RABATZ — The Radio TEDDY Family Festival

RABATZ — the Wuhlheide Family Festival

For years, RABATZ has been Berlin's largest open-air festival for families with young and middle-aged children. The organizer is Radio TEDDY, the nationally known Berlin-Brandenburg children's radio station — and with FEZ-Berlin in Wuhlheide, the festival has one of Berlin's most atmospheric venues for family events.

FEZ-Berlin and Wuhlheide

FEZ-Berlin (Leisure and Recreation Center) is located in the middle of Wuhlheide, Berlin's second-largest city park in the Oberschöneweide district (Treptow-Köpenick borough). On approximately 90 hectares of outdoor space with its own bathing pond, water stage, tent stages, the FEZ main building, and a park stage, several program zones run in parallel during the RABATZ days — suitable for several thousand families at once.

Program Highlights

The RABATZ program traditionally spans the following stages and activity areas:

• Water Stage: Central show stage over the FEZ bathing lake with live performances by children's music stars
• Bibi & Tina Live Cast: Performances by the musical cast (“Bibi & Tina – the Alien Hit Parade”)
• Radio TEDDY Hosts: Hosting shows, quizzes, and interactive activities
• Hörspielfabrik (Radio Play Factory): Live radio plays for children, often with interactive elements
• Dinosaur Forest: Interactive zone with lifelike moving dinosaurs
• Talent Competition: Open stage for children and families
• Bouncy castles, hands-on stations, crafting and creative activities
• Festival Song “RABATZ” — written by the successful team Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, and Joshua Lange (Rosenstolz, Bibi & Tina)

Free Admission — Intergenerational

One of RABATZ's hallmarks: admission is free. This makes the festival accessible across generations and distinguishes it from many other commercial family festivals. The festival is financed by Radio TEDDY and sponsors such as Berliner Sparkasse, Höffner, HABA, and Jumphouse.

Position in the Berlin Festival Calendar

With up to 40,000 visitors over two days, RABATZ is one of the major open-air events of the Berlin late summer. It traditionally takes place on the last weekend of August, shortly before the start of school in Berlin and Brandenburg — thus concluding the family summer season with a large, open-air event.