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Concerts © Mischa Lorenz Concerts 15/10/2026 Annett Louisan Concerts 15/10/2026 Annett Louisan is the voice of German-language chanson—she has had a major influence on this genre and given it a unique, unmistakable style all its own. Read more City of music On Tour Location Tempodrom Möckernstraße 10 10963 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/annett-louisan-sehnsucht-live-2026-tempodrom-20743599/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Dance & Performance © DanceLab Berlin Dance & Performance 15/10/2026 + 3 additional dates LEAR SHADOW PLAY Dance & Performance 15/10/2026 + 3 additional dates A contemporary dance piece for three performers, inspired by William Shakespeare’s tragedy “King Lear.” It depicts Lear struggling against his own shadow, which refuses to let him go and embodies all his hybrid hubris as well as his misjudgment of his… Read more International Location Dock 11 Kastanienallee 79 10435 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://dock11-berlin.de Buy tickets
Classical Music © visitBerlin Classical Music 15/10/2026 MORGENSTERN TRIO Classical Music 15/10/2026 Among the few internationally renowned piano trios, the Morgenstern Trio—whose members have been playing together since their student days at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen—holds a prominent place. Read more experimental and contemporary Art Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin Französische Straße 33 D 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.boulezsaal.de/de/event/morgenstern-trio-769300 Buy tickets
Theatre © Thomas Aurin Theatre 15/10/2026 ja nichts ist ok Theatre 15/10/2026 R: (on the phone): Have you seen a doctor yet? You didn’t mention it in your (…) You gotta see a doctor, what’s wrong with you, what you doing? (…) Where are you now? (…) Have you been to the AOK health insurance branch? (…) You’re not in a state to go see a… Read more Location Volksbühne - Großes Haus Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 10178 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/artist/volksbuehne-berlin/ja-nichts-ist-ok-volksbuehne-am-rosa-luxemburg-platz-3545481/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Theatre © Jasmin Schuller Theatre 15/10/2026 NORA ODER WIE MAN DAS HERRENHAUS KOMPOSTIERT Theatre 15/10/2026 Henrik Ibsen wrote Nora or A Doll's House in 1879 as the emancipation story of the eponymous protagonist, who decides to leave her husband and children in order to free herself from her unhappy life situation. The work has been negotiated, rewritten and… Read more Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/nora-oder-wie-man-das-herrenhaus-kompostiert Buy tickets
Dance & Performance © Volksbühne Dance & Performance 15/10/2026 20 minutes Dance & Performance 15/10/2026 Once a quarter, the Volksbühne invites Berlin-based artists to the stage of the Roter Salon to spend a long night exploring—through their own artistic practices—the mother of all interdisciplinary formats: the lecture performance. Read more Location Roter Salon - Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 10178 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/reihen-und-projekte/20-minuten/
Lectures & Readings © Bernhard Spöttel Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Constantin Schreiber: Die Kraft des Islam Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 In the coming years, Islam will surpass Christianity as the world’s largest religion. It is creating new communities and offering a sense of belonging and transcendence—values that are becoming increasingly important in a fragile world. Constantin Schreiber… Read more Politics & Society Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets
Classical Music © visitBerlin Classical Music 15/10/2026 Dresdner Residenz Orchester Classical Music 15/10/2026 Vivaldi’s *Four Seasons* as well as compositions by Mozart and Beethoven are on the program for the Dresden Residenz Orchestra’s guest performance at the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonie. Read more Classic music in Berlin Location Kammermusiksaal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57206 Buy tickets
Improvisational Theatre © Ratibor Theater Improvisational Theatre 15/10/2026 Impro Embassy - Mikrokosmos Improvisational Theatre 15/10/2026 An improvised mosaic of stories centered around an intimate scene between humans. Why humans, not people? Because there is a whole world of non-human characters around them. It’s like you're sitting in your room in silence, but all the layers of reality around… Read more International Location Ratibor Theater Cuvrystr. 20a 10997 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.die-gorillas.de/spielplan.html
Classical Music © visitBerlin Classical Music 15/10/2026 + 4 additional dates Klassische Philharmonie Bonn Classical Music 15/10/2026 + 4 additional dates The program and the participants will be announced at a later date. Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Konzerthaus Berlin - Großer Saal Gendarmenmarkt 10117 Berlin Time 20:00 pm
Classical Music © Konzerthaus Berlin Classical Music 15/10/2026 musica reanimata – Concert with Commentary Classical Music 15/10/2026 Rediscovered and revived: In collaboration with musica reanimata e.V., the Konzerthaus is reviving forgotten works by composers who were persecuted during the Nazi era and erased from memory. Read more City of music Location Konzerthaus Berlin - Musikclub Gendarmenmarkt 10117 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.konzerthaus.de/de/programm/musica-reanimata-gesprachskonzert/12489 Buy tickets
Cabaret & Comedy © Jonathan Ideges Cabaret & Comedy 15/10/2026 Rebecca Pap Cabaret & Comedy 15/10/2026 To the world, she’s first and foremost a woman—a woman who, oddly enough, is funny; someone you ask where her mother is from; someone from the very bottom; a child on welfare; a child without a father; pretty sassy; pretty loud; quite a lot of everything. Read more Location Mehringhof-Theater Gneisenaustraße 2a 10961 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.mehringhoftheater.de/ Buy tickets
Classical Music © visitBerlin, Foto: Uwe Steinert Classical Music 15/10/2026 SINOPOLIANA 2026 – Concert in Memory of Giuseppe Sinopoli Classical Music 15/10/2026 On the 25th anniversary of Giuseppe Sinopoli’s death, the Philharmonia Orchestra London returns to Berlin after a long absence—to the city closely associated with the work of the Italian conductor and composer. As principal conductor, Sinopoli had a decisive… 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/57328 Buy tickets
Cabaret & Comedy © Michael Schmidt Cabaret & Comedy 15/10/2026 Zärtlichkeiten mit Freunden: EVERYTHING MUST, NOTHING CAN Cabaret & Comedy 15/10/2026 At last, the well-known band "Zärtlichkeiten mit Freunden" is leaving the dusty, well-trodden paths of Central German rock music and carefully stumbling around on new terrain. Read more On Tour Location BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/zaertlichkeiten-mit-freunden-alles-muss-nichts-kann-bka-theater-20093220/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © visitBerlin, Foto Sarah Lindemann Pop Electro Rock 15/10/2026 Tito & Tarantula - Best Of Tour 2026 Pop Electro Rock 15/10/2026 An American cult band comes to Berlin's legendary SO 36! Tito & Tarantula became known worldwide in 1996 through their appearance in the cult film "From Dusk Till Daw'n" and have remained so ever since. Read more City of music On Tour Location SO36 Oranienstraße 190 10999 Berlin Time 20:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/tito-tarantula-best-of-tour-2026-so36-20969711/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Show © Neil Kendall Show 15/10/2026 BERLIN BURLESQUE FESTIVAL - NO. 14 Show 15/10/2026 The Berlin Burlesque Festival is returning to Berlin—featuring performers from around the world, live music, Surprise Awards, and a curated program blending variety, empowerment, and spectacular show culture. Read more International Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 21:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/berlin-burlesque-festival-no-14/ Buy tickets
History & Archaeology © DHM History & Archaeology 16/10/2026 – 11/04/2027 Controversial Kinship. Colonial and National Socialist Violence History & Archaeology 16/10/2026 – 11/04/2027 The DHM is planning an exhibition for October 2026 that will compare key aspects of colonial and Nazi violence in the 20th century. The exhibition will be on view in the basement of the Pei Building. It explores the history of a comparison that extends far… Read more History History of National Socialism science Location Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau Hinter dem Gießhaus 3 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/vorschau/umstrittene-verwandtschaft-koloniale-und-nationalsozialistische-gewalt/ Buy tickets
Family © © Theater Tineola, Prag / Theater Rafael Zwischenraum, Berlin / Michaela Bartonová/Ralf Lücke Family 16/10/2026 “Egg-Pad, Monkey, and Giraffe” — Live Drawing, Mask and Puppet Play Centered Around an Egg Family 16/10/2026 Live drawing, mask and puppet performances centered around an egg. Colorful images come to life on the big screen in sync with the music. For the whole family and children ages 3 and up. Read more Children Location KulturTribüne Grünau Regattastraße 191 12527 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 11:00 am https://info-rafaelz.de/stuecke/ei-pad.html
Top Event Art © Fotonachweise: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie /Jörg P. Anders | Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2021 Top Event Art 16/10/2026 – 14/03/2027 Porträts! Top Event Art 16/10/2026 – 14/03/2027 How do people see themselves – and how did people want to be seen at different times? With the major special exhibition "Portraits! Surprising Encounters from Botticelli to Lempicka," the Gemäldegalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin invites visitors on a… Read more Location Gemäldegalerie Matthäikirchplatz 4 10785 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=86674 Buy tickets
Classical Music © Orlando Hötzel Classical Music 16/10/2026 ELTERNZEIT CONCERT Classical Music 16/10/2026 The popular Parental Leave Concerts are designed for all new mothers and fathers (as well as uncles, aunts, and grandparents) who would like to enjoy music with their babies in a relaxed atmosphere. Read more Children Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin Französische Straße 33 D 10117 Berlin Time 10:30 am https://www.boulezsaal.de/de/event/elternzeitkonzert-769779
Dancing © visitBerlin Dancing 16/10/2026 + 3 additional dates Where Do We Meet Dancing 16/10/2026 + 3 additional dates How do we come together? What keeps us together? And what remains when the structures we rely on gradually disappear? Read more International Location Studio 14 - Uferstudios Uferstraße 23 13357 Berlin Time 10:30 am
