"Never be silent again" is the motto of CSD 2025. On 26 July, hundreds of thousands of people will march through Berlin on Christopher Street Day to demand more rights and equality for all people, especially of course for LGBTQ+ community. Be there and be infected by the lively hustle and bustle. We have compiled the best events for you in our blog. We'll tell you where the party continues after the move and where you can find out more about the LGBTQ+ scene in Berlin.
As part of Pride Month, the queer community organises a mix of cultural events, concerts, readings and parties almost every day. The main aim is to create space for exchange and encounters and to provide long-term impetus for a change of perspective and real development, in line with the motto of this year's CSD: "We won't stop until everyone is heard!" Here are 11 highlights for you!
Tip 1: Celebrate Berlin Pride at the 46th Christopher Street Day
"We won't stop until everyone is heard!" is the motto of this year's Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Berlin. The parade starts at 11.30 a.m. at the corner of Leipziger Straße and Charlottenstraße, from 12 noon the parade will continue along Leipziger Straße to Potsdamer Platz, then along Bülowstraße to Nollendorfplatz. From there, the route continues via Kleiststraße past "An der Urania" to Lützowplatz and finally from Großer Stern via Straße des 17. Juni to the final rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
Tip: After the parade, from 9 pm there will be a party at "House of Pride" at Ritter Butzke.
When: 26 July 2025 from 11.30 am
Start zone: Leipziger Straße / corner of Charlottenstraße
Closing rally: Straße des 17. Juni | Brandenburger Tor
Tip 2: Swing your "puschels" at CSD on the Spree
The scene traditionally cruises the Spree with more than a dozen boats just before the CSD weekend. Good vibes are guaranteed during the sightseeing with moderation and music. If you want to be there, you'd better be quick, because some of the 19 boats that will be at the start this year are already fully booked!
The Happy Boarding starts from different moorings between 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm, depending on the boat. With lots of music and the best entertainment, you can then sail along the Spree for a good two to three hours. The ticket price for the boat party includes your Puschel for the Puschelalarm - and of course free entry to the big harbour party.
The official afterparty for Canal Pride 2025 starts at 9 pm in the Osthafen. In addition to two floors and seven DJs, you can expect an outdoor garden with a wheel of fortune, food court and plenty of outdoor bars. Party tickets for landlubbers are available online at Canalpride - also as a combined ticket for the big harbour party plus Chantal's House of Shame.
When: 24 July 2025
Where: various locations on the Spree
Tip 3: Dive into the lesbian-gay city festival
Colourful, loud, political - and simply legendary: The lesbian-gay city festival in Schöneberg is an absolute classic of the Pride season in Berlin. The largest queer street festival in Europe awaits you around Nollendorfplatz on 20 and 21 July - with six themed city festival worlds, over 100 stands, live music, talks, information areas and a rousing festival atmosphere. Whether you want to party, get informed or experience queer culture and politics - you've come to the right place!
When: 19 July, 11-24 hrs & 20. July 2025, 11-22 h
Where: Around Nollendorfplatz, Schöneberg
Tip 4: Discover queer Jewish history on the guided tour "Queerness & gender in Judaism"
Dive into the diverse history of queer Jews on a special guided tour through the New Synagogue Berlin and the Spandauer Vorstadt. Using religious texts and current debates, the tour sheds light on the role of queerness in Judaism. Get to know inspiring personalities such as resistance fighter Hannah Karminski, activist Herbert Budzidzslawski and the world's first female rabbi Regina Jonas - all of whom lived and worked very close to the synagogue. This tour impressively shows how queer identities and Jewish traditions enrich and strengthen each other.
When: Friday, 25 July 2025, from 2 pm (in German language from 5 pm)
Where: New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum, Oranienburger Straße 28-30, Mitte
Registration: email to info@centrumjudaicum.de
Tip 5: Feast and celebrate at the Pride Drag Brunch
Start your CSD Saturday with a bang: The Pride Drag Brunch at Restaurant Konstantin offers you an exclusive 5-course menu, sparkling mimosas and a rousing drag show in three acts. The programme will be hosted by the charismatic EMI, supported by the fantastic artists NIKITA (known from Drag Race Germany), Daniela Candela (Komische Oper Berlin) and Kendall Wax from Lisbon. Whether classic with salmon and Egg Benedict or vegan with tofu and pulled oyster mushrooms - everyone will get a taste for it.
When: Saturday, 5 July 2025, from 12 noon
Where: Restaurant Konstantin, Invalidenstraße 50/51, Mitte
Tip 6: Dance the night away at Girls Town - The official Flinta* Pride Party
In addition to the official Berlin Pride Main Party, the FLINTA* community invites you to dance the night away on Christopher Street Day. The party will take place at Queer Garten in the Weekend Club at Alexanderstraße 7 in Mitte and Girls Town invites you to FLINTA* afterparty at Maaya. You can cool off in the pool. So bring your swimming gear
When: 26 July 2025, from 9 pm
Where: Maaya Pool Club Complex, Revalerstraße 99, Friedrichshain and Weekend Club, Alexanderstraße 7, Mitte
Tip 7: Listen to queer classical music at "Pride in Concert"
Sophisticated songs, strong voices and a stage dedicated to queer female composers: the new event format "Pride in Concert" celebrates its premiere on 22 July. July in the Orangery at Charlottenburg Palace - a highlight of Berlin Pride Week! Under the title "Forget me not", 18 songs by 10 queer female composers will be reinterpreted - from Leonard Bernstein to Ethel Smyth. Moderated by Nina Süssmilch, musically supported by impressive singers and pianists. Afterwards, you can end the evening with an audience discussion and a summer get-together.
When: 22 July 2025, 8 pm (admission from 7 pm)
Where: Orangerie am Schloss Charlottenburg, Spandauer Damm 22, Charlottenburg
Tip 8: Experience "A Heart That Beats" at the Schwules Museum
From June, the Schwules Museum (Gay Museum) is presenting A Heart That Beats, a major new exhibition that combines queer stories with migrant and bipoc perspectives. The show is part of the project of the same name, which connects queer archives and communities. You can expect artistic positions, historical documents and emotional statements that make diversity and resilience visible. An exhibition that gets under your skin - political, poetic, powerful.
When: until 26 January 2026, all day
Where: Schwules Museum, Lützowstraße 73, Tiergarten
Tip 9: Queens & Flowers invites you to a summer drag festival
At the Queens & Flowers summer drag festival, the Botanical Garden invites you to celebrate Berlin's diversity in all its colourful glory. Between the flowerbeds and greenhouses, you can expect drag art in a class of its own - and it's definitely family-friendly. Look forward to guided tours through the garden and greenhouses, discover tropical flowers and cocoa trees and be surprised by show and music acts in the middle of the garden. A wonderfully colourful and diverse day in the Botanical Garden that you shouldn't miss.
When: 23 August 2025
Where: Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, Steglitz
Tip 10: Boylesque Drag Festival presents performers from all over the world
At what is probably the most colourful burlesque festival in Germany, the spotlight is on playing with gender roles. Over 35 drag artists, cabaret icons, acrobats and performance artists from all over the world present their skills - and the glittering runway looks that go with them - over two evenings at Berlin's Wintergarten Varieté. Look forward to a show with DragKings, Queens and non-binary superstars in glittering runway looks, who cross gender boundaries with a wink in their performances. The Boylesque Drag Festival is presented by Berlin's only part-time rockabella and burlesque fashionista Sheila Wolf.
When: 24 & 25 July 2025 from 8pm
Where: Potsdamer Straße 96, Tiergarten
Tip 11: Encounter queer stories in public spaces
With the performances Basics of Care by Adrian Marie Blount and We Are Everywhere by Lola von der Gracht, queer artists are transforming Berlin's underground stations:Inside Berlin underground stations into spaces of visibility, intimacy and memory. As part of the project flex, shimmer, fantasise - mapping the queer city, black queer performers transform the public space at Nollendorfplatz with tender gestures of love, care and intimacy into a stage for presence and resistance.
The moving performance at Bülowstraße underground station makes a strong visual statement against structural exclusion - and at the same time creates a vision of visibility, safety and empowerment for queer life. Come along and be moved by this bold artistic intervention by Art in the Underground!
Where: Basics of Care - Nollendorfplatz underground station (above), Schöneberg
When: Sunday, 6 & 13 July 5 - 8pm; Friday, 25 July 3 - 6pm; Monday, 28 July 1 - 4pm
Where: We Are Everywhere - U-Bahnhof Bülowstraße, Schöneberg
When: Saturday & Sunday 12 & 13 July, 2 - 5 pm, Wednesday 16 July 5 - 8 pm
Tip: You can enjoy relaxed and professional service in the hotels of the pink pillow Berlin Collection. These hotels are committed to the queer community. Here you can be who you want to be!
