Berlin Events

Curated Berlin event listings for music, food, festivals, exhibitions, family days, markets, and useful city plans.

28 event picks

Arts Museum admission

Brancusi at the Neue Nationalgalerie

Neue Nationalgalerie · Tiergarten

The Neue Nationalgalerie presents a major Brancusi exhibition in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou.

Literature Varies; many events free

Poesiefestival Berlin

Silent Green and Akademie der Künste · Wedding

Berlin's poetry festival runs into June with readings, performance, discussion, international poets, and events around myths, grief, and literary canon.

Arts Museum admission

Rainer Wölzl: Constellations

Käthe Kollwitz Museum · Charlottenburg

A solo exhibition at the Käthe Kollwitz Museum, running from June into August and useful for a compact Charlottenburg art stop.

Outdoors Free

ADFC Bicycle Rally

Citywide routes to Brandenburg Gate · Citywide

Berlin's large June bike rally brings thousands of cyclists onto city routes, including special sections normally closed to bicycles.

Music Free

Soul Festival on Alexanderplatz

Alexanderplatz · Mitte

Free outdoor soul, funk, and R&B music on Alexanderplatz for eleven days in June, with street food vendors and easy access from central Berlin.

Arts Free time-slot ticket

FREIRAUM KUNST: Akademie der Künste Goes Bellevue

Bellevue Palace · Tiergarten

Bellevue Palace becomes a temporary contemporary art venue before renovation, with free time-slot tickets and a two-week program.

Science Ticketed

ILA Berlin Public Days

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport · Schönefeld

The public weekend of ILA Berlin brings aircraft, flying displays, aerospace technology, space programming, and workshops to Berlin ExpoCenter Airport.

Arts Check program

Pankow Art Festival

Schönhausen Palace Park · Pankow

A June weekend at Schönhausen Palace Park with arts, crafts, music, acrobatics, and a calmer northern Berlin festival mood.

Food & Drink Ticketed

ANTOJITOS Mexican Street Food Market

Osthafen Berlin · Friedrichshain

A two-day Mexican street food market at Osthafen Berlin with tacos, music, DJs, family activities, and Lucha Libre.

Music Free

Berlin Brass Festival

Various locations · Citywide

A free open-air brass music festival across Berlin locations, running in the week before Fête de la Musique.

Festival Free

Köpenick Summer Festival

Köpenick Palace Island · Köpenick

Köpenick's summer festival brings music, markets, family attractions, a parade, and old-town atmosphere to the palace island.

Culture Free

Open Day of the German Federal Government

Government district · Tiergarten

The Federal Chancellery, ministries, and government institutions open their doors for a free June weekend in Berlin's government district.

Music Varies by event

Berlin Jazz Week

Various venues · Citywide

Berlin Jazz Week runs each June with live jazz, improvised music, and contemporary sounds across venues — from major clubs to small spaces, ticketed and free.

Food & Drink Free entry

Kosher Street Food Festival

Neue Synagoge · Mitte

A free kosher street food festival at Neue Synagoge with Jewish food culture, summer atmosphere, and central Mitte access.

Festival Free

Kreuzberg Festival

Bergmannkiez · Kreuzberg

The former Bergmannstraßenfest returns as a June street festival with music, food, stalls, and Bergmannkiez summer energy.

Architecture Free

Tag der Architektur Berlin

Various locations · Citywide

Berlin's Day of Architecture opens current architecture, landscape, interior, and urban planning projects for free tours, talks, and visits.

Literature Free

Berlin Book Festival

Bebelplatz · Mitte

Bebelplatz becomes an open-air book market with readings, talks, publishers, bookshops, food trucks, and family-friendly literary programming.

Arts Mostly free

48 Stunden Neukölln

Neukölln · Neukölln

Neukölln's broad art and culture festival returns with open studios, performances, installations, and neighborhood routes.