Festivals and Events 2024
Highlights in this year's calendar
From the transmediale to the Gallery Weekend and the Long Night of Museums to Berlin Art Week - many Berlin events attract countless guests year after year. These events will continue to provide unforgettable experiences in 2024.
(Status: January 2024)
Jewish Culture Days
12th to 21st September 2024
The Culture Days invite you to get to know Berlin's Jewish culture. Every year, a varied programme of concerts, readings, exhibitions, discussions and theatre is offered. With this event, the Berlin Jewish Community wants to show the public the positive and life-affirming aspects of Jewish life.
Transmediale
31th January to 3rd February 2024
The 37th edition of transmediale with the theme "You're doing awesome sweetie" questions the appeal of useless politics that arise from cycles of consumption and distraction. Two exhibitions on this topic will run for two months until 14 April at Künstlerhaus Bethanien and Silent Green. The transmediale festival (at Silent Green and Haus der Kulturen der Welt) will be complemented for the first time by a club night at Berghain.
Gallery Weekend
26th to 28th April 2024
Every year in spring, Berlin galleries open exhibitions by world-renowned artists. Founded in 2005, the weekend has established itself as a highlight in the international art calendar. The format combines high-calibre exhibitions with the experience of city and gallery spaces.
International Museum Day
19th May 2024
International Museum Day is organised annually by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) to draw attention to the thematic diversity and social significance of the more than 6,500 museums in Germany. For the 47th edition, the museums presented themselves both with analogue offers on the day of action and digitally on the nationwide platform.
Fan Festival UEFA 2024
June/July 2024
Four weeks of football fever in the German capital. The 2024 European Men's Football Championship will take place in Germany and five matches as well as the final will be played in Berlin. To mark the occasion, the Brandenburg Gate will be transformed into the world's largest football goal and a unique venue for unforgettable summer evenings. The pitch is rolled out in front of it and the Straße des 17. Juni becomes a meeting place for locals and guests from all over the world.
Long Night of the Sciences
22nd June 2024
Every year, science and research institutions in Berlin and Potsdam open their laboratories, lecture halls, libraries and archives. Scientists explain what they are researching in experiments, lectures and demonstrations. The "smartest night of the year" communicates science in an understandable and entertaining way for young and old.
Potsdamer Schlössernacht
9th and 10th August 2024
The annual festival in Sanssouci Park is a unique variety show centred around Sanssouci Palace, the Orangery Palace, Charlottenhof Palace and the Roman Baths. Terraces, ponds and rondels are illuminated, the historical halls are open, and artistic performances, parades in historical costumes and concerts provide entertainment everywhere. The 25th edition invites you to stroll through one of the most beautiful historical sites around Berlin under the motto "Curtain up!".
Long Night of Museums
24th August 2024
Acrobatics under domes, courtly dance in the palace, cocktails among dinosaurs - experience museums in a different way. The world-famous museums on Museum Island will be there, as well as art galleries and technology museums, planetariums and palaces. The Long Night of Museums is a Berlin invention. It was held here for the first time in 1997. In 2023, Berlin's most cultural night set a visitor record with 50,000 guests.
Long Night of Religions
7th and 8th September 2024
The largest and most diverse interreligious event in Germany has been taking place since 2012. Up to 100 religious communities and initiatives open their synagogues, churches, mosques, temples and community centres (mostly in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and Mitte), invite people to talks, concerts, services, devotions and lectures and thus promote social dialogue.
Day of the open monument in Berlin
9th September 2024
This year's motto is "True Signs. Contemporary witnesses of history". Unique buildings are often remembered as recognisable landmarks. Buildings such as the Brandenburg Gate create identification with their surroundings and attract tourists. But every monument is "true" as an authentic testimony to a time. But what exactly does "true" mean and what "signs" does a monument set?
Berlin Art Week
11th to 15th September 2024
Since 2012, Berlin's contemporary art scene has been showcasing what makes the city of art what it is: a source where art is created, a laboratory for themes and a place for new impulses and many discoveries. Galleries from all over the world present young art at the POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, and high-calibre exhibitions open in Berlin's museums, project spaces and exhibition venues.