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Opera & Operetta © Promo Opera & Operetta 05/09/2026 + 8 additional dates Rigoletto Opera & Operetta 05/09/2026 + 8 additional dates When Victor Hugo brought his play Le roi s’amuse to the stage for the first and last time in Paris in 1832, the performance ended with the immediate banning of the play. When the Italian Risorgimento composer Giuseppe Verdi decided to set the revolutionary… Read more Classic music in Berlin Location Staatsoper Unter den Linden Unter den Linden 7 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/rigoletto.2774/
Concerts © Antoine Saito Concerts 05/09/2026 WDR Sinfonieorchester Concerts 05/09/2026 At his concert with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano will interpret Mendelssohn's “Reformation Symphony.” He will also present a special rediscovery: a highly expressive orchestral work by composer and pianist Yvonne Loriod, which he found in the… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music 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-21054783/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Concerts © akg-images / Marion Kalter Concerts 05/09/2026 WDR Sinfonieorchester Concerts 05/09/2026 The WDR Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano will perform a composition by Yvonne Loriod for large orchestra for the first time. In addition to this highly expressive music, the program features Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s “Reformation Symphony” and Alex Nante… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie, Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57003 Buy tickets
Classical Music © WDR, Katja Engelhardt Classical Music 06/09/2026 + 1 additional date Das Konzert mit der Maus Classical Music 06/09/2026 + 1 additional date "Das Konzert mit der Maus" celebrates its Berlin premiere and invites audiences to the Philharmonie Berlin for rousing music and engaging stories—both humorous and educational—about the life of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Read more Children Classic music in Berlin Location Philharmonie, Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 11:00 am https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57004 Buy tickets
Top Event Concerts © Nikolaj Lund Top Event Concerts 06/09/2026 London Symphony Orchestra Top Event Concerts 06/09/2026 Under the baton of Sir Antonio Pappano, the London Symphony Orchestra will perform the religiously inspired Concerto for Viola and Orchestra by the acclaimed composer Sofia Gubaidulina, who passed away in 2025. Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 will also be… Read more experimental and contemporary Art Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie Berlin - Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/musikfest-berlin-2026-philharmonie-berlin-21054778/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Classical Music © Foto: Anita Wasik, Zuzanna Specjal, Lukasz Rajchert Classical Music 06/09/2026 Sunday Concert in the Hall of Mirrors Classical Music 06/09/2026 The TRIO PROSONUS, a string trio renowned for its exceptional sound and intensity, is set to provide a musical treat today at Clärchens Ballhaus. Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Clärchens Ballhaus Auguststraße 24 10117 Berlin Time 18:00 pm – 20:00 pm https://www.sonntagskonzerte.com/#concert-trio-prosonus Buy tickets
Opera & Operetta © 2023, Bettina Stöß Opera & Operetta 06/09/2026 + 9 additional dates Tosca Opera & Operetta 06/09/2026 + 9 additional dates What is worth living and dying for – love, art, freedom? This question lies at the heart of Tosca, uniquely blending musical brilliance with a gripping plot and historical events with archetypes of the operatic stage. Read more Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10627 Berlin Time 16:00 pm
Guided Tours © SPSG / Foto: Peter Adamik Guided Tours 06/09/2026 + 5 additional dates At your service. Castle tales with the chambermaid Sophie Guided Tours 06/09/2026 + 5 additional dates Who knows the royal court better than she does? Who knows as well as she does who once walked through the magnificent halls and cabinets? And who could tell us more about the people who lived here? On the tour with her guests, young and old, Sophie chats about… Read more History Children Palaces and Gardens UNESCO World Heritage Location Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin Spandauer Damm 10 -22 14059 Berlin Time 13:00 pm https://www.spsg.de/aktuelles/veranstaltung/ganz-zu-ihren-diensten-schlossgeschichten-mit-der-kammerzofe-sophie/
Concerts © Marco Borggreve Concerts 07/09/2026 NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester Concerts 07/09/2026 On the occasion of his 100th birthday, this concert by the Berliner Festspiele honors composer Hans Werner Henze, who was associated with the festival throughout his life, with a performance of his one-hour piano concerto Tristan. Soloist Tamara Stefanovich… Read more experimental and contemporary Art Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie Berlin - Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/musikfest-berlin-2026-philharmonie-berlin-21054784/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Excursions © Barnett Newman Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 / Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders Excursions 08/09/2026 + 3 additional dates From a curatorial perspective: Zerreißprobe Excursions 08/09/2026 + 3 additional dates Maike Steinkamp, Marta Smolińska and Joachim Jäger report from a curatorial perspective on the presentation, the themes and the background of the exhibition. Read more Guided tours of the museum Location Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße 50 10785 Berlin Time 16:30 pm – 17:30 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=156261 Buy tickets
Classical Music © Julia Wesely Middleres Classical Music 09/09/2026 Wiener Philharmoniker Classical Music 09/09/2026 Following their acclaimed guest performance in 2024, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra returns this time with conductor Tugan Sokhiev to Musikfest Berlin. They will perform Antonín Dvořák's violin concerto together with three-time Grammy winner Hilary Hahn… Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music Location Philharmonie Berlin - Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/musikfest-berlin-2026-philharmonie-berlin-21054776/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Blues & Jazz © Arnaud Ele Blues & Jazz 11/09/2026 20 Years of the Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra Blues & Jazz 11/09/2026 The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra is celebrating its 20th anniversary at the Radialsystem—a major event for all fans of boundless music. Read more experimental and contemporary Art City of music Location Radialsystem Holzmarktstr. 33 10243 Berlin Time 20:00 pm
Dance & Performance © Känguruh Production Konzertagentur GmbH Dance & Performance 11/09/2026 HEINZ ERHARDT Project - Eyes open and through! Dance & Performance 11/09/2026 Heinz Erhardt's humor remains unique to this day: playful, subtle, and always with a twinkle in his eye. Few entertainers since have mastered the nuances of comedic and often musical communication with their audience so perfectly, captivating and entertaining… Read more Location Admiralspalast Friedrichstraße 101 10117 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/das-heinz-erhardt-projekt-heinz-erhardt-projekt-augen-auf-und-durch-begleitet-vom-glenn-miller-orchestra-admiralspalast-20654177/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Art © Berlinische Galerie © Foto: © Noshe Art 11/09/2026 Jeewi Lee Art 11/09/2026 In her artistic practice Jeewi Lee works with site-specific installations, sculpture, serial paintings and interventions. She often uses simple, seemingly worthless materials and artefacts that carry allegorical traces of lived experience, memory, time and… Read more Berlin Art Week Contemporary Art Location Berlinische Galerie - Ausstellung Alte Jakobstraße 124 10969 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/tageskarte-berlinische-galerie-museum-fuer-moderne-kunst#/ Buy tickets
Opera & Operetta © 2023, Bettina Stöß Opera & Operetta 05/09/2026 + 3 additional dates Lucia di Lammermoor Opera & Operetta 05/09/2026 + 3 additional dates Long before the cinematic popularity of Downton Abbey or the Jane Austen craze, the ruthless inner world of the British landed gentry became the setting for Italian opera. With his 1835 setting of Walter Scott's successful novel The Bride of Lammermoor… Read more Classic music in Berlin Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10627 Berlin Time 19:00 pm
Top Event Concerts © GettyImages, Foto: Eloi_Omella Top Event Concerts 11/09/2026 + 1 additional date Nina Chuba - Summer shows 2026 Top Event Concerts 11/09/2026 + 1 additional date With a new album under her belt and the biggest open-air shows of her career, Nina Chuba is ready for 2026. Welcome to Berlin! Read more City of music On Tour Open Air Location Parkbühne Wuhlheide An der Wuhlheide 4 12459 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/nina-chuba-sommershows-2026-parkbuehne-wuhlheide-20533252/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Top Event Art © Peter Rigaud, 2025 Top Event Art 11/09/2026 – 21/02/2027 Preis der Nationalgalerie 2026: Maurizio Cattelan Top Event Art 11/09/2026 – 21/02/2027 Maurizio Cattelan, one of the most influential figures in contemporary art, will be honored with the 2026 Preis der Nationalgalerie. This will be Cattelan's first solo exhibition in Germany. His works, which range from sculpture and installation to conceptual… Read more Contemporary Art Location Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße 50 10785 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/neue-nationalgalerie-tagesticket#/ Buy tickets
Top Event Art © courtesy the artist, KAB Inc. / Neo Sora Top Event Art 11/09/2026 – 23/05/2027 Ryuichi Sakamoto. seeing sound, hearing time Top Event Art 11/09/2026 – 23/05/2027 The first major retrospective of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s work in Europe highlights his diverse, innovative practice, including three-dimensional sound installations created in collaboration with international artists. Sakamoto works at the intersection of sound and… Read more Berlin Art Week experimental and contemporary Art Contemporary Art Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50/51 10557 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=87688 Buy tickets
Photography © Stelios Kallinikou / Lupin, Fougère, Genêt, Silbergelatineabzug Photography 12/09/2026 – 03/02/2027 AFTER NATURE PRIZE 26 ꟾ Stelios Kallinikou / Susanne Kriemann Photography 12/09/2026 – 03/02/2027 These prizewinning project proposals will be realized for the first time as part of After Nature . Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize 26. Read more Contemporary Art Location C/O Berlin (im Amerika-Haus) Hardenbergstraße 22 10623 Berlin Time 11:00 am https://co-berlin.org/de
Top Event Photography © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin Top Event Photography 12/09/2026 – 03/02/2027 CARRIE MAE WEEMS | The Heart of the Matter Top Event Photography 12/09/2026 – 03/02/2027 The exhibition and accompanying monograph offer a major new survey of internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems (b. 1953), known for her incisive photographic explorations of cultural identity, patriarchy, and class belonging. Read more Politics & Society Contemporary Art Location C/O Berlin (im Amerika-Haus) Hardenbergstraße 22 10623 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 20:00 pm https://co-berlin.org/de
Excursions © © art:berlin Excursions 12/09/2026 + 1 additional date A Design Tour of Prenzlauer Berg Excursions 12/09/2026 + 1 additional date Designers love Berlin as a place to work and develop ideas. Their studios and shops are usually located in close proximity to their creative circles—and thus to their customers as well. We’d like to introduce you to this in a select neighborhood of the Pankow… Read more Berlin's neighbourhoods Fashion and Design Urban development Location Prenzlauer Berg Schönhauser Allee 44b 10435 Berlin Time 13:00 pm – 15:00 pm Buy tickets
