The Next Day #76: Berlin Weekend Guide
Must-Go Events in Berlin: November 14-17
Hello,
We don’t know where to start – there’s so much good stuff this weekend. A bit of FOMO, not just about where to go, but also because, unfortunately, we couldn’t get tickets for Sancta, the new performance by Florentina Holzinger, of whom we’re huge fans. On Thursday, we want to visit the new exhibition at KW and decide between the Crocodiles and the KOKOROKO concerts. During the day, we’ll be at the Most Wanted:Music festival. We plan to end the Friday at Videoart at Midnight.
On Saturday, we want to dance at Shush Vol. 1 – we love daytime parties – but before that, we’ll stop by Zwingli Kirche for ROAMS_Outline Performance and, maybe, end the night at the Sancta after-party at Volksbühne.
We’ll catch Ganavya’s show at Silent Green to wrap up the weekend.
Have a nice weekend,
Lalai & Mateus
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Crocodiles (US) + Guest: 250CC
Thursday, 14.11, 9 pm. Urban Spree, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: 17€.
Crocodiles deliver intense shows mixing noise-pop, punk, and psychedelia—perfect for indie, psych, and rock fans. 🎧 Upside Down in Heaven
Kokoroko
Thursday, 14.11, 8 pm. Huxleys Neue Welt, Hasenheide 107/113, 10967 Berlin. Tickets: 35,20€.
They're an absolute force of nature on stage, blending jazz, Afrobeat, funk, and soul into a groovy sound that's impossible not to dance to. 🎧 Could We Be More
Trentmøller: Dreamweaver Tour
Friday, 15.11, 8 pm. ASTRA Kulturhaus, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin. Tickets: 33,70€.
Ready for Trentemøller's mind-blowing beats and atmospheric vibes? 🎧 Dreamweaver
The BellRays
Friday, 15.11, 7 pm. Lido, Cuvrystrasse 7, 10997 Berlin. Ticket: 21,83€.
The BellRays are a feast for those who like an explosive mix of rock, soul, and blues with a touch of punk. The stage shakes with the band’s raw sound. If you’re into Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, and The Stooges, this concert is for you! 🎧 Heavey Steady Go!
Stella Rose + Quarters of Change
Saturday, 16.11, 7 pm. Silent Green/Kuppelhalle, Gerichtstrasse 35, 13347 Berlin. Ticket: 28,05€.
If you like artists like PJ Harvey or Patti Smith, you'll enjoy Stella Rose’s mix of dark sounds and honest lyrics. She’s gaining attention in the music scene, so it’s the perfect time to see her live. Fun fact: she's Dave Gahan’s daughter. 🎧 Eyes of Glass
Ishmael Ensemble
Saturday, 16.11, 8 pm. Badehaus, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: 25,75€.
Ishmael Ensemble, led by Pete Cunningham, blends jazz, electronic, and ambient sounds. Expect a night of impressive, atmospheric, dance-infused beats as their new album, 🎧 Rituals.
Most Wanted: Music
Until 14.11, various times. Kulturbrauerei, Schönhauser Allee 36, 10435 Berlin. Ticket: from free admission (Listen to Berlin Youth) until 199€ for the whole festival.
Under the theme “Monetize!,” the festival explores how a record-breaking industry can become kinder, fairer, and more efficient—while ensuring profits for all. The program offers talks, workshops, networking, and performances. It’s a great chance to discover new and emerging talents.
Radical Sounds Latin America
Sun-Fri, 17-22.11, various times and locations:
The festival highlights experimental Latin American artists and researchers, bridging Latin and diasporic realities in Europe through music, performance, and theory. Our highlights are Merma Suelo, Nicolas Jaar, and Iggor Cavalera.
Mo’ong + Rangka
Thursday, 14.11, 8:30 pm. Sowieso, Weisestrasse 24, Neukölln, 12049 Berlin.
🎧 Mo’ong presents a solo performance with self-built instruments and electronics, followed by Rangka, a duo with Ariel Orieh and Mo’ong, featuring self-built instruments and electronics.
180 Minutes: Demdike Stare
Thursday, 14.11, 7 pm. Zenner, Alt-Treptow 15, 12435 Berlin, Germany. Ticket: 22,25€.
I love the concept of this event, where each guest artist performs a 3-hour live set. This edition's guests are the duo 🎧 Demdike Stare, presenting a set mixing techno, dub, ambient, and jungle, accompanied by Mike Erwin’s light show. 🎧 Gizem Öz opens the night by exploring ambient soundscapes.
Potentially Listenable
Thursday, 14.11, 10 pm - 3 am. Säule/Berghain, 70 Am Wriezener Bahnhof; Friedrichshain.
🎧 "Potentially Listenable" promises a night of electronic exploration with 🎧 Nick Klein and Brett Wagg from Beyond Acid, along with 🎧 Buttechno, 🎧 Eleftheria, and 🎧 TAKAKO. Expect a blend of techno, gabber, and avant-garde beats.
ROAMS_Outline Performance
Saturday, 16.11, 2 - 10 pm. Zwingli Kirche, Rotherstrasse 3, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: 10€.
The sculptor Le_haekien and the sound artist 🎧 Veith von Tsotzhousn collaborate live, mixing sound, modular synths, and wood to create an evolving meditative sound space. The multi-hour performance has the musical highlights at 6 pm and 8 pm. I won’t miss this.
Ganavya
Sunday, 17.11, 8 pm. Silent Green / Kuppelhalle, Gerichtstrasse 35, 13347 Berlin. Ticket: 27€.
Wait for a transcendent and beautiful concert mixing spiritual jazz, South Asian classical music, and ambient soundscapes led by the avant-garde artist Ganavya. She’s releasing the new 🎧 “Daughter of a Temple” album on Friday.
Flitzer Skalitzer
Thursday, 14.11, 10 pm - 6 am. Paloma, Skalitzer Str. 135, Kreuzberg.
For an easygoing and fun disco night with one of Berlin’s most entertaining DJs, 🎧 Daniel Wang.
Reef
Friday, 15.11, 10 pm. Berghain/Panorama Bar, 70 Am Wriezener Bahnhof; Friedrichshain.
A night featuring dubstep pioneer 🎧 Mala, Debmaster & MC Yallah, Niño Árbol, DJ Earl, and Siu Mata exploring dembow and dancehall. 🎧 Lena Willikens also plays at Panorama Bar, which piques my curiosity. Deep rhythms and eclectic grooves promise an intense night. See you on the dancefloor?
SHUSH Vol. 1 // Record Release Celebration w/ Shy One
Saturday, 16.11, 4 pm - 1 am. Studio dB, Studio dB - Uferstrasse 8-11, Studio A14 - 13357 Berlin. Ticket: 16,95/33,90€, including the record bundle.
SHUSH celebrates its first record release with a day-to-night party featuring London’s Shy One and SHUSH crew DJs at Studio dB. Expect house, broken and eclectic beats, great food, and a new 🎧 vinyl compilation.
RSO YEAR THREE
Sat-Mon, 15-18.11, 11:59 pm - 8 am. RSO, Schnellerstrasse 137, 12439 Berlin. Tickets: 18/20,50€.
RSO is celebrating its third anniversary with an impressive lineup, including a live show by 🎧 Colin Benders and DJ set from 🎧 Bambounou, ISAbella, JASSS, 🎧 Jennifer Cardini, 🎧 Nene H, DJ MELL G, and many more.
The Bug presents: PRESSURE
Saturday, 16.11, 11 pm - 5 am. Gretchen, Obentrautstr.19-21; 10963 Kreuzberg. Ticket: 22,60€.
Pressure Nacht brings together grime, dub, dancehall, and bass-heavy sounds. The Bug headlines with his album 🎧 “Machines I - V,” featured by Manga Saint Hilare and Logan. Ghost Dubs, Gorgon Sound, and 🎧 Holy Tongue add layers of dub, jazz, and experimental beats to the night.
Sistas! by Golda Barton
Sunday, 17.11, 7:30 pm; and 16.12. Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz. Ticket: 12/20€. In German with English surtitles.
On Ivy’s 21st birthday, her estranged father returns, prompting the sisters to question identity, belonging, and their German roots. Based on Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, this play explores race, culture, and family dynamics.
Verrückt nach Trost by Thorsten Lensing
Wed-Sat, 14-16.11, 7 - 10:30. In German, on 14.11 with English surtitles. Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstrasse 24, 10719 Berlin. Tickets: 15/39€.
In “Verrückt nach Trost,” siblings Charlotte and Felix navigate life after losing their parents. Thorsten Lensing’s first self-written play blends surreal, touching, and funny moments as it follows them from childhood to old age. The stellar cast includes Sebastian Blomberg and Ursina Lardi.
Dançando com a Diferença - ÔSS by Marlene Freitas
Wed, 13.11, 8 pm; Thu, 14.11, 8:30. HAU1, Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin. Ticket: 11€.
ÔSS is a dance performance set in a space resembling a hospital or gym. Choreographer Marlene Monteiro Freitas collaborates with Dançando com a Diferença to explore birth, death, and power themes. The piece delves into the symbolism of bones, blending the solid with the soft in a vivid, surreal choreography.
Sancta by Florentina Holzinger
Friday, 15.11, 8 pm; Saturday, 16.11, 6 pm. Volksbüne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Mitte. Tickets are sold out. In German with English surtitles.
Florentina Holzinger's “SANCTA” reimagines Paul Hindemith's "Sancta Susanna," blending Bach, metal, and noise to explore the Church's violent history with female sexuality. The most highly anticipated performance of the season transforms religious rituals into a wild spectacle of ecstasy and magic. We will hold a sign saying 'Suche Ticket' because it sold out in minutes. The after party happens on Saturday at 11 pm. Tickets here.
Dekoloniale – what remains?!
Opening: Thursday, 14.11, 5:30 pm. Nikolaikirche, Nikolaikirchpl., 10178 Berlin. Free admission.
The Dekoloniale Festival 2024 opens with an exhibition and musical program, including the group exhibition “Colonial Ghosts,” exploring Berlin's colonial history, and the performance “Body of Blues,” featuring a soundscape by Nathanael Amadou Kliebhan and dancers embodying transformation.
Vertigem: Rafael Medina
Opening: Thursday, 14.11, 7 - 10 pm. Until 24.11. Pink Dot, Choriner Str. 51, 10435 Berlin. Free admission with RSVP.
"Vertigem" by Rafael Medina is a series of analog double-exposure photos reflecting his return to Rio de Janeiro after four years in Berlin. It explores the disorientation of revisiting home, blending past and present, capturing the emotional duality of belonging and estrangement. The vernissage happens with music and drinks.
‘BPA// Exhibition 2024. Half–Light’
Opening: Friday, 15.11, 7 pm / Performance at 7:30 pm. KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Auguststrasse 69, 10117 Berlin. Free admission during the opening.
"Half-Light" is a group exhibition showcasing works by second-year participants in the BPA// Berlin program for artists. The opening features a performance “Untitled” with Natis & Hasso Weiß Ehrenwerth.
Three more opening exhibitions worth a visit this weekend:
Talisa Lallai • Still Life: Opening on Friday, 15.11, 6 - 9 pm. Soy Capitan, Lindenstrasse 34, 10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Kiriakos Tompolidis - The More It Hurts, the Less It Shows: Opening on Friday, 15.11, 6 pm. Galerie Judin, Potsdamer Str. 83 Hof, 10785 Berlin.
Louise Bonnet. Reversal of Fortune: Opening on Friday, 15.11, 6 - 8 pm. Galerie Max Hetzler, Potsdamer Str. 83 Hof, 10785 Berlin.
Our friends at BlueLobster are hosting an art walk tour on Saturday, visiting galleries in Schöneberg: Esther Schipper, Judin, Max Hetzler, and KOW. There are just a few tickets left.
Videoart at Midnight: #145: Éric Baudelaire
Friday, 15.11, midnight. BABYLON, big cinema hall, Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30, Berlin. Free admission.
Éric Baudelaire presents two films exploring avant-garde composer Alvin Curran’s work, blending music, history, and collaboration: “The Glove” (2020, 8 min) and “When There Is No More Music to Write” (2022, 59 min). This showcase is part of “Videoart at Midnight” —an event you should experience at least once.
„DD-SSSS“ - „Discourse, Dinner & Karaoke // South by South Sonic Serenade“
Saturday, 16.11, doors 6:30 pm/ start 7 pm. Novilla, Hasselwerderstrasse 22, 12439 Berlin. Donation-based with registration.
An intimate night of discourse, sound, and dinner awaits at DD-SSSS (Discourse, Dinner & Karaoke // South by South Sonic Serenade) at Novilla. Join in for conversations, shared sounds, and a collective hot pot! Bring an ingredient to add to the experience. The event is an initiative by Soy Division.
Don’t miss our special concerts & performing arts guide to save the date.
🎹 Max Richter: One of the best blends of classical and electronic music, creating beautiful soundscapes. Mon-Tue, 18-19.11, Admiralspalast. Tickets: 73,50/130€.
🎧 In a Landscape
🎛 Joe Goddard for those who love electronic pop. Wed, 20.11, silent green. Tickets: 28,30€. 🎧 Harmonics Remixed
🪩 The Human League: There is no doubt that the music of the 80s is having a renaissance. Thu, 21.11.2024, Huxleys Neue Welt. Ticket: 45€. 🎧 Dare: Singles & Remixes
🎬 Around the World in 14 Films from 29.11 until 07.12, Kulturbrauerei, Delphi Lux, and Neues Off.
🩰 les égarés by cie. toula limnaios is visually read like a choreographic essay, interpreted by eight dancers inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s “Les Fleurs du Mal.” Dates: 04-07.12 and 11-14.12, 8:30 pm. Halle Tanzbühne Berlin. Ticket: 6/20€.
🎹 XJAZZ! presents: Azymuth: The band mixes jazz, funk, and Brazilian rhythms in their “crazy samba,” with over 30 albums and collaborations with legends like Stevie Wonder. It’s a 🎧 must-see concert. Thu, 12.12, 7 pm. Lido. Ticket: 29,04€.