Nowruz — Performance Evening at the House of World Cultures

Already in 2025, the House of World Cultures used the astronomically calculated Nowruz date in March for a performance evening that paved the way for the classic format of subsequent years. In 2025, the focus was again on the Haft-Sin installation as a spatial setup in the Magnus Hirschfeld Bar, complemented by performative readings, live music, and a DJ set in the late evening hours.

Program curators from the Persian-speaking Berlin community organized the evening with the clear aim of opening the traditional Nowruz ritual into an open, trilingual space for encounter. The 2025 event confirmed Nowruz Night as a permanent fixture in HKW's spring program and established the framework for the 2026 edition.