Apr 07-13: Arts & Crafts, Film Festival, Cherry Blossom Festival, and more!
Things to do in Berlin - Mar 07-13!
Happy Easter everyone! 🐰 Even if you don’t celebrate, I hope you had a chance to take a break from work and spend time with your loved ones.
What’s in store for you this week:
🧶 European Arts and Crafts Days
🎬 Human Rights Film Festival
🏺 Open Studio Days at Kleistone Studio!
🛍️ Sisyphos Flohmarkt
😂 Xylophone - A Fully Improvised Rock n’ Roll Comedy
🌸 Cherry Blossom Festival
🚲 VeloBerlin
🎶 TransCULT by Babylon ORCHESTRA
💑 Couples Workshop: Your Body Held in Time
📅 Spotlight - Sponsored
Learn the ropes & find your way in the kink scene, this April at SPNKD Berlin: April 23rd: Spicy shibari for the bedroom / April 30th Kink Compass for curious explorers. Join us!
🎫 This Week’s Giveaways
We have 2 tickets to 😂 Xylophone - Comedy Show on Saturday April 11th for two subscribers. To enter the raffle, hit the ❤️ button (top or bottom of this email/post) and send an email to this email address with the subject line “COMEDY SHOW”.
⭐ Winner will be selected from those who both liked this post and sent an email, and will be notified directly via email by Wednesday evening.
1. European Arts and Crafts Days
Artisans and designers open workshops and studios across Berlin for three days of hands-on craft, with fashion shows, lectures, and demonstrations alongside the work on display. The Berlin Chamber of Crafts has hosted this European-wide initiative since 2014 to showcase skills in wood, textiles, ceramics, metal, stone, glass, and paper, highlight training paths, and connect makers with the public. The program is spread citywide rather than tied to a single hall! More info.
💵 Free / Paid workshops
📅 10 Apr (Fri) - 12 Apr (Sun)
📍 Various locations
2. Human Rights Film Festival
Over ten days the festival screens documentary films chosen for how they engage with human rights, with screenings in multiple Berlin cinemas. Alongside the program, a film forum brings together experts, filmmakers, activists, and civil society groups to discuss the works and the issues they raise. The program.
💵 €10
📅 10 Apr (Fri) - 18 Apr (Sat)
📍 Various cinemas
⭐ sponsored post
3. Open Studio Days at Kleistone Studio!
Join us for our open studio days on occasion of the European Days of Arts and Crafts. Book your spot and make beautiful ceramics independently, no experience needed. You will be provided with clay, tools and written instructions. We take care of glazing and firing. This is not a class, but an opportunity to unwind and make something beautiful with your hands. More info.
💵 €55
📅 10 Apr (Fri) & 11 Apr (Sat), 14:00-16:00
4. Sisyphos Flohmarkt
Sisyphos hosts a spring flea market weekend, starting Friday evening. On Friday from 6 pm to 2 am, the grounds open for a night flea market. On Saturday and Sunday, it continues as a large daytime bazaar from 2 pm, with stalls full of unique, second-hand finds. Alongside the market, there’s food, drinks, games, and music throughout the weekend, ending with an afterparty on Sunday from 8 pm. More info.
💵 €5
📅 10 Apr (Fri) - 12 Apr (Sun)
📍 Sisyphos
⭐ sponsored post
5. Xylophone - A Fully Improvised Rock n' Roll Comedy
Xylophone transforms your suggestions into a full-blown musical where the only thing louder than their band is your laughter. It's a one-night-only jukebox of mind-blowing music and comedy you have to see to believe. More info.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - "It was a hot, unpredictable ride full of music and laughs!" -Nadinee R.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - "I was laughing and in awe the whole time!" -Chris B.
💵 Pay What You Can: €10 - €30
📅 11 Apr (Sat), 20:00
6. Cherry Blossom Festival in the Gardens of the World
Every April the Gardens of the World in Marzahn holds a cherry blossom weekend while the trees are in full bloom, with music, dance, drumming, crafts, and food across the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean gardens. There is also a cosplay contest. More info.
📅 11 Apr (Sat) - 12 Apr (Sun)
7. VeloBerlin
VeloBerlin is a two-day public bike fair at Tempelhof Airport for bicycles and urban mobility, where roughly 270 exhibitors and some 500 brands show city, trekking, and mountain bikes, e-bikes, road and kids’ lines, singlespeeds, and more specialist builds, with plenty of stock sold straight from the stands. Large outdoor parcours and test tracks sit next to the halls so people can try bikes before buying. More info.
💵 €15 (children up to 14 free)
📅 11 Apr (Sat) - 12 Apr (Sun)
8. TransCULT by Babylon ORCHESTRA feat. Nesrine, Momo Djender
transCULT is an event where Babylon Orchestra performs a live, spatialized take on Tahar Ben Jelloun’s novel The Sacred Night, using MONOM’s 4DSOUND system so voices, instruments, and electronics move through the room instead of staying in a conventional stage setup. The story follows Zahra, raised as a son until her father’s death shifts what is possible for her, with narration in German, French, and Arabic woven between North African instrumental and electronic beats. More info.
💵 €21
📅 11 Apr (Sat)
📍 MONOM
⭐ sponsored post
9. Couples Workshop: Your Body Held in Time
What if you could hold onto a moment of intimacy forever? Your Body Held in Time is an intimate couples workshop with artist Dan Carabas, where rope embraces the torso and plaster seals the moment into sculpture. An evocative ritual of closeness, trust, and surrender—preserving a shared moment as a sculptural memory, and transforming your intimacy into something lasting, tactile, and unforgettable. More info.
💵 €240 / couple (incl. materials)
📅 12 Apr (Sun), 14:00-18:00
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