The Next Day #102: Berlin Weekend Guide
Must-see events in Berlin: May 28 - June 01
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Another long weekend! We’ll be honest: this one was tough to curate, especially if you love music. There are so many mind-blowing parties and experimental shows to choose from.
Our spotlight this weekend is on the “Making Life in the Ruins” International Performance Festival, featuring two standout pieces: Eunuchs by Irmãs Brasil and Wasted Land by Ntando Cele—two bold and thought-provoking works of international performance art.
The “Roda de Feijoada” is back! TND readers get a special discount!
Enjoy the long weekend.
Lalai & Mateus
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🎸 CONCERTS
The Raveonettes – Live at Lido
Wednesday, 28.05, 8 pm (doors 7 pm). Lido, Cuvrystrasse 7, 10997 Berlin. Ticket: €32.75
Noisy pop, surf guitar, sweet dissonance. Back with Pe’ahi 2, their first album in 8 years. It’s been over a decade since I last saw them. Can’t wait to hear how they sound in 2025.
Jay-Jay Johanson
Thursday, 29.05, 8 pm – 10 pm. silent green, Gerichtstr. 35, Wedding. Ticket: €34.50
A whispery voice for sleepless nights. Jazzy trip-hop, vintage synths, and soft beats combine with stories of longing and dreamy stillness. Johanson’ll present his new album “Backstage.”
Stereolab
Thursday, 29.05, 8 pm. Huxleys Neue Welt, Hasenheide 107 – 113. D-10967 Berlin. Ticket: €34
Stereolab is one of my favorite bands from the ’90s, known for their retro-futurist pop perfect for cosmic daydreams. They’ll be presenting their new album “Instant Holograms on Metal Film.” I won’t miss that.
Cosmic Romance Showcase
Thursday, 29.05, 8 pm – 11:59 pm. Arkaoda, Karl-Marx-Platz 16. Ticket: €15
If you’re skipping the big rooms, this one’s for you. Giorgio Lopez plays live with a full band. Expect French boogie and Mediterranean funk. Then italo, disco and balearic take over till midnight featuring Stella Zekri, and others.
The Vernon Spring
Friday, 30.05, 8 pm – 11 pm. Colosseum, Gleimstrasse 33, Prenzlauer Berg. Ticket: €24,20
A tender solo set blending jazz, ambient, and soul in hushed, spacious textures. Sam Beste (ex-Amy Winehouse) channels beauty through silence and improvisation.
Donny Benét – Live
Sunday, 01.06, 8 pm. Lido, Cuvrystrasse 7, 10997 Berlin. Ticket: €26.93
Closing the long weekend with groove, charm, and a wink. Like a lo-fi Chromeo with a glass of prosecco in hand, Donny Benét turns Lido into a soft-lit disco dream.
🎹 EXPERIMENTAL & AMBIENT MUSIC
Matmos + Chantal Michelle (Live A/V)
Wednesday, 28.05, 8 pm (doors 7 pm). silent green / Kuppelhalle, Gerichtstr. 35, 13347 Berlin. Ticket: €23.44
Experimental electronics and spatial sound worlds. Matmos returns with their signature sampling oddities (yes, even crayfish nerves), joined by Chantal Michelle’s psychoacoustic compositions. Guest: Abigail Toll.
Tranceversal Voices
Thursday, 29.05, 8 pm – 1 am. Bar Neun, Pücklerstr. 34, 10997 Berlin. Ticket: €10–15
Darkwave meets avant-garde ritual. Rosa Anschütz leads the night with synth-laced vocals and post-punk tension, joined by Abigail Toll, Pedro Oliveira, and Marylou (DJ Set).
Kiezsalon Opening
Fri-Sat, 30–31.05, 6 pm. Schloss Britz, Alt-Britz 73, 12359 Berlin. Ticket: €10.65/day.
A gateway into Berlin’s avant-garde scene in a dreamy neoclassical courtyard. Friday: Smallpipes wonder Brìghde Chaimbeul, jazz innovator Cassie Kinoshi, and ex-Swans duo Dana Schechter & Paul Wallfisch. Saturday: Ambient rituals by Ann Annie, Alice Hebborn with Nao Momitani, and Merope feat. Shahzad Ismaily.
aemlx, Cruhda, JUSTIN, eNµ + Martyna Chojnacka
Friday, 30.05, 6:30 pm – 10 pm. Galiläakirche, Rigaer Str. 9–10, 10247 Berlin. Ticket: €12–15
A night for drifting between textures, voices, and fractured memories. Expect poetic noise from Cruhda, deep abstraction by aemlx, spectral layers from JUSTIN, and a dreamlike AV set by eNµ & Martyna Chojnacka.
30 YRS Editions Mego
Friday, 30.05, 8 pm. Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz; Saturday, 31.05, 8 pm. silent green, Wedding, Berlin. Ticket: €23–€37.30 (combo ticket).
Two nights celebrating 30 years of Editions Mego with live A/V shows, ambient, noise and experimental electronics. From Haswell & Hecker to Klara Lewis, KMRU and Tujiko Noriko. It’s a rare dive into the label’s radical legacy.
Welcome in – A Musical Path
Saturday, 31.05, 4:30 pm–10 pm. AdK, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin. Free entry.
This immersive sound journey takes you through rooms, gardens, and hidden corners. From cracking chickpeas to whispering breaths and quartertone accordions, it’s a rare opportunity to wander and let music discover you.
🔊 LISTENING EXPERIENCE
RITUALISMS
Thursday, 29.05, 8 pm – 12 am. Studio dB, Uferstr. 8–11, Studio A14. Ticket: €22
A night of ambient rituals and deep listening. Movement, sound and silence blur in live sets by AMÆMI, Kā, Mitotili, and Xaos.
FLORA Festival [Session 3]
Saturday, 31.05, 3 pm – 9 pm. TBA on Telegram - Berlin. Free admission.
Ambient and deep listening in nature. A zero-impact DIY gathering powered by renewable energy, featuring Caldera, Prieste5s, and Ousia Sound.
🪩 PARTIES
Finest Wednesday
Wednesday, 28.05, 10 pm–6 am. Panorama Bar, Am Wriezener Bahnhof 70. Ticket: Around €20
Deep, dubby techno and minimal house for a focused crowd. Shinedoe brings tight tech-funk, Yamour floats in with dreamy textures.
Home Again Club Festival 2025
Wed–Mon, 28.05–02.06, 11 pm - 6 am. RSO, Schnellerstr. 137, 12439 Berlin. Ticket: €19.90–119
Four days, five nights, one long dance. With a holiday on Thursday, this is the perfect excuse to go all in. BADSISTA, Peggy Gou, Solomun, Octo Octa, Helena Hauff, Logic1000, Job Jobse, and many more spread across RSO’s floors and an open-air playground. Feels like summer is starting here.
Aura Beat
Thursday, 29.05, 10 pm – 6 am. OHM, Köpenicker Str. 70, Mitte. Ticket: €14
Groovy techno and sci-fi sleaze in OHM’s cave. Sugar Free commands the floor with sharp, kinetic flow. With Asia and Daura
Else x KEYI Magazine
Thursday, 29.05, 2 pm–6 am. Else, An den Treptowers 10, 12435 Berlin. Toy Tonics, Saturday, 30.05, 2 pm-6 am; and Todd Terje on Sunday, 2 pm-6 am. Ticket: €15-22 per party.
It’s a long weekend, and Else is making the most of it. It opens with KEYI Magazine: open-air grooves with killer sets from Alienata, DJ Hell and more. Saturday features Toy Tonics with Barbara Boeing, keeping it playful. On Sunday, Todd Terje wraps things up with his sunshine disco.
LAST RESORT
Friday, 30.05, 11 pm–6 am. Panke, Gerichtstrasse 23, 13347 Berlin. Ticket: €15.80-€24.95.
A layered club night, from Zutzut’s futuristic baile to Simo Cell’s atmospheric selections, with Dengue Dengue Dengue and NEGRACONDA bridging bass-heavy, off-kilter rhythms and mutant techno.
Sound Metaphors 10 Years (Part II)
Friday, 30.05, 10 pm – 6 am. Berghain | Panorama Bar, Am Wriezener Bahnhof 70, 10243 Berlin. Ticket: around 20
Berlin’s cult label celebrates a decade with Budino, Audrey Danza, and house legend Ron Trent. Expect disco, house and unpretentious dancefloor magic.
Tresor meets Northern Electronics
Friday, 30.05, 11 pm–8 am. Tresor, Köpenicker Str. 70, 10179 Berlin. Ticket: €22
Bleak and atmospheric techno with glacial textures and industrial pressure, with SHXCXCHCXSH and Jessie Granqvist leading the charge.
Moving Daytime Open Air
Saturday, 31.05, 12 pm – 10 pm. Malzfabrik, Bessemerstr. 2–14, 12103 Berlin. Ticket: €22.60
A laid-back day party with deep house and groovy sounds from Snad, Bärtaub, Marie Lung, Thilini and Paul Hupfer.
gART.n Opening x Mystic Creatures
Saturday, 31.05, 2 pm–10 pm. gART.n, Blockdammweg 1, 10317 Berlin. Ticket: €15
One of the coziest gardens in town opens its season with downtempo and deep house, with Monkyman, Pia Pan, Heyoka, Borella, and more.
PARNASSUS with Jerome Hill (Super Rhythm Trax)
Saturday, 31.05, 11 pm – 7 am. Fitzroy, Holzmarktstr. 15, 10179 Berlin. Ticket: €15
Born in Tokyo, PARNASSUS brings its deep and uncompromising sound philosophy to Berlin with Jerome Hill, mu”he, Tempestfeather, and more. Acid, breaks and dancefloor explorations.
🎭 PERFORMING ARTS
Die Möwe (The Seagull)
Wed-Mon, 28.05-02.06, various times. Performed in DE with EN surtitles on 31.05 & 01.06. Duration: 3h30 with intermission. Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin. Tickets: €15–€85.
Thomas Ostermeier brings Chekhov’s classic to life with a summer tale of love, art, and generational clash — full of longing, jealousy, and quiet disillusion.
Eunuchs by Irmãs Brasil
Wednesday, 28.05, 8 pm & Thursday, 29.05, 9 pm. Sophiensæle, Sophienstr. 18, 10178 Berlin. Tickets: €10–€25. Part of Making Life in the Ruins International Performance Festival.
A radical trans performance blending dance, theater, and ritual to dismantle patriarchy and art norms. Irmãs Brasil conjure ancestral poetics and supernatural energies in a fleshy, defiant celebration of queer existence.
Vatermal by Hakan Savaş Mican
Thursday, 29.05, 7:30 pm. In DE with EN surtitles. Maxim Gorki Theater, Am Festungsgraben 2, 10117 Berlin. Tickets: 12€ - 40€.
Arda reflects on love, loss, and identity from an ICU bed in the Ruhr area. It’s a poetic, emotional reckoning with family, migration, masculinity, and the ache of an absent father.
Wasted Land by Ntando Cele
Friday, 30.05, 9 pm & Saturday, 31.05, 7 pm. Duration: 1h05. In EN with DE surtitles. Sophiensæle, Sophienstr. 18, 10178 Berlin. Tickets: €10–€25. Part of Making Life in the Ruins International Performance Festival.
In a post-apocalyptic world, the last woman alive confronts climate ruin, racism, and greenwashing in a darkly humorous musical plea for decolonial ecology by South African artist Ntando Cele.
Wachs oder Wirklichkeit
Saturday, 31.05, 8 pm; Sun-Mon, 01-02.06, 7:30 pm. In DE, no surtitles. Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 16–44. Tickets: €16–€44.
Christoph Marthaler’s surreal, sharp-edged “happening” blurs reality and illusion in uncertain times. It’s an open-ended theatrical inquiry into truth, perception, and the absurdity of now.
🎨 VISUAL ARTS
This, too, is a way of keeping each other close
Wednesday, 28.05, from 7 pm. Until 10.08. Bärenzwinger, Im Köllnischen Park - Rungestrasse 30, 10179 Berlin. Free entry
A group show on grief, memory and collective care, with queer-feminist and anticolonial perspectives. At 8 pm: GLITCH CHOIR performance by Deva Schubert & Chichi Araki.
The space in between
Wed-Thu, 28–29.05, 6 pm – 9:30 pm. Backhaus Projects, Gerichtstr. 35, Neukölln, 12045. Free entry
A group show on overlook: the in-between. Works exploring identity, solitude, and shifting states between digital and physical realities.
Alcove in Situ – Encor Studio Vernissage
Friday, 30.05, from 8 pm. Monopol, Provinzstr. 40–44, 13409 Berlin. Free entry - donations are welcome.
A one-night-only audiovisual installation transforming Monopol’s main facade into a breathing canvas of light and sound. Sunset gathering at 8 pm, main reveal at 10 pm, and a live set from Feldermelder.
🚅 Beyond Berlin
Arthur Jafa – Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death
Saturday, 31.05 – Saturday, 12.07. E-WERK Luckenwalde, Rudolf-Breitscheid-Str. 73, 14943 Luckenwalde. Free entry - 1h30 from Berlin by train.
This landmark video piece by Arthur Jafa is a visceral seven-minute montage that explores Black life, pain, and resilience. I’ve wanted to visit E-WERK for ages, and this feels like the perfect reason to finally do so.
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🎬 CINEMA & ART
Dissonance and Resonance – Film Screening & Talk
Thursday, 29.05, 7–10 pm. Spore Garden, Hermannstr. 86, 12051 Berlin. Free entry, limited spots for around 30 people.
Two powerful films from Chile, Oasis and Puchuncaví, explore uprising, extraction, and layered realities. With an intro by the filmmakers of Oasis. This program is part of the “The Land is Whispering” series.
Xposed Queer Film Festival Berlin
Thu-Sun, 29.05 - 01.06. Cinemas: Movimiento, Wolf Kino, Babylon Kreuzberg, and Sínema Transtopia. Tickets: €11- €13.20.
A bold celebration of queer cinema, featuring 12 features and 48 shorts that spotlight trans, queer, and non-binary voices across global struggles, digital realms, and blooming resistance.
🍽️ FOOD
English Roast at Estelle
Thursday, 29.05, all day. Estelle Dining, Kopenhagener Str. 12. €28 per person
To celebrate Father’s Day, Estelle serves a full English roast: beef, greens, roasties, Yorkshire pudding, and gravy. Starters like prawn cocktail and Scotch egg, and don’t skip the sticky toffee pudding. Vegan options are available.
Berlin Weinfest 2025 by Sublime
Sunday, 01.06, 1–6 pm. Napoleon Komplex, Modersohnstr. 35–45, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: €25 (Trade: €15) + €5 glass deposit
75 wine producers, open tastings, talks, DJs and food stalls, a relaxed wine fair made for Berliners. Come sip, snack, and stroll.
Roda de Feijoada #51
Sunday, 01.06, 2 pm – 10 pm. MAAYA, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: €15–17 - €3 OFF with the code THENEXTDAY
A joyful open-air with live samba, feijoada (vegan too!), DJ JC, and a kids’ area. New location, same spirit with music, drinks and food at MAAYA’s lush backyard. Kids under 11 enter free.
✨ MISCELLANEOUS
AI (Ancestral Immediacies): The Collective Brain
Fri-Sat, 30–31.05. HKW, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10. Free entry
A two-day dive into AI, neuroscience and collective consciousness. Talks, performances, DJ sets and installations rethink intelligence beyond the individual mind. With Lewis Gordon, Interspecifics, Ida Momennejad & more.
Walking Tour by Grotto: Hansaviertel and the City of Tomorrow
Saturday, 31.05, 11 am. Meeting point: Hansabibliothek entrance. €10 in cash (goes to Bürgerverein). RSVP: mail@grotto.berlin
A guided stroll (in English) through Berlin’s modernist gem, Hansaviertel — with insights on Gropius, Aalto, Niemeyer, and more, led by local guide Daniel de Schryver. Fully booked when we checked, but worth asking.
SIPS x HexClad Pop-Up at VooSpace
Saturday, 31.05, 11 am–8 pm. VooSpace, Oranienstr. 24, 10999 Berlin. Free entry
A full-day summer hangout with sando’s by Romeo’s, DJ sets from Refuge Worldwide, wine by SIPS, live cooking, coffee, floats, and local design.
Ceramics Market at Peace Out Paradise
Sunday, 01.06, 12–6 pm. Dieffenbachstr. 35, 10967 Berlin. Free entry
Handmade ceramics by 20+ local artists in a cozy courtyard setting.
📌 SAVE THE DATE
CocoRosie – Sonic Morgue + Isabelle Lewis (day 1) / CocoRosie + Maia Kalwill (day 2): Mon-Tue, 02-03.06, 8 pm. silent green, Gerichtstr. 35, 13347 Berlin. Tickets: €40.60
🌑 Dov’è Liana brings their uninhibited, mystic synthwave ritual to Berlin. Tuesday, 03.06, 7:30 pm. Kantine am Berghain. Ticket: €34.50
🎭 In the Solitude of Cotton Fields by Bernard-Marie Koltès, directed by Timofey Kulyabin, starring John Malkovich and Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė in Berlin from 09.06 to 11.06 at Admiralspalast. Tickets:€101.50–€131.50
🎭 Performing Exiles is an international and interdisciplinary festival produced by the Berliner Festspiele from 19.06 to 28.06. Tickets: €20–€25.
Happy second birthday 🎂