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Concerts © Brianna Blank Concerts 13/04/2026 Beverly Glenn-Copeland Concerts 13/04/2026 A live program exploring love through music, performance, film, and installation, presented in collaboration with Creamcake. More program will be announced here shortly. Read more City of music Location Volksbühne - Großes Haus Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 10178 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://volksbuehne.berlin/de/repertoire/beverly-glenn-copeland?id=17452 Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © Alexa Viscius Pop Electro Rock 13/04/2026 Big Thief - Somersault Slide 360 Tour Pop Electro Rock 13/04/2026 Big Thief are, above all, one thing: a live sensation. No two concerts are the same – every song is reborn, transformed, improvised. Read more City of music On Tour Location Columbiahalle (C-Halle am Columbiadamm) Columbiadamm 13-21 10965 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/big-thief-somersault-slide-360-tour-columbiahalle-20608722/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Improvisational Theatre © Hans-Jürgen Hannemann Improvisational Theatre 13/04/2026 + 8 additional dates Chaos Royal: Who's stealing my improv show? Improvisational Theatre 13/04/2026 + 8 additional dates Every first Monday of the month, one player in the fantastic improv group Chaos Royal can invent, design, and create a show of their own choosing. Each show is unique and as unique as only improvisational theater can be. Prepare to be amazed by the games, fun… Read more Location BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/artist/chaos-royal/chaos-royal-wer-stielt-mir-die-show-3892958/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Top Event Exhibitions © Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / iStockphoto / Ulianna Top Event Exhibitions To 12/07/2026 Family Matters Top Event Exhibitions To 12/07/2026 Family: (Nearly) everyone has a family, and yet every family is different! But what’s the stitching that keeps families together? And who’s really responsible for spinning it? In a year-long programme, the Humboldt Forum is exploring the stuff that family ties… Read more History Accessible Events Politics & Society Location Humboldt Forum – Sonderausstellungsflächen Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 10:30 am – 18:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/ausstellung/beziehungsweise-familie-148458/ Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © Elias Partoll Pop Electro Rock 13/04/2026 Julia Effekt - In den Augen das Parkett Pop Electro Rock 13/04/2026 Julia Effekt combines diverse musical influences to create a sound that oscillates between melancholy and optimism. With powerful images, striking melodies, and haunting language, they challenge familiar listening patterns and challenge our thinking. Read more City of music On Tour Location Astra Kulturhaus - Badehaus Berlin (RAW-Gelände) Revaler Straße 99 10245 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/julia-effekt-in-den-augen-das-parkett-badehaus-raw-gelaende-eingang-simon-dach-str--20597506/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Top Event Concerts © mirkopolo Top Event Concerts 13/04/2026 Samy Deluxe & Mikis Takeover! Ensemble Top Event Concerts 13/04/2026 Hamburg's rap icon Samy Deluxe and the Mikis Takeover! Ensemble are once again tearing down the walls between hip-hop and classical music. What connects a chamber music ensemble and a rapper? A stage, a love of music – and the question of what "high culture"… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie Berlin Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/56938 Buy tickets
Classical Music © Matthias Creutziger Classical Music 13/04/2026 + 1 additional date Symphoniekonzert VI Classical Music 13/04/2026 + 1 additional date Richard Strauss composed more than 40 orchestral songs over a period of decades - all of them are to be performed over several seasons, with a whole host of outstanding singers. No two songs are the same, each has its own tonal characteristics; the range of… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie Berlin Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/abonnementkonzert-staatsoper-unter-den-linden-staatsoper-unter-den-linden-20433866/?affiliate=VB1https%3A//www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/symphoniekonzert-vi.22083/#event-124261 Buy tickets
Excursions © Barnett Newman Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 / Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders Excursions 14/04/2026 + 6 additional dates From a curatorial perspective: Zerreißprobe Excursions 14/04/2026 + 6 additional dates Maike Steinkamp, Marta Smolińska and Joachim Jäger report from a curatorial perspective on the presentation, the themes and the background of the exhibition. Read more Guided tours of the museum Location Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße 50 10785 Berlin Time 16:30 pm – 17:30 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=156261 Buy tickets
Top Event Art © Giulia Andreani, Max Hetzler, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Charles Duprat Top Event Art To 13/09/2026 Giulia Andreani Top Event Art To 13/09/2026 Giulia Andreani’s new paintings, created for her first institutional solo exhibition in Germany, will be shown alongside works from the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities), the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts), the Museum… Read more Contemporary Art Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50/51 10557 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=87683 Buy tickets
Classical Music © Peter Adamik Classical Music 14/04/2026 Guest concert: Staatskapelle Berlin Classical Music 14/04/2026 Since the 2024/25 season, Christian Thielemann has been General Music Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and thus Artistic Director of the Staatskapelle Berlin. The Berlin native succeeds Daniel Barenboim and brings his many years of experience… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie Berlin Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/56648 Buy tickets
Ballet © Promo Ballet 14/04/2026 „Jewels of Dance“ – Internationale Ballettgala Ballet 14/04/2026 On April 14, 2026, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden will shine with the splendor of the international ballet elite. At the "Jewels of Dance" gala, you will experience an unforgettable evening full of elegance, emotion, and virtuosity. Read more International Location Staatsoper Unter den Linden Unter den Linden 7 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/jewels-of-dance-internationale-ballettgala.26271/
Theatre © visitBerlin Theatre 14/04/2026 + 6 additional dates MannOhMann Theatre 14/04/2026 + 6 additional dates “MannOhMann” celebrates the friction between K-Pop and patriarchy – and creates space for new perspectives. The artists of the group Kim, Seitz & Friends – Olivia Hyunsin Kim, Jones Seitz in collaboration with Leo G. Alonso – create queer musical theatre and… Read more City of music Politics & Society Teenager Location Theater an der Parkaue - Bühne 2 Parkaue 29 10367 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.parkaue.de/spielplan/a-z/mannohmann/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Lutz Mantel Lectures & Readings 14/04/2026 Mein Leben im Florakiez (Erwachsene) Lectures & Readings 14/04/2026 Lutz Mantel, well known to many regular visitors as a long-standing fixture at ZIMMER 16, takes the audience on a virtual tour through "his" Florakiez. Having lived through the late post-war years in the neighbourhood, he revisits historical sites and shares… Read more Berlin's neighbourhoods Location Zimmer 16 Florastraße 16 13187 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://zimmer16.com/ Buy tickets
Classical Music © Sebastian Madej Classical Music 14/04/2026 The Knights Classical Music 14/04/2026 The Knights is an innovative chamber orchestra from New York, founded by brothers Eric and Colin Jacobsen. Under the artistic direction of Eric Jacobsen, an internationally acclaimed conductor and cellist, the ensemble combines classical tradition with an… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Konzerthaus Berlin - Großer Saal Gendarmenmarkt 10117 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.konzerthaus.de/de/programm/the-knights/11518 Buy tickets
Concerts © Steve Gunther Concerts 14/04/2026 Unerhörte Musik: Ghost Ensemble NY mit Mitgliedern des Harmonic Space Orchestra Concerts 14/04/2026 The Berlin debut of the New York-based experimental chamber nonet Ghost Ensemble will feature the European premieres of three outstanding works commissioned specifically for the ensemble. Read more experimental and contemporary Art Location BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/unerhoerte-musik-bka-theater-berlin-bka-theater-21044070/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Architecture & Design © Foto: WHITEvoid / DARK MATTER Architecture & Design To 04/10/2026 FOREST SEASONS 2026 Architecture & Design To 04/10/2026 From 1 April to October 2026, FOREST SEASONS at the TRANSFORMATOR art gallery will allow visitors to experience the forest as a walk-through haven of tranquillity through the changing seasons. Read more Location Dark Matter Köpenicker Chaussee 46 10317 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 22:00 pm https://www.darkmatter.berlin/forest-seasons
Art © Archivio Penone / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026 Art To 26/07/2026 An Intimacy with Strangers Art To 26/07/2026 The group exhibition explores the relationships and interconnections between human and non-human life—and how existence as a species depends on all other living beings on this planet: on the beings that produce the air humans breathe, the food humans eat, and… Read more Contemporary Art Location KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst Am Sudhaus 3 12053 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://www.kindl-berlin.de/ausstellungen
Theatre © Jasmin Schuller Theatre 15/04/2026 Jugend ohne Gott Theatre 15/04/2026 “What kind of generation will it be? A hard one or just a raw one?” In a world shaped by totalitarian ideology and moral coldness, Ödön von Horváth's novel Youth Without God (1937) tells a disturbing story about guilt, responsibility and the loss of values. Read more Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/jugend-ohne-gott Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Birgit Karn Lectures & Readings 15/04/2026 Katharina Thalbach reads: Kästners Berlin Lectures & Readings 15/04/2026 Katharina Thalbach's unerring sense of wit and melancholy makes her the ideal voice for this potpourri of Kästner's Berlin. Following "Käsebier Conquers the Kurfürstendamm" and "Gilgi – One of Us," she continues her series of staged readings from the Weimar… Read more The roaring twenties in Berlin Literature Location Berliner Ensemble - Großes Haus Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 21:10 pm https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/katharina-thalbach-liest-kaestners-berlin Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © Pedro Becerra Pop Electro Rock To 03/07/2026 Major Tom: completely detached Pop Electro Rock To 03/07/2026 Peter Schilling's music has influenced entire generations and continues to inspire many people around the world to this day. In January 2026, the artist will celebrate his 70th birthday, and the Zeiss Großplanetarium will mark the occasion with a new immersive… Read more City of music Whitsun science Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/major-tom-voellig-losgeloest
Top Event Art © Marina Abramović, Courtesy der Marina Abramović Archives / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 Top Event Art 15/04/2026 – 23/08/2026 Marina Abramović: Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition Top Event Art 15/04/2026 – 23/08/2026 One of the most influential performance artists of all time, Marina Abramović presents Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition at Gropius Bau in spring 2026. The show traces her ongoing engagement with ritual, eroticism, death and the body as a site of political… Read more Contemporary Art Location Gropius Bau Niederkirchnerstraße 7 10117 Berlin Time 12:00 pm – 19:00 pm https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/gropius-bau/programm/2026/ausstellungen/marina-abramovic
