The Next Day #52: Berlin Weekend Guide
Must-Go Events in Berlin: May 30th to June 2nd
Hello!
We’re back in Berlin happy to announce our second event, a Reading Party, happening this Thursday. We have only five tickets remaining.
We have high expectations for Curses live at Kantine Berghain on Friday, and we can’t wait to see Beth Gibbons' live concert for the first time on Sunday.
We highly recommend the event Black Communion at Morphine Raum, and Laurel Halo presenting her beautiful album "Atlas" at Volksbühne.
For those looking for a dancefloor, we won't miss Finest Friday at Panorama Bar. If you love unsettling sounds, don't miss 33EMYBW at Fitzroy.
We're curious about the "A Micro-festival of Storytelling and Sound" event in Kreuzberg.
We're proud to announce our new partner: The Blue Lobster, an experiential art curation agency based in Berlin, is now sharing our carefully selected list of visual arts events every week here. Follow them on Instagram.
The exhibition highlight this weekend is the opening of "Tyler Mitchell: Wish This Was Real" at C/O Berlin. And don't forget "Museum Sunday", when all museums in Berlin have free entrance.
In light of the horrors in Gaza, we draw attention to the event "Honoring the Children of Gaza," where all the names of children who died in Gaza since the last Israeli attack will be read.
For those who enjoy unconventional theater, two plays are premiering this week in Berlin: Gob Squad’s "Dancing with Our Neighbours" at HAU 2 and Susanne Kennedy and Markus Selg's "The Work" at Volksbühne.
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We have our neighbors' party: Handpicked Berlin and
, but the tickets are sold out. What a success!Hope to see you on Thursday at NION. ♡
Lalai & Mateus
The Next Day Reading Party
Thursday, 30.05, 6:30 - 10 pm. NION playground. Oranienburger Str. 32, Mitte. Ticket: 13,30 including one “pão de queijo” and one welcome drink.
"The Next Day Reading Party" is your perfect chance to gather and read socially! Bring your current book or one you’ve been wanting to start. It's not a book club.
It's a reading party where you can enjoy a peaceful one-hour silent reading session. After the reading session, avid readers can share their book insights with the group and connect with other bookworms. DJ Teshi will play some Japanese ambient tunes.
Sofi Paez
Thursday, 30.05, 7 - 10 pm. Colosseum, Gleimstrasse 33, Prenzlauer Berg. Ticket: 22€.
Costa Rican pianist and singer-songwriter Sofi Paez presents her beautiful new album 🎧 "Silent Stories" at a special concert. Known for her emotional, nature-inspired compositions, Sofi blends classical piano, voice, and electronic elements. This live performance promises to enchant the audience.
Son Little (Outdoor Concert)
Thursday, 30.05, 7:30 - 10 pm. Gretchen/Yard, Obentrautstr.19-21; 10963 Kreuzberg. Ticket: 24,85€.
Son Little mixes blues, soul, gospel, and rock into a modern, soulful sound. Known for his emotive vocals and innovative production, he gained acclaim with albums like 🎧 "Son Little" (2015) and 🎧 "Aloha" (2020). His music explores themes of love, loss, and redemption.
BLACK Communion
Thu-Fri, 30-31.05, 8 - 11 pm. Morphine Raum, Köpenicker Straße 147, Hinterhof 1. Etage, 10997. Ticket: 12,50/20,35€.
BLACK Communion celebrates the transnational Afro-diaspora, breaking genre boundaries and fostering collaboration. This event series unites artists from diverse backgrounds through sonic activism, from composition to improvisation. Each edition features three artists from the Americas, Europe, and Africa. The first night showcases solo performances, while the second night focuses on collaborative sessions. 🎧 BC Playlist
Curses (Live)
Friday, 31.05, 7 - 9:30 pm. Kantine am Berghain, Am Wriezener bhf, 10243 Berlin. Ticket: 21,50€.
Curses' special concert features the launch of their new album "Another Heaven" this Autumn on Italians Do It Better. Opening acts include French electronic/punk duo Bracco and Ukrainian post-punk band Morwan. You'll enjoy this concert if you're a New Wave and Post-Punk fan. 🎧 Elegant Death
Laurel Halo presents Atlas with Leila Bordreuil & MFO
Friday, 31.05, 9 pm. Volksbühne, Linienstrasse 227, Mitte. Ticket: 28€.
Utilizing electronic and acoustic instruments, Lauren Halo has created a blend of weightless, ambient jazz and orchestral collages and sketches with Atlas, modal harmonies that are both elusive and magic. It was one of the most beautiful concerts I’ve seen at Berlin Atonal the last year. 🎧 Atlas
Kiasmos
Friday, 31.05, 8 pm. Huxley’s Neue Welt, Hasenheide 107, Neukölln. Tickets: 42,40€.
The electronic music duo by Ólafur Arnalds. Be ready to dance! 🎧 This is Kiasmos
Coco
Sunday, 02.06, 7 pm. Privatclub, Skalitzer Str. 85-86, Kreuzberg. Ticket: 27€.
The Californian band Coco is formed by Maia Friedman, Oliver Hill, and Dan Molad, known for their eclectic mix of shoegaze, electronica, and 60's pop. Coco's members, with histories in Dirty Projectors, Lucius, and Pavo Pavo, continue to create music with a ritualistic, heartfelt approach. 🎧 "2"
Beth Gibbons
Sunday, 02.06, 8 pm. Uber Eats Music Hall, Mercedes-Platz, Berlin. Ticket: 69,75/75,25€.
One of the most awaited concerts, Beth Gibbons returns to the stage to present one of the most beautiful albums of the year: 🎧 Lives Outgrown.
Open Spaces: A Micro-festival of Story Telling and Sound
Saturday, 01.06, 12 - 6 pm + afterparty. In & Around Südstern, 10961 Berlin. Free, ticket here.
This is an event dedicated to sound-based practices in Südstern. The goal is to celebrate a love of listening, storytelling, and sound as a method and tool. Album listening at Unkompress, Shared Reading at Lilienthalstrasse 2A, sound mapping workshop at Gneisenaustrasse 64, and podcast workshop at Körtestrasse. See you there!
Meccanismo
Thursday, 30.05, 10 pm - 6 am. OHM, Köpenicker Str. 70, Mitte. Ticket: 13€.
A night of experimentation: the opening of the dances by 🎧 Rabon Aibo and his elegant, profound and suspended selection. Followed by the Stratagem project (audio textual object live development), Aseret & 🎧 Menion and their visionary soundscapes. Techno Live set by 7thSense & Berserkwave, and DJ 🎧 Goscinska. #ambient #drone
Finest Friday
Friday, 31.05, 10 pm. Panorama Bar, Am Wriezener bhf, 10243 Berlin.
This line-up makes me so happy: 🎧 Gabrielle Kwarteng, Roman Flügel, and Ryan Elliott.
Body Language
Sunday, 02.06, 2 pm - 4 am. Else, An den Treptowers 10, 12435 Berlin.
‘FEMMES TO THE FRONT’, a party for the community by the community, is the motto. We don’t want to miss the 🎧 Omoloko DJ set, which is always wild.
More parties:
🎹 Danse Noir VI with 🎧 33EMYBW (live) for an experimental and techno night. Fri, 31.05, 11 pm - 6 am. Fitzroy, Holzmarktstrasse 15, 10179 Berlin. Ticket: 16,95€.
🪩 OXIgarten Invites 🎧Ciel an open-air party. Sun, 02.06, 12-10 pm. OXI, Wiesenweg 1-4, 10365 Berlin. Ticket: 13,20/16,50€.
Qui a tué mon père (Who killed my father)
Wed-Wed, 29.05 – 06.06, 8 pm and 8:30 pm (01-02.06). Directed by Thomas Ostermeier. In French with German and English subtitles. Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin. Ticket:11€-49 €.
Using the broken body of his father as a starting point, French writer Édouard Louis undertakes a defiant rewrite of the recent political and social history of France. Édouard Louis is a performer in his work.
Dancing with our Neighbours
Thu – Sun, 30.05 - 02.06, 8 pm & 6 pm. (01-02.06) Concept: Gob Squad, HAU2 Hallesches Ufer 34 10963 Berlin Ticket: 22€.
Gob Squad wants to share their collective practice, stage, and authorship by taking neighbors from Mehringplatz to the dance floor. Based on the rules of their performance “Dancing About,” where every individual confession is turned into a dance, they search each night anew in unusual constellations.
The Work
Thu – Sun, 30.05-02.06, multiple times. Premiere. Concept by Susanne Kennedy und Markus Selg. In English with German surtitles. Volksbühne Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 10178 Berlin. Ticket: 20€.
The theater installation revolves around the life and work of an artist, staged as a retrospective. THE WORK also implies working on your own life. What does it mean to look back at your own life and work while you’re still living?
Geschwister
Sunday, 02.06, 7:30 pm. Directed by Ersan Mondtag. In German with English surtitles. Maxim Gorki Theater, Am Festungsgraben 2, 10117 Berlin. Tickets: 12€-40€.
A day in the life of a family in West Germany. The daily routine of a mother, father, and three children on June 2nd, 1967. Time jump. The children of the keep-quiet generation accept their inheritance. What burden is carried by those who dared to oppose their parents?
Art Talk: Aus junger restauratorischer Sicht: Zerreißprobe
Thursday, 4:30 - 5:30 pm. Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Str. 50. Participation is free, but online booking is required due to limited space — book your free slot here.
Join a free expert talk with art restorer Gretchen Sorge during a short guided tour to discuss selected objects in the current collection. Make the most of the opportunity to visit the museum, which offers free admission every Thursday from 4 PM.
Rachel Garrard: Time Will Not Wait For Us
Opening: Thursday, 6 - 8 pm. König Telegraphenamt, Monbijoustrasse 13, Mitte.
Rachel Garrard’s exhibition “Time Will Not Wait For Us” highlights her work, which is deeply rooted in contemporary science and natural elements. Garrard explores abstraction through painting, sculpture, sound, and video, aiming to reflect current global tensions and the potential of cosmic structures to bring universal harmony and stability.
Tyler Mitchell: Wish This Was Real & Studio Rex . Jean-Marie Donat Collection
Opening: Friday, 31.05, 8 pm. DJ Set from 9 pm with DJ Bridontknow. C/O Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 22-24, 10623 Berlin. Free admission.
Tyler Mitchell’s first solo exhibition in Germany showcases his visions of Black life, beauty, and utopia. Studio Rex's archive, founded by Assadour Keussayan in 1933 in Marseille, captures migrant lives. Both exhibitions explore personal histories and dreams through photography, emphasizing identity and community. Continue your exploration of Tyler Mitchell's work with an artist talk the next day.
Aus der Krankheit eine Waffe machen
Friday, 31.05, 5 pm. Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin.
Experience artistic perspectives intertwined with health policy movements, featuring works by Anguezomo Mba Bikoro, The Chronic Iconic, Chloe Pascal Crawford, Criptonite, and more. The opening will be followed by a concert and video presentation.
Alex Flemming: Lapides (gravestones)
Opening: Friday, 31.05, 6-10 pm. Until 23.06. Thu-Sat 2-6 pm. Hošek Contemporary, Motor Ship Heimatland" on the Spree Near Fischerinsel 2, Berlin 10179. Free admission.
The installation "Lapides" (gravestones) showcases over 100 old computers, each painted in bright, garish colors and inscribed with the names of their former owners. Alex Flemming explores life and death on three levels: the death of the machine itself, the future death of current technology, and the death of the people who owned the computers.
Our recommendation: Check out the Georg Kolbe Museum in Charlottenburg. Delve into Hoda Tawakol's new installation in the garden and explore his tribute to artist Noa Eshkol. If time permits, join the "Gartentisch mit Berlin Urban Sketchers" workshop under the museum's pine trees, where you can join an open-air sketch workshop, inspired by the museum's exhibitions. Materials are provided, however guests can bring their own.
Xposed Queer Film Festival
Thu-Sun, 30.05-02.06, various times and cinemas. Opening 30.05, 6:30 pm at Babylon Kreuzberg. Tickets: 11€/film.
The 18th Xposed Queer Film Festival features 15 feature films and 54 short films. It showcases recent queer films worldwide and explores queer life in various regions. The festival also seeks lost film treasures and queer classics. Opening on 30.05 with "Night Shorts - Poetics of Perspectives," our highlight is "Levante (Power Alley)" at Moviemento Kreuzberg.
Bite Club
Friday, 31.05, from 5 pm til late. Arena/Badeschiff, Eichenstrasse 4, 12435 Berlin. Tickets available at the door.
Food trucks, beer and cocktail bars, a cozy wine deck, and the Bite Club Soundsystem with DJs—all set against the backdrop of the iconic Badeschiff, promising a beautiful sunset.
Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2024 – Art Speaks Through Us
Friday 31.05 to 02.06 at Halle am Berghaim, Am Wriezener Bahnhof 10243. Ticket: 15€ (in advance) - 25€ (at the door).
The Festival is Tom of Finland Foundation’s annual programming effort to bring together artists, galleries, performers, and patrons from all over the globe in a socially friendly setting to network and buy and sell Queer and erotic artwork.
F*ck the Internet Design Market
Fri-Sat, 31.05/01.06, 4 - 10 pm. Glogauair, Glogauer Str. 16, Kreuzberg. Free admission.
You will find a curated selection of fashion, accessories, jewelry, interactive stands with tattoos & toothgems, home decor objects, and music.
Honoring the Children of Gaza
Saturday, 01.06, 9 am - midnight. Neue Wache, Unter den Linden 4, 10117 Berlin.
On the 1st of June 2024, all the names of children who died in Gaza since the last Israeli attack will be read. You can help by reading the names for 5 to 10 minutes. No Arabic skills are needed. You can participate by subscribing here.
Stars Like Moths/2 Chapters Love. Choreography by Sol León and Sharon Eyal. Be sure to catch this show if you enjoy dance. Next date: 14.06 (sold out) and various dates in November. Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
🎙️ 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
🎹 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€.
🎸 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€.
🌕 Air play Moon Safari: Sunday, 21.07, 7 pm, Zitadelle Spandau. Ticket: 54/82€. 🎧 Moon Safari