experimental and contemporary Art

Exhibitions

© Jim Avignon

Exhibitions

05/12/2025 – 10/01/2026

Friendly Capitalism Lounge Vol. 22

Exhibitions

05/12/2025 – 10/01/2026

The Friendly Capitalism Lounge by Fehmi Baumbach & Jim Avignon is back and celebrating a birthday this year.

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Neurotitan Galerie von Schwarzenberg e.V. Neurotitan Galerie von Schwarzenberg e.V.
Rosenthaler Straße 39
10178 Berlin

12:00 pm

https://neurotitan.de/Galerie/Archiv/2025/20250512_Friendly-Capitalism-Lounge.html
Concerts

© Martijn Gijsbertsen

Concerts

06/01/2026

Unerhörte Musik: Christoph Enzel & Ties Mellema

Concerts

06/01/2026

With this program, saxophonists Ties Mellema and Christoph Enzel deepen their long-standing collaboration and friendship. They explore the endless possibilities offered by the sound of two baritone saxophones together, while also presenting several new works…

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BKA Theater BKA Theater

20:00 pm

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11/10/2025 – 31/01/2026

Stadtbad RELOADED: BEYOND

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Art

11/10/2025 – 31/01/2026

200 sqm of immersive ceiling projection – a cinematic journey full of emotions, between overthinking and letting go. Discover the Lost Place anew: raw, mysterious, yet alive through 150 artworks and a captivating light installation.

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Stadtbad Lichtenberg Stadtbad Lichtenberg
Hubertusstraße 47
10365 Berlin

https://stadtbadreloaded.de/?source=bde

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Concerts

© Flyer - Kühlspot Selbsterstellt

Concerts

06/01/2026

filigree Duo Improvisation: Matthias Badczong & Dietrich Petzold + Solo (Isabel Anders) „12 Improvised Études“ inspired by Alexander Skrjabin (6.1.1872 - 27.4.1915)

Concerts

06/01/2026

Dietrich Petzold and Matthias Badczong are classically trained musicians. Petzold currently works across genres in contemporary and applied music as a violinist, violist, and composer for theater, film, and radio. Badczong is primarily active in contemporary…

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- experimental and contemporary Art
- Classic music in Berlin
Kühlspot Social Club Kühlspot Social Club

20:30 pm
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© Ebru Yildiz

Concerts

07/01/2026 – 10/01/2026

TIME TRAVEL HEAR TODAY

Concerts

07/01/2026 – 10/01/2026

On four evenings in January, the Neue Nationalgalerie will be transformed into an interactive concert installation, where Moor Mother, together with the ensemble mosaik and other guests, will take musical and intellectual journeys through time.

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Neue Nationalgalerie Neue Nationalgalerie
Potsdamer Straße 50
10785 Berlin

20:30 pm

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© RAT SECTION | photo by Jebi Labembika | styling by Clara Mary Joy

Concerts

08/01/2026

hub presents RAT SECTION, SÒN DU MAQUÍS, WORKID

Concerts

08/01/2026

A chance meeting in Bucharest two summers ago saw Ratty Sleigh Johnson and Soopi (aka Soops) reunite. hub presents Rat Section, the London-based duo who combine voice, electronics, choreography and visual art into immersive performances poised somewhere…

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- City of music
Volksbühne - Roter Salon Volksbühne - Roter Salon

20:30 pm

https://volksbuehne.berlin/de/repertoire/hub-presents-rat-section-son-du-maquis-workid?id=16873

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Concerts

© Märta Thisner / Quentin Le Joly

Concerts

09/01/2026

Shida Shahabi / Helen Island

Concerts

09/01/2026

Swedish-Iranian composer and pianist Shida Shahabi moves between post-classical, ambient and drone. Piano, cello and electronics form the core of her soundscape.

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HAU Hebbel am Ufer - HAU1 HAU Hebbel am Ufer - HAU1

19:30 pm

https://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programm/pdetail/shida-shahabi-helen-island-konzert

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© Kühlspot

Concerts

10/01/2026

The Berlin Improvisers Orchestra

Concerts

10/01/2026

The Berlin Improvisers Orchestra (Ber.I.O.) was founded by Saxophonist Anna Kaluza in June 2010, with the help of “accoucheurs” Alison Blunt & Ricardo Tejero from the London Improvisers Orchestra.

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Kühlspot Social Club Kühlspot Social Club

02:30 am – 04:15 am
Classical Music

© Kelly de Geer

Classical Music

10/01/2026

Berlin Tracks: Giorgi Gigashvili

Classical Music

10/01/2026

"Berlin Tracks – Music of the City at the Konzerthaus" is the name of the new concert series, featuring four events this season featuring Berlin musicians and ensembles who combine classical Western music from various eras with styles native to the city – from…

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Konzerthaus Berlin - Kleiner Saal Konzerthaus Berlin - Kleiner Saal

20:00 pm – 22:30 pm

https://www.konzerthaus.de/de/programm/berlin-tracks-giorgi-gigashvili/11666

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Concerts

© Marco Borggreve

Concerts

11/01/2026

Phantasm Viol Consort: Porträt Henry Purcell, Prophetic Pathfinder

Concerts

11/01/2026

Since mid-March 2025, the Phantasm Viol Consort has been presenting its own concert series at St. Elisabeth Church in Berlin-Mitte. The concerts are dedicated entirely to polyphony, each focusing on a composer who excelled in this compositional technique.

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St. Elisabeth-Kirche St. Elisabeth-Kirche

17:00 pm

https://www.elisabeth.berlin/de/kulturkalender/phantasm-viol-consort-portraet-henry-purcell-prophetic-pathfinder

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Opera

© Foto: Maximilian Semlinger / Artwork: Laura Buechner

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Opera

11/01/2026 + 4 additional dates

The cold heart

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Opera

11/01/2026 + 4 additional dates

The heart is far more than an organ – it symbolizes feelings, longings, and pain and is at the center of Matthias Pintscher's opera "The Cold Heart."

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Staatsoper Unter den Linden Staatsoper Unter den Linden

18:00 pm

https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/das-kalte-herz.21914/

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Concerts

© Rooftop ARTs UG

Concerts

13/01/2026 + 10 additional dates

The Rickenbackers Pro Jam Session

Concerts

13/01/2026 + 10 additional dates

Onlookers, experts, newcomers and music lovers are welcome.

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ART Stalker ART Stalker

19:30 pm

https://art-stalker.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/458131

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Concerts

© Matej Grgić

Concerts

13/01/2026

Unerhörte Musik: Ensemble Synchronos

Concerts

13/01/2026

The Croatian ensemble Synchronos takes the audience on an exciting journey through the soundscapes of contemporary music. The program unites works by international composers who explore diverse aesthetic approaches and innovative forms of expression.

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BKA Theater BKA Theater

20:00 pm

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© courtesy of the artists

Concerts

14/01/2026

Rosa Anschütz + Veronika Tikhonova

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14/01/2026

Rosa Anschütz is a musician and sound artist whose practice merges composition, installation, and performance. Her sound blends the dark ambience of post-punk and cold wave with ethereal polyphony and synth-driven melodies.

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silent green silent green

20:00 pm
Contemporary Dance

© ECSTATIC DANCE

Contemporary Dance

15/01/2026 + 5 additional dates

ECSTATIC DANCE

Contemporary Dance

15/01/2026 + 5 additional dates

Ecstatic Dance is a dance form in which the dancers, sometimes without having to follow specific steps, surrender to the rhythm and move freely while the music carries them, leading to trance and a feeling of ecstasy.

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FMP1 FMP1

18:30 pm – 22:30 pm

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Rock & Pop

© Big Tom and the Bogsnorklers

Rock & Pop

15/01/2026

Beatles Tribute mit Big Tom and the Bogsnorklers

Rock & Pop

15/01/2026

Get ready to sing and dance along - Big Tom and the Bogsnorklers bring the timeless sound of the Beatles to the stage!

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ART Stalker - Kunst+Bar+Events ART Stalker - Kunst+Bar+Events

20:00 pm

https://art-stalker.reservix.de/events

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Concerts

© Dakil Berlin Friends

Concerts

16/01/2026

Dakil Berlin Friends - Indie-Disco-Rock

Concerts

16/01/2026

A celebration of music and culture without borders featuring: Sotas de Osaka / Cactus for Breakfast / DBF / DJ Shy Reddy & Rob Crawford

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- City of music
ART Stalker - Kunst+Bar+Events ART Stalker - Kunst+Bar+Events

19:00 pm

https://art-stalker.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/527147

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Classical Music

© Edouard Brane

Classical Music

16/01/2026

SABINE DEVIEILHE & MATHIEU PORDOY

Classical Music

16/01/2026

For her debut at the Pierre Boulez Saal, French soprano Sabine Devieilhe, together with Mathieu Pordoy, has compiled a program dedicated to important women and multifaceted images of women in music.

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Pierre Boulez Saal Pierre Boulez Saal

19:30 pm

https://www.boulezsaal.de/de/event/sabine-devieilhe-mathieu-pordoy-593077

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Concerts

© courtesy of the artist

Concerts

16/01/2026

5 Years Unguarded

Concerts

16/01/2026

Unguarded is a record & art label from Berlin. Founded in 2020, the label seeks to foster forward thinking artists with a focus on exploring cross-disciplinary collaboration and embarking on sonic adventures.

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silent green silent green

20:00 pm
Concerts

© Foto: Sebastian Bolesch

Concerts

16/01/2026 + 2 additional dates

Ultraschall Berlin 2026

Concerts

16/01/2026 + 2 additional dates

Ultraschall Berlin – a festival for new music presented by Deutschlandfunk Kultur and radio3 from rbb is returning to Radialsystem and other locations in Berlin from 14 - 16 January 2026.

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Radialsystem V Radialsystem V

20:00 pm

https://www.radialsystem.de/de/festivals/ultraschall-berlin-2026/

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Concerts

© Chris Pitsiokos

Concerts

17/01/2026

Ackern76 + Pitsiokos

Concerts

17/01/2026

Justin Remfrey is a musician and composer on the edge of everything located in Berlin. Mostly playingjazz and free improvised music.

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Kühlspot Social Club Kühlspot Social Club

02:30 am – 04:15 am