Festivals in Berlin

Nowruz, the Persian New Year, marks the beginning of spring in Iranian tradition. The House of World Cultures (HKW) hosts an annual performa...

OFF DAYS is a curated open-air concert series between pop, R&B, alternative, and electronic music, taking place on two consecutive evenings...

Old but Gold is Germany's largest festival for over-30s hip hop. For one summer Saturday, the inner courtyard of Zitadelle Spandau transform...

For the spring 2026 season, the Open Air Cinema at Kranzler Eck will once again open its screen on Kurfürstendamm 19. From April 24 to May 3...

As part of the Open Gardens Berlin-Brandenburg initiative, the Spandau School-Environment Centre is opening its 10,000 square meter teaching...

Open Monument Day is Germany's most important day of action for the preservation of architectural heritage. Berlin plays a special role: wit...

The Open-Air Cinema at Strandbad Wendenschloss is one of Berlin's most beautiful open-air cinemas: a screen directly on the sandy beach of t...

The Ortsfest Blankenburg is the annual village festival of the Berlin district of Blankenburg in Pankow. For one weekend in early September,...

The ORWOhaus in Marzahn is one of Europe's largest self-managed musicians' houses: 105 rehearsal rooms, around 200 bands, 800 musicians – si...

Seven of the region's best poetry slammers compete on a June evening in the natural theatre of the Friedrichshagen open-air cinema. Cool dri...

Over the Easter weekend, Schmiljanstraße in Berlin's Friedenau district transforms into a festival mile between Kaisereiche and Friedrich-Wi...

The Osterfest Helle Mitte is the traditional spring Volksfest (popular festival) in the Hellersdorf district. From April 3rd to 6th, 2026, A...

The Out Of Line Weekender is one of Europe's most important festivals for Dark Electro, EBM, Industrial, Synth-Pop, and Post-Punk – organize...

Palinale is the independent, multidisciplinary Berlin platform that centres Palestinian voices through film, performance, exhibitions, and p...

The Panafrican Festival Berlin (PANA) has been the most important independent stage for the African diaspora in Berlin since 2019: an open-a...

For two days in June, the Pankow Art Festival transforms the park of Schönhausen Palace into an open-air art market. Over 60 artists from Be...

Every autumn, the market square at Breiten Straße in Berlin-Pankow transforms into a classic German wine festival for a weekend. At the Pank...

Paradise Must Be Nice is a three-day, location-distributed festival exploring the connections between experimental music, ambient, noise, pu...