Theatre © Ruslan Viktorov Theatre 01/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Peer Gynt Theatre 01/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Peer Gynt, a young man. Peer is searching for himself. He lives with his mother, Aase, on his deceased father's dilapidated farm in Norway. Peer doesn't want to accept everything as it is. Peer would much rather be emperor. Read more Location Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch: bat Studiotheater Belforter Straße 15 10405 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.hfs-berlin.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/peer-gynt/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Edgar Rai und Katharina von Uslar Lectures & Readings 01/10/2026 The Shortlist of the German Book Prize – presented by Uslar & Rai Lectures & Readings 01/10/2026 Who will win the race for Germany’s most coveted book prize? Katharina von Uslar and Edgar Rai present the six nominees for the 2026 German Book Prize. Read more Literature Location PalaisPopulaire Unter den Linden 5 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://palaispopulaire.db.com/program/adults?language_id=3 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 01/10/2026 Writing with a Camera: *Comando Ajax* by Cemile Sahin. Launch of the German novel in Spanish translation. Lectures & Readings 01/10/2026 One of the new voices in German literature, translated into Spanish for the first time. Cemile Sahin’s novel *Comando Ajax* moves at the pace of a movie: a Kurdish wedding, an art heist, a gangster comedy set in exile—all told with empathy, political power… Read more Literature Location Lettrétage e.V. Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.lettretage.de/programm/escribir-con-la-camara-comando-ajax-de-cemile-sahin-lanzamiento-de-la-novela-alemana-traducida-al-espanol
Panel discussion © Hubertus HeilFionn Große; Joachim GauckJ. Denzel-S. Kugler Panel discussion 01/10/2026 Hubertus Heil: The Attack of the Autocrats. Defending Democracy Against Internal and External Enemies Panel discussion 01/10/2026 Europe is under pressure: authoritarian regimes, digital manipulation, economic dependencies, and the rise of the far right are taking their toll on an exhausted public. Read more Literature Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://literatur-live-berlin.de/portfolio-item/hubertus-heil/ Buy tickets
Concerts © Natalie Toczek Concerts 01/10/2026 – 31/12/2026 Imagine Dragons: Dimensional Voyager Concerts 01/10/2026 – 31/12/2026 An immersive adventure combining music, cosmic imagery and distant dimensions – accompanied by the stadium-filling anthems of Imagine Dragons. Read more City of music Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/imagine-dragons-dimensional-voyager Buy tickets
Play © Matthias Horn Play 01/10/2026 Mein Name sei Gantenbein Play 01/10/2026 Imagine leaving everything behind and starting over again: another city, another job, another love affair. Imagine that it was up to you to shape your life; you yourself would determine how your life would go... But wait: don't we? How would we live if we… Read more Location Berliner Ensemble - Großes Haus Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/mein-name-sei-gantenbein Buy tickets
Workshop © Thiago Liberdade Workshop 01/10/2026 – 04/10/2026 PLATAFORMA BERLIN FESTIVAL 2026 Workshop 01/10/2026 – 04/10/2026 PLATAFORMA BERLIN creates a unique space in which new and traditional narratives, ecological discourses, geopolitical activism and ontologies of the Global South emerge, prompting and encouraging Berlin’s global and local audiences to reflect. Read more International LGBTI Politics & Society Contemporary Art Location DOCK 11 Kastanienallee 79 10435 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://dock11-berlin.de/theater/programm/spielplan/plataforma-berlin-festival-2026 Buy tickets
Films © Bologna Films 01/10/2026 Tango Shalom Films 01/10/2026 The Hasidic rabbi Moshe Yehuda lives in Brooklyn with his wife and children. He teaches the Torah at the yeshiva; but then his teaching hours are cut and he starts looking for a second job. Read more Film events in Berlin Location Various venues Havelufer Dischinger Brücke 13581 Berlin Time 19:30 pm Buy tickets
Dance & Performance © Maryse Boyce Dance & Performance 01/10/2026 + 1 additional date Three Ways to Sing to a Mountain II / Transformative Pleasure - Yoggaton Dance & Performance 01/10/2026 + 1 additional date Tiziano Cruz, born on the outskirts of Argentina, has been exploring grief, loss and the social, economic and cultural forms of violence that shape the lives of his country’s forgotten communities for the past ten years. Read more International Location DOCK 11 Kastanienallee 79 10435 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://dock11-berlin.de/theater/programm/spielplan/plataforma-berlin-festival-2026 Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © Ballhaus Wedding Pop Electro Rock 01/10/2026 Vilma Remezaite Pop Electro Rock 01/10/2026 Vilma Remzaite sings the songs of the legendary Barbara Streisand. On 1 October 2026, she will present her personal tribute to this extraordinary singer – this time in a special jazz arrangement. Read more City of music Location Ballhaus Wedding Wriezener Straße 6 13359 Berlin Time 19:30 pm Buy tickets
Dance & Performance © visitBerlin, Foto: Max Threlfall Dance & Performance 01/10/2026 + 4 additional dates House of Hopes Dance & Performance 01/10/2026 + 4 additional dates On October 7, 1989, the 40th anniversary of the GDR is celebrated with a military parade on Karl-Marx-Allee. At the same time, representatives from all of East Berlin’s theaters gather in the side foyer of the Volksbühne. Read more International Politics & Society Location Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 10178 Berlin Time 19:45 pm https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/house-of-hopes/ Buy tickets
Puppet & Object Theatre © Artisanen Puppet & Object Theatre 01/10/2026 + 3 additional dates Astrid Lindgren – Humanity has lost its mind Puppet & Object Theatre 01/10/2026 + 3 additional dates The Artisanen set out on a biographical journey of discovery: using a puppet and a host of props, they recount the eventful life of the Swedish author, who not only wrote magnificent children’s literature but was also a keen observer of her time, and who… Read more History Politics & Society Location Schaubude Berlin Greifswalder Str. 81 10405 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://schaubude.berlin/de/spielplan/astrid-lindgren/
© Artisanen 01/10/2026 + 3 additional dates Astrid Lindgren 01/10/2026 + 3 additional dates The Artisanen set out on a biographical journey: Using a puppet and many props, they tell the story of the eventful life of the Swedish author, who not only wrote magnificent children’s literature but was also a keen observer of her time and advocated for the… Read more Literature Location Schaubude Berlin Greifswalder Straße 81-84 Ecke Storkower Straße 10405 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://schaubude.berlin/de/spielplan/astrid-lindgren/ Buy tickets
Show © visitberlin, Foto: Philip Koschel Show 01/10/2026 Awkward Lesbian Book Club Show 01/10/2026 Awkward Lesbian Book Club: Join the premiere of Awkward Lesbian Book Club, the newest piece of comedy smut from local studio BEsmut. Read more LGBTI Location Artjom Theater Boxhagener Straße 18 2. Hinterhof 10245 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
Classical Music © Stephan Rabold Classical Music 01/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Berliner Philharmoniker: Kirill Petrenko and Daniil Trifonov with Brahms and Strauss Classical Music 01/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Star pianist Daniil Trifonov, the Berlin Philharmonic, and Kirill Petrenko have performed together on numerous occasions, described by the press as a “sonic storm” and an “inspired exchange,” a collaboration that now continues with Johannes Brahms’s Piano… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie, Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57027 Buy tickets
Dance & Performance © © Marin Driguez / Agence VU' Dance & Performance 01/10/2026 + 1 additional date Le combat des lianes Dance & Performance 01/10/2026 + 1 additional date “Combat des lianes” means “Battle of the Lianas”. Lianas are tropical plants that climb up trees in pursuit of light. They wind their way criss-cross through the rainforest. Nothing can stop them. For his choreography, Zora Snake drew inspiration from the… Read more International Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 20:00 pm – 21:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/performance/transkontinentale-2026-169254/ Buy tickets
Concerts © Death Cab for Cutie Concerts 01/10/2026 Death Cab for Cutie Concerts 01/10/2026 In the late 1990s, the band was part of a generation of indie rock groups that redefined melancholy and a love of guitars. Read more City of music Location Columbiahalle Columbiadamm 13-21 10965 Berlin Time 20:00 pm – 23:00 pm Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © Luise Böker Pop Electro Rock 01/10/2026 ELSA Pop Electro Rock 01/10/2026 She is hungry. And curious. She embodies courage, fear, longing, and chaos. Wildness gives way to boundless tenderness. You want to sink into her music; to feel safe, comforted, and cherished. For at least a few breaths. Read more Location ufaFabrik - Varieté Salon Viktoriastr. 10-18 12105 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://visitberlin.reservix.de/tickets-elsa-in-berlin-ufafabrik-variete-salon-am-1-10-2026/e2569609 Buy tickets
© visitBerlin, Foto: Artfully Media, Sven Christian Schramm 01/10/2026 Guest Concert: Orchestre FILMharmonique 01/10/2026 With its program “Vivaldi and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons,” the FILMharmonique Orchestra, Canada’s leading film music orchestra, once again demonstrates how successfully it is fulfilling its mission to make classical music accessible to a wider audience. Read more Location Kammermusiksaal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57223 Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © Sandra Ludewig Pop Electro Rock 01/10/2026 JUPITER JONES Pop Electro Rock 01/10/2026 »Ich trag den Sarg, Du trägst was Buntes« (“I’ll carry the coffin, you wear something colourful”) – that’s the title of the album now. A work brimming with a zest for life that defies the circumstances, one that aims to entertain, but not at any cost. As round… Read more Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/jupiter-jones/ Buy tickets
Cabaret & Comedy © Köhn Cabaret & Comedy 01/10/2026 Köhn & Schmidt & Scharff Cabaret & Comedy 01/10/2026 Just like in the podcast, the three hosts tackle—live—the big and small moral questions of everyday life:Was the person asking the question really in the wrong? Did they overreact? Or, in the end—as is so often the case—are the others to blame after all? Read more Location Mehringhof-Theater Gneisenaustraße 2a 10961 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.mehringhoftheater.de/ Buy tickets
