Feb 03-09: A Space Opera, Film Festival, Photography Exhibition, and more!
Things to do in Berlin - Feb 03-09!
You might have noticed the newsletter landed in your inbox a day later than usual. That one’s on purpose. I’m making a few changes in my routine, and one of them is shifting the newsletter to Mondays going forward.
What’s in store for you this week:
🎭 YOU\ME/ALIEN – A Space Opera
🎬 Berlin Independent Film Festival 2026
🎵 Strom – Festival for Electronic Music
📸 C/O Berlin - Exhibition Opening
🎉 Refuge Worldwide 5th Birthday
💥 ORGANYSMO – HUMACHINE COEXISTENCE
🍷 WeinBerlin
📅 Spotlight - Sponsored
🎶 DND Berlin Launch: DND lands in Berlin! Join our private launch at Vault Bar on Sat. Feb 7th, 22:00. Intimate vibes, limited spots only. Sound: AfroTech, Spanish Tech & Amapiano. Come as you are. More info.
✍️ Writing Intimacy 1-Day Creative Writing Workshop with Cat Hepburn & Demi Anter: Berlin Well - Sun. Feb 8 - 13:00 - 18:00 - Learn to write about dating and intimacy in ways that feels authentic, accessible, ethical—and hot. All experience levels. FLINTA only. More info.
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1. YOU\ME/ALIEN – A Space Opera
Opera Lab Berlin and Theater im Delphi present YOU\ME/ALIEN, a new work that treats the unknown as a space for empathy rather than fear. Twelve performers combine experimental voice, choreography, and live music from strings, winds, percussion, and electronics. Sound moves between signal and language while identities loosen and re-form aboard a deep-space vessel; the piece asks how we hear each other across divides and how art can open conditions for connection. More info.
💵 €15-€35
📅 04 Feb (Wed) - 08 Feb (Sun)
2. Berlin Independent Film Festival 2026
The Berlin Independent Film Festival supports low-budget filmmaking in Europe by giving new directors a place to screen work and exchange ideas. The program includes feature, documentary, sci-fi and horror, LGBT film, short film, animated short, and music video. Films are in English or shown with English subtitles. More info.
💵 €12
📅 05 Feb (Thu) - 08 Feb (Sun)
3. Strom – Festival for Electronic Music
Strom brings the full range of synthetic music into the main hall of the Philharmonie Berlin. The Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation uses the festival to highlight the diversity and creativity of the city's electronic scene and they have assembled a program of live and DJ sets, with Murcof, Fennesz, Ellen Allien, and others. The evening moves between the main hall and the foyer, with an installation by Nevin Aladağ. More info.
💵 €18-€58
📅 06 Feb (Fri) - 07 Feb (Sat)
4. Photography Exhibition Opening – Graciela Iturbide . Dörte Eißfeldt . Sheung Yiu
C/O Berlin opens three exhibitions with a free evening of art and music. Graciela Iturbide . Eyes to Fly With is the first major retrospective of the Mexican photographer's work in Berlin. Dörte Eißfeldt . Archipelago is a large-scale show by one of Germany's leading experimental photographers. Sheung Yiu . (Inter)faces of Predictions, links East Asian face reading, physiognomy, and facial recognition technologies. More info.
💵 Free
📅 06 Feb (Fri), 20:00
5. Refuge Worldwide 5th Birthday
Refuge Worldwide marks its five years with a birthday night. Five local artists perform a live jam together for the first time, a fully improvised set moving through Black music styles over two and a half hours. The line-up includes Gavsborg, K'boko, Cassie Kinoshi, and others. From 19:00 the main room runs a reggae warm-up, followed by the live jam and a B2B set. The bar room hosts indie, downtempo, and more. More info.
💵 €17
📅 07 Feb (Sat), 19:00-02:00
📍 Secret Location, near Jannowitzbrücke
6. ORGANYSMO – HUMACHINE COEXISTENCE
Organysmo stages a sensory ceremony where light, sound, and movement meet human and machine. The event is described as a ritual of transformation and unity, with a living architecture that changes with each edition. Guided by a mix of live visuals, original score, and performers, the audience is invited to move and take part rather than only watch. The evening is framed as the last time this configuration will exist before a planned transformation. More info.
💵 €33
📅 07 Feb (Sat)
📍 MaHalla
7. WeinBerlin
WeinBerlin is a wine fair where producers and wineries present their latest releases. Visitors can taste more than 900 wines in the former imperial telegraph building and get information from the stands. German regions are represented alongside wineries from Italy, Spain, France, Australia, South Africa, Chile, and elsewhere. Wine can be ordered directly from producers at the fair. More info.
💵 €18
📅 07 Feb (Sat) - 08 Feb (Sun)
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MONDAYS?? how can I then source events for my own newsletter? hahaha
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