The Next Day #71: Berlin Weekend Guide
Must-go events in Berlin: October 10th to 13th
Hello!
It was tough putting together this weekend guide with so much happening in Berlin, but we did our best. ツ
Just scroll through and pick whatever fits your vibe.
Oh, and by the way, Blue Lobster and The Next Day are teaming up for an art walk tour visiting 4 galleries on October 19th. Hurry up, only 5 tickets left! Mateus will be one of the hosts.
Have a nice weekend,
Lalai & Mateus
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Diva Heaven
Thu-Fri, 10-11.10, 7 pm. Neue Zukunft, Alt-Stralau 68, 10245 Berlin. Tickets: 24,48€.
The Berlin-based 🎧 Diva Heaven brings a fierce fusion of grunge, punk, and hard rock, evoking 90s alt vibes. If you like Bikini Kill, you'll love their heavy riffs, raw vocals, and unapologetic energy.
Bob Dylan
Thu-Sat, 10-12.10, Uber Eats Music Hall. Tickets: 103/222€.
The poet of poets. 🎧 Rough and Rowdy Ways
Conic Rose
Thursday, 10.10, 8:30 pm. Gretchen, Obentrautstrasse 19-21, 10963 Berlin. Ticket: 13,20/22€.
Conic Rose's music mixes indie pop, jazz, ambient, and electronica into something truly unique, with trumpet leading the way. Their sound mixes influences like Thom Yorke, and Bach, creating atmospheric soundscapes. 🎧 Heller Tag
Kalandra
Saturday, 12.10, 8 pm. Hole44, Hermannstr. 146, Neukölln, 12051 Berlin. Tickets: 36,20€.
Kalandra is a Norwegian-Swedish band blending dark Nordic folk with cinematic rock. Their haunting vocals, atmospheric melodies, and powerful rhythms create an epic, eerie sound experience. Their latest album 🎧 A Frame of Mind adds a hint of a more pop feel compared with their previous work.
IAMDDB
Sunday, 13.10, 8 pm. Astra, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: 38,25€.
IAMDDB is a Manchester artist mixing trap, jazz, and R&B. She’s got a bold vibe, killer beats, and a unique mix that’s soulful yet edgy. Pure fire. I'm in full pop mode! 🎧 LOVE is WAR
SPEED 速度
Thursday, 10.10, 8 pm - 2 am. Kwia, Maybachufer 16, 12047 Berlin. Free admission w/RSVP.
A+++ from Prague brings big bass and trippy vibes. 🎧 domizako mixes Latin beats with electronic grooves. 🎧 Meana serves shibuya-kei and glitchy IDM, while 🎧 RBI delivers high-energy drum & bass and jungle with 90s UK flair.
Dara String Festival
Sat-Sun, 12-13.10, 7 pm. KulturRaum Zwingli-Kirche, Rudolfstrasse 14, 10245 Berlin. Tickets: 8/10 per day or day pass 15/20€.
The Dara String Festival is about pushing boundaries with strings—mixing genres, styles, and cultures. You’ll catch international artists blending early contemporary, experimental, and improvised music. It’s a cool mix of strings, electronics, and global vibes—from soulful solos to fresh collabs, with music by composers like 🎧 Sarah Hennies and Kaija Saariaho.
Nou:shh
Sunday, 13.10, 2 - 10 pm. OSD Event, Mainzer Str. 16, 10247 Berlin. Ticket: 24,85€.
Nou:ssh turns a unique venue into a sound and ritual haven. Enjoy deep vibes, experimental and ambient DJ sets, live performances, and chill ceremonies. With Ron Trent and Venecia Runningwolf on deck, it’s all about letting loose and diving into the sounds of the season. I'm curious to see Ron Trent in a different setting.
Anri Sala: Ravel Ravel Revisited Redux - Listening Experience + Conversation
Sat-Sun, 12-13.10, 6 - 10 pm. Flussbad, Köpenicker Ch 3a, 10317 Berlin. Ticket: 50€
Anri Sala’s work merges video, architecture, and sound to create immersive experiences that challenge perception. His installations explore language, music, and history, prompting new interpretations. Sala will use Ravel Ravel Revisited Redux in Reethaus' 360-degree sound space to create spatial shifts that mirror the temporal displacements.
Concentric
Thursday, 10.10, 7 - 11:59 pm. Zenner, Alt-Treptow 15, 12435 Berlin. Tickets: 22,60/28,25€.
Concentric Records returns to Berlin for a night of immersive, genre-defying music. Featuring 🎧 Gigi Masin’s serene ambient sounds, 🎧 Temple Rat’s blend of traditional Chinese instruments with modern electronica, and Marco Shuttle's hypnotic set. Simone Merli and Born In 1986 open the night with a b2b set. We’ll be there!
Jack your Body
Friday, 11.10, 10 pm - 5 am. Panorama Bar, 70 Am Wriezener Bahnhof; Friedrichshain.
🎧 Honey Dijon is on the bill. Do you need any more reason to leave home this Friday night?
Marcel Fengler presents KISHIKAN with Kittin, Etapp Kyle, STEYA
Friday, 11.10, 11 pm - 10 am. Watergate, Falckensteinstrasse 49; Kreuzberg; 10997. Ticket: 21,45€.
This party is a great opportunity to say goodbye to Watergate (or get to know it) before it shuts its doors. 🎧 Miss Kittin
Toy Tonics presents
Friday, 11.10, 11 pm - 8 am. OXI, Wiesenweg 1-4, 10365 Berlin. Ticket: 22,35/22,60€.
Featuring a cool line-up as usual, our favorite disco party in town occupies both dance floors at OXI. 🎧 Femdelic
Porn by Pornceptual
Saturday, 12.10, 11 - 12 pm. Muenze, Molkenmarkt 2; Mitte; 10179 Berlin. Tickets: 27,35€.
This lineup's so good that we're getting a little wild next Saturday! 🎧 Juliana Huxtable 🎧Deepneue 🎧 Jenny Cara
Flight Mode
Saturday, 12.10, 11 pm - 8 am. Renate, Alt Stralau 70; Friedrichshain; 10245 Berlin. Tickets: 17,60/19,90€.
This party promises to be fun if fetish parties aren’t your vibe. 🎧 VIO PRG 🎧 Anacalypto 🎧 Josiane
Bark of Millions - A Parade Trance Extravaganza for the Living Library of the Deviant Theme by Taylor Mac & Matt Ray
Wed-Fri-Sat, 09, 11-12.10, 7 - 11 pm. In English with English subtitles, Schaperstrasse 24, 10719 Berlin. Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Tickets: 18,70€-41,80€.
55 songs for 55 years of queer history: In this abundant four-hour concert, rich in emotions, Taylor Mac, Matt Ray, and a 20-artist ensemble perform one song for each year since the first queer Pride Parade in 1970. A celebration of memory and community, it’s described as 'a rock opera meditation on queerness.'
Attitude: Queer Contemporary Ballet by Tomi Paasonen
Wed-Sat, 09-12.10, 7 pm. Dock 11, Kastanienallee 79, 10435 Prenzlauer Berg. Tickets: 18,02€.
"Attitude" is a contemporary ballet blending classical pointe technique with queer themes, featuring dancers Kai Braithwaite, Ted Littlemore, and drag performer Gieza Poke for a fresh take on ballet.
Spy on Me Festival
Wednesday, 9.10, until 19.10. HAU1, HAU2, HAU3 & HAU4. Tickets: 12-22€. Kombi ticket – 3 shows for 45€.
The fifth edition of the "Spy on Me" festival explores connections between AI and humans. Despite apocalyptic discourse around AI, it's worth reflecting on what we still control to shape our relationship with technology. HAU presents ten days of theatre, performance, dialogue, games, and interactive installations.
Woyzeck by Ersan Mondtag
Thursday, 10.10, 7:30 pm. In German with English Surtitles. Berliner Ensemble. Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin. Tickets: 12€ to 50€.
Georg Büchner was 23 when he began writing Woyzeck, a visionary and powerful work. Though unfinished, it became one of the most famous texts in German literature. Woyzeck, a humble soldier, works as a barber but can't support Marie and their child, so he hires himself out as a medical test subject.
Method
Sunday 13.10, 7:30 pm. Directed by: Kornel Mundruczó. In German with English surtitles. Volksbühne Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 10178. Ticket: 12€ to 40€.
Playwright Kata Wéber and director Kornel Mundruczó explore authoritarian structures in Method, their second production for the Volksbühne. Developed with the actors, it addresses current debates on power, authoritarianism, and dependency.
Long Evening: Rirkrit Tiravanija - DAS GLÜCK IST NICHT IMMER LUSTIG
Thursday, 10.10, 6-9 pm. Gropius Bau, Admission is free to all events. The exhibition DAS GLÜCK IST NICHT IMMER LUSTIG can only be visited with a ticket.
Long Evening at Gropius Bau with book talk at Walther König bookshop, cooking show by Luiza Prado at Beba, Rirkrit Tiravanija’s film screening, DJ set by Ayzon, and a music performance by Petra Hermanova with Jon Eirik Boska.
Rebecca Horn: Concert of Sighs
Until 02.11. Tue-Sat, 12 - 6 pm. Galerie Thomas Schulte, Charlottenstrasse 24, 10117.
Rebecca Horn's Concert of Sighs fills Galerie Thomas Schulte with soft echoes from copper trumpets rising out of rubble. Piles of wooden boards, wall fragments, and copper tubes twist upwards like plant shoots. Horn used materials from Venetian ruins for this 1997 Venice Biennale piece.
Rinaldo Hopf: Queer Art Collection
Opening, Friday, 11.10, 6-9 pm. Until 20.10. The Ballery, Nollendorfstrasse 11-12, 10777.
For the first time, artist Rinaldo Hopf is showcasing his Queer Art Collection, featuring works by major queer artists like Pierre et Gilles, Andy Warhol, Tom of Finland, Felix Gonzales Torres, and many more.
Soura Film Festival
Thu-Sun, 10-13.10. Sinema Transtopia, Lindower Str. 20/22, Haus C Wedding, 13347. Tickets: 7€.
Soura Film Festival is a queer film festival that highlights cinematic talents from the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region. Soura, which means "image" in Arabic, shares a vision of life that is poignant, defiant, and unique.
Video Art at Midnight with Andreas Koch
Friday, 11.10 at midnight. Babylon, Big Cinema Hall. Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30, Mitte. Free admission.
Join visual artist Andreas Koch at Babylon Cinema for Videoart at Midnight. Known for his provocative touch in Berlin's art scene, Koch presents 3 short films (2003/2013/2023, each ~40 sec).
Barrio / Bairro Berlin Festival
Until 17.10, Various times and venues. Free admission.
Festival Barrio|Bairro Berlín showcases contemporary Latin American literature and its diaspora from a transtemporal, decolonial, and interdisciplinary perspective. Enjoy readings, performances, roundtables, workshops, and more—all for free in Berlin, celebrating this vibrant scene.
Miss Read: The Berlin Art Book Fair & Festival
Fri, 11.10, 5 - 9 pm; Sat-Sun, 12-13.10, 12 - 7 pm. HKW,
Miss Read hosts over 340 exhibitors, celebrating diversity in art publishing. Curated by Anguezomo Nzé Mba Bikoro and Pascale Obolo, it spotlights Afro-feminist and queer voices with talks, music, films, and workshops, featuring artists like Mame-Fatou Niang and House of Living Colours. Full program here. Have kids? Don’t miss the Kinder Disko on Sunday, 3–5 pm.
Festival of Lights
Until 13.10, 7 - 11 pm. Various locations.
This year's Festival of Lights in Berlin, themed "Celebrating Freedom," runs until next Sunday, with displays at around 50 locations across the city.
Preloved Market
Saturday, 12.10, 11 am - 4 pm. KlubMaison, Lindower Str, 20, Wedding.
There will be plenty of clothes and beautiful items looking for a new owner. Second-hand treasures for children and adults featuring top brands.
Beyond the Surface
Sunday, 13.10, 7-11 pm. Honey Lou Bar, Anzegreuberstrasse 3, Neukölln. Ticket: 15€.
Think it's hard to make friends in Berlin? Beyond the Surface helps you connect deeply, using Intimacy Cards to cut through small talk.
Don’t miss our special concerts & performing arts guide to save the date.
🎸 Godspeed You! Black Emperor: A legendary Canadian post-rock band that gives us epic moments. Monday, 14.10, Huxleys Neue Welt. Tickets: 36,20€. 🎧 This is GY!BE
🎸 Yo Homo! - The Irrepressibles: Jamie Irrepressible’s creative guise The Irrepressibles returns with his fourth album ‘Yo Homo!’. A punk-rock, indie-rock, and often symphonic new sound world. Thursday, 17.10, 7:30 pm, Gretchen. Tickets: 20€.
CHRISTEENE - SISSY SMUT 4 returns to Berlin to collect souls on All Hallows’ Eve with an electrifying live stage show featuring special guests. Thursday 31.10, 7pm Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. Tickets: 24€.
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