Events calendar Berlin

For science enthusiasts or curious tourists, from 5 p.m. to midnight, scientific institutions in Berlin and Potsdam invite you to take a look behind the scenes with spectacular scientific experiments, exciting lectures and guided tours. The events are spread across Berlin, Wannsee and Potsdam. The program is aimed at all age groups and includes special events for students.

Inspired by the Notting Hill Carnival in London, this festival is dedicated to all cultures and communities living together in Berlin. Dozens of trucks and hundreds of musicians and dancers form a euphoric and colourful procession that draws thousands of spectators and onlookers into Kreuzberg, Berlin's multicultural district. Numerous food-trucks showcase the world's cuisines. For more than twenty years, this carnival has been celebrating diversity and defending an open society.

Throughout the year, the Berliner Festspiele stages a multitude of festivals, exhibitions and individual events in its two houses - the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Schaperstraße and the Gropius Bau near Potsdamer Platz - as well as in other locations in the city. The annual program currently includes the festivals MaerzMusik, Theatertreffen, Musikfest Berlin and Jazzfest Berlin, as well as four federal youth competitions in the fields of theater, dance, music and creative writing.

An annual festival and platform for critical reflection on cultural transformation from a post-digital perspective. For over thirty years, it has been one of the leading international events in the field of digital art and culture. The year 2023 marked the ^36th edition of the festival, and opens with an evening of exhibition, performance and music, followed by four days of discussions, workshops and film screenings. Parallel to the festival, Transmediale presents the free exhibition Out of Scale throughout the city.

For 48 hours, the Neukölln district (renowned for its young, artistic and trendy population) devotes itself to art in all its forms, in the most unlikely of places. Concerts on a boat, street theater, installations on top of a parking lot: this is now one of Berlin's most popular festivals. The festival's theme for 2023 was Play (ground). Creative spaces were made available, showcasing the diversity of play worlds and providing a playful reflection on the challenges of times of crisis.

Tanz im August (literally "Dance in August") is the international contemporary dance festival in Berlin. In different theatres of the city (HAU, Radialsystem, Sophiensaele, Volksbühne...), the public is invited to discover a wide range of forms of body expression. Choreographers from the Berlin scene such as Sasha Waltz, but also stars from all over the world are invited to present their productions. A contemporary dance festival of the highest quality, which speaks to us in a universal language.