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Top Event Photography © DZT, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle Top Event Photography To 20/09/2026 ANTON CORBIJN – ‘CORBIJN, ANTON’ Top Event Photography To 20/09/2026 To mark his fiftieth anniversary as a photographer, Corbijn is exhibiting nearly 200 works that have had a lasting impact on modern visual culture. His intimate and expressive portraits explore celebrities, artistic authorship, and the enduring power of the… Read more Location Fotografiska Berlin – Das zeitgenössische Museum für Fotografie, Kunst und Kultur Oranienburger Str. 60 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 23:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/fotografiska-berlin-ticket-fuer-alle-ausstellungen#/ Buy tickets
Excursions © art:berlin Excursions 04/07/2026 + 1 additional date art:berlin - Cottage colony Friedenau - writers, artists, revolutionaries Excursions 04/07/2026 + 1 additional date Countless authors, visual artists, and politicians of all stripes chose the idyllic neighborhood of Friedenau as their home and creative hub in the 20th century. How and where did they live? Read more History Berlin's neighbourhoods Location Friedenau Bahnhofstraße 4C 12159 Berlin-Bezirk Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Deutschland Time 11:00 am – 13:30 pm https://artberlin-online.de/touren-fuehrungen-berlin/kiez-und-entdeckertouren/?re-product-id=161886 Buy tickets
Photography © Bruce Gilden Photography To 23/08/2026 BRUCE GILDEN ꟾ WHY THESE? Photography To 23/08/2026 A selection of 45 works showcases Gilden's radical and provocative style – from raw black and white to vibrant digital colors. His images, characterized by intimate proximity, reflect the intensity and fragility of urban life. Read more Contemporary Art Location Fotografiska Berlin – Das zeitgenössische Museum für Fotografie, Kunst und Kultur Oranienburger Str. 60 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 23:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/fotografiska-berlin-ticket-fuer-alle-ausstellungen#/ Buy tickets
Top Event Art © Lina Lapelytė / Martynas Norvaisas Top Event Art To 08/01/2027 CHANEL Commission: Lina Lapelytė. We Make Years Out of Hours Top Event Art To 08/01/2027 With her performance “We Make Years Out of Hours,” Lina Lapelytė transforms the historic hall of the Hamburger Bahnhof into a place of collective action and singing as part of the second CHANEL Commission. Lapelytė is known for her meditative works, in which… Read more Contemporary Art Location Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50-51 10557 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/tageskarte-hamburger-bahnhof-berlin-museum-fuer-gegenwartskunst#/ Buy tickets
Festival © Inga Weber / Freilichtbühne Weißensee Festival 04/07/2026 Crucchi Gang Festival 04/07/2026 Crucchi Gang live in Berlin: Italo pop, summer night, and a touch of madness—open-air album release by the lake. Read more Summer of Culture City of music Open Air Location Freilichtbühne Weißensee Große Seestraße 10 13086 Berlin Time 19:00 pm – 22:00 pm https://freilichtbuehne-weissensee.de/events/crucchi-gang/ Buy tickets
Show © Nile Scott Hawver Show To 19/07/2026 Dan Browns: Der Da Vinci Code - Sakrileg Show To 19/07/2026 Dan Brown's international hit thriller "The Da Vinci Code: Sacrilege" will be coming to Berlin as a gripping stage adaptation . Read more Summer of Culture Literature On Tour Location Stage Bluemax Theater Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 4 10785 Berlin Time 14:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/artist/dan-browns-der-da-vinci-code-sakrileg/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Show © Landstreicher Konzerte GmbH Show 04/07/2026 + 1 additional date DIKKA Show 04/07/2026 + 1 additional date On July 4 and 5, two children’s concerts featuring the rapping rhino DIKKA will take place at the UBER Arena in Friedrichshain. Read more Children City of music Location Uber Arena Uber Platz 1 10243 Berlin Time 17:00 pm https://landstreicher-konzerte.de/konzerte/dikka-b-26-2 Buy tickets
Workshop © Katalanischer Salon e.V. Workshop 04/07/2026 Discover Catalonia Workshop 04/07/2026 What does Catalonia taste like? What’s the story behind the famous human towers, the “Castells”? And why is a wooden block one of the region’s most curious Christmas traditions? If you’re looking for answers, you can not only hear them but experience them… Read more Location KulturMarktHalle Hanns-Eisler-Str. 93 10409 Berlin Time 12:30 pm – 18:30 pm https://casalcataladeberlin.de/de/discover-catalonia-or-experience-a-catalan-day
Theatre © Olive Anclaire Theatre 04/07/2026 + 1 additional date Elektra – Berlin International Youth Theatre Theatre 04/07/2026 + 1 additional date Sophocles meets Tarantino in Berlin International Youth Theatre’s bold reimagining of the ancient revenge tragedy ELEKTRA! Set in the wild west, expect family feuds, explosive style and an interrogation of vengeance itself. Read more International Teenager Location F40 - English Theatre Berlin & Theater Thikwa Fidicinstraße 40 10965 Berlin Time 19:00 pm Buy tickets
Art © Foto: Lutz Bertram, Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova Art To 14/09/2026 Emilio Vedova ꟾ Absurd Berlin Diary ’64 Art To 14/09/2026 The room installation Absurdes Berliner Tagebuch ’64 (Absurd Berlin Diary ’64) by Italian painter Emilio Vedova (1919–2006) was created in 1964 as part of a scholarship from the American Ford Foundation. It enabled the artist to live and work in West Berlin… Read more Contemporary Art Location Berlinische Galerie - Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur Alte Jakobstraße 124-128 10969 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/tageskarte-berlinische-galerie-museum-fuer-moderne-kunst#/ Buy tickets
Art © weißensee kunsthochschule berlin Art 04/07/2026 + 3 additional dates escalators to: big Art 04/07/2026 + 3 additional dates With “escalators to: big bang,” the central graduation exhibition of the Painting and Sculpture departments at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin moves into the Alte Radsetzerei on the RAW grounds for two weeks. Forty-three master’s students and diploma… Read more Free of charge Contemporary Art Location Radsetzerei auf dem RAW-Gelände Revaler Straße 99 10245 Berlin Time 12:00 pm – 19:00 pm https://escalatorstobigbang.com/
Opera & Operetta © Daniel Nartschick Opera & Operetta 04/07/2026 + 3 additional dates Falstaff Opera & Operetta 04/07/2026 + 3 additional dates A comic opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, Libretto by Arrigo Boito (in Italian with German surtitles). Read more Classic music in Berlin Summer of Culture Location UNI.T - Theater der UdK Berlin Fasanenstraße 1B 10623 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/falstaff/ Buy tickets
Exhibitions © Schwarzenberg e.V. Exhibitions 04/07/2026 Garden Party at Haus Schwarzenberg Exhibitions 04/07/2026 We are here to leave our mark. Dedicated collectives, local and international participants, and artists are weaving their stories into the Hoffest—together, we are forging alliances for artistic presence and participation, creating a space for community at… Read more experimental and contemporary Art Events for foodies International City of music Contemporary Art Location verschiedene Veranstaltungsorte Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 23:59 pm https://haus-schwarzenberg.org/
Classical Music © Michal Novak Classical Music 04/07/2026 Gran Gala de Zarzuela Classical Music 04/07/2026 The zarzuela – the Spanish musical theater named after the Palacio de la Zarzuela near Madrid – emerged in the 17th century as an independent form alongside Italian opera. Read more Classic music in Berlin Summer of Culture City of music Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10627 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://deutscheoperberlin.de/de_DE/calendar/gran-gala-de-zarzuela.17878706#:~:text=Gran,Zarzuela Buy tickets
Architecture & Design © Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum (DZM) / Foto: Oleg Kuchar Architecture & Design To 28/03/2027 Heavy Fabric Architecture & Design To 28/03/2027 Vibrant colors on a golden background next to jet-black bridal attire: Danube Swabian traditional costumes provide surprising insights into the former lives of women and girls. This world was narrow, governed by village and church rules, but also expansive… Read more History Fashion and Design Sustainability Location Museum Europäischer Kulturen Arnimallee 25 14195 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 18:00 pm http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=87811 Buy tickets
Street festival / Folk festival © Scantinental Street festival / Folk festival 04/07/2026 + 1 additional date International Barrel Organ Festival Street festival / Folk festival 04/07/2026 + 1 additional date Berlin will once again become the capital of barrel organ music for the 45th International Barrel Organ Festival. From July 3 to 5, 2026, the cream of the crop of barrel organ artists will gather in Berlin once more with thousands of fans from many countries… Read more Free of charge City of music Open Air Location Greenwichpromenade Borsigdamm 13507 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 22:00 pm
Top Event Art © Marina Abramović, Courtesy der Marina Abramović Archives / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 Top Event Art To 23/08/2026 Marina Abramović: Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition Top Event Art To 23/08/2026 One of the most influential performance artists of all time, Marina Abramović presents Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition at Gropius Bau in spring 2026. The show traces her ongoing engagement with ritual, eroticism, death and the body as a site of political… Read more Contemporary Art Location Gropius Bau Niederkirchner Straße 7 10963 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/eventseries/gropius-bau-ein-ticket-fuer-alle-ausstellungen-3986155/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Excursions © BBR / Thomas Bruns / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 Excursions To 19/12/2026 Mies van der Rohe: Weniger ist mehr Excursions To 19/12/2026 With the New National Gallery, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created an architectural icon for the city of Berlin. What makes the building a typical Mies building? This tour takes a closer look at the museum's special features and characteristics. Read more Bauhaus & Modernism Guided tours of the museum Urban development Contemporary Art Location Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße 50 10785 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=155826 Buy tickets
Concerts © Heinz Schuster Concerts 04/07/2026 Miguel Levin ꟾ A MEDIA LUZ - TWILIGHT - Battle of the Sexes Concerts 04/07/2026 In the dim twilight, Miguel Levin unfolds his musical dialogue between the sexes. Read more Location Fournos by TerzoMondo Grolmanstrasse 28 10623 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/21335527/?affiliate=VB1&utm_source=VB1&utm_medium=dp&utm_campaign=berlintourismus Buy tickets
Photography © Margot Schmidt Photography To 04/10/2026 New Woman, New Vision - Women Photographers of the Bauhaus Photography To 04/10/2026 The female photographers at the Bauhaus experimented with photographic and design techniques, exploring the boundaries of their medium. They observed their surroundings through the camera lens, capturing numerous subjects from sometimes novel and unusual… Read more History Bauhaus & Modernism Location Museum für Fotografie - Helmut Newton Stiftung Jebensstraße 2 10623 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 19:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/museum-fuer-fotografie-tageskarte-fuer-alle-ausstellungen#/ Buy tickets
Guided Tours © Stiftung Haus der Geschichte/Christoph Petras Guided Tours To 19/12/2026 Palace of Tears. Site of the German division Guided Tours To 19/12/2026 The permanent exhibition at the Tränenpalast, the former departure hall at the Friedrichstraße border crossing, uses biographical examples and original artifacts to illustrate how the division of Germany affected people’s lives. Read more Accessible Events History of the GDR Guided tours of the museum Events on the Cold War Location Tränenpalast Reichstagufer 17 10117 Berlin Time 15:00 pm https://www.hdg.de/traenenpalast/veranstaltungen
