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Cabaret & Comedy © Guido Schröder Cabaret & Comedy 10/05/2026 Jan van Weyde Jan van Weyde Cabaret & Comedy 10/05/2026 Jan van Weyde Jan van Weyde – one man, one microphone. With his authentic, relaxed manner and his impressive slapstick talent, he never ceases to amaze his audience. Read more On Tour Location Die Wühlmäuse Die Wühlmäuse Time 20:00 pm https://wuehlmaeuse.de/veranstaltung/jan-van-weyde-neues-programm/ticket/45434 Buy tickets
Classical Music © Julien Mignot Classical Music 11/05/2026 Quatuor Ébène playing Beethoven Quatuor Ébène playing Beethoven Classical Music 11/05/2026 Quatuor Ébène playing Beethoven The internationally acclaimed Quatuor Ébène brings Beethoven's string quartets to the stage with impressive expressiveness, refined sonic culture, and thrilling intensity. Their playing reveals the emotional depth and architectural diversity of these central… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie Berlin – Kammermusiksaal Philharmonie Berlin – Kammermusiksaal Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/56429
Comedy © Assane Comedy 12/05/2026 Assane Badiane: Freundeskreis Assane Badiane: Freundeskreis Comedy 12/05/2026 Assane Badiane: Freundeskreis Assane is not just a comedian – he is a storyteller who takes you into his world and ensures that every evening is unforgettable. Read more On Tour Location Die Wühlmäuse Die Wühlmäuse Time 20:00 pm https://wuehlmaeuse.de/veranstaltung/assane-badiane-freundeskreis/ticket/49023 Buy tickets
Concerts © Leo Aversa Concerts 14/05/2026 MARCOS VALLE MARCOS VALLE Concerts 14/05/2026 MARCOS VALLE XJAZZ! presents a true legend of Brazilian music. The composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist has shaped the music world for over six decades with his unique blend of bossa nova, MPB, jazz, and beach boogie. Read more On Tour City of music Location Heimathafen Neukölln Heimathafen Neukölln Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/xjazz-presents-marcos-valle/
Opera © Foto: Jan Windszus Opera 16/05/2026 + 5 additional dates Orlando Orlando Opera 16/05/2026 + 5 additional dates Orlando Imagine being immortal and witnessing four centuries of history firsthand—first as a man, then as a woman. Read more City of music Location Komische Oper Berlin: Schillertheater - Großer Saal Komische Oper Berlin: Schillertheater - Großer Saal Time 19:00 pm https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/spielplan/a-z/orlando/
Opera © Bernd Uhlig Opera 16/05/2026 + 1 additional date Der Ring des Nibelungen – Das Rheingold Der Ring des Nibelungen – Das Rheingold Opera 16/05/2026 + 1 additional date Der Ring des Nibelungen – Das Rheingold A group of people meet a concert grand piano on an empty stage, a note is struck, and slowly a world of fantasy, longing and intoxication unfolds, captivating everyone and causing them to merge into a community. This is how DAS RHEINGOLD begins, directed by… Read more International Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Deutsche Oper Berlin Time 19:30 pm
Cabaret & Comedy © Manu & Michel GbR Cabaret & Comedy 16/05/2026 Hagrids Hütte Hagrids Hütte Cabaret & Comedy 16/05/2026 Hagrids Hütte Manu and Michel will once again board the train with you from platform 9 3/4 and travel toward Hogwarts. In their podcast, Hagrid's Hut, they discuss a new chapter in the story of the world's most famous wizard – Harry Potter – each week. Read more On Tour Location Haus des Rundfunks - Großer Sendesaal rbb Haus des Rundfunks - Großer Sendesaal rbb Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
Rock & Pop © SCHILLER Rock & Pop 16/05/2026 SCHILLER SCHILLER Rock & Pop 16/05/2026 SCHILLER After acclaimed open airs and thrilling club shows, electronic romantic SCHILLER is finally returning to Germany's most beautiful arenas in May 2026. Read more On Tour City of music Location Uber Arena (ehemals Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin) Uber Arena (ehemals Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin) Time 20:00 pm – 22:00 pm Buy tickets
Classical Music © visumate Classical Music 17/05/2026 Museum concert VIII Museum concert VIII Classical Music 17/05/2026 Museum concert VIII Since 2010, chamber music ensembles of the Staatskapelle have been performing at the Bode Museum, a jewel of Berlin's museum landscape. Matinee concerts lasting just over an hour in the Gobelin Hall, with diverse programs that include music from the Baroque… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Staatsoper Konzert im Bode Museum Staatsoper Konzert im Bode Museum Time 11:00 am https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/museumskonzert-viii.22248/
Lecture © Promo Lecture 17/05/2026 Premiere Talk: Fearful Symmetries Premiere Talk: Fearful Symmetries Lecture 17/05/2026 Premiere Talk: Fearful Symmetries On a Sunday morning before the big event of the premiere, Artistic Director Christian Spuck and Dramaturge Katja Wiegand welcome you to the premiere talk. Read more Location Staatsballett Berlin: Apollo Saal - Staatsoper unter den Linden Staatsballett Berlin: Apollo Saal - Staatsoper unter den Linden Time 11:00 am https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/spielplan/stueck-detail/stid/premierengespraech-fearful-symmetries/315.html#a_683
Opera © Ruth Tromboukis Opera 17/05/2026 + 1 additional date Der Ring des Nibelungen – Die Walküre Der Ring des Nibelungen – Die Walküre Opera 17/05/2026 + 1 additional date Der Ring des Nibelungen – Die Walküre After the reign of the gods has reached its radiant zenith at the end of the RHEINGOLD with the entry into Valhalla Castle, the signs in the WALKÜRE are stormy: the people are frozen in greed for power, mistrust and possessiveness, the gods confine themselves… Read more International City of music Classic music in Berlin Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Deutsche Oper Berlin Time 17:00 pm Buy tickets
Classical Music © Matthias Creutziger Classical Music 18/05/2026 + 1 additional date Symphony Concert VII Symphony Concert VII Classical Music 18/05/2026 + 1 additional date Symphony Concert VII Hans Pfitzner created large-scale, sophisticated operas and also composed opulent orchestral works. In addition to concertos for violin and cello, he wrote a four-movement piano concerto in 1922 that continued the late Romantic tradition of Johannes Brahms and… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Staatsoper Unter den Linden Staatsoper Unter den Linden Time 19:00 pm https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/sinfoniekonzert-vii.22084/
Classical Music © Foto: Max Lautenschläger Classical Music 20/05/2026 Chamber Concert VII Chamber Concert VII Classical Music 20/05/2026 Chamber Concert VII "The Fantastic" – this is the motto of this season's chamber concerts in the Apollosaal, inspired by the season's first opera premiere: Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Musicians of the Staatskapelle Berlin have put together diverse programs that explore… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Staatsoper Unter den Linden - Apollosaal Staatsoper Unter den Linden - Apollosaal Time 20:00 pm https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/kammerkonzert-vii.22238/
Family © Foto: Jan Windszus Family 22/05/2026 + 1 additional date Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf Family 22/05/2026 + 1 additional date Peter and the Wolf Peter, the Duck, Grandfather, the Bird, the Cat, the Wolf, and the Hunters: each with a unique personality, they all have important parts in the story. With his courage and compassion for all living creatures, the young Peter manages to outsmart the dangerous… Read more Children Teenager City of music Location Komische Oper Berlin: Schillertheater - Großer Saal Komische Oper Berlin: Schillertheater - Großer Saal Time 11:00 am https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/spielplan/a-z/peter-und-der-wolf-ein-musikalisches-maerchen-von-sergei-s-prokofjew/
Opera © Bernd Uhlig Opera 23/05/2026 + 1 additional date Der Ring des Nibelungen – Siegfried Der Ring des Nibelungen – Siegfried Opera 23/05/2026 + 1 additional date Der Ring des Nibelungen – Siegfried Wagner described his SIEGFRIED as a "heroic comedy" which, in its balance between comic and tragic elements, remains the challenge for its directors to this day. For Herheim, it is the act of the play that joins the opposites into a whole. The boundaries… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music International Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Deutsche Oper Berlin Time 16:00 pm
Opera © Flaka Haliti, 2014 Opera 23/05/2026 + 4 additional dates Nabucco Nabucco Opera 23/05/2026 + 4 additional dates Nabucco It was his first great success, in a sense, his breakthrough: Nabucco. Premiered at Milan’s Scala in the spring of 1842, this work marks the start of the brilliant career of Giuseppe Verdi, who would become the leading Italian opera composer, going virtually… Read more City of music Classic music in Berlin Location Staatsoper Unter den Linden Staatsoper Unter den Linden Time 18:00 pm https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/nabucco.15505/ Buy tickets
Opera © Bernd Uhlig Opera 23/05/2026 State Opera for all - Live broadcast of Nabucco State Opera for all - Live broadcast of Nabucco Opera 23/05/2026 State Opera for all - Live broadcast of Nabucco His first major success and breakthrough: Nabucco, premiered at La Scala in Milan in the spring of 1842, marked the beginning of Giuseppe Verdi's brilliant career, which would go on to dominate Italian opera almost unrivaled for several decades. Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Open Air Free of charge Location Staatsoper Unter den Linden: Bebelplatz Staatsoper Unter den Linden: Bebelplatz Time 18:00 pm https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/staatsoper-fuer-alle-live-uebertragung-nabucco.22312/
Opera © Peter Adamik Opera 24/05/2026 Staatsoper für alle - Open-Air-Concert Staatsoper für alle - Open-Air-Concert Opera 24/05/2026 Staatsoper für alle - Open-Air-Concert Beethoven on Bebelplatz - that's what the Staatskapelle Berlin and its General Music Director Christian Thielemann offer the audience at ‘Staatsoper für alle’, open air and free of charge for all interested parties. Read more Open Air Free of charge Summer of Culture City of music Location Staatsoper Unter den Linden: Bebelplatz Staatsoper Unter den Linden: Bebelplatz Time 13:00 pm https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/staatsoper-fuer-alle-open-air-konzert.22106/
Exhibitions © Interaktive Station „Material entscheidet“, 2021 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Christian Krug Exhibitions 24/05/2022 – 24/05/2026 ALL HANDS ON: Braiding ALL HANDS ON: Braiding Exhibitions 24/05/2022 – 24/05/2026 ALL HANDS ON: Braiding Braiding - a cultural technique, thousands of years old, practised worldwide, regionally distinctive and still handicraft in the truest sense of the word: Only man has mastered the complex braiding technique, no machine can replace him. The exhibition focuses… Read more Location Museum Europäischer Kulturen Museum Europäischer Kulturen Arnimallee 25 14195 Berlin https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/museum-europaeischer-kulturen/ausstellungen/detail/all-hands-on-flechten/ Buy tickets
Opera © Bernd Uhlig Opera 25/05/2026 + 1 additional date Der Ring des Nibelungen – Götterdämmerung Der Ring des Nibelungen – Götterdämmerung Opera 25/05/2026 + 1 additional date Der Ring des Nibelungen – Götterdämmerung In the final part of the tetralogy, the theatrical devices that dominate Stefan Herheim's version of the RING also come together for the grand finale: the concert grand piano, where the play once began, is just as present as the white cloth, which, among other… Read more International Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Deutsche Oper Berlin Time 16:00 pm
Rock & Pop © Lukas Piel Rock & Pop 26/05/2026 Tim Bendzko Tim Bendzko Rock & Pop 26/05/2026 Tim Bendzko TOUR 2025 is postponed to May 2026 Read more On Tour City of music Location Tempodrom Tempodrom Time 20:00 pm – 23:00 pm Buy tickets
