Fête de la Musique at the Centre Français de Berlin

The Centre Français de Berlin in Wedding

The Centre Français de Berlin on Müllerstraße is a Franco-German cultural center with a cinema, youth hostel, event hall, and outdoor areas - operated by the non-profit Centre Français de Berlin gGmbH. It is located in the Mitte district, Wedding sub-district, directly at the Rehberge subway station (U6) and has been a central address for Franco-German youth and cultural work since the 1960s. The former site of the French armed forces in West Berlin still houses a small Eiffel Tower in the parking lot today - a tribute and a landmark at the same time.

The Fête de la Musique - Start of Summer in Wedding

The Fête de la Musique is a French invention: proclaimed in 1982 by then-Minister of Culture Jack Lang as a free city music festival on June 21 - the longest day of the year. Today, it takes place in over 700 cities worldwide, and in Berlin since 1995 on around 200 stages. The CFB edition of the Fête has been running at the Centre Français since 2009 - a particularly Franco-German edition with bands and artists from Paris, Strasbourg, and other Francophone cities, combined with Berlin acts.

17th Edition 2026 - "Sounds of Europe"

The 17th edition at the CFB in 2026 will be under the motto "Sounds of Europe". Six acts will perform one after another on the open-air stage starting at 3 PM: a Berlin women's choir (Chor der Statistik), young musicians from Paris, Berlin, and Bosnia (Mélodie en Mouvement), a Berlin ska band (Les Calcatoggios), a pop act from Strasbourg (OUTED), a Berlin polka-punk band (Drückerkolonne), and a DJ set by DJ Just elva to close. The festival is free, wheelchair accessible, and low-barrier, with accessible toilets. Crêpes and galettes at the food stalls, cocktails at the reopened UmsetzBar, children's activities with the youth club Aktionsraum.

Franco-German Youth Work

The festival is supported by the Franco-German Youth Office (DFJW) and is intended as a meeting day for young Berliners, Parisians, and Strasbourg residents who come to Berlin via exchange programs through the CFB. Aktionsraum (Wedding), as a long-term youth partner, organizes the children's and youth corner of the festival. The CFB itself is also a youth hostel - the young French, Belgian, Luxembourgish, and Swiss guests staying at the hotel mingle with the Berlin public from Wedding on June 21.