Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Sept 2nd - 4th 2016

A Musical Weekend

Several musical events for the whole family at the weekend. Most importantly is "Singt Mit!". This festival, organised by the FEZ and the Landes Musikakademie, features choirs, singalongs and other musical activities. 

Singt Mit! . Sat/Sun 12:00 - 6PM,
FEZ, on Straße zum FEZ 2, 12459 Berlin 
Public Transport: take the S3 to Wuhlheide or trams 27, 63 or 67 to Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum. Admission fees apply. 

Singt Mit!, Sing-a-long! 

Other music-related events at the weekend:

• Saturday at 11:30 : Peter and the Wolf, in German with author Cornelia Funke, at the Rudolf-Steiner-House in Dahlem (Bernadottestraße 90, 14195 Berlin)

• Saturday, from 3pm: Opening the season in the Deutsche Oper with an open house

• Sunday, all day, in the Komische Oper: opening the season for kids, with a special event and the premier of the Peter Pan Opera

Peter Pan at the Komische Oper

Furthermore

• Thu through Sun: Street party in the Old City of Spandau

• The annual street fair by the water authority, Saturday in Neue Juden Str 

• Also on Saturday: The Suarezstr. Street Party, with participation of the many antique stores on that street; from 2pm, in the Veteranenstr. in Mitte (details) ; and from 3:30pm in Mierendorffplatz in Charlottenburg

• And the "Good, that you're here" festival for the newcomer asylum seekers in the Tempelhofer Feld, Sat. (details)

• Saturday from 1pm: the Seenfest in Orankesee in Hohenschoenhausen (M4, M5, 12 and M13, details)

• Saturday afternoon: Family fun-run in Reinickendorf (details) ; A different run on Sunday in Lichtenberg (details)

• Sat/Sun: Medieval Festival in the Domane Dahlem 

• Sat/Sun: street party in Freie Scholle  (Bus 222 to the stop with the same name); and another fest in the ufaFabrik on both days (details)

• Sunday on Florastrasse in Pankow (S/U Pankow); Street party 

• Sunday: the HOWOGE party in the Tierpark, with many children activities

• Sunday: the AWO Fest in the Düppel Museum (details) 

• Sunday at 1 pm - workshop for families with kids over 6 at the Martin Gropius Bau, in the Thomas Struth exhibition 

• Sunday at 3pm - a guided tour for children in the Charlottenburg Palace ; and also in Charlottenburg: an open day in the Villa Oppenheim Museum 

• Sunday at 3:30 pm - a guided tour in English in the Technische Museum (details)

Food Events 

• Coffee Festival in Markthalle IX, Fri through Sunday 

• Honey and Beekeeping Day at Prinzessinnengarten, near U-Moritzplatz (details) 

• Street Food Market in the Kulturbrauerei, Sunday 

• Not far from there on Sunday, a street food market on Brunnenstr/Bernauer Str (details)

• Starting this weekend : Oktoberfest in Hauptbahnhof (until September 18th) 

Oktoberfest in Hauptbahnhof (foto: the organisers)

All week long

• "Makunaima 2016 – Bauen und Spielen mit Lehm", is a project which involves games, crafts and other loam-related activities, as well as music. Tue-Fri 10 - 5pm, Sat/Sun 1 - 6pm , until September 2nd. On September 4th, there will be a big event to mark the end of the project. Britzer Garten, Sangerhauser Weg 1, 12349 Berlin 

Jewish Culture and Heritage Events

• The Rykestraße Synagogue will hold a special event for the beginning of Elul, the last month of the Jewish year, on Sunday (details) 

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