Latest Events in Berlin(October Updated)

Let's head to West Berlin for the 23rd Munich Oktoberfest! Experience the vibrant atmosphere and charm of the capital city! It's a truly grand festival! The celebrations kick off on September 24, 2026, and conclude on October 17. The original "Edelweiss Express" band will be performing again this year—they've participated in the event for 23 consecutive years!

From October 9th to 18th, 2026, Berlin will once again be transformed into a dazzling stage for light art, celebrating the 22nd Festival of Light with the theme "Colors of Love." A masterful fusion of light, art, and music will create new perspectives, illuminating Berlin's iconic landmarks and captivating guests. This year, everything revolves around the most poetic and profound emotion—love. Love has many facets and countless expressions. It is not fleeting, but all-encompassing. Over the next ten nights, rediscover Berlin and fall in love with this city once more.

As the seasonal closing event, held in the vibrant central festival square, the Berlin Autumn Festival once again offers visitors a spectacular array of leisure and entertainment! From September 25th to October 25th, the performing arts association presents a wide variety of rides, games, and food stalls to welcome guests of all ages. A diverse range of entertainment ensures that everyone can enjoy both fun and excitement. In addition to the traditional rides, this year also features exciting highlights: on September 30th and October 21st, audiences of all ages can enjoy fantastic street performances that will surely delight them.

The Berlinische Galerie has devoted over 1000 square metres to presenting its collection. Waiting to be discovered among the roughly 250 works on show are paintings, prints, photographs, architecture and archive materials rarely or never displayed before. Walking around this exhibition is like time travel and takes visitors through Berlin in 17 chapters: the Kaiser's era, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi dictatorship, the new beginnings after 1945, Cold War in the divided city, and the counter-cultures and unconventional lifestyles that evolved in East and West under the shadow of the Wall. In East Berlin, an alternative art community developed from the late 1970s. In West Berlin from the late 1970s, aggressive art by the “Neue Wilden” placed the divided city back in the international limelight.

Artists and creatives from Japan and Berlin cordially invite you to a vibrant design market featuring cultural events, creative workshops, and gourmet food. This is a wonderful journey to the Land of the Rising Sun—the “Japanese Summer Festival” returns once again at the Kreuzberg Festival Hall! Berlin’s rich Japanese community makes this event a vibrant showcase of Japanese culture and cuisine. Visitors will experience the diverse art, culture, design, fashion, music, and lifestyle centered around the “Land of the Rising Sun.”

The exhibition examines the transformative potential of public art and explores the methods and motivations behind such works, as well as their social impact.