theatre
Unbestimmte Bewegung: daniel’s destruction
A German-language performance by Unbestimmte Bewegung about a young man pushed into sex work and his fatal overdose, told through the friends and weeks before his death.
Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
Not the usual dates
- museum
Berlin sagt Danke
Berlin's state museum for modern art, photography and architecture, covering roughly 1870 to today, in a former industrial hall in Kreuzberg. Free entry for volunteer card holders on the citywide action day.
- museum
Wochenendführung – Berlin sagt Danke
A one-hour free guided tour of the Berlinische Galerie, a state museum for modern art, photography and architecture, held as part of the citywide thank-you day for volunteers.
- museum
Kunstgespräch in DGS: Lovis Corinth
A museum talk in German Sign Language on the Lovis Corinth exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie, with museum admission included.
- workshop
Tarotkarten lesen
Tarot card reading workshop held in English at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Mitte, running through the late afternoon.
- live music
Salomea
Salomea performs live at Kantine am Berghain in Friedrichshain.
- guided tour
Kuratorinnenführung: Genossin Architekt, Kollegin Architekt – Frauen bauen Berlin, die Hauptstadt der DDR
A curator-led walk through an exhibition on architect Josef Kaiser's GDR work, looking at how East Berlin's buildings were planned.
- talk & lecture
Speaking of Video Art
A monthly discussion group in the Berlinische Galerie's video room, mixing film screenings with text readings. It runs in German and English.
- cinema
Cinebrasil: Verouvindo - Kurzfilme Wadja
A 29-minute documentary short about an Indigenous educator who helped found a bilingual school to revive the Yaathe language. Shown in Portuguese with German subtitles as part of the Cinebrasil festival.
- live music
Lunchkonzert: Jungstudierende am Julius-Stern-Institut der Universität der Künste Berlin, Aureus-Quartett, Itamar Carmeli
A lunchtime chamber concert in the Philharmonie: students from the Julius Stern Institute play with the Aureus Quartet and pianist Itamar Carmeli, who also has a jazz background. The programme is Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2.
- gallery
Die Geschichte der Fasanenstraße 23 in 9½ Objekten
A free guided tour through the building history of the Literaturhaus Berlin, from an 1889 wedding-gift villa through a refugee shelter and a dance studio to a literature house. The tour text is in German with an English section.
- club night
Felsmann + Tiley
A live performance by the duo Felsmann and Tiley in the Kantine next to Berghain.
- cinema
BRUNELLO
A film screening at Il Kino, a cinema in Neukölln.
- gallery
In den Laken (Ausstellung)
An exhibition by Joachim Perez at the Literaturhaus Berlin, shown in Kamins Zimmer. Entry is free and it runs until 2 December.
- museum
Somatische Übungen in den Ausstellungen
Somatic exercises held inside the exhibitions at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, a session in English through the contemporary art space.
- cinema
Nomadenkino: FÜR IMMER 16 (Nomadenkindo 16. Geburtstag!)
A screening of the 2026 experimental film FÜR IMMER 16, marking Nomadenkino's 16th birthday at Kater Blau.
- cinema
Brother
Aleksei Balabanov's 1997 cult gangster film, a gritty neo-noir in which an ex-soldier in St. Petersburg is pulled into his contract-killer brother's world. The soundtrack features Russian rock, including Nautilus Pompilius.
- club night
Break @WAU: DJ-Set von Levente
DJ Levente spins a set in the Break series at WAU, a Kreuzberg bar.
- workshop
Einblicke: Workshop
A hands-on theatre taster with games and short scenes you perform yourselves, preparing for Brecht and Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper at the Berliner Ensemble.
- talk & lecture
Gaia: Auf Entdeckungsreise durch ein hochdynamisches Universum
Gaia mission scientists present new data on stars, asteroids and galaxies in the planetarium dome. Admission is free.
- workshop
Einblicke: Workshop
A 90-minute theatre workshop in the Berliner Ensemble's Gartenhaus, with games and short scenes you perform yourselves. It prepares for Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera.
- party
Rebel Yell Love the 80s! -auf 3 Floors-
An 80s-themed party spread over three floors of the Frannz Club, with several DJs playing through the night.
- live music
DESINTERESSE + CRUSH OF SOULS
Two bands, CRUSH OF SOULS and DESINTERESSE, share one bill in the Berghain canteen space, as a concert rather than a club night.
- club
rémi.fr
A live performance by the artist rémi.fr at the Kantine beside Berghain.