Name: Muslim Cultural Week Berlin 2026
Start: 2026-09-18T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-04T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Verschiedene Orte in Berlin (Moscheen, Kulturzentren, öffentliche Räume)

Muslim Cultural Week

About Muslim Cultural Week

The Muslim Cultural Week Berlin makes the diversity of Muslim life in the capital visible. Over about two and a half weeks, mosques open their doors, cultural centers and public spaces host exhibitions, concerts, readings, workshops, and lectures. The festival is explicitly designed as an encounter format – Muslims and non-Muslims meet, discuss, and get to know each other. The 6th edition runs from September 18 to October 4, 2026.

Dates 18 Sep — 04 Oct 2026

Venue Berlin (11000)

Prices Free

Status —

Edition 2026

Muslim Cultural Week — edition 2026

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The 6th Muslim Cultural Week Berlin runs from September 18 to October 4, 2026. Over two and a half weeks, concerts, workshops, readings, exhibitions, mosque tours, and panel discussions will take place in mosques, cultural centers, and public spaces. The majority of events are free.

The Save-the-Date announcement for MKW Berlin confirms the 6th edition from September 18 to October 4, 2026. The festival thus spans the period up to German Unity Day on October 3 and consciously includes this holiday in its program.

The full program will be published in the weeks leading up to the festival start at mkw-berlin.de. Typically, the cultural week includes about 30–50 individual events: mosque tours (including the historic Wilmersdorf Mosque), Sufi concerts, calligraphy workshops, readings by Muslim authors, film screenings, panel discussions with politicians and academics.

Highlights Muslim Cultural Week 2026

6th edition of the Muslim Cultural Week Berlin
2.5 weeks of programming in mosques, cultural centers, and public spaces
Consciously connects with German Unity Day (October 3)
Most events are free

Programme Muslim Cultural Week 2026

Festival Program September 18 – October 4, 2026

The 2026 program will be published by Forum Dialog e.V. and its partner organizations only in the weeks before the festival begins. In analogy to previous years, the following formats are expected:

Mosque Tours – Open house at several Berlin mosques of all denominations
Exhibitions – Islamic calligraphy, photography, contemporary art
Concerts – Sufi music, Nasheeds, Arabic and Turkish classical music
Readings – Muslim authors from Germany and internationally
Workshops – Henna, Arabic script, calligraphy, cooking classes
Panels – Anti-Muslim racism, identity, religion, and society
Iftar and Encounter Evenings – Shared meals and conversations

The full daily program will be available in early September 2026 at mkw-berlin.de and @muslimischekulturwoche on Facebook.

Prices Muslim Cultural Week 2026

Most events are free. Individual concerts or special formats may require admission (details at mkw-berlin.de).

Practical information

Practical information — Muslim Cultural Week

Getting There

Venues are spread across the entire city, easily accessible by public transport. Exact addresses per event at mkw-berlin.de.

Tickets

Most events are free. Admission or advance registration may be required for individual concerts or readings.

Organizer

Forum Dialog e.V. in cooperation with Muslim associations, Berlin districts, and civil society partners.

Berlin and its Muslim Culture

Berlin is home to one of Germany's largest Muslim communities – with Turkish, Arab, Kurdish, Persian, Bosnian, Afghan, South Asian, and West African roots. This diversity shapes everyday life in districts like Neukölln, Wedding, Kreuzberg, and Mitte. The Muslim Cultural Week (MKW) provides a visible public framework for this diversity.

A Festival of Dialogue

The MKW sees itself not as a religious festival, but as a cultural festival with Muslim connections. Exhibitions on Islamic calligraphy, concerts with Sufi music, readings from contemporary Muslim literature, workshops on henna or Arabic script, guided tours of Berlin's oldest mosque (the historic Ahmadiyya Mosque in Wilmersdorf), panel discussions on anti-Muslim racism, joint Iftar evenings. The program is aimed at Muslims, non-Muslims, school classes, associations, and simply the curious.

Venues

Berlin mosques of all denominations participate – Sunni, Shia, Ahmadiyya, Alevi. In addition, cultural centers, libraries, schools, museums, and public spaces. The organizer is Forum Dialog e.V. together with numerous partner organizations from Berlin's civil society.

Political Context

The MKW is linked to German Unity Day (October 3) and each year poses the question anew: Who belongs to Germany, and how is this belonging lived out? In times of increasing anti-Muslim racism, the festival is a deliberately visible statement.