What's Up Amsterdam Week of Monday 07-15-2013
This week: The Amsterdam Dungeon, Amsterdam Fashion Week, Rhinegold on the Rhine (or is it the Rijn?), Action Bronson @ Melkweg, Yeah Yeah Yeah's @ Paradiso, Strike Anywhere @ Winston Kingdom, George Clinton & Parliament @ Paradiso, Lounge leisurely at Spanjer van Twist, Hortus Festival, Storytelling @ Mezrab, Good Time Boys do Chili Peppers @ Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, International Comedians @ Toomler and (pause for breath) the Milkshake Festival!!!!
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MONDAY 15 July
THE AMSTERDAM DUNGEON
Not (just) a tourist trap, but actually really fun. There are scary actors and even a tiny, little roller coaster. Totally worth doing and fun for the whole family as long as the kids aren’t too small. There’s even a tiny little roller coaster. All this right off the Rokin.
The Amsterdam Dungeon | €14 adults €12 kids (sale on now) Rokin 78 | 020-5308500 | [email protected]
AMSTERDAM FASHION WEEK
Too much going on to mention here so check out the website. Suffice it to say that you should bring a camera or you’ll look like a total perv. And plus then you’ll have pictures to perv out on later! It’s win/win.
Amsterdam Fashion Week | All Over the City | Most Events Free |
TUESDAY 16 July
RHINEGOLD ON THE RHINE @ PASSENGER TERMINAL
They’re having a big celebration for everyone’s favorite musical anti-semite with a three-day musical festival at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam from Tuesday the 16th to Thursday the 18th.Actually it’s on a 135-metre ship (the MS Rheingold) which has been converted into a sailing musical theatre.
Rheingold on the Rhine | Tix €25 to €82.50 | Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (5 mins walk East of Amsterdam CS)
ACTION BRONSON @ MELKWEG
He’s a white boy ex-chef who raps about weed, food and women - in that order. He sounds like Ghostface Killah and he’s funny as hell.
Action Bronson and Kosha Dillz | Melkweg | 8:00 pm | €17.50
WEDNESDAY 17 July
YEAH YEAH YEAH’S @ PARADISO
TheYeah Yeah Yeahs play Paradiso on the Weds the 17th touring their new album 'Sacrilege'. I like Karen O. She doesn’t have one of the best voices, but it has what we in the business call “character.”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Paradiso | €29 plus €3.50 membership |Doors open at 8:30 pm |
STRIKE ANYWHERE, ANTILLECTUAL AND THE MINORITY @ WINSTON KINGDOM
If you like No Trigger, A Wilhelm Scream, Face To Face, Propaghandi, or Off With Their Heads (and let’s be frank, who doesn't ), you really need to be at WInston Kingdom on Wednesday to see Strike Anywhere.
There’s 3 bands and it gets going at 7:00 pm so get there early. This show will sell out. Wear your brand new white sneakers and you'll leave with old brown ones.
Strike Anywhere, Antillectual and The Minority | Winston Kingdom | 7:00pm | € 12.00
KIRA’S FAVORITE THING SPANJER & VAN TWIST
One of the best terraces along a canal side in the whole darn town. Let there be no doubt, you have come here for a beer, a white wine, an espresso and to sit in the sun on the beautiful Leliegracht (lily canal). DO THIS!
Spanjer & van Twist | Leliegracht 60 | +31 20 639 0109
THURSDAY 18 JULY
GEORGE CLINTON AND THE PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC @ PARADISO
If you wonder where Prince got his chops, this is where. Crushing. Must see for lovers of real music/music historians/people of taste. This is important.
George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic | Paradiso | 8:30 | €33
THE HORTUS FESTIVAL
Great setting: The Orangerie at The Hortus Botanicas or the Amsterdam Botanical Gardens.
It’s every Thursday from 8pm in July and August. Also there’s food, dinner.
Tonight Thursday on the 18th of July @ 8pm the Hortus Ensemble is celebrating 10 years of playing amongst the plants.
Hortus FESTIVAL | €25 | Plantage Middenlaan 2a | T: (020) 625 90 21
FRIDAY 19 July
ENGLISH STORYTELLING NIGHT @ MEZRAB
We love you Mezrab guys! Storytelling: true stories, funny stories, tragic stories. Everything. Every third Friday of the month the Mezrab guys, and that could be you, gather to share stories. Performers range from the professional veteran to the green beginner.
English Storytelling @ Mezrab | Free (Donations Accepted) | Doors @ 8pm, stories @ 9pm | next to Wilhelmina Pakhuis, Veemkade 572D | +31 61 477 5777
THE GOOD TIME BOYS @ Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina
The Good Time Boys play the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s classic Mother’s Milk from tits to tails.
Nate loved this album so much he put up a giant poster of them naked wearing only socks, much to the chagrin of his mother and the scrutiny of his heterosexuality by his grandmother. Frankly, the doctor's still out on that one. Not that it matters.
Goodtime Boys perform Mother’s Milk | Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina | Veemkade 576 | 10:00pm | €7.50
SATURDAY 20 July INTERNATIONAL COMEDIANS @ TOOMLER: David Quirk & Felicity Ward
This is Australian week. It’s been Americans up till now, I’ve been to two of these and they’ve been just great. This week David Quirk and Felicity Ward.
International Comedy @ Toomler | € 17.50 | Door open at 7pm show @ 8:30 pm | [email protected]
SUNDAY 21 July
MILKSHAKE FESTIVAL
The Milkshake festival returns to Amsterdam's Westerpark on Sunday, 21 July 2013.
They say it’s about “respect, freedom, love and tolerance as well as encouraging out of the box thinking” which, of course, is utterly meaningless. But it looks like fun anyway.
Milkshake Festival | €39.50 | Westerpark | 12pm to 11pm
Until next week, delight in each other!
Nate and Jonathan
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