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Classical
Opera
Music

CLASSICAL AMSTERDAM  

Note that tickets to concerts at the Concertgebouw are also be valid for free travel on GVB buses, metros and trams in Amsterdam up to three hours prior to the performance and up to four hours after the closing time (with the exception of GVB night buses).

ONGOING

Every Wednesday
Lunch Concert
Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 2-6 (Tel: 020 671 8345)
Online: www.concertgebouw.nl
Time: 12.30pm; Price: free

The hugely popular free, weekly lunch concerts with an informal atmosphere last approximately 30 minutes and are always popular (queue early). Concerts usually take place in the upstairs Kleine Zaal and feature chamber music ensembles or opera singers accompanied on piano. Occasionally, recitals take place in the main auditorium and are sneak previews of concerts taking place that night (you might be lucky enough to see the resident orchestra and guest conductor warming up).  

 
Every first Wednesday of the month
MusicMind?
Sugar Factory, Lijnbaansgracht  238 (Tel: 020 428 4600)
Online: www.sugarfactory.nl
Time: 8pm (doors open 6.30pm)-11pm; Price: EUR 15 (per team), EUR 5 (per non-playing person in the audience)

A brand new music quiz held every first Wednesday of the month.  For teams up to five people. Prizes include EUR 100 or free-entrance to the Sugar Factory for a month.

 ONGOING

Every Monday
The Dutch Opera Singers
Vondelkerk,  Vondelstraat 120a (Tel: 0900-0191)
Online: www.thedutchoperasingers.nl
Time: 8pm; Price: EUR 18.50 (EUR 15)

Every Monday evening, this entertaining operatic company perform fragments from world-famous operas within the historic 'Vondel Church'.

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MUSIC

 ONGOING

Every first Monday of the month
Monday Match
Bimhuis, Piet Heinkade 1 (Tel: 020 788 2188)
Online: www.bimhuis.nl
Time: 8.30pm; Price: free

Monday Match is music and dance improvisation lab in which a dancer invites a musician (or the other way around) to make an inspiring and unexpected performance.

Every second Monday of the month
Konrad Koselleck Big Band
Sugar Factory, Lijnbaansgracht 238
Online: www.sugarfactory.nl
Time: 9:00pm; Price: EUR 9

Konrad Koselleck Big Band is a mix of cabaret, musical, jazz, pop, rock, funk, latin, and classical. 20 top musicians comprise this energetic orchestra and perform with other entertainment stars.

Read our interview with Konrad Koselleck.

Every Friday
'Mostly Modern'
Where: "Wachtkamer" (Waiting room), platform, Haarlem train station.
When: 20:00 -1:00
Cost: EUR 6.50 (until 21.00), after 21:00 EUR 8.
Tel: 06 1893 8260
http://swingsteesjun.nl/

Swingsteesjun - Smoke free dancing in Haarlem train station. An evening of 'dance', disco, house, salsa and funky beats.

1st, 3rd, 5th Saturday of every month
'Gouwe Ouwe Hits'
Where: "Wachtkamer" (Waiting room), platform, Haarlem train station (smoke free).
When: 20:00 -1:00
Cost: EUR 6.50 (until 21.00), after 21:00 EUR 8.
Tel: 06 1893 8260
http://swingsteesjun.nl/
Dance classics swing night with music from the '60s, '70s and '80s. A mixture of pop classics, soul, disco, funk and rock.

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Every third Sunday
Stijldansen

Where: "Wachtkamer" (Waiting room), platform, Haarlem train station (smoke free).
When: 16:45 – 22:30.
Cost: EUR 7 (dancing), EUR 18.50 (dancing and buffet).
Tel: 06 1893 8260
http://swingsteesjun.nl/

A DJ plays ballroom and Latin dance music.
You can participate in a workshop from 17.00 -
18.00, sample a delectable buffet (please order in advance). Expect a short dance demonstration later on in the evening.

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