Name: K-Festival at Manifesto Market Berlin 2026
Start: 2026-05-09T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-09T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Manifesto Market Potsdamer Platz

K-Festival Manifesto

About K-Festival Manifesto

The K-Festival at Manifesto Market is a one-day tribute to Berlin's Korean diaspora scene. On Saturday, May 9, 2026, from 12 PM to 8 PM, organizers ktb.berlin and Woojoo Studio will transform the Manifesto Market hall at Potsdamer Platz into a Korean cultural space: over 20 Berlin-based K-artists, designers, and brands will exhibit, a K-Pop dance crew will perform live, Soot Bar will serve Korean drinks, and Berlin.Moim will cook. Featuring a 'Paper Lotus' workshop, K-Pop Demon Hunters-style face painting, 3-minute portraits, and a small K-Pop flea market. Free admission. This is the first edition and the kick-off of a planned event series for Berlin's K-Creative community.

Dates 09 May — 09 May 2026

Venue Berlin (11000)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

K-Festival Manifesto — edition 2026

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The inaugural K-Festival at Manifesto Market takes place on Saturday, May 9, 2026, from 12 PM to 8 PM in the Manifesto Market hall at Potsdamer Platz. Over 20 Berlin-based Korean creatives and brands, K-Pop dance performance by @gambit.dcrew, K-Food by Berlin.Moim, Korean drinks at Soot Bar, Paper Lotus workshop, K-Pop Demon Hunters Face Painting, K-Pop flea market. Free admission.

The K-Festival 2026 is a concentrated eight-hour event: doors open at 12 PM, program ends at 8 PM. Throughout the day, various program streams run in parallel. On stage, K-Pop dance performances (@gambit.dcrew), show acts, and smaller DJ sets alternate. In the market hall area, the approximately 20 Berlin-based Korean exhibitors are spread out – fashion, design, illustration, jewelry.

Workshop Area: Paper Lotus folding workshop (registration via sevn.ly/xhenRRKr, free but limited spots). Face painting station in the style of the K-Pop Demon Hunters for children and adults. 3-minute portraits by @3min_portrait. Live photos by @sh1nfoto. In the back of the market hall, the K-Pop flea market with photocards, idol merchandise, and collectibles. K-Food at several stations, Korean drinks at the central bar.

Highlights K-Festival Manifesto 2026

Inaugural edition as a pop-up at Manifesto Market
20+ Berlin-based Korean creatives and brands
K-Pop Dance Performance @gambit.dcrew
K-Food, K-Drinks, K-Pop Flea Market
Paper Lotus Workshop (RSVP)
K-Pop Demon Hunters Face Painting
Free Admission

Programme K-Festival Manifesto 2026

12:00 PM – Doors Open

Market, workshops, and food service begin. Soot Bar opens.

1:00 PM–5:00 PM – Workshops and Activities

Paper Lotus Workshop (registration required)
K-Pop Demon Hunters Face Painting
3-Minute Portrait Sessions @3min_portrait
Live Photography @sh1nfoto

3:00 PM–6:00 PM – Stage Program

K-Pop Dance Performance @gambit.dcrew
DJ Sets and Show Acts

All Day – Market and K-Food

20+ Berlin-based Korean Exhibitors (Fashion, Design, Illustration)
K-Food by Berlin.Moim (@berlin.moim)
Korean Drinks at Soot Bar (@soot_bar)
K-Pop Flea Market (Photocards, Merch, Collectibles)

8:00 PM – End

Prices K-Festival Manifesto 2026

Free admission. 'Paper Lotus' workshop is free but requires RSVP via sevn.ly/xhenRRKr. Purchases at food and drink stands are separate.

Practical information

Practical information — K-Festival Manifesto

Getting There

S-Bahn and U-Bahn 'Potsdamer Platz' (S1, S2, S25, S26, U2), 2 minutes walk. Bus M48, M85, 200. Easily accessible by bicycle.

Admission

Free admission to all areas. 'Paper Lotus' workshop requires RSVP via sevn.ly/xhenRRKr. Purchases at the K-Food and drink stands are separate.

Organizers

ktb.berlin (Korean Together Berlin) in cooperation with Woojoo Studio. First cooperative event with Manifesto Market. Contact: [email protected], +49 176 34435514.

Manifesto Market as a Korean Cultural Space for a Day

Manifesto Market at Potsdamer Platz is a modern food market hall modeled after similar projects in Prague. Covering around 2,500 square meters, it features street food stalls, a central stage area, a bar, and seating areas – a format that has quickly become a Berlin event location for culinary and cultural pop-up events. On May 9, 2026, the hall will be dedicated entirely to Korean diaspora culture for the first time.

20+ Artists and Brands from Berlin

The focus is on over 20 Berlin-based Korean and Korean-German creatives: illustrators, designers, fashion brands, studios, and jewelry makers. It's a mix of a pop-up marketplace, diaspora networking, and a cultural day. The event is organized by ktb.berlin (Korean Together Berlin) in collaboration with the design studio Woojoo Studio – both deeply rooted in the Berlin K-Community.

K-Pop, K-Food, and Workshops

The Berlin K-Pop dance crew @gambit.dcrew will perform live on stage. K-Food will be provided by Berlin.Moim, and Korean drinks will be served by @soot_bar. In the workshop area, visitors can learn to fold paper lotus flowers under guidance (free, but requires RSVP). Face painting in the style of the K-Pop Demon Hunters for children and adults. Quick 3-minute portraits by @3min_portrait. Live photos by @sh1nfoto. A small K-Pop flea market with photocards, merch, and collectibles completes the program.

Kick-off for More

The organizers explicitly see the K-Festival 2026 as a starting point: after this event, the establishment of a more structured community platform for K-Creatives in Berlin is planned – with a new name and more regular events. Manifesto Market is suitable as a format incubator because it brings its pop-up structures and daily audience.