The Next Day #50: Berlin Weekend Guide
Must-Go Events in Berlin: May 16th to May 19th
Hi,
First of all: A big thanks to everyone who came to our first event last Sunday at Estelle. The afternoon was perfect and a success. It was so nice to meet some readers there.
Our next event will be special for book lovers: a "Reading Party" in a cozy spot in Mitte. Save the date: May 30th. Stay tuned—we'll have only 30 tickets for this occasion.
Coincidentally, both of us are traveling to Brazil right now. That's why this guide is a day late. So, this time we won't share our highlights. There are lots of cool events happening all over the city. Just scroll through the newsletter to find what makes your eyes sparkle.
Stay in the loop with Berlin's latest news in English through 20 Percent Berlin. Get a sneak peek of our weekend guide every Tuesday.
Have a nice holiday!
Lalai & Mateus
Analogue Foundation presents Kali Malone's live
Thursday, 16.05, 7 pm. Zenner, Alt-Treptow 15, Treptower Park. Ticket: 35€.
The composer and sound artist Kali Malone presents a unique solo performance featuring a live electronic set. Her compositions, characterized by harmonic richness, blend synthetic and acoustic instrumentation in repetitive patterns and extended durations. 🎧 All Life Long
Audiovisionen: Mora (Nikolai von Sallwitz + Robert Seidel)
Thursday, 16.05, 8-10 pm. Kulturraum Zwingli Kirche, Rotherstrasse 3, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: 11,50€.
Robert Seidel's laser installation with refraction sculptures and Nikolai von Sallwitz's multi-channel sound performance explore the venue's unique atmosphere. The ongoing "mora" series connects the church's past and present, mixing visual and sound aesthetics.
HTRK turn 21 hosted by Berlin Atonal
Friday, 17.05, 8 - 11 pm. Tresor, Köpenickerstrasse 70; Mitte. Ticket: 24,85€.
The electronic post-punk duo celebrates 21 years on the road, evolving from deconstructed noise-rock to a more refined, sophisticated sound. 🎧 Death is a Dream
Mayuko
Friday, 17.05, 8 pm. Lark, Holzmarktstrasse 15-18, 10179 Berlin. Ticket: 10,50€.
Classically trained in music and dance respectively, yet fearless in blending all their influences, Mayuko creates kaleidoscopic soundscapes between pop, electronic, and experimental. 🎧 Songs To Whistle When Strolling Along The Abyss
Elephant Stone
Saturday, 18.05, 8 pm. Insel Berlin, Alt-Treptow 6, Treptower Park. Ticket: 19,15€.
Led by Rishi Dhir, the Canadian indie band blends traditional Indian music elements like sitar and tabla with Western psychedelic rock. You’ll love them if you like Tame Impala. 🎧 Back Into The Dream
Emily Barker: Album Release Show
Saturday, 18.05, 8 pm. Rough Trade Berlin, Karl-Marx-Strasse 101, 12043 Berlin. Free ticket here.
Rough Trade Berlin introduces live in-store concerts, kicking off with Emily Barker to celebrate her new album 🎧 'Fragile as Humans'.
Still Corners
Sunday, 19.05, 8 pm. Lido, Cuvrystrasse 7, Kreuzberg. Ticket: 29€.
The British band Still Corners, known for their dreamy soundscapes, presents their sixth album 🎧 'Dream Talk'. With elegant arrangements and nostalgic melodies, the album, inspired by dreams, features Tessa Murray’s ethereal vocals, creating a seductive atmosphere.
More concerts:
🇧🇷 Bruno Berle, a multi-instrumentalist of Bossa Nova, creates heartfelt Brazilian pop with a golden voice and sensitive songwriting. Thu, 15.05, 8 pm. Startbahn Church, Herrfurthpl. 14, Neukölln. Ticket: 22€.
🎻 11th Klassik OpenAir presents Edvard Grieg's music at Berlin's Grunewald hunting lodge. Three of his famous works, inspired by Nordic folklore and peaceful nature. Sat-Mon, 17-20.05, 7 pm. Jagdschloss Grunewald, Hüttenweg 10014193 Berlin. Ticket: 41,70€.
🎸 Brimheim presents her album 🎧 'RATKING,' an emotional and expansive alt-pop album with a gritty, grunge edge. Fri, 17.05, 8:30 pm. Kantine am Berghain. Ticket: 20,20€.
⚡ Princess Diana of Wales explores a contemplative sound with ethereal vocals and intricate reverb effects. Listen here. Sat, 18.05, 8 pm. silent green, Wedding. Ticket: 19,18€.
Chinabot Release Party of Memeshift's '𝕰𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖊𝖘'
Thursday, 16.05, 8 pm - 1 am. Fitzroy, Holzmarktstraße 15, 10179 Berlin. Ticket: 15€.
'Echoes', Chinabot’s first release with Morgan Sully of Memeshift, spans Borneo to Berlin through electronic experimentation. The album release features performances by 🎧 Chinabot artists Neo Geodesia, Pisitakun, Jaeho Hwang, Chooc Ly, and Marylou.
AN(8)X su dance110 release event with Ziúr, Marylou, Gina Lo
Friday, 17.05, 9 pm - 3 am. 90mil, Holzmarktstrasse 19-23, 10243 Berlin. Suggested entry 12/15€ + 5€ membership card for new members of 90mil.
The artist su dance110 releases their album 🎧 "Shang Can殇残" at a party featuring dance, installation, and a lineup reflecting the album's metallic texture and personal narrative. The event includes a live set with custom synth by Gina Lo and genre-blending DJ sets, promising a cool, experimental night.
Liftoff Open Air
Saturday, 18.03, 2 - 10 pm. Turbulence TXL, ZKSI Flughafen, Tegel 1, 13405 Berlin. Bus 109, Stop "Urban Tech Republic". Free entrance.
Do you miss Tegel? Well, Turbulence Berlin is back at the former Berlin-Tegel airport. Expect live and DJ sets playing house and techno, along with art, food, and drinks—a glimpse into the new season with much more to come. 🎧 DASCO
Else Open Air: Todd Terje, Terr + more
Saturday, 18.05, 2 pm - 6 am. Else, An den Treptowers 10, 12435 Berlin. Ticket: 16,50/24,20€.
Todd Terje and 🎧 Terr in the same lineup makes us wanna dance, especially at an open-air day party. More good news? Both play early. Expect disco and house music!
Bass Resistance x LAYERS. Fundraising Tour
Saturday, 18.05, 11 pm - 8 am. M01, Markgrafendamm 1, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: 13,55/16,95€.
Bass Resistance stops at M01 to raise funds for Ukraine, linking up with the LAYERS fam for a sweaty one courtesy of AUCO, 🎧 Dasha Atom, HEDDA, Zufu, and more.
More parties?
://sektgarten, an open-air summer event to chill, eat pizza, drink wine, and listen to music. Kids are welcome. Thu, 16.05, 6 - 10 pm. ://about blank, Markgrafendamm 24c, 10245 Berlin. Free entrance.
From Our Minds with Ritchie Hawtin and machìna (live). Sat, 18.05, 11 pm - 10 am. Watergate, Falckensteinstrasse 49; Kreuzberg. Ticket: 23,75€.
Carnival of Cultures
Fri-Mon, 17-20.05. Fri: 4-11 pm; Sat-Sun: 11 am - 11 pm; Mon: 11 am - 7 pm. Street parade on Sunday at 2 pm. Blücherplatz, Kreuzberg. Free admission.
The Carnival of Cultures in Berlin offers a vibrant immersion into diverse cultures in the cosmopolitan city. The highlight is the Sunday Parade with 60 caravans on Pentecost Sunday, at the following stations: Yorckstrasse, Gneisenaustrasse, and Hasenheide. We recommend following the caravan 'Urso Ki Ti Schubsen,' where we had a lot of fun in 2023.
Some events around the Carnival of Cultures:
Afrobeats Meets Soca On The Beach with Afro & Caribbean Sounds. Friday, 17.05, 1 - 10 pm. Badeschiff, Eichenstrasse 4; Treptow. Ticket: 23€.
Techno Türken Free Open Air: Sat, 18.05, 2 pm - 5 am. Festsaal Kreuzberg, Free admission until 8 pm. After 8 pm: 10€. 🎧 BUSSI
History of Violence by Édouard Louis
Friday to Sunday, 17-19.05, 8 pm. Saturday, 18.05, 4 pm and 8 pm. Schaubühne, Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin. Ticket: 9/49€.
*In a version by Thomas Ostermeier, Florian Borchmeyer, and Édouard Louis. With mobile surtitles in English, French, Italian, Japanese, and German for the hearing impaired.
In his autobiographical novel »History of Violence«, with his reconstruction of a traumatic night, French author Édouard Louis creates a work that is both a personal and penetrating social analysis of coming of age, desire, migration and racism and, in the diversity of voices reacting to the crime committed against him, makes audible the socially repressed forms of violence.
The Ring of the Nibelung – Siegfried
Saturday 18.05, 4 pm. Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstrasse 35, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg Ticket: 60 € - 240€.
*Directed by Stefan Herheim. In German with German and English surtitles. 2 hrs 30 mins / No interval.
Richard Wagner's Siegfried shows not just a meeting between a man and a woman, but also between two different ideas: Siegfried’s innate, unquestioned vigor on one side and Brünnhilde’s wisdom born of observation on the other.
multiple memberships
Saturday, 18.05, 8 pm (Premiere) and Sunday, 19.05, 7 pm. Ballhaus Ost, Pappelallee 15, 10437 Berlin Ticket: 15 €.
Concept, performance: Rodrigo Zorzanelli. In German, no surtitles.
In a solo with a Polaroid camera, Rodrigo Zorzanelli stages performative self-portraits based on personal experiences of citizenship acquisition in Germany and of coming out as a non-binary person. Every photo that is taken and developed on stage changes something.
The Ring of the Nibelung – Twilight of the Gods
Monday, 20.05, 4 pm. Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstrasse 35, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg Ticket: 60 € - 240€.
Directed by Stefan Herheim. In German with German and English surtitles. Duration: 6h15 mins / 2 intervals.
The final part of the tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung – Twilight of the Gods with an atmosphere of hope rather than simply the gloom of destruction. The game can begin again; will it take a different course next time?
Marianna Simnett: WINNER
Opening: Thursday, 16.05, 7 pm. Exhibition until 03.11. Hamburger Bahnhof, Invalidenstrasse 50, 10557 Berlin.
Marianna Simnett’s WINNER is a multichannel film installation for the 2024 European Football Championship. Set on a football pitch and inspired by Graham Greene's The Destructors, it explores football’s power dynamics and crowd psychology through dance. The vivid exhibition extends into the museum, immersing viewers in images and sad songs about winning.
Zohar Fraiman: ‘Meme Me’
Opening: Friday, 17.05, 7 pm. Exhibition until 21.07. Haus am Lützowplatz, Lützowpl. 9, 10785 Berlin.
"Meme Me" is the first solo exhibition of Berlin-based artist Zohar Fraiman. Her large, candy-colored paintings, like "Split Me Baby, One More Time" and "Clock, Work, Orange," depict digital life's absurdities. The show also features two immersive installations, blending social media motifs, ads, and art history.
Andy Warhol: ‘After the party’
Friday, 17.05, Opening Reception & Party, 8 pm-5 am. Until 15.09. Fotografiska. Oranienburger Str. 54, Mitte. Ticket Opening Reception & Party: 15€.
Who are you when the party is over? When you stop trying to impress others, dare to be vulnerable and seen for who you are? 'After The Party' reveals a different side to Andy Warhol; an individual longing to belong, captured through his camera lens.
More openings:
Sound of Vision showcases Irish visual art with sonic responses by Kev Sheridan, creating a unique sensory dialogue. Opening: Thu, 16.05, 6-9 pm. Finissage: Sun, 19.05, 6-9 pm. The Ballery, Nollendorfstrasse 11, Schönenberg.
Sound performance “Construction Works” by Jorn Ebner supporting program of the exhibition "under construction". Thu, 16.05, 7 - 9 pm. Axel Obiger, Brunnenstrasse 29, Mitte. Free admission without registration.
Remember I Am Dead by Noel Alejandro - Premiere
Thursday, 16.05, 7:30 pm (Premiere). Directed by Noel Alejandro. Starring: Pierre Emö and Brandon Jones. The director and cast will attend the premiere, followed by a viewing party. Ticket: 10 €
Noel Alejandro’s first mid-length film is an intimate exploration of loss and grief. It marks another step into his dark-twisted vision of gay erotica, sure to leave a warm afterglow in the viewer’s memory.
Book Launch Settlers Landing, A novel by Travis Jeppesen
Friday, 17.05, 7 pm. Ivallans Books, Schönleinstraße 32, 10967. Free Admission.
Reading and conversation with curator and critic Francesco Tenaglia. A relentlessly inventive narrative, this brutal and pyrotechnic satire captures the awkward Zeitgeist, mercilessly fracturing the dreams of colonial conquest that haunt our history, literature, and consciousness.
Catalyst's MA Symposium: Art/In.formation
Fri-Sat, 17-18.05, 12 - 6 pm. Funkhaus, Nalepastrasse 18, 12459 Berlin. Free admission.
They are featuring two days of artist talks, panels, performances, and installations of artistic research in progress in film, electronic music, and sonic art at the forefront of contemporary practice. Postgraduate students from Catalyst and special guests present the program.
SUPERBOOTH24
Thu-Sat, 16-18.05, 10 am - 10 pm. FEZ-Berlin, Str. zum FEZ 2, 12459 Berlin. Ticket: 29/98€.
The world's premier trade fair and festival for electronic musical instruments with lectures, workshops, talks, concerts, and DJ sets.
🎹 Sofi Paez is a Costa Rican musician who beautifully explores piano and voice. 🎧 Silent Stories. Thursday, 30.05, 8 pm. Colosseum Berlin, Gleimstrasse 31, Prenzlauer Berg. Ticket: 23,69€.
🎹 The Smile presents the new album 🎧 Wall of Eyes. James Holden will be the opening act. ♡ 11.06, 8 pm. Uber Eats Music Hall. Ticket: 78,40/153,90€.
🌕 Air play Moon Safari: Sunday, 21.07, 7 pm, Zitadelle Spandau. Ticket: 54/82€. 🎧 Moon Safari
🎹 Kiasmos - the electronic music duo by Ólafur Arnalds: 31.05, 8 pm. Huxley’s Neue Welt. Tickets: 42,40€.🎧 This is Kiasmos
🎙️ Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown Tour: 02.06, 8 pm. Uber Eats Music Hall. Tickets: Standing 69,75€ / Seat 110/150€. 🎧 The Complete Collection
🎙️ Belle & Sebastian: The indie gems from Scotland are back on stage with two fresh albums in town! Fri, 07.06, 8 pm. Admiralspalast. Tickets: 41,13/55,50€. 🎧Late Developers
🎸 Garbage: Shirley Mason is back! Thu, 04.07, 8 pm. Verti Music Hall. 🎧 Betcha
🎙️ Kim Gordon's new album 🎧 "The Collective" mixes trap beats, industrial noise, and straightforward lyrics. Sat, 06.07, 8 pm. Festsaal Kreuzberg. Ticket: 47,25€.