The Next Day #106: Berlin Weekend Guide
Must-see events in Berlin: June 26-29, 2025
Hi there! This weekend in Berlin feels like one long invitation: to wander, to listen, to dance, to just show up.
Our music picks lean into the experimental: KONTAKTE 2025, Lyra Pramuk, and Contagious with Mariá Portugal. For slow listening and softer edges, there’s FLORA Festival in Treptower Park and AETHER at MaHalla. And we’ll stop by Unkompress for Teshi’s Fine Hour new edition.
We’re curious about Pain Management at OHM and swing by Breakhaus, where Femme Bass Mafia meets ọ́kụ́. There’s also Theo Parrish playing an 8-hour set - but it’s waitlist only.
On stage, it's a unique chance to catch Four Walls and a Roof and Confronting the Shadow from Performing Exiles, as well as Savage, the solo performance by Brazilian actor Felipe Haiut.
For visual art, the highlight is 48 Stunden Neukölln. I love starting at the opening on Friday and letting Neukölln guide me through studios, streets, and whatever else shows up.
I’ll be at the Shared Table Dinner on Thursday. And if you’re up for something slower or stranger: there’s the sensory forest walk Parallax Encounters, and our beloved Arraiá da Bossa, with feijoada, pamonha, and dance.
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🎸 CONCERTS
King Hannah
Thursday, 26.06, 8 pm. Lido, Cuvrystrasse 7, 10997 Berlin. Ticket: €32.50
The Liverpool duo brings songs from their latest album Big Swimmer, guitar-led, with slow tempos, spoken-style vocals, and influences from Americana, and blues. But if you’re more into doom metal and ‘70s hard rock riffs, LUCIFER plays at Lido on Sunday.
Jazzwoche Berlin #7 – Where Do We Go From Here?
Sat-Fri, 28.06 – 04.07. Various venues across Berlin. Ticket: Varies
Seven days of jazz, experimental and improvised music across Berlin, from club gigs to outdoor actions, panels, and workshops. Expect bold sounds and conversations on art, space and solidarity. Opening on 27.06 at Gretchen.
SPF: Les Mamans du Congo, André Marie Tala & Feminine Hi-Fi
Saturday, 28.06, 7 pm – 12 am. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin. Ticket: €19–23
An evening of Afro-jazz, hip-hop and Afro-house. Les Mamans du Congo turn kitchen tools into beats, Tala brings 55 years of groove, and Feminine Hi-Fi closes with a DJ set.
Anavitória – Tour 2025
Sunday, 29.06, 8 pm (doors 7 pm). Heimathafen Neukölln, Karl-Marx-Str. 141, 12043 Berlin. Ticket: €32 + fees
Brazilian folk-pop duo Anavitória brings tender lyrics and Grammy-winning melodies to Berlin.
🎹 EXPERIMENTAL & AMBIENT MUSIC
KONTAKTE 2025 Festival für Elektroakustische Musik und Klangkunst
Thu, 26.06, 7 - 11 pm; Fri, 27.06, 4 - 8 pm; Sat, 28.06, 11 am - 8 pm; and Sun, 29.06, 11 am - 10 pm. Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin. Ticket: €7–15.
Four days of immersive sound art and experimental music across both AdK buildings. With Hainbach, Annette Krebs, Ensemble Ascolta, and one of the world’s largest loudspeaker orchestras.
Lyra Pramuk presents Hymnal + Angelwhack
Thursday, 26.06, 8:30 pm. Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 10178 Berlin. Ticket: €22/26
Two transfixing sets where strings, voice and electronics dissolve into ritual. Frankie & Battle-ax open with “Angelwhack”; Lyra Pramuk follows with “Hymnal,” an AV show of post-human ceremony and sonic devotion.
Contagious – Partners In Crime III with Mariá Portugal
Sunday, 29.06, 8 pm – 11 pm. Morphine Raum, Köpenicker Str. 147, 10997 Berlin. Ticket: €10
Contagious returns with trumpet, inside piano, electronics and drums. For this edition, they’re joined by Mariá Portugal for a night of experimental sound and collective improvisation.
🎧 LISTENING PARTY
FLORA Festival – Session 5: Undercloud invites
Saturday, 28.06, 3 pm – 9 pm. Karpfenteich im Treptower Park, 12435 Berlin. Free admission.
A solar-powered open-air for deep listeners. Undercloud curates this FLORA session with ambient and folk-inspired sets by Bonebroth, careza, and Jeeno.
Open Haus: Brian Eno – Music for Installations
Sunday, 29.06, from 1 pm. Reethaus, Berlin. Ticket: €7.50
A six-hour ambient experience featuring Brian Eno’s generative works unfolds through Reethaus’ spatial sound system.
AETHER
Sunday, 29.06, 11 am – 11 pm. MaHalla, Wilhelminenhofstr. 76, 12459 Berlin. Ticket: €15 + €1.95 tax.
A 12-hour ambient and downtempo journey with Jane Fitz, Walrus, Eli Verveine, and Gwenan guiding you through sound and light.
Teshi’s Fine Hour with Kassiani Records
Sunday, 29.06, 8 pm – 10 pm. Unkompress, Fichtestr. 23, 10967 Berlin. Ticket: €5 with RSVP
Our friend Teshi hosts this cozy listening session on 1970s Italian out-folk. Good wine, rare records, the perfect Sunday wind-down.
🪩 PARTIES
Berlin Beats: Freddy K
Thursday, 26.06, 7 pm – 10 pm. Hamburger Bahnhof, Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin. Ticket: Free
Freddy K plays a vinyl set in the museum garden with straight techno and no frills. Let’s dance!
Pain Management: Hesaitix, i-sha, Significant Other
Thursday, 26.06, 10 pm – 6 am. OHM, Köpenicker Str. 70, 10179 Berlin. Ticket: €15 + €1.95 tax
Noise, dub, and experimental techno with sets from Hesaitix (fka M.E.S.H.), i-sha, and Significant Other. This party moves along the edges: heavy ambient, broken dub, experimental techno, and mutant club music.
SÄULE
Thursday, 26.06, 10 pm – 4 am. Säule, Am Wriezener Bahnhof 70, 10243 Berlin. Ticket: around €20-€25.
Ziúr and Akanbi explore the outer edges of club music at Säule. For those into percussive pressure, fragmented rhythms, and experimental blends.
BreakHaus: Femme Bass Mafia F2F ọ́kụ́
Friday, 27.06, 11 pm – 6 am. Fitzroy, Holzmarktstraße 15, 10179 Berlin. Ticket: €13.20
Femme Bass Mafia and ọ́kụ́ go Face2Face for a night of heavy bass and shared intent. Two collectives pushing sound, community, and club culture forward.
Else x Pornceptual Day & Night Open Air
Saturday, 28.06, 2 pm – Sunday, 7 am. Else, An den Treptowers 10, 12435 Berlin. Ticket: €15-25.
Best part? The open-air dancefloor by the river until 10 pm. Come for the sun and stay for the good music and vibes with AGY3NA, Rachel Noon, Spacer Woman, and others.
Kunst im Untergrund: flexen, flirren, fantasieren – mapping the queer city
Saturday, 28.06, 5 pm – 10 pm. U-Bhf Bülowstrasse, 10783 Berlin. Free entry. Afterparty from 10 pm at Bar Voyage, Nollendorfstr. 1
A live concert reviving the spirit of the Turkish bazaar*, once located at this station. Not my usual sound, but I like the idea. If I were nearby, I’d probably stop by. Performances by NIA 2161, Emrah Gökmen, EYCK and more.
*There’s a great documentary about this old Turkish bazaar streaming on MUBI, you can watch it with my 1-month free link (not an ad).
LECK MY Buttons
Sat-Sun, 21-22.06, 11:59 pm – 10 pm. OXI, Wiesenweg 1–4, 10365 Berlin. Ticket: €28.25–39.55
Berlin’s queerest summer riot is back. Lecken and Buttons join forces for a weekend of fag fem fuckery, sweaty solidarity and dancefloor devotion. With Alison Swing, Ciel, Skankstasy and more.
🎭 PERFORMING ARTS
Savage (Selvagem) by Felipe Haiut
Thu-Fri, 26-27.06, 7 pm & 27.06, 5 pm. Directed by Debora Lamm. In PT with EN surtitles. Filmkunstbar Fitzcarraldo, Reichenberger Str. 133, 10999. Tickets: €15.
Felipe Haiut’s solo autofiction revisits queer childhood through 2000s pop, mixing theatre, music, and memory to explore identity, masculinity, and freedom. DJ Brasileirinha spins before and after. Exclusive interview with Felipe Haiut — read here.
Four Walls and a Roof by Lina Majdalanie & Rabih Mroué
Thu-Fri, 26-28.06, 7 pm. HAU 2 - In EN with DE surtitles. HAU 2, Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin. Tickets: €25. Part of Performing Exiles.
Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué mix Brecht’s 1947 HUAC interrogation with their own exile stories, weaving wit and reflection to reveal political bias and conflict.
Confronting the Shadow by Tamara Trunova
World premiere: Thu-Sat, 26-28.06, 9 pm. In Ukrainian with DE and EN surtitles. Ballhaus Ost, Pappelallee 15, 10437 Berlin. Tickets: €20. Part of Performing Exiles.
The play reflects on Ukraine’s wartime reality, challenging resilience clichés and reclaiming identity through honesty and complexity over clear answers.
Replay by Yael Ronen
Fri-Sat, 27-28.06, 8 pm; Sunday, 29,06, 7 pm. Friday: In DE with EN surtitles. Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin. Tickets: €7-€60.
In “Replay,” Yael Ronen explores family patterns and repetition loops shaped by the past. Can we break free, or are we stuck in cycles we can’t escape?
🎨 VISUAL ARTS
SHE CAN KICK IT!
Opening reception: Thursday, 26.06, 7 pm (free). Until 07.09. f³ – Freiraum für Fotografie, Prinzessinnenstr. 30, 10969 Berlin. Ticket: €9 / €6 reduced
A visual journey through women’s football, from banned sport to global force. Featuring works by Susan Meiselas, Anja Niedringhaus, and others.
We Have No Troubles Here – Ewa Czwartos & Karolina Żądło
Opening: Friday, 27.06, 5 - 8 pm. Until 02.08. GNYP Gallery, Knesebeckstrasse 96, 10623 Berlin.
Quiet but forceful, this duo's show challenges the imposed silence on women. Drawing from icons, myths, and pop culture, their paintings reclaim presence through detail, gesture, and gaze.
48 Stunden Neukölln: WTF (What the Fact)?
Opening: Friday, 27.06, from 7 pm. Galerie im Körnerpark, Schierker Str. 8, 12051 Berlin. CANK Opening Party, Friday, 27.06, from 9:30 pm, CANK, Karl-Marx-Str. 95, 12043 Berlin. Until Sunday in Neukölln, 29.06, various times.
Art takes over Neukölln for 48 hours with exhibitions in studios, galleries, courtyards, and apartments. The best part? Wandering through the night, letting the route surprise you. In our list: Arrhythmia.
The Art of Renewal – Group Exhibition
Opening: Saturday, 28.06, 2 pm – 6 pm. On view until 30.08. Persons Projects, Lindenstr. 35, 10969 Berlin.
Photography meets climate reflection. Works by Nanna Hänninen, Ilkka Halso and Sandra Kantanen explore altered landscapes and imagined futures shaped by ecological loss and transformation.
[At Least] We Have Each Other: Group exhibition
Until Sunday, 29.06, 7 pm to 10 pm. Sonntags-Club, Greifenhagener Straße 28, 10437 Berlin. Free Admission.
The exhibition explores queer care, community, and resistance at Berlin’s historic Sonntags-Club—offering a tender call to stay soft, close, and united in uncertain times. Curated by Kristijan Radakovic and Nicholé Velásquez.
MOVIES
GAY PROPAGANDA 3.0 - Queer Film Program Curated by Slava Mogutin
Wednesday, 25-06, 9:45 pm, 90 min. In EN. Freiluftkino Kreuzberg, courtyard of Kunstquartier Bethanien on Mariannenplatz. Tickets: €12.
A bold queer film program curated by Slava Mogutin, featuring iconic artists like Allen Ginsberg, Gus Van Sant, Bruce LaBruce, Brontez Purnell, Mykki Blanco, Pet Shop Boys, The hidden camera & more. It’s presented with Matt Lambert and surprise guests.
🧠 FOOD FOR THOUGHTS
Shared Table Dinners: ChatGPT Is My Therapist (and So Much More)
Thursday, 26.06, 6:30 pm – 10 pm. CSpace, Langhansstrasse 86, 13086 Berlin. Donation-based: €10 suggested
Potluck dinner hosted by Monika Jiang (Loneliness to Oneliness). Bring a dish and join a warm conversation on AI, intimacy, and connection. No tech, just food, feelings, and each other. We’ll be there. :)
Berliner Bücherfest
Sat-Sun, 28–29.06, 11 am – 7 pm. Bebelplatz, 10117 Berlin. Free
Over 100 publishers and bookstores take over Bebelplatz for a weekend of books, talks, and ideas. This year’s theme, “How do we want to live?” centers on democracy, dialogue, and future thinking.
✨ MISCELLANEOUS
Arraiá da Bossa – Festa Junina
Saturday, 28.06, 1 pm – 4 am. Festsaal Kreuzberg, Am Flutgraben 2, 12435 Berlin. Ticket: from €15. Family-friendly until 8 pm, then full festa mode. Use the code THENEXTDAY to get €3 off.
The most Brazilian São João in Berlin takes over Festsaal Kreuzberg with 15 hours of forró, maracatu, DJs, Brazilian food, caipirinha, games and quadrilha.
Parallax Encounters: Stinkhorn, Scent & Sound
Saturdays, 28.06; 05.07; 12.07; and 19.07, 12 pm – 6 pm. Forests near Berlin. Ticket: €50/session
A multisensory forest walk led by Gabriel Francisco Lemos. Forage stinkhorn mushrooms, record soundscapes, and explore scent, sound, and perception in motion. It’s for curious minds and forest wanderers.
Nature’s Calling Winery Opening
Saturday, 28.06, 2 pm – 9 pm. Provinzstraße 40–44, 13409 Berlin.
A new winery opens its doors in Reinickendorf. Drop by for a glass, a chat, and a slow afternoon among the barrels.
URBAN YAAM MARKET vol. 2
Sunday, 29.06, from 2 pm. YAAM, An der Schillingbrücke 3, 10243 Berlin. Free entry
Street food, vinyl, art, upcycling, music and rare finds — the Urban Yaam Market is back with a second edition. Family-friendly vibes with a kids’ flea market and DJs all day.
📌 SAVE THE DATE
💬 Still With Us: Art, Memory, Resistance gathering and talk with the artists from the exhibition “[At Least] We Have Each Other”. Monday 30.06, 18:18 - 23:23 at Sonntags-Club on Greifenhagener Str. 28, 10437 Berlin. Free admission.
🌈 WHOLE Festival three days of music and celebration for queer people from around the globe. 18 – 21.07 in Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen. Tickets: Weekend Ticket: €265 / Sunday Ticket: €150.
🎸 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 concert in Berlin. Friday, 11.07, 7 pm. Zitadelle Spandau. Ticket: €73.55.
🪈 Psicotrópicos brings a landmark lineup of Brazilian sounds featuring Hermeto Pascoal and Letrux, to one of the most beautiful locations in Berlin. Sunday, 27.07, Neue Nationalgalerie. Ticket: €35.
🎤 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.