Berlin Circus Festival
Germany's largest festival for contemporary circus — three tents on Tempelhofer Feld
2026
About Berlin Circus Festival
Berlin Circus Festival — edition 2026
Twelve days, three tents, an open-air stage, and a packed program of European contemporary circus productions: acrobatics, aerial acts, dance, stage plays, and genre crossovers. Program release June 1, 2026, ticket sales start the same day.
Highlights Berlin Circus Festival 2026
- 12th edition of Germany's largest festival for contemporary circus
- Twelve festival days with approx. twenty European productions
- Venue: the expansive Tempelhofer Feld (former airport)
- Three tents and an open-air stage
- Program release from June 1, 2026
Programme Berlin Circus Festival 2026
The 12th Berlin Circus Festival runs from August 5 to 16, 2026, at Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin (entrance S+U Bhf Tempelhof). Organizer: berlin-circus-festival.de.
Infrastructure and Program Structure (confirmed by organizer)
- Three tents of various sizes for the main stage productions
- Open-air stage for free daytime performances
- Twelve festival days with around twenty productions
- Focus on European contemporary circus
- Crossovers between circus, dance, theatre, and music
Program Release
The complete 2026 program — shows, companies, performance dates, and ticket categories — will be published according to the organizer starting June 1, 2026, on berlin-circus-festival.de. Based on experience, about half of the program features top European companies (France, Belgium, Spain, Scandinavia, United Kingdom), and the other half consists of new German and international productions as well as co-productions with the festival.
Access
Entrance via S+U Bahnhof Tempelhof. The festival grounds are open to the public, individual performances require tickets. Before and after the shows, there is catering, a bar, and an open-air lounge on Tempelhofer Feld.
Prices Berlin Circus Festival 2026
Individual tickets per production, combined multi-show tickets, as well as family and group discounts are usually available. Exact prices will be published with the program release on June 1, 2026. Sales via berlin-circus-festival.de.
Practical information — Berlin Circus Festival
Getting There
S-Bahn lines S41/S42/S45/S46 to Tempelhof or U-Bahn line U6 to Platz der Luftbrücke. The festival tents are a ten-minute walk from Tempelhof S-Bahn station. There are no parking spaces directly at the festival grounds — travel by public transport or bicycle is strongly recommended.
Tickets
Tickets available from the program release in early June 2026 via berlin-circus-festival.de. Individual tickets per production and combined multi-show tickets are usually available. Family tickets and group discounts are offered.
New Circus in Berlin
What was long considered a provincial circus scene has developed into a top European festival over ten years: according to organizers and the trade press, the Berlin Circus Festival is now the largest festival for contemporary circus in Germany. 'Neuer Zirkus', 'cirque contemporain', 'nouveau cirque' — these terms describe a form that is neither a classic animal-led ring nor pure acrobatics, but rather stage art where peak physical performance serves as a vehicle for storytelling. With productions from France, Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Nordic countries, and increasingly Germany, the festival presents around twenty shows annually.
Three Tents and Tempelhofer Feld
The organizers have expanded their infrastructure over the years: three tents of various sizes for the main stage productions, plus an open-air stage for free daytime performances. The location is the expansive Tempelhofer Feld — a former airport with 386 hectares of space, used as a public park since 2010. The festival backdrop in Berlin could hardly be more spectacular.
12th Edition in 2026
The 12th edition will take place from August 5 to 16, 2026. The complete program will be published by the organizer berlin-circus-festival.de starting June 1, 2026 — according to the press release, featuring 'renowned productions, spectacular shows, and great talents' from all over Europe. Tickets go on sale with the program release.
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