When the days are at their longest, it’s not just the calendar that marks the beginning of a Berlin summer: the city blooms culturally every year, in every conceivable way and at every possible location (truly). Brought to life by Draussenstadt and Kulturprojekte, the Berlin Kultursommerfestival begins again this weekend: one hundred days (24.06.-04.09.2023) of colorful and diverse programming beckon. The only constant is that everything is outdoors. Everything is free. Everything is tempting. The opening evening on Saturday (24.06.) starts off with a bang: 100 years of time travel with Moka Efti, the orchestra from Babylon Berlin in the Schönhausen Palace Garden? Feeling like you’re back in the 90s with the breakdance troupe Flying Steps at the Beach Bar Waterfront in Neukölln? Or joining pianist Sebastian Kauer and actress Martina Gedeck on Charlottenburg’s Walther-Benjamin-Platz for a taste of George Gershwin’s American Dream? How can you make up your mind? Sunday (25.06.) it carries on – Kultursommerfestival meets 48 Stunden Neukölln. At least here you don’t have to have FOMO. The week merrily rolls along. There’s Summertime in Köpenick with music, theater and live acts, the opening of the beautiful Kolonnaden Bar on Museum Island and a talk with Missy Magazine at the Georg Kolbe Museum. Not to mention open studios and dance performances in the Uferhallen, the Acid Arab concert at Gretchen, the summer celebration at the Jewish Museum Berlin or the open-air concert by the Staatsoper for All. All possible neighborhoods, all possible genres, all possible formats. Literally. Promised.
Text: Hilka Dirks / Photos: Alexander Rentsch
Kultursommerfestival
The full program for Kultursommerfestival is available here.
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