Concerts © Oppenheim Concerts 17/10/2026 Fanny Hensel: ‘Singing with your fingers’ Concerts 17/10/2026 Fanny Hensel (1805–1847), née Mendelssohn Bartholdy, is regarded as the most important female composer of the 19th century and as an exceptionally talented pianist. However, it was only her brother Felix who became famous. Read more City of music Location Das Jüdische Kulturschiff MS Goldberg Schifffahrtsufer 2 an der Dischinger Brücke 13581 Berlin-Spandau Time 19:30 pm Buy tickets
Concerts © Mikey Conlon Concerts 17/10/2026 Finojet Concerts 17/10/2026 Finojet’s songs are the perfect treat for all indie-folk fans who aren’t afraid of big emotions. He demonstrates this not only with his first solo single, “Your Monaco,” released in 2025, but above all with his self-titled debut album, “Finojet,” which he… Read more City of music On Tour Location Mikropol Nollendorfplatz 5 10777 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/21465767/?affiliate=VB1&utm_source=VB1&utm_medium=dp&utm_campaign=berlintourismus Buy tickets
Blues & Jazz © Showfenster Blues & Jazz 17/10/2026 Nadia Lafi Blues & Jazz 17/10/2026 The unique musicality of the French language allows the poetic power of the chanson genre to be experienced across language barriers. Look forward to songs by Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, George Brassens, Charles Trenet, Lucienne Boyer, Barbara, Boris Vian and… Read more City of music Location Showfenster Theater Letteallee 94 13409 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 22:00 pm https://www.showfenster-show.de/event-details/nadia-lafi-konzert Buy tickets
Theatre © Arno Declair Theatre 17/10/2026 OnlyFans – The Trash TV Salon: Dawn of the Bets Theatre 17/10/2026 Miguel Robitzky and Anja Rützel take another look at the final episode of *Wetten, dass..?* with Thomas Gottschalk and analyze a night of television that was planned as a grand farewell—and, in the process, became a retrospective on an entire era of television… Read more Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/only-fans-der-trash-tv-salon-wettendaemmerung
Opera & Operetta © Monika Rittershaus Opera & Operetta To 31/12/2026 Orpheus in the Underworld Opera & Operetta To 31/12/2026 Bored by her passionless marriage to the drab musician Orpheus, Eurydice prefers to amuse herself with Pluto, the lord of the underworld, and is—quite unlike her mythological model—more than happy to let herself be carried off to the realm of the dead. When… Read more Events in Berlin at Christmas Location Schillertheater - Komische Oper Berlin, Großer Saal Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/spielplan/a-z/orpheus-in-der-unterwelt/ Buy tickets
Musical © Oderhähne Musical 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date TAMARA'S PARADISE Musical 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date The musical dream trio consisting of Saskia Dreyer, Tim Schultheiss, and Tilman Hintze warmly welcomes you to Tamara’s Paradise—a place beyond space and time, somewhere between memory and eternity. Read more City of music Location Theater im Palais Am Festungsgraben 1 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 The Canterville Ghost Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Oscar Wilde’s first work of fiction, *The Canterville Ghost*, begins entirely in the tradition of Romantic ghost stories: a well-to-do American family purchases an English country house, complete with a dutifully haunting ghost. Read more Literature City of music Location Komödie am Kurfürstendamm im Ernst-Reuter-Saal Eichborndamm 215 13437 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/21646218/?affiliate=VB1&utm_source=VB1&utm_medium=dp&utm_campaign=berlintourismus Buy tickets
Opera & Operetta © 2022, Bettina Stöß Opera & Operetta 17/10/2026 + 6 additional dates The Magic Flute Opera & Operetta 17/10/2026 + 6 additional dates With The Magic Flute, Mozart wanted to write a piece for everyone – the blend of Viennese folk theater, Singspiel, and Italian opera makes it a favourite with audiences to this day. There's something for every taste, from catchy songs and arias to humorous… Read more Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10627 Berlin Time 19:30 pm Buy tickets
Theatre © Grips Theater Theatre To 20/01/2027 Upload Virgin Theatre To 20/01/2027 Like many young people, 14-year-old Luc also lives digitally. He prefers to spend his time chatting with his holiday flirt Pauline, for whom he has developed feelings. Despite the distance, they want to see each other again soon. But a bet with his buddies… Read more Teenager Location Grips Theater im Podewil Klosterstraße 68 10179 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.grips-theater.de/de/stuecke/upload/100
Theatre © Nicole Marianna Wytyczak Theatre 17/10/2026 + 3 additional dates A Year without Summer Theatre 17/10/2026 + 3 additional dates It is 2025. We live in a year without summer: In a jump-scare reality that feels like an apocalyptic vision of our world, thrown into darkness and stripped of certainty. Survival becomes ritual, and despair dances hand in hand with ecstasy. Read more International Location Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 10178 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://volksbuehne.berlin/de/repertoire/a-year-without-summer?id=14457 Buy tickets
Cabaret & Comedy © Harald Hoffmann Cabaret & Comedy 17/10/2026 Alice Köfer: Alles zu meiner Zeit Cabaret & Comedy 17/10/2026 We live in an age of optimization. Algorithms listen better than our own families. You have to wonder if “great” is even enough anymore when something could also be “incredibly awesome.” With so many different viewpoints, the first signs of postural problems… Read more Location BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
Dance & Performance © Oyèmi Hessou Dance & Performance 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date ANCXSTRAL FREQUENCIES: Re-Rootings – Weaving Sonic Histories of the Global South Dance & Performance 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date ANCXSTRAL FREQUENCIES is a series of live ritual performances by the artists* RUSNAM and Anguezomo Nzé Mba Bikoro. The project combines experimental sound art, historical audio recordings, movement and participatory rituals to make repressed musical histories… Read more History Accessible Events experimental and contemporary Art Free of charge International City of music Location 20nine30 Paul-Lincke-Ufer 29 10999 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
Concerts © Leroy Verbeet Concerts 17/10/2026 Andriy K. & Tharim Cornelisse pres. DUST + mu tate pres. life of mu Concerts 17/10/2026 Andriy K. and Tharim Cornelisse return to the Kuppelhalle walls to present their newest collaboration, titled DUST. Read more Accessible Events experimental and contemporary Art City of music Location Silent Green Kulturquartier Gerichtstraße 35 13347 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.silent-green.net/en/programme/detail/andryi-k-tharim-cornelisse-pres-dust Buy tickets
Concerts © David Beck Concerts 17/10/2026 Becktrio: Songs Without Words Concerts 17/10/2026 Three Becks—three musical personalities with different tastes and experiences—have come together to share their common joy in making music with others. Read more City of music Location ufaFabrik - Wolfgang Neuss Salon Viktoriastr. 10-18 12105 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/40377/becktrio Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © Boris Breuer Pop Electro Rock 17/10/2026 Betontod - We're just getting started! Tour 2026 Pop Electro Rock 17/10/2026 The punk rock band from Rheinberg announces their "We're Just Getting Started! Tour 2026" for October 2026 – a milestone in their career and the highlight of their 35th anniversary. Read more City of music On Tour Location Columbiahalle (C-Halle am Columbiadamm) Columbiadamm 13-21 10965 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.eventim.de/event/betontod-wir-fangen-jetzt-erst-an-tour-2026-columbiahalle-21013408/?affiliate=VB1 Buy tickets
Blues & Jazz © Bidar Blues & Jazz 17/10/2026 Bidar Blues & Jazz 17/10/2026 Bîdar is a Berlin-based singer-songwriter who blends jazzy pop, alternative soundscapes, R&B and electronic textures into an intimate yet dynamic sound. Her music combines emotional storytelling with groovy arrangements, creating a space where warm melodies… Read more experimental and contemporary Art City of music Location Little Stage Berlin Jonasstraße 12053 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://peppi-guggenheim.de/
Pop Electro Rock © XJAZZ! Music I The Orchard Pop Electro Rock 17/10/2026 Big Mama Society Pop Electro Rock 17/10/2026 When music doesn’t just sound good, but transforms—that’s when it has truly made its mark. With his debut album “Big Mama Society,” Italian composer, guitarist, and producer Enrico Olivanti presents one of the most ambitious and multifaceted projects on the… Read more International City of music Location House of Music Revaler Str. 99 10245 Berlin Time 20:00 pm
Improvisational Theatre © Ratibor Theater Improvisational Theatre 17/10/2026 Das Duell Improvisational Theatre 17/10/2026 An evening that may drive its protagonists to despair—for in this theatrical competition, two players face off on an open stage, challenging each other to tasks that push the other to their limits. Read more Location Ratibor Theater Cuvrystr. 20a 10997 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.die-gorillas.de/spielplan.html Buy tickets
Concerts © Patricia Berndt Concerts 17/10/2026 Die Seilschaft Concerts 17/10/2026 After seven years, “Die Seilschaft” is finally embarking on another very special acoustic tour. In times of change and new challenges, the band once again skillfully blends the spirit of the past with the ethos of the present. Join the band as they revisit old… Read more City of music Location Kesselhaus in der KulturBrauerei Knaackstraße 97 10435 Berlin Time 20:00 pm – 22:00 pm https://www.kesselhaus.net/de/calendar/-OpnDSh3pWil8NUsmBFU Buy tickets
Theatre © Jasmin Schuller Theatre 17/10/2026 + 4 additional dates Fake Jews Theatre 17/10/2026 + 4 additional dates In Germany, you can talk about Judaism at length without ever encountering a Jewish person. Instead, you encounter ideas: circulating images, fixed meanings. Fake Jews is a solo performance with Moritz Kienemann about the German art of telling stories about… Read more Location Deutsches Theater Berlin - Box und Bar Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/fake-jews Buy tickets
Pop Electro Rock © Festival of Lights in Concert Pop Electro Rock 17/10/2026 Festival of Lights in Concert 2026 – Anja Schneider Pop Electro Rock 17/10/2026 Festival of Lights in Concert is back: the series of immersive 3D light art shows and ambient music sets by renowned DJs and artists at Berlin Cathedral brings Berlin-based musician Anja Schneider to the stage today – a leading figure in the world of… Read more Location Berliner Dom Am Lustgarten 10178 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
