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Family © Theater Morgenstern/Cristian Costea Family 18/09/2026 + 2 additional dates The Worm in the Book Treasure: "The Bird of Hope" by Kirsten Boie Family 18/09/2026 + 2 additional dates Normally, the books are carefully restored and protected by Dr. Henrietta von Eulenburg, the strict guardian of the book collection. But for some time now, something strange has been going on there: a little bookworm has discovered his passion for stories. He… Read more Children Literature Location Morgenstern - Theater im Rathaus Friedenau Rheinstraße 1 12159 Berlin Time 17:00 pm https://www.theater-morgenstern.de/programm/spielplan/spiel/der-wurm-im-buecherschatz-mit-der-hoffnungsvogel-von-kirsten-boie Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Museum für Russlanddeutsche Kulturgeschichte Lectures & Readings 18/09/2026 Deportation and Remembrance Lectures & Readings 18/09/2026 August 28 is the main day of remembrance for the deportation of the Russian Germans in 1941. The date marks the Soviet decree dissolving the Volga Republic and ordering the forced resettlement of the German population—numbering around 900,000 people—within the… Read more History Free of charge Politics & Society Location Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung Stresemannstraße 90 10963 Berlin Time 18:30 pm – 20:30 pm https://www.flucht-vertreibung-versoehnung.de/de/veranstaltung/deportation-und-erinnerung-85-jahrestag-der-zwangsumsiedlung-der-russlanddeutschen Buy tickets
Concerts © Alexandre Embarck Concerts 18/09/2026 CONCERT - THOMAS KRÜGER Concerts 18/09/2026 Berlin-based pianist Thomas Krüger combines well-known melodies from pop and music history with his own compositions. The result is a varied piano recital featuring quiet, poignant moments and energetic interpretations. Read more City of music Location Kulturhaus Karlshorst Treskowallee 112 10318 Berlin Time 19:00 pm
Festival © Berliner Festspiele Festival 18/09/2026 Ensemble Modern / Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart / SWR Experimentalstudio Festival 18/09/2026 Scores that explore the boundaries: beginning, transition, and end. The new work by Hungarian composer Márton Illés follows poet Felix Reinhuber on his quest to discover the origins of language millions of years ago. Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Kammermusiksaal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/musikfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/ensemble-modern Buy tickets
Art © Ingeborg Lockemann, Elke Mohr Art 18/09/2026 – 03/01/2027 Experiment and Stubbornness Art 18/09/2026 – 03/01/2027 Since 1997, the Art Academy’s Friends Association, the Mart Stam Society, has awarded the Mart Stam Prize annually for outstanding final projects in all disciplines. Read more Spandau Contemporary Art Location Zitadelle Spandau Am Juliusturm 64 13599 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.zitadelle-berlin.de/ev_exhibition/experiment-und-eigensinn-kuenstlerinnen-und-gestalterinnen-der-kunsthochschule-berlin-weissensee-1997-2024/
Art © Grafik: Jascha & Franz Art 18/09/2026 Grand Opening Art 18/09/2026 On a summer evening at the ZAK Center for Contemporary Art, five new exhibitions will open across a space of just over 2,000 square meters. Read more Location Zitadelle Spandau Am Juliusturm 64 13599 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.zitadelle-berlin.de/ev_event/vernissage-vier-neue-ausstellungen-im-zak-zentrum-fuer-aktuelle-kunst/
Lectures & Readings © Samurai Museum Berlin Lectures & Readings 18/09/2026 How to Become a Ninja in Japan Lectures & Readings 18/09/2026 Anna loves Japan. But does Japan love her back? After spending years studying its language and culture, she now wants to understand its heart and moves to Osaka. Read more Literature Location Samurai Museum Berlin Auguststraße 68 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://samuraimuseum.de/
Concerts © In Move Concerts 18/09/2026 Lacrimosa with Orchestra—The Only and Exclusive Orchestral Show in Europe! Concerts 18/09/2026 After 35 years, 15 studio albums, and countless concerts on most of the world’s continents, LACRIMOSA will embark on a new chapter in 2026. Read more City of music Location Admiralspalast Friedrichstraße 101 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.admiralspalast.theater/veranstaltung/lacrimosa-mit-orchester-einzige-und-exklusive-orchester-show-in-europa.html#go Buy tickets
© visitBerlin, Foto: Angela Kröll 18/09/2026 Nein: Gegen die Militarisierung der Gewalt 18/09/2026 In “No: Against the Militarization of Violence,” Mithu Sanyal poses uncomfortable questions with intelligent incisiveness and tender bewilderment, without downplaying global aggression. Read more Literature Politics & Society Location HAU1 - HAU Hebbel am Ufer Stresemannstraße 29 10963 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programm/pdetail/mithu-sanyal-nein-gegen-die-militarisierung-der-gegenwart/ Buy tickets
Art © visitSpandau, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle Art 18/09/2026 – 03/01/2027 PEACEFUL PENETRATION – Germans in Angola Art 18/09/2026 – 03/01/2027 In collaboration with Angolan artists Mussunda N’Zombo and Bruno Fonseca, the Goethe-Institut Angola has been searching for the past two years for traces of little-known chapters of German colonial presence in Angola. Read more Spandau Contemporary Art Location Zitadelle Spandau Am Juliusturm 64 13599 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.zitadelle-berlin.de/ev_exhibition/penetracao-pacifica-deutsche-in-angola/
Art © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 Art 18/09/2026 – 03/01/2027 Pearls and Hooks Art 18/09/2026 – 03/01/2027 The visual worlds of Laura Bruce (born 1959 in East Orange, NJ, USA), which are as impressive as they are enigmatic, emerge at the fertile intersection of figuration and abstraction. Read more Spandau Contemporary Art Location Zitadelle Spandau Am Juliusturm 64 13599 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.zitadelle-berlin.de/ev_exhibition/laura-bruce-pearls-and-hooks/
Films © Münzenberg Forum Berlin Films 18/09/2026 Revue Roter Rummel - The Election Theater for the AGH Election Films 18/09/2026 It’s election season! On November 22, 1924, a new form of political-proletarian “entertainment” propaganda premiered in Berlin, in what was then the outlying district of Pankow: a Red Revue—a montage that unscrupulously drew on every possible means of… Read more History City of music Location Münzenberg Forum Berlin Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 10243 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.muenzenbergforum.de/veranstaltung/ansicht/24518321/
Theatre © Promo Theatre 18/09/2026 Salon de Mime #1 Theatre 18/09/2026 Mime is one of the oldest forms of theater in the world—and yet one that is surprisingly rarely discussed. Read more International Location theaterforum kreuzberg Eisenbahnstraße 21 10997 Berlin Time 19:00 pm Buy tickets
Art © visitberlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien Art 18/09/2026 – 03/01/2027 A Still, Windless Night Art 18/09/2026 – 03/01/2027 The exhibition “Windstille Nacht” brings together two extraordinary Berlin-based painters, Ewa Finn (born 1979 in Warsaw) and Katharina Poos (born 1961 in Berlin), whose works explore the subtle, the uncanny, and the psychology of the unknown. Read more Spandau Contemporary Art Location Zitadelle Spandau Am Juliusturm 64 13599 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.zitadelle-berlin.de/ev_exhibition/ewa-finn-katharina-poos-windstille-nacht/
Dance & Performance © Culturescape CS K.B Dance & Performance 18/09/2026 This body that remembers Dance & Performance 18/09/2026 What becomes of a language when it turns into movement? What remains of it when it is no longer the language of the colonizer? Read more International Location Studio 14 - Uferstudios Uferstraße 23 13357 Berlin Time 19:00 pm Buy tickets
Concerts © Foto: Richard Pohl Concerts 18/09/2026 WAT KIEKSTE? - A musical theater production featuring songs from Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s Concerts 18/09/2026 Was it possible to make a living playing music on the streets of Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s? After all, the radio had already been invented. Hans and Liese try it anyway. Read more The roaring twenties in Berlin City of music Location Janusz- Korczak-Bibliothek Berliner Straße 120/121 13187 Berlin Time 19:00 pm – 21:30 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=281953&ls=0&c=409&kategorie[1]=364&v_ort=37556&date_start=06.08.2026
Concerts © Matthias Frey Und Christopher Herrmann C Sinnesbichler Concerts 18/09/2026 Weltmusiksalon: “The Flying Carpet” No. 50 – Under the Open Sky Concerts 18/09/2026 World music in a chamber music style with Matthias Frey (grand piano) & Christopher Herrmann (cello). Read more City of music Location KulturTribüne Grünau Regattastraße 191 12527 Berlin Time 19:00 pm – 21:00 pm https://buergerhaus-gruenau.de/events
Concerts © Duo Orpheo Concerts 18/09/2026 Balm for the Soul Concerts 18/09/2026 Music ranging from Gluck to Rimsky-Korsakov to Gelalian, interwoven with texts by the philosopher Khalil Gibran. Read more Free of charge City of music Spandau Location Spandovia Sacra Reformationsplatz 12 13597 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.nikolai-spandau.de/besuchen/konzerte Buy tickets
Classical Music © Duo Kermani-Gentili Classical Music 18/09/2026 Duo Kermani Gentili - "Surrounding Chopin" Classical Music 18/09/2026 Dutch-Iranian clarinetist Kymia Kermani and Italian pianist Alba Gentili-Tedeschi invite you on a musical journey through Frédéric Chopin’s works and his artistic legacy. Read more Classic music in Berlin Location Lab der Musik Kottbusser Damm 67 10967 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://duo-kermani-gentili.com/?lang=de
Concerts © Monika Rittershaus Concerts 18/09/2026 NASMĀT CARTHAGE Concerts 18/09/2026 For the past ten years, the Arabic Music Days have been an integral part of the program at the Pierre Boulez Saal, bringing the rich musical tradition of the Middle East to life through concerts featuring a wide variety of ensembles. Read more experimental and contemporary Art City of music Location Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin Französische Straße 33 D 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.boulezsaal.de/de/event/nasmat-carthage-769775 Buy tickets
Concerts © visitBerlin, Foto Mo Wüstenhagen Concerts 18/09/2026 Toccata Concerts 18/09/2026 Klaus Eichhorn performs works by Frescobaldi, Hassler, and other composers on the Neapolitan organ. Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Berliner Dom Am Lustgarten 10178 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 20:30 pm https://shop.berlinerdom.de/Event/Kalender/28198/54547?Typ=Vorlage
