Neighborhood festival. SUMMER OF THE ISLAND

Saturday, July 5, 2025 from 2:00-8:00 pm

Visitors can expect a varied program for the whole family: food trucks with international specialties, a spacious children's area with a bouncy castle, magic, face painting and airbrush tattoos, live music on the garden stage and guided tours of the PETRI Berlin archaeological trail make the festival an open place for exchange, encounters and experiences in the middle of Berlin.


The focus will be on the questions: What will actually become of the center of the capital? How are science, culture and city administration shaping the development of the southern Spree island?


Those who not only want to talk about it, but also experience the diversity of the place directly, are cordially invited to spend a summery day in the countryside together with neighbors, institutions and interested parties. Organized by ESMT Berlin in close cooperation with the institutions of the Spreeinsel interest group, the festival offers a platform for dialogue, information and encounters - accessible, free of charge and right in the center of Berlin.


The program

• 14:00 - Admission
  
• 15:00-15:30 Rhythm and grooves with the percussion class of HfM Hanns Eisler Berlin
  
• 15:30-15:50 Welcome & introduction: Bertelsmann Stiftung, Bundesstiftung Bauakademie, ESMT, HfM Hanns Eisler, PETRI
  
• 15:50-16:20 Welcome and introduction Humboldt Forum
  
• 16:40-17:00 ESMT Berlin presents: Connected Choir
  
• 17:00-17:45 Panel discussion on urban development around the Spree Island with, among others, Senate Building Director Prof. Petra Kahlfeldt; Hans-Dieter Hegner, Humboldt Forum; Georg Garlichs, ESMT Berlin; representatives of WBM
  
• 18:00-18:20 Welcome and presentation of the Federal Foundation Bauakademie
  
• 18:30-19:00 The Eisler presents: Summer trombone sounds with the Iberica Quartet
  
• 19:30 End of the event
  

All day

• Children's program with clowns, bouncy castle, magic show, face painting and airbrush tattoos
  
• Food trucks and drinks
  
• Guided tours of the PETRI Berlin archaeological trail
  
• Information stands and exhibition on planned construction measures on the southern Spree island
  
• The stage program will be accompanied by hourly raffles.
  

About ESMT Berlin

ESMT Berlin is one of the world's leading business schools. Founded by 25 global companies, ESMT offers Master's, MBA and PhD programs as well as executive education. Courses are offered on the Berlin campus, at locations worldwide, online and as hybrid courses with partial attendance.

With a focus on leadership, innovation and analytics, ESMT professors regularly publish their research findings in leading academic publications. In addition, ESMT offers a platform for discourse between politics, business and academia. ESMT is a state-recognized private academic university with the right to award doctorates and is accredited by AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS and ZEvA. The business school is committed to diversity, equality and inclusion in all its activities and communities.


Adress

• Garden of ESMT Berlin - Schlossplatz 1, 10178 Berlin.
  
• You can reach the garden via the main building (Schlossplatz 1) and the entrance on Breite Straße.
  

Public transport/bicycle parking spaces/parking

• S-Bahn Alexanderplatz/ Hackescher Markt, streetcar and U-Bahn lines from/to Alexanderplatz, U-Bahn U5 stop Museumsinsel
  
• Bicycle parking spaces are located opposite Schlossplatz 1, at the Humboldt Forum
  
• No parking available on the premises
  
• Barrier-free parking is available south of the Humboldt Forum on Schlossplatz.