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Festivals & Markets © visitBerlin, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle Festivals & Markets 19/09/2026 + 4 additional dates Oktoberfest - Loretta at Wannsee Festivals & Markets 19/09/2026 + 4 additional dates The Oktoberfest at Loretta on the Wannsee brings the atmosphere of a Bavarian festival tent to Berlin’s most popular swimming lake. Read more Location Loretta am Wannsee Kronprinzessinnenweg 260 14109 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/eventseries/oktoberfest-loretta-am-wannsee-4117957/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Family © Thomas Endel Family 19/09/2026 + 6 additional dates Once upon a time, there was a wizard Family 19/09/2026 + 6 additional dates You are cordially invited to the wondrous magic workshop of an old, selfish, and confused master wizard! Good grief and three days of thunderstorms—none of his transformations seem to work; he’s casting spells more and more wildly, and everything is going… Read more Accessible Events Children Location Kinder und Familientheater Coq Au Vin (Neukölln) Wildenbruchstr. 80 12045 Berlin Time 16:00 pm – 16:50 pm https://www.coqauvin.de/ Buy tickets
Festivals & Markets © Domäne Dahlem Festivals & Markets 19/09/2026 + 1 additional date Potato festival at the Dahlem Estate Festivals & Markets 19/09/2026 + 1 additional date On Saturday and Sunday, 13 and 14 September 2025, it will once again be time to say, ‘Let's go potato harvesting!’ at Domäne Dahlem. Read more Events for foodies Berlin's neighbourhoods Environment & Future Open Air Location Domäne Dahlem Königin-Luise-Straße 49 14195 Berlin Time 10:00 am
Blues & Jazz © Peppi Guggenheim Bros Blues & Jazz 19/09/2026 PSKH Blues & Jazz 19/09/2026 Progressive Free Impro Read more Location Little Stage Berlin Jonasstraße 12053 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.peppi-guggenheim.de
Theatre © Nils Schwarz / Mike Meyer Photography Theatre To 18/10/2026 PUTSCH Theatre To 18/10/2026 What happens when satire becomes power? Klara Milkowski is witty, clever – and dangerous. After a media scandal, the celebrated stand-up comedian loses her television show and becomes an overnight icon of "freedom of speech." Read more Politics & Society Location Schlosspark Theater Schloßstraße 48 A 12165 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.schlossparktheater.de/produktionen/putsch.html Buy tickets
Concerts © visitBerlin Concerts 19/09/2026 She, She, She, Hers Concerts 19/09/2026 It doesn’t begin with a bang, but with a pull. A barely perceptible moment in which sound condenses without ever fully taking shape. As if music weren’t being created here, but already existed and were merely being revealed. She Her Her Hers from Tokyo master… Read more City of music On Tour Location Neue Zukunft Alt-Stralau 68 10245 Berlin Friedrichshain Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/21460048/?affiliate=VB1&utm_source=VB1&utm_medium=dp&utm_campaign=berlintourismus Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Drea Berg Lectures & Readings 19/09/2026 + 1 additional date Space Makes a Difference – Ready for Greater Well-Being Lectures & Readings 19/09/2026 + 1 additional date Tempelhofer Feld is a place of open spaces, wind, and movement. Our nature tour invites you to experience this special open space with all your senses—while actively doing something for your own health. Read more Green City Location Tempelhofer Feld Berlin Tempelhofer Damm 12101 Berlin Time 15:00 pm – 16:00 pm https://www.campus-stadt-natur.de/angebote-aktionen/kalender/?id=524&no_cache=1&tx_events2_events%5Baction%5D=list&tx_events2_events%5Bcontroller%5D=JavaScriptSearch&tx_events2_events%5Bcategories%5D%5B%5D=&tx_events2_events%5Bgroups%5D%5B%5D=&tx_events2_events%5Blocations%5D%5B%5D=41&tx_events2_events%5Bstart%5D=&tx_events2_events%5Bend%5D=&tx_events2_events%5Bsearch%5D=Weite+wirkt+%E2%80%93+Startklar+f%C3%BCr+mehr+Wohlbefinden
Excursions © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2023 / Foto: Jens Ziehe Excursions 12/09/2026 + 2 additional dates Tensions, revolts and more (in English) Excursions 12/09/2026 + 2 additional dates What makes the collection of the National Gallery so special? What traces of history can be found? The broad spectrum of art since 1945 is shown in 14 thematic rooms. From abstraction and figuration, everyday life and pop, nature and ecology to feminism and… Read more Guided tours of the museum Contemporary Art Location Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße 50 10785 Berlin Time 16:00 pm – 17:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=155794 Buy tickets
Theatre © Verena Eidel Theatre 19/09/2026 + 8 additional dates THE GEMS OF RIXDORF Theatre 19/09/2026 + 8 additional dates Like all forward-thinking people, the Rixdorf Pearls (barmaid Marianne, sex worker Jule, and cleaning lady Mieze) have so far successfully turned a blind eye to their retirement planning. Life in uncertainty could be so wonderful. After all, who could have… Read more City of music Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/die-rixdorfer-perlen-operation-abendsonne/ Buy tickets
Market © Daniela Incoronato Market 19/09/2026 + 1 additional date Traditionsfest bei Späth Market 19/09/2026 + 1 additional date About 120 exhibitors will be offering gardening ideas, exquisite handicrafts, and beautiful plants for gardens, patios, and balconies. Explore the historic Späth grounds and enjoy art, music, and a spectacular display of flowers! Read more Berlin's neighbourhoods Green City Shopping Location Späth'sche Baumschulen Späthstraße 81 12437 Berlin Time 09:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.spaethsche-baumschulen.de/veranstaltungen/jahreszeitliche-feste/traditionsfest-mit-gruenem-markt/
Top Event Opera & Operetta © Anja Steinmann Top Event Opera & Operetta 19/09/2026 + 4 additional dates Wednesday from Light Top Event Opera & Operetta 19/09/2026 + 4 additional dates On the occasion of the new directorship, Deutsche Oper Berlin is venturing to show a project that crashes through boundaries and opens up new spaces: Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Mittwoch aus Licht will be shown as a scenic opera production in the German-speaking… Read more experimental and contemporary Art Classic music in Berlin Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10627 Berlin Time 17:00 pm Buy tickets
Festivals & Markets © oldthing.de Festivals & Markets 20/09/2026 + 8 additional dates Friedrichshagen flea market Festivals & Markets 20/09/2026 + 8 additional dates Its easy accessibility, proximity to the Müggelsee lake and the traditionally good reputation that the Friedrichshagen district enjoys far beyond Berlin's borders mean that the market is well attended even in bad weather and is also popular with day trippers… Read more Accessible Events Environment & Future Shopping Location S-Bahnhof Friedrichshagen Dahlwitzer Landstraße Berlin Time 09:00 am https://oldthing.de/Berliner-Flohmarkt/Secondhand-und-Kunst/Flohmarkt-Friedrichshagen/
Dance & Performance © Cristina Flores Pescorán Dance & Performance 20/09/2026 From Hands to Loom to Bloom Dance & Performance 20/09/2026 How does the human body heal? What does it mean for the body to flourish? How might we rethink illness, treatment and recovery? Read more Free of charge International Contemporary Art Location Haus der Kulturen der Welt John-Forster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin Time 17:30 pm https://www.hkw.de/programme/l-is-for-the-way-you-look-at-me-ii/from-hands-to-loom-to-bloom Buy tickets
History & Archaeology © Berliner Zentrum Industriekultur History & Archaeology 20/09/2026 Industrial Heritage in Tempelhof-Schöneberg History & Archaeology 20/09/2026 Take a look behind the scenes of Tempelhof-Schöneberg’s industrial heritage! A total of seven original sites of industrial heritage will open their doors for one day. Vintage buses will take you from place to place for free on a hop-on, hop-off shuttle. Read more Bauhaus & Modernism Events on the Cold War History of National Socialism Urban development Location BSR Hauptwerkstatt Ringbahnstraße 96 12103 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 16:00 pm https://industriekultur.berlin/festival/veranstaltung/industriekultur-in-tempelhof-schoeneberg/
Photography © Jana Sophia Nolle / © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2026 Photography To 15/11/2026 Rooms / Stages Photography To 15/11/2026 Following the internationally acclaimed exhibition “Body Performance” (2019), the Helmut Newton Foundation now presents “Rooms / Stages,” shifting the focus significantly: away from the artistic action itself, and toward the stage space. Read more 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
Excursions © © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum, Eigentum an Nigeria übertragen am 25. August 2022 / Foto: Emanuele Valariano Excursions 13/09/2026 + 2 additional dates The Benin Bronzes. Restitution and what next? Public guided tour Excursions 13/09/2026 + 2 additional dates The Benin Bronzes, looted by the British in 1897, have become a global symbol for the hundreds of thousands of cultural objects from Africa that European colonial powers illegally appropriated and displayed in museums. Read more Accessible Events Guided tours of the museum Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 17:00 pm – 18:00 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/fuehrung/die-benin-bronzen-53089/ Buy tickets
Excursions © © Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Andreas König Excursions 20/09/2026 On the traces of history. Guided tour of the history of the place in English Excursions 20/09/2026 The site where today’s Humboldt Forum stands has a long and eventful history: Hohenzollern residence, parade ground, Palace of the Republic, and great meadow – it has always been a venue of special political significance in the midst of Berlin, and at the same… Read more History Guided tours of the museum Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 13:00 pm – 14:00 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/fuehrung/auf-den-spuren-der-geschichte-2-41459/ Buy tickets
Art © Milan Soremski/HKW Art 12/09/2026 – 06/12/2026 A Walk Through the Exhibition with… Art 12/09/2026 – 06/12/2026 The tour provides an introduction to the themes and background of the current exhibition *Not All Travellers Follow Paths – Humanity as Practice* and introduces the artists and their works. Read more Free of charge International Contemporary Art Location Haus der Kulturen der Welt John-Forster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://www.hkw.de/programme/not-all-travellers-walk-roads-of-humanity-as-practice/a-walk-through-the-exhibition-with Buy tickets
Festivals & Markets © visitBerlin, Foto: Uwe Steinert Festivals & Markets 20/09/2026 World Cleanup Day Festivals & Markets 20/09/2026 September 20, 2026 marks World Cleanup Day, a global initiative where people around the world come together to combat environmental pollution. It is the world's largest bottom-up movement to eliminate waste. Everyone can take part. Read more Free of charge International Environment & Future Location Verschiedene Orte Berlin Time 08:00 am https://worldcleanupday.de/
Art © Annemirl Bauer Archiv © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026. Foto: Jens Ziehe Art To 07/02/2027 Annemirl Bauer Art To 07/02/2027 In the fall of 2026, the MINSK Kunsthaus Potsdam will present a comprehensive retrospective of Annemirl Bauer (1939–1989), featuring paintings, works on paper, collages, and objects. Read more Brandenburg: Nature & Culture close to Berlin Contemporary Art Location DAS MINSK KUNSTHAUS IN POTSDAM MAX-PLANCK-STRASSE 17 14473 Potsdam Time 10:00 am – 19:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/das-minsk-kunsthaus-potsdam-eintritt-alle-ausstellungen#/ Buy tickets
Art © Max Liebermann, Blumenbeet im Wannseegarten mit Blick auf den Fischotterbrunnen, 1919, Pastell auf Velin, Privatbesitz Art 21/09/2026 Exhibition Finale with Extended Hours Art 21/09/2026 On the final day of the special exhibition “IN FOCUS: Liebermann’s Pastels. A World in Chalk”, the Liebermann Villa invites you to join us for the exhibition’s closing event, with extended opening hours. Do take the opportunity to visit the exhibition until 8… Read more Location Liebermann-Villa Colomierstraße 3 14109 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://liebermann-villa.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungsausklang-mit-verlaengerten-oeffnungszeiten-3/
