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ADE picks
Listening Session & Bites with Disco Arabesquo
Wed 21 · 18:30 · Van Eesteren Museum · Amsterdam
What does a film sound like if you take away the visuals? During this special ADE listening session, DJ Disco Arabesquo dives into his collection of vinyl and cassettes, taking you into the world of Egyptian film music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Expect unique soundtracks, hidden gems, and music you might recognize without knowing where you’ve heard it before. With this listening session, Disco Arabesquo shares his love for the music, the films, and the culture in which these sounds continue to live on outside the cinema. In addition, Qibli Bahri will provide delicious Egyptian snacks , so you can dive into ADE with a well-filled stomach. You can also explore the exhibition Dreams of Films - Films of Dreams . Please note: we are keeping this event small and intimate, so don't wait too long to buy your tickets. The exhibition Dreams of Films - Films of Dreams is part of ADE Arts & Culture. Discover more about it at this link .
Dome Concerts presents: CATCHING FLIES - visuals Julius Horsthuis
Thu 22 · 19:00 · ARTIS Planetarium · Amsterdam
A soulful fusion of electronic music and immersive visual art Following a completely sold-out programme during ADE 2025, this year Dome Concerts proudly returns to the iconic ARTIS Planetarium . On ADE Thursday, multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ CATCHING FLIES (George King) has established himself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary electronic music. Blending soulful melodies, deep basslines and intricate rhythms, his music effortlessly draws inspiration from hip-hop, house, jazz and ambient influences. With releases on Ninja Tune, Anjunadeep, Cercle and his own label Indigo Soul, Catching Flies has built an international reputation for emotionally rich productions that balance technical precision with warmth and intimacy. His work has earned support from artists including Bonobo, Diplo, Keinemusik, Jungle, Nils Frahm and Loyle Carner, while collaborations with Sofia Kourtesis, Actress and Hot Chip further underline his versatility as a producer. For this special performance beneath the dome of the ARTIS Planetarium, Catching Flies is joined by the visuals internationally acclaimed fractal artist J ULIUS HORSTHUIS . Together they create an immersive audiovisual experience where soulful electronic music and breathtaking visual worlds merge beneath the stars. Dome Concerts is an immersive 360° live audiovisual series taking place throughout ADE at ARTIS Planetarium and Fabrique des Lumières .
Motie - Thursday (Opening Night)
Thu 22 · 19:00 · STOPERA · Amstel 1 · Amsterdam
For three days, Amsterdam City Hall becomes a home for the people, sounds and ideas that shape Amsterdam after dark. Music, light, food and art come together in a setting that belongs to the city as much as it belongs to the people who inhabit it. A temporary and custom-built world where familiar faces meet new perspectives and where Amsterdam's creative night culture is celebrated without translation. Rooted in Amsterdam yet open to the world, Motie celebrates the city's creative spirit during its most international week. Curious by nature, uncompromising in taste, and welcoming to everyone willing to discover something new. Initial program release: Helios by Heleen Blanken (AV Installation) Young Marco (live) ft. Jonny Nash Oceanic (live) Gizem Öz (live) Presented by Nxt Museum Sophia Bulgakova (installation) Arno Schuitemaker (choreo) L'atelier du Champagne (wine) Living Room Session w/ Shaquille Joy, Tamara Shogaolu (Nationale Opera & Ballet) PEEL (music) Pintai (music) Sprezzatura (Wine) File #002 and program per day coming soon. About Motie ADE: The former municipal service desks of Amsterdam City Hall becomes a meeting place for Amsterdam’s creative ecosystem. Music, food and art come together in a custom-built world. From Amsterdam, for Amsterdam. At the centre of the stage sits Helios, a kinetic audiovisual installation by Heleen Blanken. Each evening, Helios takes on a different musical interpretation. Young Marco ft. Jonny Nash, Oceanic and Gizem - artists known for moving dance floors - step into slower, more atmospheric territory for a series of one-off performances. As an official part of ADE Arts & Culture, the program extends beyond music, featuring newly commissioned and previous work by interdisciplinary Ukrainian artist Sophia Bulgakova , curated by Nxt Museum. Bulgakova’s practice connects personal experience with wider political realities, exploring how art and activism can exist side by side. Her works Spomyny (2024) and Sensitive Guidelines (2026) will pull the audience into the passage. As the hours pass, the former bureaucratic hallway starts to shift. What was once a place for forms and numbers becomes a place to wander into and experience the full width of Amsterdam night culture.
THE FUTURE IS SOUND at ADE
Thu 22 · 19:00 · The Stargate · Amsterdam
THE FUTURE IS SOUND, London's leading future-facing music and cultural event series, comes to Amsterdam for a special one-night experience as part of ADE 2026. Bringing together a carefully curated line-up of forward-thinking artists, the night moves through live electronic music, immersive sound and audiovisual performance - creating a journey through new forms of listening, performance and shared experience. The line-up features Ruthlss , a London-based artist, composer and producer blending electronic, classical and cinematic sound with club culture and emotive storytelling, alongside Portrait XO , an award-winning trans-disciplinary artist and musician exploring the boundaries of AI, sound and human creativity. Blurring the boundaries between concert, installation and immersive experience, THE FUTURE IS SOUND AT ADE explores how artists are reshaping the way electronic music is created, performed and experienced — and what the future of live music might feel like. Explore more ADE Arts & Culture events at The Stargate here .
Dome Concerts presents: GIDGE - visuals by Julius Horshuis
Thu 22 · 19:30 · Fabrique des Lumières · Amsterdam
Where nature becomes sound, and sound becomes space. This ADE, Dome Concerts opens a new chapter at FABRIQUE DES LUMIERES — one of Amsterdam's most extraordinary cultural venues. Across four days, internationally acclaimed artists transform this monumental space through sound, light and architecture. Swedish duo GIDGE have established a unique voice in contemporary electronic music, blending organic electronics, field recordings and cinematic ambience into deeply atmospheric compositions. Inspired by the forests of northern Sweden, their music captures the quiet beauty of nature through warm synthesisers, delicate melodies and subtle rhythms. Presented inside Fabrique des Lumières , their immersive sound is accompanied by the extraordinary fractal visual worlds of JULIUS HORSTHUIS . Inspired by the hidden geometry of nature, his visuals transform the monumental architecture into an ever-evolving landscape of light, pattern and atmosphere. Together they create an immersive experience where forests become constellations, mathematics feels organic, and silence remains part of the composition. Dome Concerts is an immersive 360° live audiovisual series taking place throughout ADE at ARTIS Planetarium and Fabrique des Lumières .
Dome Concerts presents: ANDERT TYSMA featuring Maarten Hogenhuis - visuals Julius Horsthuis
Thu 22 · 21:30 · ARTIS Planetarium · Amsterdam
Following a completely sold-out programme during ADE 2025, this year Dome Concerts proudly returns to the iconic ARTIS Planetarium . On ADE Thursday, Dutch composer and ambient artist ANDERT TYSMA creates deeply atmospheric soundscapes where acoustic instruments and subtle electronics merge into immersive, emotionally resonant compositions. Inspired by nature, transformation and transcendence, his music explores the space between classical minimalism and contemporary ambient music. This special performance also marks the live premiere of his new album Parallels. Following the release of his acclaimed albums Children of Trinoom (R&S/Apollo Records) and Hana (R&S/Apollo Records), Andert Tysma has established himself as one of the Netherlands' most distinctive contemporary composers. Parallels continues this artistic journey, exploring the lives we live and the lives we leave behind through expansive sonic landscapes and immersive composition. For this special performance at the ARTIS Planetarium, Andert Tysma is joined by acclaimed Dutch saxophonist MAARTEN HOGENHUIS , known for his work with jazz group BRUUT!, Thomas Azier and guitarist Jesse van Ruller, as well as internationally acclaimed fractal artist JULIUS HORSTHUIS . Together, they create an immersive audiovisual experience where live music, geometry and the cosmos converge beneath the iconic dome Dome Concerts is an immersive 360° live audiovisual series taking place throughout ADE at ARTIS Planetarium and Fabrique des Lumières .
Djrum (live) x EINDER by Boris Acket
Thu 22 · 22:00 · Centrale Markthal · Amsterdam
One monumental art installation. Two weeks on view. Five extraordinary concerts. Celebrate ADE’s 30th anniversary with EINDER by Boris Acket. On 22 October , experience Djrum (live) with his self-built instruments: hybrid acoustic-electronic sculptures made from raw and found materials. For EINDER , Djrum not only creates the soundscape and music, but also performs live with a genre-defying discography released on labels including Houndstooth, and performances at international platforms such as Berlin Atonal, Djrum creates an ever-evolving, physical landscape of sound in which the architecture of the space itself becomes part of the instrument. About EINDER EINDER is an artificial sky in constant motion. A vast expanse of ultralight fabric floating above the space, animated by hundreds of electronically controlled fans. The system is precisely programmed, yet what happens overhead can never be entirely controlled. Air currents collide, gravity pulls and turbulence interrupts, turning every movement into something new.At times, EINDER resembles a rolling sea. At others, a passing cloud or the beginnings of a storm. It moves somewhere between choreography and weather. Always changing. Never performing the same way twice. This is a production by artist Boris Acket and Making Waves. Acket has previously collaborated with institutions and artists including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Van Gogh Museum, Lowlands and Fred again. The production is realised by Goonie Crew. EINDER brings together movement, space, sound, material and light in an installation that invites people not only to observe, but to experience. Explore more ADE Arts & Culture events at Centrale Markthal here .
Motie - Friday
Fri 23 · 19:00 · STOPERA · Amstel 1 · Amsterdam