The Next Day Berlin #69: Berlin Weekend Guide
Must-go events in Berlin: September 26th to 29th
Hi,
We love this early autumn when I can finally relax a bit. Summer is great, but it gives us FOMO and makes it hard to focus. Anyway, here we go again with another fun weekend!
If you're not running the 50th Berlin Marathon, just scroll through the weekend guide to find something that’s just right for you! 🍂✨
Have a nice weekend,
Lalai & Mateus
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The Dandy Warhols
Thursday, 26.09, 8 pm. Huxley's Neue Welt, Hasenheide 107/113, 10967 Berlin. Tickets: 45€.
If you like bands like The Velvet Underground, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, or Blur, you’ll probably enjoy The Dandy Warhols' mix of psychedelic rock, and alternative, with some pop elements! 🎧 Welcome to the Monkey House
Kiasmos (live) + Special Guest: Rival Console
Thursday, 26.09, 8 pm. Columbiahalle, Columbiadamm 13-21, 10965 Berlin. Tickets: 47,40€.
Kiasmos, the Icelandic duo of Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen, brings an emotional rave vibe to Berlin. 🎧 II
girl in red
Friday, 27.09, 8 pm. Uber Eats Music Hall, Uber Platz 1, 10243 Berlin. Tickets: 59,40/239€.
Dream pop to soften your days. 🎧 I’m Doing it Again Baby!
Mansur Brown
Friday, 27.09, 8:30 pm. Gretchen, Obentrautstr. 19-21, Kreuzberg. Ticket: 30,80€.
🎧 Mansur Brown's concert is a one-of-a-kind experience. He mixes flamenco guitar with beats inspired by Afrobeats, R&B, and cinematic vibes. His genre-blending creates a seriously cool and emotional performance.
Actress pres. Statik
Saturday, 28.09, 8 pm. Volksbuehne, Rosa-Luxemburg Platz, Mitte. Tickets: 22/26€.
Actress presents his new album 🎧 Statik live this Saturday, blending reflections from Detroit, Manchester, and his career in an AV show. Known for breaking conventions, Actress offers a magnetic and genre-defying experience.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour
Sun-Mon, 29-30.09, 7:30 pm. Uber Arena, Uber Platz 1, 10243 Berlin. Tickets: 56,15/119€.
My favorite gothic soul storyteller. 🎧 Long Dark Night
Foggy x Ouch
Thursday, 26.09, 10 pm - 6 am. OHM, Köpenicker Str. 70, 10179 Berlin. Ticket: 15€.
Berlin-based collectives Foggy and Ouch join forces to present a cutting-edge party featuring Cassius Select, a live set by Astan Ka & Binghi, and DJ sets from residents. Expect an eclectic mix of bass, breaks, and UK club sounds. 🎧 Catu Diosis
WSNWG Live
Friday, 27.09, 10 pm. Berghain, 70 Am Wriezener Bahnhof; Friedrichshain.
Rødhåd is bringing his label WSNWG to Berghain for the first time, featuring Fadi Modem, 🎧 JakoJako, 🎧 Lady Starlight, and Vril, all performing live in a jam session format. I'd love to check out this Rødhåd night, but I'll be in front of DJ Nobu at 8 PM on Sunday at Klubnatch.
Love Letters from Oslo
Saturday, 28.09, 11 pm - 10 am. Hoppetosse, Eichenstrasse 4; Treptow; 12435 Berlin.
The party you know is always good. 🎧 Vera Heindel
Nadja • The Nausea
Thursday, 26.09, 8:30 - 11:30 pm. Volksbuehne, Rosa-Luxemburg Platz, Mitte. Tickets: 10/12€.
🎧 Nadja, formed by Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff in Toronto, combines ambient, shoegaze, and electronic sounds with the heaviness of metal and noise. Likewise, 🎧 The Nausea features violin, combining classical music with black and death metal, pushing the boundaries of traditional genres with avant-garde noise.
setten #4
Thursday, 26.09, 7 pm - 1 am. 90mil, Holzmarktstrasse 19-23, 10243 Berlin.
The fourth edition of 'setten' event includes a live performance by 🎧 Ka Baird from NYC, vinyl selecta 🎧 Lil Mofo from Tokyo with eclectic sounds, 🎧 DJ k means from Bristol, and a performance by vocalist rûveyda with Oscar Atanga. GATO provides Japanese-inspired snacks.
Soy and Synth
Sunday, 29.09, 8 pm. Morphine Raum, Köpenicker Strasse 147 Hinterhof, 1. Etage, 10997 Berlin.
"Soy and Synth" is a project by Soy Division that intersects social experimentation and sonic exploration. 🎧Berenice Llorens
Soundwalk Collective Frequency Following Response
Sunday, 29.09, 2 - 8 pm. Reethaus, Köpenicker Ch 3a, 10317 Berlin. Free admission with registration.
Experience this immersive listening featuring binaural sound frequencies. Each tone directed to one ear creates a third, inaudible frequency influencing brainwaves and mental states. Explore 12 unique binaural beats designed to evoke meditation, euphoria, and more, rooted in the science of Frequency Following Response.
Prozess (Trial) directed by Oliver Frljić
Wednesday, 25.09. 7:30 pm; 06.10, and 20.10. German with English surtitles, Maxim-Gorki-Theater, Am Festungsgraben 2 10117 Berlin. Tickets: 12/40€.
Oliver Frljić is once again adapting a Kafka text for the Gorki. I saw “Ein Bericht für eine Akademie” (A Report for an Academy) twice, also directed by him at Gorki, and I am very curious about his new play.
La nef des fols with cie. toula limnaios
Wed-Sat, 25-28.09, 8:30 pm. Halle Tanzbühne, Str. 10, 10437 BerlinTickets: 16/20€.
The new dance piece by 'cie. toula limnaios' is inspired by the "ship of fools" motif, an allegory of our time’s vices. It reflects the paradox of navigating a pilotless ship, symbolizing total freedom and imprisonment.
Bovary - Choreography by Christian Spuck after the novel by Gustave Flaubert
Thursday, 26.09, 7:30 pm. Deutsche Oper, Bismarckstrasse 35, 10627 Berlin. Tickets: 32/146€.
This was the first production I watched from Staatsballet Berlin earlier this year and the work captivated me. Spuck competently adapted the beauty of Gustave Flaubert's classic novel for the stage.
Glaube, Geld, Krieg und Liebe (Faith, Money, War and Love) by Robert LepagePremiere: Sunday, 29.09. New date of the Premiere: Thursday, 03.10, 6 pm. Various dates in October & November. German with English surtitles. Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin. Tickets: 7/53€.
Canadian director Robert Lepage creator of the legendary production “The Seven Streams of the River Ota” is developing and staging a production with the Schaubühne ensemble for the first time. I’m really eager to see it.
Nnenna Onuoha: The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for Mabel Dove
Thursday, 26.09; 5-6 pm Curator & Artist Tour. Curated by Linnéa Meiners. Exhibition until 06.10. Thu-Sun, 3 -7 pm. ACUD Galerie Veteranenstrasse 21, 10119 Berlin. Free admission.
Nnenna Onuoha gently unravels the stories and questions posed by three black girls, exploring the categorizations they face. In the exhibition, Onuoha honors Mabel Dove by collating archival prints of Dove’s journalistic articles and transforming her Adventures of the Black Girl into an illustrated book.
Kayode Ojo: Am I Acoustic
Friday, 27.09, 6 pm. Premiere new performance work. Callie’s, Lindower Strasse 20, Berlin 13347. Free admission.
New York-based artist Kayode Ojo is interested in theatricality, artifice, and seduction. His work in photography, sculpture, and performance interrogates notions of value and privilege. While in residence at Callie´s, Kayode conceived a new performance titled “Am I Acoustic,” which plays with tension: public versus private, foreign versus domestic, and intention versus reality.
Leeeunji and HWANG Wonhae: MESH
Opening: Friday, 27.09, 6-10 pm. Until 13.10, Tue-Sun 12 - 6 pm. Swimming pool gallery, Neumagener Str. 23, Berlin, 13088. Free admission.
Mesh by Leeeunji and HWANG Wonhae visually explores various forms of nets, reflecting their long-standing shared experiences. This exhibition stems from their enduring relationship as friends and colleagues, during which they have exchanged both similar and distinct experiences and sensibilities.
Cosima zu Knyphausen: MAESTRA
Until 2.11. Tue-Sat 11 am - 6 pm. Galerie Thomas Schulte, Potsdamer Strasse, Potsdamer Strasse 81B, 2nd floor, 10785 Berlin. Free admission.
Cosima zu Knyphausen draws from art history, literature, pop culture, and the personal through various techniques, formats, and materials. The MAESTRA exhibition explores fragmentary paths of learning and discovery across different realms of education and desire.
Dream On - Berlin, The 90s
Until 22.01.2025. Daily 11 am - 8 pm. C/O Berlin, Amerika Haus, Hardenbergstrasse 22-24, 10623 Berlin. Tickets: 6/10€.
This exhibition showcases over 200 works by the OSTKREUZ photography collective, capturing Berlin’s transformation after the fall of the Wall. The exhibition highlights the city’s dynamic evolution in the 1990s, from subcultures to new opportunities through images of social, political, and cultural shifts. MUBI has launched Reclaiming Spaces: Berlin, the '90s, a film collection that explores German cinema's depiction of a nation undergoing cultural and political transformation during the 1990s.
Pier Paolo Pasolini Retrospective
Until 10.11. The films will be shown in the original Italian version with English subtitles. Babylon Kino, Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30, 10178 Berlin. Tickets: 9€-12€.
Parallel to the exhibition Pier Paolo Pasolini: Porcili, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) presents a series of Pasolini’s films at Babylon Cinema. This retrospective highlights his most celebrated works, offering insights into the key themes, political, and aesthetic principles that shaped his artistic vision.
Day on and along the river
Sunday, 29.09, 1 - 7:30 pm. Start: Bärenzwinger Berlin, Rungestr. 30, 10179 Berlin. End: Flussbad-Garten am Spreekanal, Sperlingsgasse 1, 10178 Berlin. Free admission.
Bärenzwinger hosts “Day on and along the River,” exploring Berlin’s relationship with the Spree. The event, part of the exhibition “By Way of Water,” features workshops, a poetic walk, and film screenings to reflect on water politics, climate change, and personal connections to the river.
Harvest Festival at Domäne Dahlem
Sat-Sun, 28-29.09, 10 am - 6 pm. Domäne Dahlem, Königin-Luise-Strasse 49, 14195 Berlin. Tickets: 2/3,50€.
Different types of pumpkins are waiting for you— including, of course, the popular Hokkaido and Butternut varieties. Don’t miss this festival if you’re a pumpkin lover. 🎃
Middle Ground: Hargeysa International Book Fair
Fri-Sun, 27-29.09. Friday from 7 pm; Sat-Sun from 4 pm. John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin. Free admission.
The second iteration of Middle Ground at HKW, in collaboration with the Hargeysa International Book Fair, explores literary and oral traditions from the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean. The program highlights the cultural exchanges and shared heritage in the region's literature and histories, featuring poetry, performances, readings, discussions, workshops, lectures, installations, Open Mic, and DJ Set.
Revolver ~ the comedy show with a bang!
Friday, 27.09, 8:30 - 10:30 pm. wowsville, Ohlauer Strasse 33 10999 Berlin. Entry: 10€. The bar and the event are cash only.
Running for seven years, it features 6-8 comedians every second and last Friday of the month, hosted by Rohit Bhatia in a punk rock bar.
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☕ If you're a coffee enthusiast, don't miss Coffee Week! 30.09 - 06.10, various locations.
🎭 Is Anybody Home? by Gob Squad, Last Performance at Volksbühne. With German and English language. 03.10, 7:30 pm. Tickets: 20€.0
💃 KILL ME by Marina Otero, Argentinian director Marina Otero presents the German Premiere of her latest work at HAU 1. In Spanish with German and English surtitles. 03-04.10, 8 pm. Tickets: 13-22€.
♫ Salvation (Glitter Doesn’t Care I’m A Boy) by Shlomi Moto Wagner, solo music theater piece created and performed by Shlomi Moto Wagner at English Theater Berlin. 03-05.10, 8 pm & 06.10, 7 pm. Tickets: 11-27.50€.
🎤 Yo Homo! - The Irrepressibles, at Gretchen Club: 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. 17.10, 7:30 pm Tickets: 20€.