Films © visitBerlin Films 13/10/2026 The Unspoken Films 13/10/2026 The documentary *Das Ungesagte* (2025) brings together interviews with eleven people born between 1920 and 1936. Some of them have never spoken before, or have not spoken for a long time, about their experiences during the Nazi era. Read more History Film events in Berlin Free of charge History of National Socialism Location Topographie des Terrors Niederkirchnerstraße 8 10963 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.topographie.de/veranstaltungen
Festival © Promo Festival 13/10/2026 + 2 additional dates The Debutantes Festival Festival 13/10/2026 + 2 additional dates From the sea to outer space, from death to life, out into the wide world. Slip on your cowboy boots, head down to the shore, land on a strange, new planet and look death in the eye – together with ‘The Debutantes’. Read more International Location ACUD Theater Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.acud-theater.de/programm/5750-the-debutantes-festival.html Buy tickets
Panel discussion © Deutsche Kinemathek Panel discussion 13/10/2026 The Disappearance of the Threshold When the Door Closes Panel discussion 13/10/2026 From the moment the rejection notice is sent until the deportation is carried out, the film documents the various stages of an asylum application as it passes through the authorities and lays bare the inhumanity of bureaucratic mechanisms. Read more Film events in Berlin Location Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen Mauerstraße 79 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/de/besuch/programm/das-schwinden-der-schwelle-durch-das-schliessen-der-tuer
Panel discussion © visitBerlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien Panel discussion 13/10/2026 Unlimited Salon: The Flying Dutchman Panel discussion 13/10/2026 The Unlimited Salon invites you to explore opera themes through an experimental lens. Whether it’s a famous Berlin astrologer gazing at the stars with Stockhausen and Sun Ra, pairing wine with arias, or hosting a workshop on digital detox. Read more Location Foyer der Deutschen Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10627 Berlin Time 19:00 pm Buy tickets
Panel discussion © Shoot For The Stars UG Panel discussion 13/10/2026 Cosmos & Orchestra Panel discussion 13/10/2026 “Kosmos & Orchester” is a unique live multimedia experience of a very special kind that combines orchestral music, visual imagery, and cosmic storytelling. Read more City of music Location Admiralspalast Friedrichstraße 101 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.admiralspalast.theater/veranstaltung/kosmos-orchester.html#go Buy tickets
Festival © Festival of Lights Festival 13/10/2026 – 17/10/2026 Festival of Lights in Concert Festival 13/10/2026 – 17/10/2026 Festival of Lights in Concert is back: featuring a series of immersive 3D light art shows and ambient music sets by renowned DJs and artists at Berlin Cathedral. Read more International City of music Location Berliner Dom Am Lustgarten 10178 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 23:00 pm https://visitberlin.reservix.de/tickets-festival-of-lights-das-berliner-lichterfest/t6115 Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © visitBerlin, Foto: Zander & Partner Pop Electro Rock 13/10/2026 Festival of Lights in Concert: Chris Bekker Pop Electro Rock 13/10/2026 Festival of Lights in Concert is back: featuring a series of immersive 3D light art shows and ambient music sets by renowned DJs and artists at Berlin Cathedral – today with DJ and producer Chris Bekker. Read more Location Berliner Dom Am Lustgarten 10178 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://visitberlin.reservix.de/tickets-festival-of-lights-in-concert-chris-bekker-premiere-in-berlin-berliner-dom-am-13-10-2026/e2590969 Buy tickets
Top Event Dance & Performance © Marina Abramović. Courtesy der Marina Abramović Archives Top Event Dance & Performance 13/10/2026 + 4 additional dates Marina Abramović: Balkan Erotic Epic. The Stage Version Top Event Dance & Performance 13/10/2026 + 4 additional dates With Balkan Erotic Epic, performance icon Marina Abramović returns to her roots – transforming Balkan myths into a rapturous ritual of body, shame and life force. An intense invocation of the erotic as a source of energy, insight and community. Read more International Location Haus der Berliner Festspiele - Großer Saal Schaperstr. 24 10719 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/performing-arts-season/programm/2026/spielplan/balkan-erotic-epic
Events for foodies © Hard Rock Cafe Events for foodies 13/10/2026 Music Quiz at the Hard Rock Cafe Events for foodies 13/10/2026 Put on your headphones, turn up the music, and get ready: At the Silent Music Quiz at the Hard Rock Cafe Berlin, you’ll guess songs, classics, and pop hits in an interactive quiz format using silent headphones from silent.move. Read more City of music Around Kurfürstendamm Location Hard Rock Café Kurfürstendamm 224 10719 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 21:30 pm https://www.silentmove.berlin/quiz Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © I Prevail Pop Electro Rock 13/10/2026 I Prevail - The Violent Nature Tour UK & Europe 2026 Pop Electro Rock 13/10/2026 Anyone familiar with I Prevail knows: their true strength unfolds live. When thunderous riffs, intense visuals, and explosive choruses collide, pure adrenaline energy is created. At the end of 2026, I Prevail will return to Berlin for a concert – a must-see… Read more City of music On Tour Location Velodrom Paul-Heyse-Straße 24 10407 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/i-prevail-the-violent-nature-tour-uk-europe-2026-velodrom-20712416/?affiliate=VB Buy tickets
Concerts © visitBerlin Concerts 13/10/2026 Sebastian Schub Concerts 13/10/2026 It’s rare for a singer and musician from Germany to begin his career in the very cradle of pop music—namely, England—and to go on to build a remarkable career there. Read more Location Prachtwerk Berlin Ganghoferstr. 2 12043 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/21916261/?affiliate=VB1&utm_source=VB1&utm_medium=dp&utm_campaign=berlintourismus Buy tickets
Panel discussion © Markus C. Hurek Panel discussion 13/10/2026 Unsere Väter Panel discussion 13/10/2026 Natalie Amiri, Minu Barati, Shila Behjat and Düzen Tekkal talk about their fathers – and about themselves. Four female journalists, four fathers from Iran and Turkey, four declarations of love that challenge stereotypes. An intimate conversation about family… Read more Politics & Society Location Berliner Ensemble Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/unsere-vaeter Buy tickets
Panel discussion © Design Florentine Lüdecke Panel discussion 13/10/2026 Achtung! Wortwechsel! Panel discussion 13/10/2026 "Political Cabaret" – Is the Corpse Alive?! A panel discussion with Mathias Richling, Frank Lüdecke, and others. Read more Location Die Stachelschweine Tauentzienstr. 9-12 10789 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Mark Hurek Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Alev Doğan: Verbunden. Warum echte Verbundenheit nicht verlorengehen darf Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 (Reading in German: 'Connected. Why True Connection Must Not Be Lost') Read more Politics & Society Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets
Show © Lili Marocsik I KI-generiert Show 13/10/2026 All Jokes A Slide: If Comedians Ruled The World Show 13/10/2026 Berlin’s best and quirkiest comedians are coming together to reveal what sort of mad world we’d be living in if they were in charge. And because a microphone alone isn’t enough, they’ll be presenting their new world order using laser pointers and a slideshow… Read more Free of charge International Location Mokka Milch, Karl-Marx-Allee 35, 10178 Berlin, Deutschland Karl-Marx-Allee 35 10178 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Cinema for the ears – “Thriller meets radio play” Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Following his successful staged reading at Berlin’s Kriminaltheater this spring, Frank Liebe returns to the stage on 13 October. Read more Literature Location Berliner Kriminal Theater Palisadenstraße 48 10243 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.kriminaltheater.de/events/kino-fuer-die-ohren-thriller-meets-hoerspiel/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Matthias Baerens Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Coping with Grief – The 1986 plane crash in Berlin-Bohnsdorf and its aftermath Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 What happens to those affected when they are only allowed to grieve under state supervision? The aeroplane crash on 12 December 1986 in Berlin-Bohnsdorf, which claimed 72 lives, remains the second-worst air disaster in Germany to this day. Fearing ‘negative… Read more Berlin's neighbourhoods Literature Location Zimmer 16 Florastraße 16 13187 Berlin Time 20:00 pm – 22:00 pm https://zimmer16.com/ Buy tickets
Concerts © Katja Ruge Concerts 13/10/2026 Electric Lights – Women in Electronic Music (VOL.4) Concerts 13/10/2026 Energy, passion, and the unique artistic perspectives of women in electronic music come together with the genre’s spirit of freedom and community. Read more experimental and contemporary Art City of music Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/electric-lights-women-electronic-music-vol4 Buy tickets
Classical Music © Charlie Niesner Classical Music 13/10/2026 JungesKammerOrchesterBerlin Classical Music 13/10/2026 The Berlin Youth Chamber Orchestra regularly captivates its audience at the Berlin Philharmonie with its high musical quality and stirring performances. 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/57318 Buy tickets
Blues & Jazz © Christoph Behrmann Blues & Jazz 13/10/2026 Luca Sestak Trio feat. Jakob Manz Blues & Jazz 13/10/2026 Luca Sestak is a pianist, composer, and a musician who moves effortlessly between genres. He first gained fame at the age of eleven with piano videos on the internet. Today, he has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, and his concerts take him… Read more experimental and contemporary Art City of music Location Kammermusiksaal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57327 Buy tickets
Theatre © Promo Theatre 13/10/2026 + 3 additional dates Roter Engel Theatre 13/10/2026 + 3 additional dates The world of *Roter Engel* is almost exactly the same as this one. The people are perhaps a bit more out of it and sometimes surprisingly articulate … but on the whole, it’s the same. Read more Location Acker Stadt Palast Ackerstr. 169/170 10115 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://ackerstadtpalast.de/roter-engel-der-rahmen-deiner-welt Buy tickets
