The Next Day #96: Berlin Weekend Guide
Must-see events in Berlin: April 17-20, 2025
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Whether you’re in the mood for barefoot dancing by the lake, ambient hugs for the soul, or just catching up on the city’s art calendar, this Easter weekend has a bit of everything. From a 60-hour marathon at Berghain to quiet moments in galleries, sonic rituals, roast dinners, and beachside raves, it’s one of those long weekends where Berlin stretches in all directions at once.
Scroll through and find what fits — slow or fast, loud or soft.
Happy Easter!
Lalai & Mateus
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🎸 CONCERTS
Indigo Waves
Thursday, 17.04, 8 pm. Badehaus, Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: €19.20
Dream pop dipped in ’80s nostalgia with a playful, chaotic live twist. Indigo Waves mix sugary hooks with melancholic haze, catchy enough to stay in your head, and odd enough to keep things interesting. 🎧 Mirror
Amery + Ultra Far + Emma Nydén
Thursday, 17.04, 7 pm. Tennis Bar, Reuterstrasse 95, 12053 Berlin. Ticket: €11
Lo-fi pop with heart and humor. 🎧 Amery sings about city life, mistakes, and everything in between. Intimate vibes at Tennis Bar, with support from Ultra Far and Emma Nydén.
Anika
Sunday, 20.04, 8 pm. Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 10178 Berlin. Ticket: from €33.40
Dub, post-punk, spoken word and synth haze, Anika mixes it all into one hypnotic journey. With her new album 🎧 Abyss, her voice drifts through shadows, echoes, and everything in between.
🎹 EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
LA Timpa / Great Area / Nina Garcia
Thursday, 17.04, 7 pm – 2 am. 90mil, Holzmarktstr. 19–23, 10243 Berlin. Donation entry + €5 membership
Guitar noise with no ego. Nina Garcia brings fierce focus and raw distortion fresh off her new album 🎧 Bye Bye Bird on Ideologic Organ. For fans of Sunn O))) and other exalted chaos—this is your church.
STROOM pres. Voice Actor + Gajek
Thursday, 17.04, 8 pm. silent green, Gerichtstr. 35, 13347 Berlin. Ticket: €19.18
A night of sensual farming metaphors and fractured East German memories. 🎧 Voice Actor gets weird and poetic; 🎧 Gajek turns broken timelines into digital textures. Sounds like therapy, but with synths.
SUMAC & Moor Mother
Thursday, 17.04, 8 pm. Bi Nuu, U-Bhf Schlesisches Tor, Berlin. Ticket: €35
A night of sonic exorcism. 🎧 SUMAC’s crushing noise meets Moor Mother’s piercing poetry in a live ritual of distortion. Expect fury, sorrow, and catharsis. Support band: the Krautrock mutants Pharaoh Overlord.
¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U invites you to a Zone Unknown
Friday, 18.04, 9:30 pm – 2 am. Kesselhaus, Knaackstraße 97, 10435 Berlin. Ticket: €30.40/waiting list
Expect whiplash transitions, emotional chaos, and genius-level curation. 🎧 ¥UK1MAT$U blends noise, pop, ambient, and club pressure like nobody else. With 🎧 Zoe Mc Pherson (live), umru, and Marylou. No rules, no mercy, just full sensory overload.
🔊 LISTENING PARTY
AN(8)X: Nesting at Kwia
Friday, 18.04, 8 pm – 2 am. Kwia, Maybachufer 16, 12047 Berlin. Ticket: €10–15
A soft landing for your Friday night, ambient and experimental sets by Hinako Omori, 🎧 tamanaramen, 🎧 Baby Vulture, and friends. Think of sonic warmth, cozy vibes, and snacks. It’s a quiet rave for the soul.
🪩 PARTIES
OFF THE GRID x ELSI (10 Years Tour)
Thursday, 17.04, 11 pm – 12 pm. Hoppetosse, Eichenstrasse 4, 12435 Berlin. Ticket: €18
Minimal House, EBM, breaks, and serious grooves featuring 🎧 The Fart in the Club, 🎧 Melina Serser, and others. OFF THE GRID teams up with ELSI for a 10-year celebration that’s sharp, deep, and perfect to kick off the long weekend.
themuddshow
Friday, 18.04, 2 pm – 6 am. Sonnenraum, Eichenstraße 4A, 12435 Berlin. Ticket: €12–20
If you’re the type who likes to start the party while the sun’s still out, this one’s for you. Two rooms, a stacked lineup featuring 🎧 Sansibar (live), 🎧 Naone, and a full day of grooves to open Easter weekend with dirty, joyful flair.
Realismo Magico
Friday, 18.04, 7 pm – 2:30 am. YSY, Frankfurter Allee 23, Berlin. Free admission.
Psychedelic grooves, Turkish gems, and jazz-infused house—on a more relaxed note. Think of good drinks, nice music, and room to dance without the pressure. A sweet, soul-lifting bar night to welcome spring. 🎧 Laurel
YOUR LOVE
Friday, 18.04, 10 pm – 6 am. Panorama Bar, Am Wriezener Bahnhof 70, 10243 Berlin. Ticket: around €20-25.
It’s church, but make it house. 🎧 Lakuti & Tama Sumo host an Easter Friday full of soul-lifting grooves with Tedd Patterson and 🎧 Gigi Testa. Gospel samples, dancefloor healing, and pure love energy.
Rebellion der Träumer* Hoppocalypse
Sat–Mon, 19–21.04, 1 pm – 10 am. Renate, Alt-Stralau 70, Friedrichshain, 10245 Berlin. Ticket: €25.
Some weekends are for doing taxes. Others are for dancing for 36 hours, playing bingo at 4 am, and hugging strangers dressed like forest creatures. If you’re the second type, this one’s for you. Bonus: Femme Bass Mafia brings the heat.
MARICAS Easter
Saturday, 19.04, 11 pm – 12 pm. ÆDEN, Schleusenufer 2, 10997 Berlin. Ticket: €23–28
If your idea of Easter involves sweating on a queer dancefloor at noon, surrounded by basslines and babes, you’re not alone. Nene H, Roza Terenzi, D. Tiffany are on the bill. 🎧 Maricas
Oster Klubnacht
Sat-Tue, 19–22.04, 11:59 pm – 6 am. Berghain, Am Wriezener Bahnhof 70, 10243 Berlin. Note: Berghain opens Sunday at 4 pm after Snax.
We can’t wait for Sunday! One of the most sought-after Klubnacht editions returns for Easter with a smooth lineup featuring 🎧 Gabrielle Kwarteng, 🎧 Nicola Cruz, 🎧 Kittin, 🎧 Sedef Adasï, Paquita Gordon, and more.
Subglow presents: Wheel of Fortune
Saturday, 19.04, 11:59 pm – 9 am. OHM, Köpenicker Str. 70, 10179 Berlin. Ticket: €15.
🎧 CCL, 🎧 rRoxymore, 🎧 Marylou & Nono Gigsta bring their shape-shifting project to OHM. Expect deep cuts, dubby turns, and a night that moves exactly how it wants to.
Fandango: The Aquarium
Sunday, 20.04, 4:20 pm – 12 am. Strandbad Plötzensee & The Lighthouse. Ticket: €5–24.
Barefoot house bliss by the lake. 🎧 Chichi b2b 🎧 Aalia kick things off at 4:20 pm on the beach, before the vibe shifts to The Lighthouse for more deep grooves until midnight. Sand, sun, and full-body rhythm.
Keep Hush Presents: Club Turbo
Sunday, 20.04, 11 pm – 8 am. OXI, Wiesenweg 1–4, 10365 Berlin. Ticket: €15-€20.
A night of UKG, breaks and bass-heavy sets at OXI. 🎧 Bakey leads the charge with Hyas, Punani, and a full 🎧 BLVSH takeover. If you’re into fast BPMs, low-end pressure, and full-throttle energy, this one is for you.
🎭 PERFORMING ARTS
Gier (Crave) by Christopher Rüping
Wednesday, 16.04, 8 pm. In DE with EN surtitles. Deutsches Theater, Schumannstrasse 13 A, 10117. Ticket: €8-59.
Sarah Kane’s poetic text explores romantic longing, vulnerability, and the insatiable human need for connection. Directed by Christopher Rüping, the play delves into the minds of desperate lovers yearning for closeness in a world of emotional detachment.
The Power (of) The Fragile
Wed-Thu, 16-17.04, 8 pm. In EN & FR with DE and EN surtitles & Tunisian. HAU 2, Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin. Tickets: €17–22.
A deeply personal duet between Mohamed Toukabri and his mother Latifa Khamessi about separation, reunion, and love across borders. Their movements blur the lines between generations and bodies, weaving a poetic, multilingual performance that becomes a powerful plea for freedom of movement.
Los días afuera / The Days Out There
Friday, 18.04, 8:30 pm; and Saturday, 15.04, 6 pm. Gorki, Am Festungsgraben 2, 10117 Berlin. Tickets: €12-40.
Blending theatre, music, and documentary, this vibrant production follows the lives of former inmates in Argentina as they navigate freedom. With voguing, cumbia, and personal stories, it explores resilience, identity, and the complexities of life after prison.
William Forsythe
Friday, 18.04, 6 pm. Staatsballett Berlin. Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstrasse 35, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg. Tickets: €28-110.
Many of William Forsythe’s virtuoso compositions have long become modern classics. In this homage, the Staatsballett Belin will perform three groundbreaking pieces “Approximate Sonata 2016”, “One Flat Thing, reproduced” and “Blake Works I” by the American choreographer.
🎨 VISUAL ARTS
Group Show: Tea and Dry Biscuits. An Anniversary Exhibition
Opening: Wednesday, 16.04, 6 pm. Until 25.09. Wed-Mon, 11 am - 6 pm. Georg Kolbe Museum, Sensburger Allee 25, 14055 Berlin. Tickets: €10.
This year marks 75 years of the Georg Kolbe Museum. This show explores how we remember—then and now. What was worth remembering in 1950? What sticks with us today? Artists open quiet windows into memory, both personal and collective.
Sounding Bodies: Exhibition of Resonant Sound & Visuals by Elo Masing and Minna Etein
Opening: Friday, 18.04, 6 - 10 pm. Live shows: 18, 24, and 25.04 at 8 pm. Meinblau Projektraum, Christinenstrasse 18-19, 10119, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. Free admission.
A piano tangled in wool, paintings that double as scores, and threads you can hear. This isn’t just an exhibition—it hums, vibrates, and breathes. On select nights, the space becomes a resonant stage with live concerts. Come if you like your art tactile, sonic, and just a little haunted.
Otis Mensah: Come Beautify The Night
Opening: Friday 18.04, 7 pm. Until 26.04. Thu-Sat, 2-6 pm. Performance on Tuesday 22.04, 7 pm. Hošek Contemporary, Motor Ship HEIMATLAND, Märkisches Ufer 1z, 10 179 Berlin. Ticket: €10 at the door.
A literary-musical piece by Otis Mensah explores Black and queer identity through abstract sound, language, and movement. Set in three acts—dusk, dawn, nightfall—it blends voice, piano, and saxophone in a ritual of resistance and liberation.
LANDSLIDE / LONGSOR / ERDRUTSCH / ดินถล่ม
Saturday, 18.04, 7 pm. Moving Poets Novilla, Hasselwerderstr. 22, Berlin.
How do we hold memory through sound, silence, or rupture? This two-day gathering mixes installation, concerts, and shared rituals to explore resistance, coexistence, and resilience featuring artists from Schöneweide and beyond.
We recommend these exhibitions if you’re looking to catch up on the city’s art calendar over the holiday:
Cy Twombly – All is visible and all elusive. Bastian Gallery until 26.04;
Evil Flowers. Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg until 04.05;
Laure Prouvost: We Felt a Star Dying. LAS Foundation/Kraftwerk Berlin until 04.05;
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography. C/O Berlin until 07.05;
Ayoung Kim: Many Worlds Over. Hamburger Bahnhof until 20.07;
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind. Gropius Bau until 31.08;
Yoko Ono: Dream Together. Neue Nationalgalerie until 14.09;
Skalar: Reflections on Light & Sound. Dark Matter until 14.09;
🍽️ FOOD & DRINKS
Easter Friday Roast at Estelle Dining
Friday, 18.04, 11 am – 3 pm. Estelle Dining, Kopenhagener Str. 12A, 10437 Prenzlauer Berg. Ticket: €28 p/p.
Yorkshire pudding, roast beef, sticky toffee pudding—the whole British Easter fantasy on one plate. Estelle brings back their Friday Roast with all the trimmings (and extra gravy). Book fast if you’re hungry and nostalgic.
💫 MISCELLANEOUS
Easter Festival in Friedenau
Sat–Mon, 19–21.04, 12 – 6 pm. Schmiljanstraße, Friedenau. Free admission.
Street food, crafts, music, and a low-key Easter vibe. This three-day fest in Friedenau is perfect if you want something mellow, family-friendly, and full of snacks.
📌 SAVE THE DATE
🎹 Yann Tiersen brings his new album 🎧 “Rathlin From A Distance | The Liquid Hour” to Rough Trade Berlin, 25.04, at 8 pm. Ticket: €23.99.
🪐 Musical Spheres turns the Planetarium into a cosmic stage with Mary Ocher, Madlen Wittenstein, and HOVR x Kotoe on 29.04, at 8 pm. Planetarium Berlin. Ticket: €25
🎭 Theatertreffen will take place from 2 to 18 May 2025. This is a showcase of the 10 most remarkable productions in German Language from 2024.
🎤 Kim Deal brings your latest album 🎧 “Nobody Loves You More” to Metropol on 22.06, at 7 pm. Ticket: €45.
🎸 Stereolab is one of my favorite bands from the ’90s. They’ll be playing at Huxley’s Neue Welt on May 29th. I won’t be in town, but I wouldn’t miss it if I were you.
🎸 I can’t wait to see St. Vincent present her latest album, 🎧 “All Born Screaming,” in Berlin! The show is at 05.07 at Tempodrom. Tickets: €53-€59.