The Berlin Events Guide for Aug. 04–10 Is Out!
Things to do in Berlin - Week of Aug 04!
I was talking to a few friends over the weekend, and almost all of them mentioned that they're stressed at work. Is it the same for you?
What’s in store for you this week:
🎪 Berlin Circus Festival
🌊 Volksbad an der Volksbühne
🎞️ Box Office Around the World
🏳️🌈 LGBT Park Festival
🪕 JISR // جسر // BRIDGE – Morocco
🎭 Kaleidoscope: The Unscripted Musical
🎵 Sky Concert
🖼️ Finissage: Kitra - Dialogues of Wonder
🥩 Beast Berlin- Steakhouse
📅 Spotlight - Sponsors & Partners
📖 Holocaust Memory Through Cinema: A Special Screening of HOLOFICTION: Marie. Das Bistro im Deutschen Bundestag - Wed. 5 August, at 19:30 - Directed by Michal Kosakowski, the experimental film HOLOFICTION (2025) assembles thousands of fictional film excerpts exploring the Holocaust representation in cinema. Register Online.
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🎫 This Week’s Giveaways
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1. Berlin Circus Festival
The Berlin Circus Festival takes over Tempelhofer Feld with a cluster of tents and open-air stages dedicated to contemporary circus. The lineup mixes full performances with concerts and food stalls. You can also try workshops that let you test out different circus disciplines yourself rather than just watching from the seats. More info.
💵 €23
📅 05 Aug (Wed) - 16 Aug (Sun)
2. Volksbad an der Volksbühne
A temporary 25-meter outdoor pool opens on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in front of the Volksbühne, marking the start of the theater's new artistic direction under Intendant Lilienthal. Free swimming sessions run alongside swimming lessons for kids, and bathing days for community groups, turning the square into an open meeting point for neighbors and theatergoers alike. More info.
💵 Free
📅 07 Aug (Fri) - 01 Oct (Thu)
3. Box Office Around the World
The Humboldt Forum screens films from around the world in its open-air Schlüter Courtyard over three summer weekends. This year's lineup includes six features from India, Thailand, Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, and Vietnam, each one chosen by Berlin's communities from those countries. All six screen have English subtitles. More info.
💵 €10
📅 07 Aug (Fri) - 16 Aug (Sun)
4. LGBT Park Festival
The Queer Park Festival (Queeres Parkfest) returns to the open-air cinema grounds in Volkspark Friedrichshain for its 27th year, drawing up to 6,000 visitors for one of the last big gatherings of Berlin's CSD season. People spread out on picnic blankets for a stage program of music and performances while dozens of information booths cover queer life in the city. More info.
💵 Free
📅 08 Aug (Sat)
5. JISR // جسر // BRIDGE – Morocco
Five Moroccan musicians bring Arab-Andalusian chamber music to Konzerthaus Berlin for an evening titled "Jisr" ("Bridge"). The one-hour program brings together masterpieces over a thousand years old with contemporary compositions using vocals, gembri, oud, qanun, violin and percussion. More info.
💵 €18
📅 08 Aug (Sat), 16:30 - 17:30
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6. Kaleidoscope: The Unscripted Musical
There’s no better place to watch a musical be born than on a summer evening in an amphitheater. For musical #100, Kaleidoscope is going BIG with a fully unscripted musical featuring original songs, live music, and a story created from audience suggestions. No script: just 90 minutes of music, magic and fun in a 5-star show UK Theatre Review calls “Riotous joy.“ Buy Tickets.
💵 €13+
📅 09 Aug (Sun)
7. Sky Concert
The Stegreif Orchestra turns the Teufelsberg's abandoned listening station into a walking concert trail for its "Sky Concert" series. Audiences split into small groups and move through four sound stations built into the graffiti-covered domes, each one tracing a different layer of the hill's history, from its rubble foundations to its Cold War role as a spy post. More info.
💵 €35
📅 09 Aug (Sun) - 12 Aug (Wed)
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8. Finissage: Kitra - Dialogues of Wonder
Join us for a last chance to see Kitra’s solo show on an evening dedicated to abstract art and the dialogues around it. The exhibition ‘Dialogues of Wonder’ presents a selection of recent works by the artist Kitră whose practice explores the relationship between order and uncertainty through precisely constructed visual structures. More info.
💵 Free
📅 06 Aug (Thu), 19:00 - 22:00
Restaurant Suggestion:
Beast Berlin- Steakhouse (⭐4/5)
This restaurant is located in one of Berlin’s most touristy areas, Alexanderplatz. We decided to check it out because it’s one of the few restaurants in the city that serves Beef Wellington. I’d never tried the dish before and had only seen it on TV, so we thought it was worth giving it a shot. The interior has a classic American steakhouse feel with a slightly upscale touch, featuring plenty of bull artwork on the walls. The staff were very friendly, the food arrived quickly, and if you’re lucky, you can get a table with a nice view. It’s one of those places that’s easy to visit with colleagues or a group of friends, as almost everyone will find something they like on the menu (unless you’re strictly vegan!). The Beef Wellington was interesting, but I’m not sure I’d order it again. The mushroom flavor was a bit too dominant and overpowered the meat. The steak was decent for the price, while the coleslaw had a little too much mayonnaise. They accept card payments.
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