheat Sheet is our monthly rubric where we round up the concerts, exhibitions, workshops, pop-ups, and parties worth knowing about. Curated with care, it’s our way of cutting through the noise and making sure you never miss what matters. At its core, it’s meant to be your digital companion to live a more analog life, to get out of the house, to notice things, to experience moments that would’ve otherwise passed you by.

May brings that sweet spot of sun-drenched spontaneity and calendar-induced chaos. With the city in bloom and our attention spans slowly recovering, there’s never been a better time to reenter the world — with a bit of direction, of course.

Enter: the Aa May Cheat Sheet. A curated compass to help you find your way through Amsterdam. Events to mark down, tickets to book in advance, or just an excuse to romanticise your daily detour. As always, head to our website for the full guide, and keep an eye on our feed on Mondays for the weekly PSA. 

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Cheat Sheet: May 2025

WEEK 1  1/05 – 4/05

1/05 Kromme Stadt #2 – Mahdi Fleifel’s ‘To a Land Unknown’: On Palestinian Refugees and the Spatial Injustice of Exile | De Uitkijk

1/05 Lentekabinet x Skatecafe presents: Lentekabinet Band Contest | Café Dick & Dick, Gedempt Hamerkanaal 36

2/05 Sample sale together with Pop, OBEY, Bonne Suits, Sumibu & more | Studio Wieman

2/05 Colors x Sichuan Territory with Ezri Jade, Folake, Passion Deez & more | Garage Noord

2/05 Brazil Night with Yusu Selectors, Zoë Janice & Karel | Benelux Bar 

3/05 Saturday Cocktail Special with David Mansour | Bar Bodega

3/05 RAUM invites Clone Records with Charmaine, DJ Pete, Prosumer & Serge| CLUB Raum

3/05 nachbar x FEMME+Party present Freï: Coffintexts, Nala Brown & bebe bad | nachbar

4/05 Ikebana Workshop | Pre-Reserved 

4/05 Restaurant Europa x Cristel Ballroom Gallery present: 1st edition ‘A Lunch With’ visual artist Iriée Zamblé | Europa Restaurant

4/05 Ripples Radar: An Expression of The Unseen Connection Between Humanity and the Natural World & Egyptian Dinner by Sanaa’s Kitchen | murmur

WEEK 2  5/05 – 11/05

5/05 LIBERADIO Block Party at Radio Radio | Radio Radio

5/05 Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parronaud’s ‘Persepolis’ with an introduction by Sahand Sahebdivani | LAB111

7/05 Kanaal40 curates: Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ | De Uitkijk

10/05 Wine is fine x Sabato x Binenvisser Sunday Special | Café Binenvisser

10/05 NACHTWINKEL with Styn, Chinnamasta, melis koke & more | Skatecafe

10/05 Burst City with Curses, Parris Smith, Mila V & more | Garage Noord

10/05 Lack of Guidance | San Francisco

10-11/05 Het Hapjesfestijn by Studio Wieman, Sebonsa & Aa Magazine – food market, wines, DJ & live music and workshop by Flessie | Studio Wieman

WEEK 3  12/05 – 18/05

14-15/05 Tyler, the Creator | Ziggo Dome

16/05 Rush Hour Store Crew | Phono Lake

17-18/05 Kakehashi Exhibition | Dream Unit

17-18/05 Baba Bazaar by Baba Boys with U So Nice, HAAS Amsterda, Sanaa’s Kitchen & more | Tweede Hugo de Groostraat 27

17-18/05 Upclose 2025 | Houtrak

17/05 Baba Boys | San Francisco

18/05 Brocante de Rosa | Café R. de Rosa

18/05 Bad Peach Sunday Service with Chef Dora | murmur

WEEK 4  19/05 – 25/05

20-25/05 Amsterdam Art Week 2025 | Various Locations

22-25/05 Rijksakademie Open Studios | Rijksakademie

23/05 Los Angles with Miss Twink USA, NegraConda & more | Garage Noord

19-24/05 Choux 10 year anniversary celebrations | Choux 

WEEK 5  26/05 – 31/05

26/05 Don Toliver | AFAS Live

29/05 – 01/06 Fiber Festival | Various Locations

30/05 RINSE FM x PARDON with Silva Bumpa, Jossy Mitsu, Cinnaman b2b EYCEE & Mance | Parallel

31/05 Vault Sessions x BASSIANI Weekender | Radion

31/05 De Sering SOW x FIBER Festival present: Dusty Cabinets | de Sering