Open Air Events without the Price Tag
Theatre and concerts for free
The summer months in Berlin are full of festivals, street parties and concerts - in the open air and sometimes even for free. Look forward to free open-air cinema and dance evenings, free comedy, a club feeling without admission and concerts under the stars, DJ sets, theatre in the countryside and many other free open-air events.
Free open-air concerts
In summer, music plays everywhere in Berlin. In parks and on street corners, in railway stations, in public squares and on the city's many bridges, there are places where music is allowed. Many cafés are currently inviting musicians to entertain guests in the open air. lingering for a while slows you down and puts a smile on your face. Here are a few tips on where you can regularly listen to music for free in Berlin.
Summer feeling with top DJs at Berlin Beats
Berlin club culture meets art at Berlin Beats: the museum garden at Hamburger Bahnhof is transformed into an open-air stage for top international DJs and local electronic music stars, with street food and drinks from Restaurant Konstantin on site.
At the open house kick-off, admission to the museum is free of charge until 10 pm, on the other evenings until 8 pm with a valid ticket
13. June - 28 August 2025, Thursdays 7 pm to 10 pm
Hamburger Bahnhof, Invalidenstraße 50, Mitte
Musical summer in the park
In summer, music plays in Berlin's parks and sometimes on accessible rooftops. For over 35 years, the Neukölln concert series "Dein Sommer im Park" has been bringing concerts, workshops and much more outdoors.
In July, free concerts are played every Sunday in Körnerpark. A colourful mix of different styles is played in front of the gallery, promising a good time.
6. -27 July, Sundays from 6 pm
Körnerpark, Schierker Straße, Neukölln
In August, the series moves to the roof of the Kulturbunker. From 2 to 23 August, you can listen to free concerts here every Saturday from 6 pm. As a warm-up, workshops will be organised from 4 pm, with spraying, drumming, rapping and introductions to different cultures.
2. - 23 August 2025
Roof of the Kulturbunker, Rungiusstraße 19, Neukölln
September continues with swing, reggae and more. The park near the Ritterburg playground will be transformed into a stage on Sundays from 5 pm. Workshops to join in are offered from 3 pm.
31. August - 21 September 2025
Park at the Ritterburg playground, Ursulinenstraße 14, Neukölln
Intercultural "airing out" in the Schlüterhof
Under the motto "Culture for all", the Humbold Forum organises an open-air festival every summer in the historic Schlüterhof: Durchlüften is an open, communal festival with music, dance and culinary experiences. For twelve evenings, 24 live acts and 12 DJs take you on an intercultural sound journey
17. July - 9 August, Thursdays to Saturdays from 7 pm
Humboldt Forum, Schlüterhof, Schloßplatz 1, Mitte
Music in the park on the Schlossinsel Köpenick
Pack a picnic and blanket - and enjoy live music in front of a castle backdrop in the countryside: KuKuKuk e.v. has been organising free open-air music events for over a decade. Voluntary donations in favour of the musicians are welcome.
4. June - 27 August, Wednesdays 6 pm, Schlossinsel Köpenick, Schlossinsel 1, Köpenick
Jazz in the open air
- "Jazz am Kaisersteg" brings free open-air concerts directly to the Spree - with surprising sounds and an urban atmosphere.
26.june - 6 September 2025, concerts mostly at weekends, from 4 pm
Open-air stage in Hasselwerder Park, Spreeufer, Treptow
- Seven federal states, one evening, many colours of sound: At "Jazz in the Ministerial Gardens", modern jazz meets political address - in the open air and in the centre of Berlin. Stroll from garden to garden and discover new music - each country brings its own flavour.
17. October 2025, in the evening
In the Minister Gardens, between Tiergarten and Potsdamer Platz
- At "Jazz in the Garden" with the Hugo Fernández Quartet, spirituality, pop-rock, world music and jazz merge into an extraordinary concert in the museum garden of the Jewish Museum.
3. August 2025, 11 am - 1 pm
Museum Garden of the Jewish Museum Berlin, Lindenstraße 9-14, Kreuzberg (in case of bad weather in the Glass Courtyard)
Dancing in Monbijoupark
- Swing, tango, waltz and salsa: when the weather is nice, you can shake a leg in the beach bar at Monbijoupark. Dance in Monbijoupark in the open air and directly on the banks of the Spree.
May - September, daily
Beach bar in Monbijoupark
- Dance into happiness: the "Summer of Dance" in Volkspark Friedrichshain offers swing and Lindy Hop for everyone every Sunday - free, outdoors and great fun.
1. June - end of summer, Sunday, 2 pm Swing for beginners, 3 pm Lindy Hop beginners, 4 pm Lindy Hop advanced dancers
Next to the open-air cinema, Volkspark Friedrichshain
- Southern Italy in the open air: at "La Paranza del Tempelhofer Feld", people dance, sing and celebrate every Thursday - all in the spirit of Neapolitan joie de vivre.
May - September 2025, Thursdays from 7 pm
Tempelhofer Feld, near the S Tempelhof entrance
- Dancing among the roses: Argentinian tango meets Berlin summer romance at the milonga in the rose garden - with an introduction, live music and free dancing until sunset.
20. April - 21 September 2025, selected Sundays (3 & 17 August, 7 & 21 September), from 3 pm
Rose garden in Bürgerpark Pankow
Cinema pleasure meets education - watch films for free & outdoors
Campus Democracy in the courtyard of the Stasi headquarters is once again hosting a free open-air cinema this summer. For four weeks, you can watch selected documentaries and feature films on the topics of the GDR past, state security, resistance and coming to terms with the past.
To kick things off, representatives of the Campus will give insights into their work. Following the films, discussions with filmmakers, experts and contemporary witnesses as well as a supporting programme with exhibitions and guided tours invite you to delve deeper.
If it rains, you can switch to the Babylon cinema . Silent films have been screened in what is probably the city's most beautiful cinema since 1929. The tradition continues with the Saturday silent film series at midnight. According to the motto zero o'clock - zero euros, you can indulge in free film enjoyment here.
4. August - 28 August
Stasi headquarters. Campus for Democracy", Ruschestraße 103, Lichtenberg
More cinema for free & outside
- The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung invites you to the free Hofkino.Berlin cinema in the courtyard of Franz-Mehring-Platz 1. Political documentary films are shown, accompanied by talks with interesting discussion partners.
5. July - 8 September
Inner courtyard of Franz-Mehring-Platz 1 (in bad weather Münzenbergsaal (FMP1, 1st floor)), Kreuzberg
- From 5 to 14 September 2025, Kranzler Eck once again invites you to a free open-air cinema. Every day from 7 pm, visitors can expect a varied film programme with German and international highlights from recent years - from action to romance to children's films.
5. - 14 September, 7 p.m. Admission, evening screening at 7:30 p.m., main film at 8 p.m
Kranzler Eck, Kurfürstendamm 22
- Experience neighbourhood flair at the balcony cinema in August on Cecilienplatz in Hellersdorf. From 7pm, drinks and food from the barbecue are available for a small price. Of course you can bring your own picnic, blankets or folding chairs.
8. - 29 August, every Friday from 21.30
Cecilienplatz, Hellersdorf
Street parties & festivals
- Laughter, amazement, street art: at the international street theatre festival "Berlin lacht!", Berlin becomes an open-air theatre. Look forward to acrobats, clowns, music, puppets, fire shows, dance & market - free and lively
05.august - 24 August 2025, daily 11-22 hrs
potsdamer Platz
26.august - 15 September 2025, daily 11 a.m. - 10 p.m
Washingtonplatz at the main railway station
- Feasting, shopping, dancing on Gorkistraße: at the monthly Gorkistraßenfest in Tegel, the pedestrian zone becomes a lively stage - with street food, live music & children's activities.
1. & 2 August, 5 & 6 September, 10 & 11 October; Friday 3 - 10 p.m., Saturday 12 - 10 p.m
pedestrian zone Gorkistraße 11-21, Tegel
Sing along to free karaoke in Mauerpark
The Sunday karaoke in Mauerpark is a real Berlin classic: up to 1,000 music fans meet here on Sunday afternoons at the amphitheatre to listen to others at the Bearpit karaoke. You can even sing along yourself. Incidentally, the open-air karaoke was invented by bicycle courier Joe Hatchiban. Since 2009, he has been travelling around Berlin with his mobile sound system to help people overcome their stage fright. Because of course, everyone who dares to take to the stage in front of the packed ranks gets a thunderous round of applause.
When: Sunday around three o'clock
Where: Amphitheatre in Mauerpark
Fête de la Musique at the beginning of summer
Every year at the beginning of summer on 21 June, the whole of Berlin is a stage: music is played on around 100 stages throughout the city at the beginning of summer. At the Fête de la Musique , amateurs and professionals play in public streets, squares and parks. You can hear pretty much all genres of music.
21. June 2026, all over Berlin
State opera for all on Bebelplatz
Christian Thielemann brings Beethoven to Bebelplatz with the Staatskapelle Berlin at the Staatsoper für alle. In May 2026, Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 68 Pastorale and the Egmont Overture op. 84 will be on the programme at the annual open-air concert.
Tip: don't forget your picnic basket!
24. May 2026
Bebelplatz / Unter den Linden
Discover culture for free - East Side Gallery & Street Art
The whole city is a gigantic open-air gallery and a mecca for street art. Come with us on a discovery tour. In our free ABOUT BERLIN app , we have put together a few tours of Berlin's most beautiful murals for you. What are the stories behind the murals? Which street artists were involved? And what messages do they want to convey with their works? You can find answers to these questions, audio books, videos and, of course, directions on ABOUT BERLIN. Immerse yourself in Berlin's street art scene.
- A good place to start is the Eastside Gallery: Here you can get to know the German-German past as a work of art. Shortly after the fall of the Wall, artists from all over the world commented on the historic event by painting the remains of the Wall and thus creating a new piece of history. The gallery is now a listed building.
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