Mar 10-16: Lunch Concert, Exhibition, Film Festivals, and more!
Things to do in Berlin - Mar 10-16!
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What’s in store for you this week:
🎻 Lunch Concert
🎞️ Irish Film Berlin
🎛️ Tresor’s 35th Anniversary
🎶 KNM Contemporaries
🏟️ Transient Landscapes – Group Exhibition
🎥 Vierte Welle Film Festival
🎚️ Future East Festival
🍛 Mitho Cha! - Nepalese Restaurant
1. Lunch Concert – Classic Meets Cuba
The Berliner Philharmoniker hosts a free midday concert at the Philharmonie with the Sarahbanda, an ensemble led by Sarah Willis that blends classical chamber music with Cuban rhythms, tango, and Latin sounds. Joining Willis are Amelia Febles on violin and additional musicians on saxophone, trumpet, double bass, and percussion. The program runs 40 to 50 minutes, starting at 13:00, with catering available from noon. No reservations needed - seating is first-come, first-served. More info.
💵 Free
📅 11 Mar (Wed), 13:00
2. Irish Film Berlin
Irish Film Berlin returns for its annual festival of Irish cinema during St. Patrick's Week at Babylon Berlin. The program includes feature films, documentaries, and short film selections spanning comedy, drama, and music. Tickets are €10 per film, with multiple screenings each evening. The program.
💵 €10
📅 13 Mar (Fri) - 18 Mar (Wed)
3. Tresor's 35th Anniversary
Tresor marks 35 years since its founding in 1991 with a 30-hour+ marathon event across four venues: Tresor, Globus, OHM, and Aurora Bar. The program begins Friday night with Adriana Lopez, Blake Baxter, and Function live in Tresor and Globus, continues through Saturday and Sunday with a daytime session at OHM featuring Fumiya Tanaka and Daniel Bell, and more djs. More info.
💵 €30+
📅 13 Mar (Fri) - 15 Mar (Sun)
4. KNM Contemporaries – Celebrities II
The eighth edition of KNM Contemporaries takes place at Fahrbereitschaft, bringing together five newly commissioned works for chamber ensemble and installation. The concert on 14 March explores music for distinct personalities, with pieces by Jorge Gómez Elizondo, Cao Thanh Lan, and three other composers. An accompanying installation is open on 14 March from 19:00 to 22:00 and on 15 March from 14:00 to 17:00. More info.
💵 €12-€15
📅 14 Mar (Sat) - 15 Mar (Sun)
5. Transient Landscapes – Group Exhibition
Four artistic groups - Rent Collective, Disruptive Nostalgia, Memoria, and Flower Foundry - open a group exhibition at Spreepark Artspace in the Plänterwald. Each collective responds to Spreepark as a site shaped by transformation, bringing together works that move between nature, memory, myth, and decay. The opening day on 15 March includes guided tours, workshops, and walks. More info.
💵 Free
📅 15 Mar (Sun) - 14 Jun (Sat)
6. Vierte Welle Film Festival
Vierte Welle is an international feminist and queer short film festival based in Berlin, with a focus on migrant, queer, and radical care perspectives. The 2026 edition runs side events across the year. Screenings and events are held at venues including Lichtblick Kino, Karne Kunst, and Xochicuatl. The program.
💵 €10
📅 13 Mar (Fri) - 15 Mar (Sun)
📍 Various venues
7. Future East Festival
Future East Festival is a Berlin-based contemporary music and digital arts festival featuring electronic and electro-acoustic performances, AV sets, and club nights. More info.
💵 Unknown
📅 12 Mar (Thu)
📍 OHM
Restaurant Suggestion:
Mitho Cha! - Nepalese Restaurant (⭐4/5)
This Nepalese restaurant has two locations, one in Prenzlauer Berg and one in Neukölln. I visited the Neukölln branch. The space is large, clean, and they allow online reservations, which makes planning easy. The menu has a good variety of dishes. Some are similar to Indian cuisine but with their own twists and different levels of spice. We tried their national dish, which comes as a set of small plates with beef, chicken, vegetarian sides, soup, rice, and a type of bread. They also have this available as vegan. It is a nice way to try several things at once. We also ordered the fried duck in a curry-style sauce and nuts, which was quite good. The staff are friendly and speak English, the prices are around €23 per person including a soft drink, and they accept cards.
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