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Classical Music © Promo Classical Music 12/05/2026 Eisler Stars Classical Music 12/05/2026 The ensemble features young, top international musicians and prizewinners of renowned music competitions who study at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Konzerthaus Berlin, Kleiner Saal Am Gendarmenmarkt 10117 Berlin - mitte Time 20:00 pm https://www.konzerthaus.de/de/programm/eisler-stars/11907 Buy tickets
Classical Music © Peter Meisel Classical Music 12/05/2026 Leonard Slatkin & Cameron Carpenter Classical Music 12/05/2026 Cameron Carpenter is an American organist known for his virtuoso technique and unconventional interpretations. He was the first organist to be nominated for a Grammy in 2009 for his solo album Revolutionary. 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/56696 Buy tickets
Concerts © visitBerlin, Foto Frank Heise Concerts 12/05/2026 Philine Sonny - Virgin Lake Live Concerts 12/05/2026 Philine Sonny's concert on his "Virgin Lake Live" tour promises to be an atmospheric open-air experience filled with ethereal indie sounds and a magical atmosphere by the water. Read more City of music Location Frannz Club Schönhauser Allee 36 10435 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/21346122/?affiliate=VB1&utm_source=VB1&utm_medium=dp&utm_campaign=berlintourismus Buy tickets
Concerts © Tanja de Maan Concerts 12/05/2026 Unerhörte Musik: Irene Kurka & Nathan Plante Concerts 12/05/2026 Freedom is the highest good and what people strive for most. Artists, too, yearn for the freedom to express themselves creatively as they wish, regardless of financial constraints or circumstances. Read more experimental and contemporary Art City of music 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-21244601/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Congress © visitBerlin Congress 13/05/2026 – 15/05/2026 60th Diabetes Congress Congress 13/05/2026 – 15/05/2026 Der Diabetes Kongress der Deutschen Diabetes Gesellschaft (DDG) findet 2026 zum 60. Mal in Berlin statt und zählt mit rund 6.000 Teilnehmenden überwiegend aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum zu den bedeutenden Fachveranstaltungen im Bereich Diabetes. Der Kongress… Read more Location City Cube Messedamm 22 14055 Berlin
Trade Fair & Congress © visitBerlin Trade Fair & Congress 13/05/2026 + 2 additional dates 60th Diabetes Congress Trade Fair & Congress 13/05/2026 + 2 additional dates Der Diabetes Kongress der Deutschen Diabetes Gesellschaft (DDG) findet 2026 zum 60. Mal in Berlin statt und zählt mit rund 6.000 Teilnehmenden überwiegend aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum zu den bedeutenden Fachveranstaltungen im Bereich Diabetes. Der Kongress… Read more MICE-Events Location City Cube Messedamm 22 14055 Berlin Time 11:30 am https://www.ddg.info/
Exhibitions © Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Foto: Jens Ziehe Exhibitions 13/05/2026 + 1 additional date Pictures Make People Exhibitions 13/05/2026 + 1 additional date Experience a cozy and inspiring afternoon at the Jewish Museum Berlin! To start, we'll be serving coffee and freshly baked braided bread. Challah, Hebrew for braided bread, is eaten on Friday evening, the day Shabbat begins. Read more Accessible Events Jewish Berlin Location Jüdisches Museum Berlin Lindenstraße 14 10969 Berlin Time 14:00 pm https://www.jmberlin.de/bildbetrachtung-fuer-menschen-mit-demenz Buy tickets
Theatre © Ronald Kunz Theatre 13/05/2026 + 1 additional date VISUAL THE BRIDGE OF MOSTAR Theatre 13/05/2026 + 1 additional date Fabian Gerhardt directs Igor Memic's play with fourth-year drama students from the Berlin University of the Arts. With their boundless energy, they bring the five protagonists to life and demonstrate what it means when war repeatedly takes people's lives. Read more Location Vaganten Bühne Vaganten Bühne Time 18:00 pm Buy tickets
Theatre © DERDEHMEL/Urbschat Theatre 13/05/2026 – 31/05/2026 UNKAPUTTBAR - 90 JAHRE HALLERVORDEN Theatre 13/05/2026 – 31/05/2026 “UNDESTRUCTIBLE – 90 Years of Dieter Hallervorden” celebrates the inexhaustible energy, adaptability and zest for life of the exceptional Berlin artist in an evening of theatre that is both humorous and touching. Read more Location Schlosspark Theater Schloßstraße 48 A 12165 Berlin Time 18:30 pm https://www.schlossparktheater.de/produktionen/unkaputtbar-90-jahre-hallervorden.html Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Vorleseensemble 2026 Lectures & Readings 13/05/2026 Humanity has lost its mind Lectures & Readings 13/05/2026 The unknown side of Astrid Lindgren: war diaries, letters, and literary texts are combined with music in this reading to create an impressive evening that blends contemporary history and poetry. Read more Literature Politics & Society Location Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek Bizetstraße 41 13088 Berlin Time 19:00 pm – 20:30 pm
Musical © Promo Musical 13/05/2026 HAUPTQUARTIER Musical 13/05/2026 Musical cabaret artist Melanie Haupt, whom you may already know from her shows with Judith Jakob – such as "I Understand Something You're Not Saying" or "La Pharmiglia" – this time breaks into her own brain. Things have been spiraling out of control in the… Read more City of music Location Theater im Palais Am Festungsgraben 1 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.theater-im-palais.de/event/hauptquartier/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Boris Eldagsen Lectures & Readings 13/05/2026 LIKE A KNIFE – A Choir of Angry Citizens Lectures & Readings 13/05/2026 “Overhage loves Germany; the rest can go to hell. Charlotte knows that politics serves only to make the rich even richer. Thieme has nothing against Muslims; he just doesn’t want them in Germany.” Read more Literature Location Lettrétage in der Veteranenstraße 21 Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin Time 19:30 pm
Panel discussion © Promo Panel discussion 13/05/2026 Line 1 – The Cult Film from Berlin Panel discussion 13/05/2026 Film Club 030 is an independent film club based in Berlin that brings people together to watch and discuss films. Read more Film events in Berlin Location GRIPS Theater Altonaer Straße 22 10557 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.grips-theater.de/de/stuecke/linie1derfilm/144
Pop Electro Rock © joergsteinmetz.com Pop Electro Rock 13/05/2026 Rainbirds - Through The Web Of Time - 40 Years, One Voice Pop Electro Rock 13/05/2026 In search of a fitting finale, "Through The Web Of Time – 40 Years of Rainbirds" marks the return of one of the most important bands in German pop and rock history to the stage for a series of exclusive concerts. Read more City of music Location Admiralspalast Friedrichstraße 101 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm Buy tickets
Classical Music © Simon Pauly Classical Music 13/05/2026 Chamber Music V: The sound of the forest – bringing nature to life Classical Music 13/05/2026 Composers throughout the centuries have expressed their relationship with nature and its creatures in music. How do people listen to this music today, in times of climate crisis and mass extinction, and how do younger composers address this topic? Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Tischlerei der Deutschen Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10585 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/tischlereikonzerte-deutsche-oper-berlin-deutsche-oper-berlin-tischlerei-20269742/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Sven Ihlenfeld Lectures & Readings 13/05/2026 A farewell evening for Gert Thumser: Forever your doll Lectures & Readings 13/05/2026 With loving memory, the BKA bids farewell to Gert Thumser (July 28, 1958 – January 16, 2026) – pianist, actor, arranger, and composer whose versatility and subtle, dark humor shaped the BKA Theater and Berlin's queer theater scene for decades. Read more LGBTI Location BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
Classical Music © Stephan Rabold Classical Music 13/05/2026 Kirill Petrenko conducts the Karajan-Akademie Classical Music 13/05/2026 When Kirill Petrenko works with the musicians of the Karajan Academy, an extraordinary combination of artistic precision and passionate communication emerges. Under his direction, the young talents excel and form an ensemble of impressive intensity and… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie Berlin – Kammermusiksaal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/56488 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Gaby Gerster Lectures & Readings 13/05/2026 DR. MED SHEILA DE LIZ Lectures & Readings 13/05/2026 Gynecologist Sheila de Liz explains with wit, openness, and clear language how desire really works, why it sometimes disappears, and how to bring it back. Read more On Tour Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/dr-med-sheila-de-liz/ Buy tickets
Cabaret & Comedy © Stephan Pick Cabaret & Comedy 13/05/2026 + 3 additional dates Pawel Popolski: PolkaMania! Cabaret & Comedy 13/05/2026 + 3 additional dates In "PolkaMania!", the new program by Pawel Popolski, "the mail goes off through the ceiling!". From the frenzied rhythms of cheavy metal polka (Chighway to Chell) to chammerchart electro polka (chit me baby one more time), Pawel spans the musical arc "for… Read more City of music On Tour Location Die Wühlmäuse Pommernallee 2-4 14052 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/artist/pawel-popolski/pawel-popolski-polkamania-3305931/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Festival © visitBerlin, Foto: Hannes Wiedemann Festival 14/05/2026 – 17/05/2026 PULS & PEILUNG Festival 14/05/2026 – 17/05/2026 From May 14 to 17, 2026, “PULS & PEILUNG” at the Schaubude Berlin will showcase the diverse artistic styles of students in the Department of Contemporary Puppetry at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. Read more Location Schaubude Berlin Greifswalder Str. 81 10405 Berlin https://schaubude.berlin/de/?s=PULS%20%26%20PEILUNG
Excursions © Mitte(n)mang/Anna Schnackenburg Excursions 14/05/2026 + 3 additional dates Berlin in the Middle Ages Excursions 14/05/2026 + 3 additional dates Was the Middle Ages really that dark? How did it live in the sister cities Berlin / Cölln? How did trade and change thrive? How did the' ascent' from the primeval blob to the electoral residence proceed? Were our ancestors obedient or unruly subjects? Many… Read more History Berlin's neighbourhoods Location Nikolaikirche Nikolaikirchplatz 10178 Berlin Time 11:00 am http://www.mittenmang-berlin.de/Sommer-2025/MA_Sommer/ma_sommer.html
