The Next Day #105: Berlin Weekend Guide
Must-see events in Berlin: June 19-22, 2025
Hi,
I’m flying back from São Paulo with full-blown FOMO and one hope: to land straight into summer. And Berlin isn’t letting me down. Two legends play this week: Kim Deal and Iggy Pop.
Saturday is the summer solstice - the longest day of the year - and the city turns into a stage for Fête de la Musique, with hundreds of free concerts. On the party front, there’s a lot to love: Nicola Cruz brings his rolling rhythms to Säule. Mala Junta unlocks the summer with a full-force rave at ÆDEN. And Your Love returns with the unstoppable Omoloko.
In the art world, I wouldn’t miss the dreamlike paintings of Maria Wirth or the powerful archive work of Ken Aïcha Sy.
Also worth catching: two final showings at Performing Exiles Festival – “Destination: Origin and Goodbye, Lindita” – plus the last chance to see “Drama” by Constanza Macras at Volksbühne.
We’re going IRL. On July 17, The Next Day Berlin joins forces with 20% Berlin for a summer gathering at Berliner Berg. Join us, we’d really love to meet you!
Lalai & Mateus
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🎸 CONCERTS
Lucy Dacus
Wed-Thu, 18-19.06, 8 pm. Astra Kulturhaus, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: €47.45 (available only for Wednesday)
With her warm voice and confessional lyrics, Lucy Dacus brings her new album, Forever Is a Feeling, to Berlin. Expect tender crescendos, slow-burning indie rock, and songs that hit right where it hurts.
Iggy Pop
Thursday, 19.06, 7 pm. Zitadelle Spandau, Am Juliusturm 64, 13599 Berlin. Ticket: €83.50
I still lose my breath every time I see him live. Iggy Pop, the godfather of punk, returns with wild energy and timeless force for an open-air night at the historic Zitadelle.
Max Cooper – Sonic Sessions
Friday, 20.06, 8 pm – 1 am. DARK MATTER, Köpenicker Chaussee 46, 10317 Berlin. Ticket: €31.65
In this Sonic Session, Max Cooper performs live inside the SKALAR light installation, an immersive trip through sound and light.
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More Tour
Sunday, 22.06, Columbia Theater, Columbiadamm 9-11, 10965 Berlin. Ticket: €45
The voice behind so many teenage soundtracks, Kim Deal, brings her first-ever solo show to Berlin. “Nobody Loves You More”
🎹 EXPERIMENTAL & AMBIENT MUSIC
Kiezsalon w/ Atsuko Hatano & Danae Palaka
Thursday, 19.06, doors 7 pm. DAS MINSK, Max-Planck-Str. 17, 14473 Potsdam. Ticket: €10
A summer escape from Berlin with the promise of deep sound and fine wine. On the rooftop of DAS MINSK, composer Atsuko Hatano and drummer Danae Palaka perform bold, borderless sets. Turntablist NikNak ties it all together.
soundance festival berlin #9
Thu-Sun, 19–22.06, 7:30 pm. DOCK11, Kastanienallee 79, 10435 Berlin. Donation-based
From baroque cello to beatbox, myth to movement, the “soundance #9” invites you into four nights of cross-disciplinary encounters between dance, sound, rhythm and light. It’s a celebration of Berlin’s independent scene with international guests.
Avant Art Festival – Polish Art Week Edition
Until 23.06, various venues across Berlin. The full program & tickets are here.
A bold platform for experimental music, performance, and sound art from Poland and beyond. Highlights include Kali Malone, Kevin Richard Martin & KMRU, Slikback, Dis Fig, Rashad Becker, Sara Persico, Meuko!Meuko! and Rabih Beaini. Prepare for deep sonic detours.
Errant Sound at Floating Berlin
Saturday, 21.06, 3–10 pm & Sunday, 22.06, 11 am–9 pm. Floating Berlin, Lilienthalstr. 32, 10965 Berlin. Register for walks & workshops here.
Among wooden paths and calm waters, 13 artists from Errant Sound craft a fragile, immersive web of sonic moments. With performances, installations, soundwalks, and workshops, this is deep listening in dialogue with landscape.
30 Years Planet Mu
Saturday, 21.06, 8 pm – 10 pm. Silent Green, Gerichtstrasse 35, 13347 Berlin. Ticket: €26.64
A weird alias is basically required to play this night. µ-Ziq, Meemo Comma, Xylitol and Kuedo celebrate 30 years of Planet Mu with experimental textures, deconstructed rhythms, and offbeat sonic visions.
FLORA Festival – Session 4
Sunday, 22.06, 3 pm – 9 pm. TBA – Somewhere in Berlin - follow them on IG. Free entry
A nomadic ambient ritual in nature. Powered by renewables, rooted in community, the festival invites you to slow down and tune in with deep listening. Featuring Toxido Mask, Martina Serra and the Ousia Sound collective.
Somehow We Can – 11 String Quartets
Sunday, 22.06, 6 pm. Radialsystem, Holzmarktstr. 33, 10243 Berlin. Ticket: pay what you can (€18/24/30/36, reduced €14). Duration: ~130 min.
What does a string quartet sound like when it breaks all the rules? Eleven pieces, eleven ways of bending the form - from microtonal hush to full-body noise. A treat for the curious ear.
🎧 LISTENING PARTY
Music Talk w/ Zag Erlat (My Analog Journal)
Saturday, 21.06, 7:30 pm – 9 pm. Unkompress, Fichtestr. 23, 10967 Berlin. Ticket: €13 (sold out/waiting list)
A cozy vinyl session with My Analog Journal founder Zag Erlat, diving into Turkey’s golden music era: psychedelic rock, Anatolian pop, Arabesque and more, all on original records with stories between tracks.
🪩 PARTIES
KONNECTIKA II
Thursday, 19.06, 9 pm – 5 am. Crack Bellmer, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: Free until 10 pm
Art meets dancefloor at this immersive night by RAPSODICA. Bioartist Xristina Sarli presents XR installations while Katja., Petru B, and Felipeh spin deep, leftfield house and electro.
Nicola Cruz & Erik Luebs (live)
Thursday, 19.06, 10 pm – 4 am. Säule, Am Wriezener Bahnhof 70, 10243 Berlin. What a chance to catch Nicola Cruz live on Berghain’s most intimate floor. His ritualistic grooves meet the radical, modular techno of Erik Luebs, making for a rare and heady double live set.
Strictly://Blank – The First The Last Eternity
Friday, 20.06, 10 pm – 8 am. ://about blank, Markgrafendamm 24c, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: €15.80–22.60.
The final Strictly comes fully loaded: DMX Krew brings his electro-funk wizardry live — think acid grooves, vocoders and analog joy. On the decks: Marie Lung, Rosa Red and Neele.
Your Love
Friday, 20.06, 10 pm – open end. Panorama Bar, Am Wriezener Bahnhof 70, 10243 Berlin. Ticket: around €20
Omoloko never fails to shake the floor with his irresistibly fun sets. For this special night, he will be joined by Kabulom, along with Lakuti and Tama Sumo, for a vibrant evening filled with house, disco, amapiano, and beyond.
Fête de la Musique 2025
Saturday, 21.06, all day. Across Berlin. Free admission.
A citywide celebration of sound, from sunlit parks to riverside dancefloors. This year it lands on a Saturday! Highlights include Carista at Zenner, Femdelic at Gretchen’s block party, and open-air grooves at Torte Bar, Sage Beach, and OST.
Mala Junta: SUMMER UNLOCKED
Sat-Sun, 21-22.06, 11 pm – 4 pm. ÆDEN, Schleusenufer 2, 10997 Berlin. Ticket at the door.
Longest day of the year, and Mala Junta isn’t wasting a second. High-BPM heat, queer energy and a stacked lineup: Cashu, Yazzus, D.Dan, Hyperaktivist, Why Be and more. From night slay to garden sway, this one goes the distance.
🎭 PERFORMING ARTS
Performing Exiles
Thu-Sat, 19-28.06, various times. Haus der Berliner Festspiele, HAUS2, Ballhaus Ost. Tickets: Free/€25.
Can Berlin still be a city of refuge for artists in exile? Amid rising polarization, “Performing Exiles” returns with bold new works by Mohammad Rasoulof, Tamara Trunova, Mario Banushi, and Lina Majdalanie & Rabih Mroué — alongside “100° Diaspora,” a three-day stage marathon of 45 performances by Berlin-based diasporic artists.
We highlight two works at Performing Exiles Festival this weekend:
Destination: Origin by Mohammad Rasoulof
World Premiere: Thu-Fri, 19-20.06, 7 pm; Saturday 21.06, 6 pm & 9 pm. Farsi with EN surtitles. Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstrasse 24, 10719 Berlin Tickets: €25.
In Destination: Origin, exiled filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof explores identity, freedom, and home through the journey of four Iranian actresses, blurring the lines between departure and arrival in a powerful reflection on self-determination.
Goodbye, Lindita by Mario Banushi
Thu-Fri, 19-20.06, 8:30 pm; and Saturday 21.06 7:30 pm. Without language. Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstrasse 24, 10719 Berlin Tickets: €25.
In “Goodbye, Lindita,” Mario Banushi explores grief and the rituals of farewell in a poetic, wordless performance. Drawing on Balkan funeral traditions, the piece offers a visual meditation on loss, remembrance, and how every ending can hold the seed of a beginning.
Drama by Constanza Macras
Thursday 10.06 at 7:30 pm. German and English with English and German surtitles. Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 10178 Berlin. Tickets: €11-€33. Last performance!
The figures in DRAMA nurture the anthropological desire to cut up popular culture in an effort to discover the arc of suspense between high art and low, and the untiring energy of the glamour dancers of the Argentinian revue of the 1920s.
In My Room by Falk Richter
Sunday, 22.06, 7:30 pm. Directed by Falk Richter. In DE with EN surtitle. Maxim Gorki Theater, Am Festungsgraben 2, 10117 Berlin. Tickets: €12- €40.
Falk Richter’s In My Room is a research project that unfolds a multilayered web of memories, images and voices from the personal space of a son and author, weaving biographical experiences with social narratives into a panorama of a present become past.
🎨 VISUAL ARTS
Ken Aïcha Sy – Survival Kit: Between Us and History
Opening Thursday, 19.06, 7–10 pm. Until 31.08. ifa-Galerie Berlin, Linienstr. 139/140, 10115 Berlin.
A moving, transnational archive of Senegalese art history told through family memory, lost documents and artistic resistance. With music by Aminata Bouare, a DJ set by Jaywalk, and Senegalese food - the opening sets the tone for this poetic act of reclamation and cultural return.
Maria Wirth – Nimmerland
Opening Thursday, 19.06, 6–10 pm. Until 26.07. Galerie Grolman, Grolmanstr. 51, 10623 Berlin.
With layered, poetic paintings, Maria Wirth invites us into a space between dream and memory. “Nimmerland” is tender, where myth, longing, and emotion surface through figures hat hover between dissolving and becoming.
Art Critique as Midwifery of a Shifting in Consciousness
Saturday, 22.06, 11 am – 5 pm. Atelier Gardens, Oberlandstr. 26–35, 12099 Berlin. RSVP: distro@artsoftheworkingclass.org
A day-long symposium reimagining art critique as a form of care, resistance and collective healing. With sound rituals, panels, and conversations featuring Issa Amro, Stav Yeini, Julieta Aranda, Will Furtado and more.
Wrapped Reichstag Anniversary Illumination
Until 20.06, 9:30 pm – 1 am. Reichstag, Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin.
30 years after Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Reichstag, the west façade lights up in tribute. A poetic projection honors the iconic 1995 artwork — and both artists, who would’ve turned 90 this June. Best viewed after dark.
✨ MISCELLANEOUS
CreativeMornings Berlin: PUNK w/ Susann Massute
Friday, 20.06, 8:30 - 10 am. workish.berlin, Tellstrasse 2, 12045 Berlin. Free (registration required)
Editorial designer Susann Massute shows how she breaks rules (and grids) at “der Freitag.” Collage, chaos, deadlines, and punk spirit.
Mary Jane Berlin – Cannabis Expo & Festival
Fri-Sun, 20–22.06. Arena Berlin & Badeschiff, Eichenstr. 4, 12435 Berlin. Ticket: €25/day
Europe’s biggest cannabis event returns with part trade show, part music fest, part stoner utopia. Expect 300+ exhibitors, industry talks, and live shows by the Spree.
The Elders of Poetry Circle: Theodore Roethke
Saturday, 21.06, 4–9 pm. Found in Wedding, Martin-Opitz-Str. 21, 13357 Berlin. Ticket: €8
Wait for an afternoon of flowers, poetry, and quiet rituals inspired by American poet Theodore Roethke. Join for writing prompts, homemade cake, and readings in a garden setting—plus an open stage from 7 pm.
Sample Sale – Furniture & Design Deals
Saturday, 21.06, 10 am – 5 pm. Motzener Str. 36–38, 12277 Berlin. RSVP required
If you’re decorating your home or just need a little upgrade, this is worth the trip. I’ve scored beautiful pieces here before at surprising prices. Up to 75% off sofas, chairs, tables and more, all photo samples or showroom pieces.
Pyramid Party – Summer Solstice 2025
Saturday, 21.06, 5–7 pm. Tempelhofer Feld, Tempelhofer Damm 12101 Berlin. Free (donation suggested: €20–30)
A gathering of 500 people under the open sky to dance, breathe, and align with the longest day of the year. Expect Kundalini meditation, connection, and cosmic community vibes.
📌 SAVE THE DATE
🎭 Savage (Selvagem) by Felipe Haiut is aan autofiction that delves into Haiut's memories and the universe of pop culture on 26-27.06 at Filmkunstbar Fitzcarraldo, Reichenberger Str. 133, 10999. Tickets: €13-€15.
🎸 I can’t wait to see St. Vincent present her latest album, 🎧 “All Born Screaming,” in Berlin! The show is on 05.07 at Tempodrom. Tickets: €53-€59.
⚡ Patti Smith Quartet returns for an open-air in Berlin—still fierce, wild, and luminous. Friday, 11.07, 7 pm. Zitadelle Spandau. Ticket: €73.55.
🎤 Zaho de Sagazan at Philharmonie! Chanson. Synth. Drama. Grit. 04.11, 8 pm. Tickets from €39.90. Twenty minutes of electronic music with her here.
🎸 Wolf Alice at Columbia Halle presenting their upcoming album “The Clearing”. 19.11, 8 pm. Tickets: €45.75.