Is summer returning? This weekend is in orbit, circulating between Georgian sounds and literary walks, spaces for listening, sandwiches, and organic objects from a 3D printer. Here are the CC Calendar tips for the weekend. A Georgian sky over Berlin: on Thursday (07.08.2025), the Georgian platform TSA brings experimental sounds to Silent Green with “TSA: in transmission”. Three encounters shape the evening: Berlin sound artist Mess Montage meets saxophonist and improvisational artist Reso Kiknadze, young composer Anushka Chkheidze meets jazz drummer Daniel Adikashvili, and Georgian electronic music pioneer Natalie Beridze meets pianist Tamriko Kordzaia, who is known for her Mozart interpretations but has made herself at home in the contemporary music space. There will also be a special launch: the new label TSA Records, which will release the collaborations on vinyl. Tickets are also available at the door! Anyone who wants to get away for a few hours (or the whole night) is warmly invited to Neukölln. On Friday (08.08.), Into Orbitbrings together three DJs who share more than just music. Host Jiyun Kim, firmly rooted in the Berlin house scene, is known for her smooth yet energetic sets, with a unique groove shaped by subtle R&B and hip-hop inflections. Joining her on the decks are British DJ producers Hett and Lavan, long-time fixtures of the Berlin club scene. The three meet at Paloma at Kotti and invite you into their orbit for exchange and musical discovery, from house to deep house, from the first track to the early morning.
It’s probably the most popular hobby in the world, and I love it too: walking. Lukas Kesler and Olga Hohmann are specialists in this — walking gives them ideas and inspires long conversations. The artist and author document their impressions in a book. On Friday (08.08.), they present the third chapter of their project “Locus Amoenus”, published by Accidental Interest Books, this time in the form of a newspaper. The idea is to invite others to follow their 4.6-kilometer route (about 90 minutes). On Friday evening, pick up the document at KM Galerie, go for a stroll, reflect along the way, then return for a drink and a reading. The gallery will be showing a video documentary in its window until mid-August, and the route map is still available if you’d like to join later. You could keep walking, maybe through Gleisdreieckpark, but don’t miss the terrace at 8000 Vintages. Kroque Berlin will be there on Saturday (09.08.) with a pop-up. Under the open sky, handmade French sandwiches with house-sourced and cured meats meet Georgian wines, served by the glass or bottle. Come by, taste your way through the menu, and let summer hold you for the length of a Kroque or a glass. Radical Softness does what its name promises: design that thinks softly, feels radically, and consciously breaks with norms. The Berlin-based studio experiments with 3D printing, bold colors, and flowing forms, between everyday objects and artwork, between playful aesthetic and political gesture. On Saturday (09.08.), just off Maybachufer, the studio invites you to a colorful pop-up, featuring signature pieces and two new collaborations. Candy vodka slushies will help you browse. Maybe you’ll find an object that brings a little more radical softness into your home.
While I often listen to music casually at home, there’s another way to do it. More attentively, as if the ear were hearing it for the first time. That’s exactly what’s happening on Saturday (09.08.) at the second Circular Listening Session at Savvy Contemporary. Here, there’s no separation between stage and audience. Instead, the focus is on listening together. Dudù Kouate opens the day — his repertoire includes over 200 traditional African instruments, and his music moves between Afro free jazz and a modern, personal interpretation of the griot tradition. From noon to midnight, Ariel William Orah and Tengal, Cashmere Radio, and many others will be playing at Refuge Worldwide. In between, there will be time to talk, time to listen, and, in the evening, a tasting hosted by Catherine Shi Tamufor.
Text: Emma Zylla / Photos: Alana Neumann, Chiara Bonetti, Lavan, Seamus Platt, Radical Softness, Levan Maisuradze, Salome Tsabutashvili, TSA, Savannah van der Niet
Paloma, Skalitzer Str.135, 10999 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Into Orbit, 08.08.2025 23–07h.
@jiyun__kim__
@paloma_berlin
@hett___
@lavanonwax
Silent Green, Gerichtstr.35, 13347 Berlin–Wedding; map
Tsa: in Transmission, 07.08.2025 19h. You can buy tickets here or at the door.
@silent.green
@tsa.music
@mess_montage
@reso.kiknadze
@__halfie__
@danieladikashvili@chventhuniebi
@tamriko.kordzaia
KM Galerie Galerie, Mehringplatz 8, 10969 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Spaziergang Nr. 3, 08.08.2025 Spaziergang 18h, Lesung 20h.
@km.berlin
@accidentalinterestbooks
@galapagoth
@olgahoho
8000 Vintages, Grosbeerenstr.27, 10963 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Croque Monsieur Pop-up 09.08.2025 15–20h.
@8000vintages_germany
@kroque_berlin
Hobrechtstr.35, 12047 Berlin–Neukölln; map
Studio Radical Softness Pop–up, 09.08.2025 starts at 14h.
@studio.radicalsoftness
Refuge Worldwide, Weserstr.166, 12045 Berlin–Neukölln; map
Circular Listening Session, 19.08.2025 14–24h.
@refugeworldwide
@savvycontemporary
@_ravenative_
@cashmere_radio
@tengal
