The Next Day #8: Berlin Weekend Guide
From 20 to 23 of July with a special guide for Berlin Pride
Hi there!
Berlin will be more colorful than usual this weekend. 🌈
The 45th Christopher Street Day (CSD) Berlin Pride moves through the streets of Berlin on Saturday! The motto of the CSD this year is “Be their voice - and ours! ...for more empathy and solidarity!”
After marching during the day, you can continue dancing and having fun all night long at Buttons, CSD Klubnatch, Herrensauna Pridefest, or Hoe_Mies.
“The best years of my life were here in Berlin,” said Nan Goldin in a press conference in 2010. If you prefer cinema, don't miss the documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” about her life and activism.
The Neue Nationalgalerie presents “Isa Genzken: 75/75,” showcasing 75 sculptures spanning the artist's career from the 1970s to the present, celebrating her 75th birthday.
For those curious about unusual musical instruments, don’t miss the concert featuring the “Daxophone trio: Uchihashi–Fishkin–Beyer,” recommended by our guest Petr Hošek, founder of Hošek Contemporary.
We wish you a very happy Pride!!!
Mateus & Lalai
🏳🌈 CSD: Berlin Pride Special
CSD Berlin Pride
Be their voice – and ours! … for more empathy and solidarity!
The 45th Berlin CSD | Berlin Pride moves through the streets of the city! Be part of it and stand up, together with us, for more rights and visibility. Saturday, 22.07. Start Zone: Leipziger Straße / Ecke Spittelmarkt at 12 pm. Finale: Straße des 17. Juni / Brandenburger Tor.
International Queer Pride: It’s an annual Internationalist Queer Pride for Liberation - an anticolonial, antiracist, anticapitalist march. Saturday, 22.07, from 5 pm. Route: Hermannplatz, then walk up Kottbusser Damm, past U Schönleinstrasse, over the bridge, and until Kottbusser.
Buttons: Grab the gang and join Buttons this weekend for the CSD Kickoff with techno & house. Friday, 21.07, from 11:59 pm to Saturday, 22.07, 10 pm. Friday night indoor, Saturday open-air. Club OST, Alt-Stralau 1-2, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: 20 €
CSD Klubnatch: “Queerphobia’s got to go!” – this is Berghain’s variation on the well-known rallying cry as we celebrate CSD in Berlin, with the lineup tailored to this special weekend. Berghain, Am Wriezener Bahnhof, 10243 Berlin
Herrensauna Pridefest: A marathon pride special. Saturday, 22.07, from 11:59 pm. RSO.BERLIN, Schnellerstrasse 137, 12439 Berlin. Ticket: 20 €
Hoe_Mies: Hip-hop, dancehall, afrobeat, and techno party centered on female & LGBTQ Artists. Sunday, 23.07, from 2 pm. Club OST, Alt-Stralau 1-2, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: 20 €
🎙️More Parties
Renate Garten: Lunchtime
Music, food, and drinks throughout the entire weekend. Thursday, 20.07, 5-10 pm. Friday, 21.07, 6-10 pm. Sunday, 22.07, 4-10 pm. Renate, Alt-Stralau 70, 10245 Berlin. Free admission.
Space Interference at Sunshine Bar
Beach & Party. Friday, 21.07, 2-10 pm. Strandbad Plötzensee, Nordufer 24, 13351 Wedding, Berlin. Ticket: 8 €
Untitled Afterparty
From pulsating dub haze to high-pressure broken beats, you can get an all-night-long bass treatment at this party. A night of experimental and forward-thinking club music powered by the Department of Sound Studies and Sonic Arts and the UdK Medienhaus. Friday, 21.07, 11 pm - 6 am. Panke, Gerichtstraße 23, 13347 Berlin. Ticket: 5/8 €.
Flitzer Skalitzer
You can always have a night with a lot of fun with Daniel Wang on the decks. All night long with house & disco. Friday, 21.07, 11 pm - 6 am. Paloma, Skalitzer Str. 135, 10999 Berlin.
SIPS!
Zenner’s turn to curate their own edition of SIPS! For the fifth edition of this listening event, they invite London-based DJs Poly-Ritmo, Berlin-based selectors Lucy Cook and Robbin, and artist Kieran Behan. It's the perfect event for those who want to relax after CSD Berlin Pride. Sunday, 23.07, from 2 pm. Zenner, Treptower Park, Berlin. Free admission.
🎙️ Concerts
TootArd @ Airing Out/Durchlüften Festival
TootArd (Arabic for strawberries) is a “quarter-tone electro-pop-duo” from Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. On their latest album, Migrant Birds, Hasan and Rami Nakhleh combine catchy hooks with traditional Arabic melody lines that pay homage to the dance floors of the Middle East in the ’80s. Retro funk meets modern hi-sheen. Friday, 21.07, 08:30-10 pm. Free Admission. Humboldt Forum, Schlossplatz, 10178 Berlin.
Picknick Konzert
Experience the compositions of Daniela Huerta as she crafts hyper-realistic soundscapes. Don't miss the immersive sonic journey of Baby Vulture. Hanno Leichtmann & Valerio Tricoli push boundaries with their experimental sounds and distorted formations. Saturday, 22.07. Doors open at 5 pm. Starts at 7 pm. Silent Green, Gerichtstraße 35 - 13347 Berlin. Ticket
Nação Zumbi
With references ranging from the drums of the religious ritual of maracatu nação to the hip-hop movement “Universal Zulu Nation,” Nação Zumbi’s compositions are considered some of the greatest works of manguebeat, reggae, and Brazilian rap. Friday, 21.07, 7 pm: Célia Wa / 8:30 pm: Nação Zumbi. HKW. John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin. Tickets: 20/24 €
🖼️ Exhibitions
Isa Genzken: 75/75
To mark Isa Genzken’s 75th birthday, the Neue Nationalgalerie is honoring the German artist with the exhibition Isa Genzken: 75/75, showing 75 sculptures spanning all phases of her oeuvre from the 1970s to the present. The presentation recalls displays of classical antiquity collections in its arrangement of individual sculptures in the Neue Nationalgalerie’s upper hall. In the configuration models, archetypes and assessments of human and modern society emerge. Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Str. 50, 10785 Berlin. Tickets: 14 / 7 €.
Nassim L’Ghoul: Three Years Later He Was Still Dancing
Nassim L’Ghoul’s works envelop us in the gentle, chilling waves of a 3D-modelled environment, charged by personal memories, yet completely stripped of its concrete colours and textures. We are theatrically directed through sections of surreal landscapes as if by a relentless spotlight. Opening: 21. - 5-9 pm. Until 19.8. EIGEN + ART Lab. Torstrasse 220, 10115 Berlin. Tickets: Free Admission.
🎞️ Movies
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis. Documentary directed by Laura Poitras. Sunday, 23.7, at 12:50. delphi Lux, Kantstrasse 10, 10623 Berlin, and at 15:30 - Passage Kino Karl-Marx-Strasse 131, 12043 Berlin. Tickets: 10 €.
𓎩 Food
Brave New Lunch
For the upcoming edition of "Brave New Lunch," prepare for a culinary delight curated by Chef Simon Guitard and Sommelier Fernanda Befi from Holly Gastrobar. Groove to the beats of DJs @moderna and @neu_romancer_ as you indulge in this feast. Sunday, 23.07, 1 pm. Köpenicker Chaussee 3, Berlin, Germany. Ticket: 78 €
PONDJI
Calling all "pão de queijo" (cheese bun) enthusiasts! Don't miss out on a mouthwatering experience at the PONDJI pop-up. Until the end of August, indulge in our delicious “pão de queijo,” filled with tantalizing flavors, and pair it with natural wines, beers, caipirinhas, and juices. You can even grab some frozen ones to enjoy at home. Until the end of August. Friday and Saturday, 2-10 pm. Sanderstr 22, em Neukölln.
❗Last Chance
HUMANS
Distinctions between dystopia and reality are increasingly collapsing in the face of inexorable technological and ecological upheavals. Against this backdrop, Human Is employs science fiction as a spiritual and aesthetic vehicle to mobilize alternative futures, political imagination, and new posthuman ethics. Until 23.07. Thu–Fri 2 pm – 7 pm, Sat–Sun 11 am – 7 pm. Schinkel Pavillion: Oberwallstraße 32, 10117 Berlin.
📌 Petr Hošek recommends
Petr is the founder of Hošek Contemporary, a gallery, performance space, and art residency located on a historical boat in Mitte, Berlin. The focus is primarily on performing arts, site-specific installations, and experimental sound works. He set out to create an innovative platform for contemporary art, fostering meaningful connections between artists and audiences. Petr has shared with us one of his favorite places in Berlin and a concert with a trio playing daxophone. If you don’t know which musical instrument it is, that´s a good opportunity to discover it:
Daxophone trio: Uchihashi–Fishkin–Beyer
The daxophone being still a rather obscure musical instrument by itself, a daxophone trio would – even more so – be quite a rarity. Each one of the following three being accomplished musicians in their fields and also well-known as daxophone players, Kazuhisa Uchihashi (JP), Daniel Fishkin (USA), and Kriton Beyer (GR/DE) meet for the first time to form a new daxophone trio and to play a series of concerts together in Germany. Sunday, 23.07. Doors: 8:00 p.m. Music: 8:30 p.m. Petersburg Art Space, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 101, 10553 Berlin. Tickets: Free Admission.
Yafo
Petr's favorite place in town, apart from the grill terrace of his boat with the view which never becomes boring with its sunset, especially in the summer months, is Yafo, an Israeli restaurant he has been visiting since 2015. They have moved already 3 times and opened new places. Currently, you can find them at Ritterstrasse, 12, 10969, and at Alte Schonhauser Strasse, 2, 10119.
🗓️ Save the Date
Sommerkulturfestival: Two events you don't want to miss next week at the Summer Festival:
I Don’t Know Ambient
”I Don't Know” is a platform for sonic arts and sound research, pushing the boundaries of auditory exploration. Join artists, researchers, and enthusiasts to experience mesmerizing compositions with immersive soundscapes. With: Burago, Romeo, Ultrafog, Carmen Villain, and ULLA. Tuesday, 25.07, 6 pm - 12 am. Lobe Block, Böttgerstraße 16, 13357 Berlin. Free admission.
SoniXplor Festival
The SoniXplore Festival at Revier Südost celebrates Berlin's diverse sound fusions, showcasing its vibrant music scenes beyond techno. It brings together local collectives and global talent for an immersive exploration of alternative sonic communities at the heart of Berlin's music scene. With Badsista (BR), Istanbul Ghetto Club (TR & DE), Cakes da Killa (US). Wednesday, 26.07, 3 pm - 2 pm. Revier Südost, Schnellerstraße 137, 12439 Berlin. Free admission.
For more weekend tips, follow our friend @awesomeberlin.
See you all on the street on Saturday.