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Cabaret & Comedy © Promo Cabaret & Comedy 23/08/2026 + 2 additional dates Cavewoman Cabaret & Comedy 23/08/2026 + 2 additional dates Sex, Lies & Lipsticks! In this brilliant solo show, CAVEWOMAN Heike settles accounts with the self-proclaimed »lords of creation«. Sometimes with the rough Stone Age club, sometimes with the pointed, perfectly manicured nails of a modern cave woman, but always… Read more Location Die Wühlmäuse Pommernallee 2-4 14052 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/artist/cavewoman/cavewoman-in-berlin-2125696/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Dancing © Hanna Fasching Dancing 24/08/2026 + 2 additional dates Phoenix.Sun Dancing 24/08/2026 + 2 additional dates Tanz im August Read more International Location Villa Elisabeth Invalidenstraße 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.tanzimaugust.de/produktion/detail/kasia-wolinska-phoenixsun Buy tickets
Theatre © René Löffler Theatre 25/08/2026 + 4 additional dates Much ado about nothing Theatre 25/08/2026 + 4 additional dates Claudio falls in love with Hero, while Beatrice and Benedick engage in their usual rhetorical skirmishes. Everything seems to be going smoothly at the court of the Governor of Messina, until a playful bet and a malicious plot turn everything upside down and… Read more Green City Summer of Culture Location Shakespeare Company Berlin Munsterdamm 80 (Theater am Insulaner) 2169 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://shakespeare-company.de/show-item/viel-laerm-um-nichts/ Buy tickets
Top Event Dance & Performance © Promo Top Event Dance & Performance 26/08/2026 + 3 additional dates for the time being Top Event Dance & Performance 26/08/2026 + 3 additional dates Sasha Waltz, together with a group of dancers and music by Diego Noguera, creates a collective practice of experiencing the moment – for the time being. Read more International Summer of Culture Location radialsystem Holzmarktstraße 33 10243 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.radialsystem.de/de/veranstaltungen/for-the-time-being-08-2026/
Theatre © Marion Kollenrott Theatre 26/08/2026 + 3 additional dates Ton und Kirschen Wandertheater: WOYZECK by Büchner Theatre 26/08/2026 + 3 additional dates Georg Büchner's fragment WOYZECK (1837) is a true tragedy of ordinary life. Woyzeck, a poor soldier, is the protagonist of the drama. He is an outsider, abused in a medical experiment, mocked by his superior, betrayed by his wife, and ostracized by the world. Read more Location ufaFabrik Viktoriastraße 10-18 12105 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/39305/ton-und-kirschen-wandertheater Buy tickets
Dance & Performance © Jean David Lemarié Dance & Performance 27/08/2026 + 2 additional dates Bruits Marrons Dance & Performance 27/08/2026 + 2 additional dates Like many artists who were too radical for their time, the Black, gay composer, singer, and performer Julius Eastman died in poverty and obscurity in New York in 1990. For choreographer Calixto Neto, his music was love at first note. His latest work is a… Read more Location HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU2) Hallesches Ufer 32 10963 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.tanzimaugust.de/produktion/detail/calixto-neto-voa-bruits-marrons Buy tickets
Dancing © Sara Rman Dancing 27/08/2026 + 2 additional dates MASTERWORK FOR SIX DANCERS Dancing 27/08/2026 + 2 additional dates “MASTERWORK FOR SIX DANCERS” celebrates the expressive power of the body while simultaneously presenting it with unusual challenges. Read more International Summer of Culture Location HAU1 - HAU Hebbel am Ufer Stresemannstraße 29 10963 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.tanzimaugust.de/produktion/detail/en-knap-masterwork-for-six-dancers Buy tickets
Dance & Performance © Felipe Fizkal Dance & Performance 27/08/2026 + 3 additional dates MONUMENTO Dance & Performance 27/08/2026 + 3 additional dates This performance, comprising body, space, and sound, takes the form of a two-meter-high anatomical-architectural structure made of flesh, bone, skin, textiles, hair, singing, tides, and visible technical systems. Read more International Location Dock 11 Kastanienallee 79 10435 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://dock11-berlin.de/theater/programm/spielplan/monumento Buy tickets
Panel discussion © Fabian Schellhorn Panel discussion 27/08/2026 The Great Disarray: A New Beginning or the End? Panel discussion 27/08/2026 The West is losing influence—economically, politically, and morally. Authoritarian forces are gaining ground even in formerly liberal societies. Read more International Politics & Society Location Haus der Berliner Festspiele - Großer Saal Schaperstr. 24 10719 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/reflexe-und-reflexionen/programm/2026/kalender/die-grosse-unordnung Buy tickets
Dance & Performance © Promo Dance & Performance 27/08/2026 + 3 additional dates Zweiland Dance & Performance 27/08/2026 + 3 additional dates For the first time in over 10 years, “Zweiland” is returning to the stage: the choreography by Sasha Waltz, which premiered in the Sophiensæle in 1997, unfolds a poetic approach towards the theme of “Pictures from Germany” against the backdrop of a symbolic… Read more Summer of Culture Location radialsystem Holzmarktstraße 33 10243 Berlin Time 21:00 pm https://www.radialsystem.de/de/veranstaltungen/zweiland/
Lectures & Readings © Domenic Driessen Lectures & Readings 28/08/2026 Caroline Wahl - 1999 Meter über dem Meer Lectures & Readings 28/08/2026 Book launch by and featuring Caroline Wahl (in German): In her new novel, *1999 Meters Above Sea Level*, Caroline Wahl—currently Germany’s most successful author—tells the story of a young woman who, with complete freedom and unabashed ambition, aims to reach… Read more Summer of Culture Literature Location Berliner Ensemble Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/1999-meter-ueber-dem-meer Buy tickets
Top Event Concerts © Foto: Chris Christodoulou Top Event Concerts 28/08/2026 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Helsinki Chamber Choir Top Event Concerts 28/08/2026 The Musikfest Berlin opens with a concert performance of György Ligeti's anti-opera ‘Le Grand Macabre’. At the same time, Berlin's famous classical music festival celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Berliner Festspiele, which was founded in 1951 as the… Read more experimental and contemporary Art Classic music in Berlin Summer of Culture Location Philharmonie Berlin - Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/musikfest-berlin-2026-philharmonie-berlin-21054775/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Architecture & Design © Foto: Foto Schlegel Architecture & Design 28/08/2026 – 01/02/2027 Josef Kaiser ꟾ Building for the GDR Architecture & Design 28/08/2026 – 01/02/2027 Josef Kaiser (1910–1991) was one of the most influential representatives of “socialist” architecture in the GDR. Between 1950 and 1980, he and his collective realized numerous state and municipal construction projects, including the Kino International cinema… Read more History of the GDR Politics & Society Urban development 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
Lectures & Readings © Max Goldt Lectures & Readings 28/08/2026 Max Goldt reads Lectures & Readings 28/08/2026 Max Goldt, born in Göttingen in 1958, lives in Berlin. He formed the music duo "Foyer des Arts" with Gerd Pasemann, in which he recited his own texts. Max Goldt has published ten comic books with Katz. He frequently tours the German-speaking world giving… Read more Summer of Culture Literature On Tour Location Pfefferberg - Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/max-goldt-pfefferberg-theater-21354210/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Concerts © Moka Efti Concerts 28/08/2026 MOKA EFTI ORCHESTRA – Live 2026 Concerts 28/08/2026 Moka Efti Orchestra live in Berlin: 1920s sounds meet the present—a spectacular open-air evening blending swing, jazz, and the atmosphere of *Babylon Berlin*. Read more The roaring twenties in Berlin Summer of Culture City of music Open Air Location Freilichtbühne Weißensee Große Seestraße 10 13086 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 22:00 pm https://festsaal.shop/catalog/tickets/520-tickets-moka-efti-orchestra-freilichtbuehne-weissensee-berlin-am-28-08-2026 Buy tickets
Concerts © Mutant Radio Concerts 28/08/2026 silent green presents Mutant Radio Sessions Concerts 28/08/2026 Mutant Radio is a community platform for music and culture, streaming everything from mixes and live performances to interviews, talks, and educational shows. It’s a space where artists, DJs, and cultural voices come together to share sounds, ideas, and… Read more City of music Location Silent Green Kulturquartier Gerichtstraße 35 13347 Berlin Time 20:00 pm – 22:00 pm https://www.silent-green.net/en/programme/detail/silent-green-pres-mutant-radio-sessions-2 Buy tickets
Concerts © Peter Engelke Concerts 28/08/2026 + 1 additional date Trailerpark & Friends - Open Air 2026 Concerts 28/08/2026 + 1 additional date Trailerpark is simultaneously an independent German hip-hop label, band, and music collective. With openness, intelligence, and biting humor, Trailerpark deliberately provokes – hardly anyone escapes their scrutiny. Current social developments are consciously… Read more City of music On Tour Open Air Spandau Location Zitadelle Berlin Am Juliusturm 64 13599 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/artist/trailerpark/?affiliate=VB1&cityname=Berlin Buy tickets
Classical Music © David Ignaszewski Classical Music 29/08/2026 Le Concert des Nations Classical Music 29/08/2026 With his magnificent original sound orchestra Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall has made a significant contribution to shedding new light on the classical and romantic repertoire. Read more Classic music in Berlin Summer of Culture Location Philharmonie Berlin - Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/musikfest-berlin-2026-philharmonie-berlin-21054779/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © Kulturhaus Spandau Pop Electro Rock 29/08/2026 Die Gabys - Titanium Pop Electro Rock 29/08/2026 Titanium – it’s like a Gabys concert! Titanium – it’s the seemingly endless treasure trove of Gabys songs! Titanium – it gets every Gabys hip swaying and rolling. Titanium – it’s the Gabys element! Read more Open Air Location Freilichtbühne an der Zitadelle Spandau Am Juliusturm 62 13599 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://kulturhaus-spandau.de/ev_event/die-gabys/ Buy tickets
Top Event Festival © Frederike van der Straeten Top Event Festival 29/08/2026 Long Night of Museums 2026 Top Event Festival 29/08/2026 For the Long Night of Museums, museums, exhibition halls, planetariums, and memorial sites throughout Berlin open their doors and offer a diverse program including express tours, workshops, concerts, readings, artist talks, performances, and DJ sets. Read more Summer of Culture Location Diverse Veranstaltungsorte/ miscellaneous venues in Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/
Miscallenous © Anja Steinmann Miscallenous 29/08/2026 – 30/08/2026 Opening weekend Miscallenous 29/08/2026 – 30/08/2026 «Unless the people live here» My dear people of Berlin, Read more Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10627 Berlin https://2026.deutscheoperberlin.de/de_DE/eroeffnungswochenende-mit-rirkrit-tiravanija
