Van Gogh Museum:
“Van Gogh and the colours of the night” exhibition in collaboration with New York’s MoMA – “evoking the atmosphere of the evening and night” in Van Gogh paintings including the Starry Night. € 2.50 surcharge applies for adults. Runs to June 7th 2009.

Amsterdam Historic Museum:
“Old Masters of Amsterdam” Exhibition including paintings from Rembrandt, Flinck etc. Runs to August 9th 2009.

MuseumWeekend
The 28th annual MuseumWeekend where many museums in Amsterdam (and the rest of the Netherlands) open their doors for free entry to the public. It does get busy though… April 4th/5th 2009.

Queen’s Day
Party time in Amsterdam and Netherlands with flea markets, concerts and general revelry celebrating the birthday of the Queen. Wearing orange is compulsory! April 30th 2009.

Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra
Brahms, Grieg, Von Weber.
Concertgebouw March 13th 2009

World Minimal Music Festival
Muziekgebouw April 1st to 5th 2009

Note, there are classical concerts held almost every day at the Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw.

Shen Yun Divine Performing Arts
Traditional Chinese Dance
Amsterdam RAI Theater April 17th – 19th 2009

Fire of Anatolia – Evolution
Turkish Dancing
Amsterdam RAI Theater April 21st 2009

La Sonnambula – Bellini Opera
Pathe Tuschinski Cinema in HD live from The Met April 21st 2009

AutoRAI 2009
Amsterdam’s annual motor show
Amsterdam RAI April 1st – 11th 2009

Netherlands – Scotland
2010 World Cup Qualifier
Amsterdam ArenA March 28th 2009 – SOLD OUT

Netherlands – Macedonia
2010 World Cup Qualifier
Amsterdam ArenA April 1st 2009

Heineken Music Hall
The Killers in concert March 12th 2009
(UPDATE – concert was cancelled after a security threat in the area, re-scheduled for May 29th 2009)

Paradiso – Music concerts
Grace Jones March 19th 2009
Presidents of the USA March 20th/21st 2009
Lyle Lovett March 23rd 2009
Amadou & Mariam March 24th 2009
Jools Holland April 4th 2009
Kim Wilde April 6th 2009
Razorlight April 14th 2009
Cameo April 16th 2009
McFly April 18th 2009
Candy Dulfer April 24th 2009

Damien Hirst’s “For The Love of God” has arrived at the Rijksmuseum. The infamous diamond encrusted skull will be on show between November 1st and December 15th 2008. The first week of the exhibition has been extremely popular bringing many more visitors to the museum than normal.

The work is sited in the Phillips wing of the Rijksmuseum and is exhibited along with works from the Dutch Golden Age.

If you don’t have a museumkaart then buy your tickets online to avoid queues.