Live music
Live music in Amsterdam
Where to hear live music in Amsterdam this week, from Paradiso and Melkweg to small cafés and the big halls in Zuidoost. Updated daily.
Get the appYurt Sessions - Verrassingsconcert
Klassiek | Concert Jong Talent
Shaffy Muziekcafé | Trio Panville & Babak Maddah
Only The Poets
Treasure
Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps en Wynton Marsalis’ Celloconcert
Tranga Rugie - In Concert
Chico Pinheiro Quartet
Ravels Pianoconcert voor de linkerhand en Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre
SoWhat Familieconcert - Trollensnot en Spinnensoep
Night at the Mausoleum Part II: HallowOCCII w/ Dear Omen, Camy Huot, baby Gargoyle & Ioana Iorgu + DJ Dragnet
London Calling - High Tea
Klassiek | Suning Chen (panfluit) en Maxence Miguel Cardoso (gitaar)
Oosterse klanken van Sheherazade & Darvishi
Klassiek | De Falla Reimagined
PACIFIC ONDERGRONDS & KRUISPUNT PRESENTS: HALLOWEENFEST
LC LATE - SATURDAY NIGHT w/ Sex Mask, Cutouts, Tanzana, Mouth Ulcers
Klassiek | Nicolás Bernáldez Gómez (piano)
lee stuart & dennis branko
Bach & Breakfast - Giovanni Gnocchi
DE WOENSDAGWINKEL REÜNIE
Family Performance: CALM DOWN!!!
RUSTIG!!! (6+)
Black Arts & Culture Day
BENEFIT event for GROND a.k.a. DAY of the DEBT
Masterclass - Emmanuelle Bertrand
Hello Cello Orkest
Halloween: nacht van de doden
The Body in Pieces
Gear Talk - Annie Tångberg
Disco Inferno: Funk De Nacht
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Schur
San Zingt Renée de Haan
Superfan + support: Birds with Jobs
Sat 31 Oct 2026, 20:00 - LIDA performs Chico Buarque, by Lilian Vieira & Daniel Montes
Vinyl Night
Halloween at Duke Of Tokyo
Meesters op de gitaar: Carlotta Dalia - van Bach tot Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Cello Club Night - Chiara Trentin, Kalle de Bie, René van Munster, Anastasia Feruleva + Christopher Loy e.a.
Indiesleaze Halloween Night
CULTUR FM AMSTERDAM
Bach & Breakfast - Nicolas Altstaedt
Ontdek Tuindorp Oostzaan - Zondagswandeling naar ‘t Zonnehuis
Op zoek naar hoop voor het klimaat
Cello Collective
Klassiek | Alicja Furmanczyk (piano)
Sun 01 Nov 2026, 11:00 - Klassiek, jazz, Japanese en Latijns Amerikaanse muziek by Chieko & Juliano
De Italiaanse cello - Bruno Cocset, Amarilis Dueñas + Holland Baroque
Muziek op zondag
Kerkdienst Singelkerk
Amsterdam packs a remarkable amount of live music into a small city. Two venues define it: Paradiso, a former church off Leidseplein, and Melkweg, a former dairy a few minutes away. Between them they book touring bands, club nights and local acts most nights of the week, often with a main room and a smaller upstairs stage running side by side.
Beyond those two, the city works in layers. Bitterzoet and other mid-size rooms in Centrum host up-and-coming bands and hip-hop nights, cultural centres in Noord and Oost book experimental and international acts, and the big tours land in Zuidoost at AFAS Live and the Ziggo Dome. Classical and contemporary music has its own homes in the Concertgebouw and the Muziekgebouw on the IJ.
Shows tend to start earlier than you might expect for a city with such late nightlife: doors around 19:00 or 20:00 and headliners by 21:00 are common. Many smaller gigs are free or cheap, especially in cafés and community venues, and the listing below shows the price wherever the venue publishes one.
Venues to know
- Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ 9 events this week
- Conservatorium van Amsterdam 5 events this week
- Het Concertgebouw 4 events this week
- Bimhuis 3 events this week
- Paradiso 3 events this week
- Het Zonnehuis 3 events this week
How this list is made
Listings are gathered from venue, organiser and ticketing sites and refreshed nightly. The list favours events with confirmed dates and real venues you can find on a map. Summaries are written with AI assistance and checked against the source listing, and prices and dates always come from the listing itself; we never guess.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best live music venues in Amsterdam?
Paradiso and Melkweg, both close to Leidseplein, are the best known and book the widest range of acts. For big tours, AFAS Live and the Ziggo Dome in Zuidoost; for classical, the Concertgebouw; for contemporary and new music, the Muziekgebouw aan het IJ. Smaller rooms across Centrum, Noord and Oost fill in the rest of the week.
Is there live music in Amsterdam every night?
Yes. Between the large venues, the cafés with regular sessions and the cultural centres, there is something on every evening of the week. The listing below is updated daily from the venues’ own agendas.
Are there free gigs in Amsterdam?
Plenty of café gigs, open stages and community concerts are free, and some venues run free entry nights or free shows in their smaller rooms. Every listing shows the price where the venue publishes one, so free events are easy to spot.
What time do concerts start in Amsterdam?
Most evening shows open their doors around 19:00 or 20:00, with the main act on by 21:00 or 22:00. Club-style shows start later. Check the start time on each listing, which comes from the venue’s own agenda.