Featured Events in Berlin in July 2025 (June Updated)

The Berlin Biennale for contemporary art takes place every two years at different locations in Berlin. Since its first edition in 1998, the Berlin Biennale has made it its mission to create space for renowned curators with experimental exhibition and event programs and to present bold artistic and political positions independent of the interests of the art market. The Berlin Biennale explores international artistic developments of the present that make the hidden and unknown tangible. Each edition brings together artists, theorists and interested parties from various areas of society, thus opening up a dialogue with the city's residents. The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art takes place from 14 June to 14 September 2025 and is curated by Zasha Colah. Valentina Viviani is assistant curator.

DJs' musical performances create a great atmosphere, and visitors can try food from all over the world at the numerous street food stalls - from hearty specialities to tempting desserts. A wide range of drinks is also available. Children will also have a blast: children's rides and many other attractions make this festival a special experience for the whole family.

On July 6, 2025, Berlin's only kosher street food festival will give you a real preview of the Jewish Culture Days in November 2025. The Berlin Jewish community invites you to the synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse to discover kosher cuisine and to enjoy a cultural program suitable for the whole family. The annual street food festival is a highlight of the culinary world and you can enjoy kosher food to your heart's content. Jewish cuisine combines flavors from all over the world, you can find borscht with crepes, fresh bowls with hummus and vegan burgers. Enjoy the food as you go from stall to stall in a lively atmosphere.

The International Spy Museum is proud to host this official exhibition of iconic vehicles, all used on-screen by 007 and his many allies and adversaries. While James Bond is a fictional character, he embodies the spirit of many real spies in this museum. These men and women, from around the world, were inspired by over six decades of the Bond film franchise and its enduring cultural influence. Bond In Motion is a celebration of six decades of 007 vehicles. The exhibition features 17 iconic pieces from the EON Productions Archive and the Ian Fleming Foundation. Props, models scale and clips from the films are also on show alongside cars, motorcycles, submarines, and more from the Q Branch garage.

From spring 2025, the Gropius Bau will present a comprehensive solo exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking and influential work of artist and activist Yoko Ono. Spanning seven decades of the artist’s powerful, multidisciplinary practice from the mid-1950s to now, YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND will trace the development of her innovative work and its enduring impact on contemporary culture. The exhibition brings together over 200 works including instruction pieces and scores, installations, films, music and photography, revealing a radical approach to language, art and participation that continues to speak to the present moment.

Galerie Max Hetzler presents THERAPY, a solo exhibition of new works by KAWS. This is the artist’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery.Drawing inspiration from the vast fields of popular culture and art history, KAWS’ artistic lexicon revitalises figuration with big, bold gestures and playful intricacies. His prolific body of work straddles the worlds of fine art and consumer culture to include paintings, murals and sculptures, as well as graphic and product design. In the present exhibition, KAWS’ iconic hybrid cartoon characters populate a series of paintings and one larger-than-life sculpture. At once humorous and empathetic, these characters offer entryways into complex emotions and serve as prime examples of KAWS’ exploration of humanity.

The Berlinische Galerie has devoted over 1000 square metres to presenting its collection. Waiting to be discovered among the roughly 250 works on show are paintings, prints, photographs, architecture and archive materials rarely or never displayed before. Walking around this exhibition is like time travel and takes visitors through Berlin in 17 chapters: the Kaiser’s era, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi dictatorship, the new beginnings after 1945, Cold War in the divided city, and the counter-cultures and unconventional lifestyles that evolved in East and West under the shadow of the Wall. In East Berlin, an alternative art community developed from the late 1970s. In West Berlin from the late 1970s, aggressive art by the “Neue Wilden” placed the divided city back in the international limelight.

Das Berliner Theater Russische Bühne präsentiert die Inszenierung des letzten Stücks von Anton Tschechow – Der Kirschgarten . Dieses Werk, das den Abschluss des Tschechows Theaters des russischen Absurden markiert, bleibt eines der rätselhaftesten Stücke der Weltliteratur. In ihm verweben sich das Komische und das Tragische auf eigentümliche Weise, während hinter der scheinbaren Leichtigkeit tiefgründige Fragen verborgen liegen, auf die es keine einfachen Antworten gibt. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Familie Ranjewskaja, die verzweifelt an der Vergangenheit festhält, während die Realität unaufhaltsam voranschreitet. Der Verkauf des Anwesens und die Abholzung des Kirschgartens werden zu Symbolen des Wandels, dem die Figuren hilflos gegenüberstehen. Doch jedes Abschiednehmen bedeutet auch den Beginn eines neuen Weges, so schmerzhaft es auch sein mag. In diesem feinen Übergang zwischen Komödie und Drama spiegelt sich die ganze Tiefe von Tschechows Blick auf das Leben wider. Die Aufführung stützt sich auf die Worte von Vladimir Nabokov: Die Welt ist für Tschechow zugleich lächerlich und traurig – aber wer ihre Komik nicht erkennt, wird auch ihre Traurigkeit nicht begreifen. Die Aufführung findet im Vorfeld des Gedenktag an Anton Tschechow statt und erinnert an die ungebrochene Aktualität seiner Werke. Sie lädt dazu ein, in eine Welt einzutauchen, in der Vertrautes zerfällt und die Zukunft ungewiss, aber unvermeidlich bleibt. Aufführung des Berliner Theaters Russische Bühne in russischer Sprache nach dem Stück von Anton Tschechow Regie: Inna Sokolova-Gordon Mit: Michael Lel, Ekaterina Warkentin, Johann Lel, Anna Miskes-Petrenko, Elena Bogoutdinova, Olga Levitskaya, Anastasia Friserger Information Source: Russisches Haus in Berlin | eventbrite

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Experience the magic at the upcoming Magic Underground event in Berlin. Taking place at the Kohlenquelle venue on Kopenhagener Straße 16, 10437 Berlin, on July 14, 2025, this mystical gathering promises an enchanting evening filled with wonder and awe. Immerse yourself in a world of illusions and spellbinding performances for a ticket price of only €17.17. Don't miss out on this opportunity to be transported to a realm where the impossible becomes possible.

One-On-One, Style vs. Style und nur die Crowd entscheidet, wer gewinnt! Am Samstag, den 26.07.2025 findet in Berlin das Red Bull Dance Your Style National Final statt. Mitten im Herzen der Stadt wird die Columbiahalle zum Schauplatz des heißesten Dance-Battles. Was wird passieren? 16 Tänzer*innen treten im K.O.-System in Battles gegeneinander an und nur der DJ weiß, zu welchem Tune sie auf den Floor gehen. Wer die heftigste Performance in den jeweiligen Dance-Offs hingelegt hat, entscheidet allein die Crowd. Wer sich hier den Thron des Street Dances in Deutschland erkämpfen kann, sichert sich automatisch das Ticket für das Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final in Los Angeles am 11.10.2025. Du willst beim Red Bull Dance Your Style National Final in Berlin dabei sein? Dann sicher dir jetzt dein Ticket. Achtung: Die Tickets sind limitiert - first come, first serve. Einlass ab 16 Jahren. Doors open: 18:00 Uhr D J Warm Up: 18:00 Uhr - 19:30 Uhr Beginn: 19:30 Uhr Weitere Infos findest Du hier: 🔗 redbull.com/danceyourstyle Information Source: Six Step GmbH | eventbrite

LAS Art Foundation is pleased to present Pollinator Pathmaker, a living artwork and participatory project conceived by artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg. This impactful initiative in interspecies art uses algorithmic technology to generate planting schemes for gardens, computed to support the greatest diversity of pollinating insects possible. It signals a shift toward the post-anthropocentric thinking necessary to face the current climate and biodiversity crises, and toward the non-human aesthetics and experimental formats that pave the way. Ambitious and future-minded, it is exemplary of how art can act as a driver for change, and offer new perspectives on our shared planet. Growing in the forecourt of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, the LAS- commissioned garden will be the first edition outside of the UK. LAS has committed to amplifying Pollinator Pathmaker’s impact by undertaking an extensive public campaign, which calls upon local communities, hobby gardeners and activists to get involved in pollinator protection by planting their own version of the artwork – what the artist refers to as DIY Editions – via Ginsberg’s free online tool: www.pollinator.art. Responding to the alarming decline in pollinator populations in recent decades, Ginsberg has worked with horticulturalists, pollinator experts and an AI scientist to devise an algorithmic tool that designs bespoke gardens for pollinating insects. Supported by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, the LAS Edition will be customised for Continental Europe, and will feature more than 7,000 plants of 80 different varieties, planted over a 722-square-metre plot.

Already 2,000 years ago, the emperors of China had portraits of loyal officials and generals made in order to display them in their palaces. This presentation features depictions of meritorious officers that the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736–1795) had commissioned for their display in the hall of fame Ziguangge to demonstrate his power and legitimacy. In the 20th century they became spoils of war not one but two times. Located adjacent to the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Ziguangge is a two-storey pavilion. During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736 – 1795), the building was a venue for military rituals and banquets and housed paintings with battle scenes of the imperial military campaigns and portraits of meritorious officers.

Marking twenty years since artist, writer and performer Vaginal Davis made Berlin her home, Gropius Bau presents the first comprehensive solo exhibition of her work in Germany. In her expansive oeuvre, punk meets glamour, queer activism meets Black counter-culture and resistance meets desire. Vaginal Davis: Fabelhaftes Produkt features large-scale installations, paintings, video and film works, zines, writing, music and performances, offering an overview of Davis’ practice and artistic collaborations. In the exhibition, the Berlin-based art collective CHEAP presents the installation Choose Mutation, with photographs by Annette Frick. Fabelhaftes Produkt invites you into the universe of Vaginal Davis, populated by literary heroines, mythical figures and real icons.

YOKO ONO: DREAM TOGETHER at Neue Nationalgalerie is an exhibition featuring works from across Ono’s groundbreaking career. The exhibition invites viewers to move beyond passive observation and engage in active participation – both physically and mentally. Often beginning on an individual level, these actions evolve into broader collective efforts, demonstrating the transformative power of communal actions in working toward peace and imagining a different world. The works invite collective actions of repair, healing, cleaning, mending, wishing, imagining, and dreaming. Before entering the exhibition, visitors are invited to engage in a moment of self-reflection through Cleaning Piece (1996). Piles of local river stones are arranged, prompting visitors to reflect on their joys and sorrows. This is followed with instructions to fold paper cranes for peace, gradually filling the exhibition space. In Mend Piece (1966), visitors take part in an act of repair, piecing together broken ceramic cups and “mending with wisdom and love.” The exhibitions central installation, Play It By Trust (1966/1991), features a large chess table where up to 20 players can simultaneously engage in the nearly impossible act of playing with all white chess pieces, challenging them to “play as long as you remember where all your pieces are.”

This special exhibition, presented in the staircase hall of the Neues Museum, offers a dialogue on the meaning of time, mortality and the connection between past and present. Contemporary art meets historical space, refers to ancient models and offers a modern adaptation of the classical reception of the myth of the Dioscuri, who walk eternally between death and life.

Klára Hosnedlová's exhibition at the iconic Hamburger Bahnhof National Gallery for Contemporary Art combines sculpture, performance and mixed media to create a unique sensory experience. The art exhibition will run from May 1 to October 26, 2025, inviting visitors to learn about history, reflect on the present and dream about the future.

The 44th International Hurdy-Gordon Festival will make Berlin the capital of hurdy-gurdy music once again. From July 4 to 6, 2025, the elite of the world's top hurdy-gurdy artists will once again gather in Berlin to join thousands of fans from all over the world at Breitscheidplatz. Hurdy-gurdy enthusiasts from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the United States and other countries will gather in Berlin to play hurdy-gurdy together. They will transform the area between the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the EUROPA Center into "Berlin's largest hurdy-gurdy concert hall". The highlight of the festival is the parade along Kurfürstendamm starting at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday with hurdy-gurdy players in historical costumes.

Shakespeare. The Real Deal. One NightOnly. New Venue! Even More Seats! A bunch of classical English-speaking actors stranded in Berlin in search of an audience for this beautiful, oft-misunderstood language. They prepare their parts, have one rehearsal and then bring Shakespeare to life in the stunning Monbijou Theater. Best of all, it's free! (obviously we will still pass the hat, cultural funding has been cut and rents are still going up! so bring cash, we're happy to make change for 50s and 100s) A Midsummer Night's Dream, the original text cut down to 90 minutes Tuesday July 15th 2025, 8pm (Doors: 7:30) MONBIJOU THEATER Monbijoustraße 3b 10117 Berlin Free reservations will open at 11:59pm on April 30th. Follow us on instagram to stay up to date @shakespeariment.berlin Series director: Brian Bell Producer: Summer Banks With a massive thanks to Back Room Shakespeare for the inspiration Entrance is free, but we will pass a hat, so bring cash Information Source: Shakespeariment Berlin | eventbrite

+++ Dieses Jahr im Strandbad Wendenschloss +++ Stell dir doch mal vor: Ein Sommerabend in Berlin. Deine Freunde und du, ihr habt die Zehen im Sand und ein Sommergetränk in der Hand. Ein DJ spielt elektronische Musik mit einem Dash Cumbia. Als die Sonne hinterm See versinkt ertönen Trompeten. Eine mexikanische Mariachi Band spielt auf einer schwimmenden Bühne. Und dann geht’s los: Die besten Poetry Slammer*innen des Landes kämpfen mit ihren Texten um deine Gunst. Dazu natürlich ein paar Strandbadpommes Rot-Weiss. Das wäre doch der beste Poetry Slam der Welt!Sechs Meister*innen der letzten Jahre stellen sich dem allerletzten Duell um den goldenen Schwan. Es gibt so viele Poetry Slams und es gibt so viele Slamsieger*innen. Aber es kann doch nur eine*n geben. Das ist das Finale vom Finale. Eine Veranstaltung, so bescheiden wie Berlin und so übermütig wie man eben nur an einem Sommerabend ist. Das wird ein lyrischer Sundowner, Sex on the Beach für Sprachverliebte und ganz, ganz vielleicht der beste Poetry Slam der Welt. Mit: 🎤 Moderation: Julian Heun (Radio Fritz) 🌟 Special Act: 🏆 Paulina Behrendt (deutschsprachige U20 Meisterin) 🏆 Abdul Kader Chahin (Kampf der Künste Award) 🏆 Dalibor Markovic (deutschsprachiger Team Meister ) 🏆 Tommy & Annika (deutschsprachige Team Meister ) 🏆 Fee (deutschsprachige U20 Meisterin) 🏆 Lars Ruppel (deutschsprachiger Meister) 🎶 DJ: Ernesto Linares (Calima) Freitag, 18.07.25 ► Einlass 17:00 Uhr. Beginn 19:00 Uhr. ◀ ☀️ 3 goldene Schwäne ☀️ Strandbadsnacks ☀️ Veranstaltung ist unbestuhlt. Campingstühle und Decken können mitgebracht werden. ☀️ Die Veranstaltung findet bei jedem Wetter statt! Fotos: offene Blende & Marvin Ruppert Information Source: Der beste Poetry Slam der Welt | eventbrite

Welcome to a brand new Turkish Drag Night hosted by the gorgeous multi-talented Beyefendi Spend a night with us transported to a neighborhood club in İstanbul run by Hanımefendi. She has a very important guest for this special night… His name is Beyefendi, and we heard it’s his birthday!!! Anatolian Nights: Ağır Abi (Big Shot Guy) will introduce you to an influential man of the Bosphorus. Come and meet him, celebrate with us on a night full of live singing, Turkish* drama, and surprises. Doors at 17h | Happy Hour 17h-19h ; Late Night Happy Hour 23h-24h Showtime 19h30-22h | DJ at 22h to late ---- <3 WELCOME TO TIPSY BEAR BERLIN <3 this event, like any event at Tipsy Bear Berlin, is a safer space designed and operated by and for LGBTQIA+ people and BIPOC. We stand firmly against racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and hate of any kind. We stand FOR abundance, consensual pleasure, communal joy, and full presence. Come with respect and kindness. Our bar is wheelchair accessible. We are a smoking bar, guests must be 18+ to enter. NOTE: A ticket for this event does not guarantee your stay or entry. Our staff has the final say. If you are not respectful to our safer space - if there is any complaint from our staff, artists, or guests - then you will be turned away or asked to leave and your ticket will be refunded. Information Source: Tipsy Bear Berlin | eventbrite

Iron Maiden, Avatar Berlin is set to electrify the iconic Waldbühne in Berlin on July 30, 2025, at 18:15. This highly anticipated event promises an unforgettable evening of heavy metal mastery, featuring the legendary Iron Maiden alongside the dynamic Swedish band Avatar. With a ticket price of 128 USD, attendees will experience a fusion of classic hits and innovative performances in one of Germany's most renowned open-air venues. Nestled in the heart of Berlin, Waldbühne offers a perfect backdrop for this monumental concert, ensuring an immersive experience for all metal enthusiasts. Iron Maiden, Avatar Berlin is not just a concert; it's a celebration of musical prowess and a testament to the enduring legacy of these iconic bands.

The exhibition is aimed at gamers of all ages, but also at visitors who have little experience with computer games. The fact that computer games have developed into a leading medium is no longer a daring thesis. The social and aesthetic significance of the interactive and multimedia medium can no longer be overlooked. The computer game has freed itself from its origins as a laboratory experiment and toy and has become "the" medium of digital society, somewhere between pop culture, entertainment and art. With the opening of the exhibition »The World of Games« in the fall of 1997, the ZKM was one of the first art institutions worldwide to give video game culture a permanent public platform in an art context. Since then, the ZKM has repeatedly reshaped the presentation of games in a series of different exhibitions.

Ayoung Kim’s (b. 1979 in Seoul, Korea) first solo exhibition in a German museum spans the most recent years of her artistic practice and explores concepts of time, reality, belonging, and queerness. Using Artificial Intelligence, video, game simulations, and sculpture, Ayoung Kim creates expansive fictional universes governed by their own temporal and spatial laws. Her works are linked by speculative narratives rooted in reality, and viewers become both spectators and first-person players, shaping the story from their perspective.

Galerie Bastian presents a solo exhibition of new photographs by renowned photographer and film director Wim Wenders, opening on the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin.

Esther Schipper is pleased to announce Polympsest, Norbert Bisky’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. On view will be all new paintings and a lamp sculpture.

Esther Schipper is pleased to announce Roman Ondak's Out of the Blue, the artist's second solo presentation with the gallery. On view will be sculptures as well as photographic works with various interventions.

The exhibition "AGI France, Beyond Latitude" is hosted by the Alliance Graphic Internationale de France and the Center for Visual Arts Berlin, showcasing the diversity and innovation of French graphic design. The exhibition catalogue book "AGI France, Beyond Latitude" was planned and published.