Events for the weekend, September 30th - October 3rd

 Day of German Unity

Starting with the reason this is a long weekend: The German Unity Day is celebrated on Monday, October 3rd. This means, first and foremost: shops, government offices and schools are all closed. Everything else is in a festive atmosphere: 

• free admission: The Berlin Wall Panorama in Checkpoint Charlie (the whole weekend, Fr through Mo)

• Another activity for the day is located in the Ethnological Museum, where there will be a festival on the 3rd, for the exhibition «Haymat Almanya», about German-Turks. 

Only slightly related and/or the long weekend is used as a good excuse for:  

• The Jester Festival in the Spandau Citadel is a traditional renaissance fair, always on the German Unity Day weekend. Entry fees apply (it is cheaper to buy online if you plan to come)

• A soul music festival (for free) in the Tempelhof Ikea car park, with lots of acts (see here) , Friday through Monday. 
• Another music festival will be in Florakiez in Pankow: Unplugged music in the middle of the street, Fr through Su

• Also on all days of the weekend: Design Market in the Karlshorst Racing Tracks (Trabrennbahn Karlshorst)
• On Saturday, you can also check out the Vintage Kilo sale at Kühlhaus Berlin 

 

Museum Sunday

This Sunday is the first Sunday of the month, and this means: Many museums are free and there are events, workshops and guided tours. You can find the full list of events in the official website: 

https://www.museumssonntag.berlin/en

• Also - the FEZ is offering "Pixel Welten" at the weekend: an opportunity for the kids to get to put on VR sets or build stuff in maker workshops 

Autumn Festivals

This long weekend is not only about Germany Unity, but also full of coll autumn festival (yes, including some Oktoberfest parties): 

• Harvest Festivals and similar events : 

• The Pumpkin Festival in the Akazienstr in Schöneberg, Sa + Sunday, a lovely street party with stalls, entertainment, etc. 
• The Harvest Festival in Domaene Dahlem (Sa + Su) includes the opportunity to harvest your own pumpkin or potato and weigh them at the exit. 

• On Sunday, in the Naturschutzstation Hahneberg (10 am - 5 pm)

• Also on Sunday: Pumpkin Games in HNU - Haus Natur und Umwelt in the Wuhlheide 

• Harvest market with handmade items in Karl August Platz, on Sunday and Monday. 

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• The Botanical Gardens are offering an "Herbst-Rallye" through the grounds for kids on Sunday (at 2pm)
• The Fall Funfair continues, which includes amusement park facilities, game stands, food, music stages, etc. The entrance is free, the facilities cost money. At the Zentraler Festplatz, the price for the facilities is reduced on Wednesdays. Until October 9, on Wednesday-Sunday afternoons.

• This is still the time for some Oktoberfest, Berlin-style, e.g. at Revier Südost on Sat/Sun with special craft beer from Berlin

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur's Eve is on Tuesday, and the holiday is on Wednesday. All synagogues in Berlin (and Hillel) will hold services. 

And in a different religious setting: On Monday you can also visit several mosques in Berlin, as part of the Day of the Open Mosques (for more information)

The Events Map

Events for the Weekend, 23-25 September

I decided to give an English-language Berlimama a second chance, after numerous people* have approached me and asked what's up with the English version. It's a new (Jewish) year, so my New Year's resolution is to at least try to publish in English. Your decision, if you're an avid reader, is never let me give you up . 

Apple and Honey

As I have mentioned before, it's Jewish New Year at the weekend (starting Sunday evening). There are several public dinners (at Chabad, at Hillel), which seem to be fully-booked (though, you can always try, see below for Chabad in Alexanderplatz). 

Thankfully, we're in Berlin, so even if you're not Jewish or you've completely forgotten about New Year's, there's so much to do at the weekend. Coincidentally, much of it has to do with the tradition to eat lots of apples in the holiday. 

 

So, the city has already prepared a Rosh Hashanah atmosphere for us. For example, the apple and pumpkin festivals in Britz. Where in Britz? And why festivals in plural? Because the more, the merrier, right? 

• "Historical Apple Festival in Schloss Britz" - the festival is reminiscent of the medieval festivals that take place here in the Berlin area, with historical costumes, displays by artisans, but of course also food stalls, music, etc. Entrance fee (modest: 6 per adult, 3 per child) 

• The Apple and Pumpkin Festival at Britz Gardens - Saturday (from 6:00 p.m.)/Sunday (from 12:00 p.m.) with a display of apple and pumpkin varieties, food and entertainment stands, activity stations for children and more. Entrance with the usual payment to Britz Gardens ( details )

And a few similar events: 

• Harvest festival at the Vierfelderhof farm in the Gatow area on Sunday 

• Traditional Flower Festival at Späth'sche Baumschulen on Saturday/Sunday ( details )

• You can also celebrate with turnips - that's what they do in Teltow on Sunday, at the Teltower Rübchenfest 

• The Fall Funfair continues, which includes amusement park facilities, game stands, food, music stages, etc. The entrance is free, the facilities cost money. At the Zentraler Festplatz, the price for the facilities is reduced on Wednesdays. Until October 9, on Wednesday-Sunday afternoons.

42.195 km of Resolutions

The Berlin Marathon is one of the biggest marathons in the world (in terms of the number of participants, of course). 

• There are several events on the sidelines of the marathon—especially in the Brandenburg Gate area, where there is a "Hall of Fame" for the great marathoners ( details )

• On Saturday at 11:00 the "Bambini" race for children will take place in Templehofer Field ( details, registration is only possible on site with early arrival ) 

• The adult rollerblades started on Saturday (3:30 p.m.); The children at 11:30 ( details ), from Brandenburg Gate. 

• The marathon of the runners (and the wheelchairs) came out, and you can watch and cheer from the side of the track ( interactive map ). 

• And of course:the entire city centre is closed to vehicle traffic, obviously, most of the time. 

A Musical Weekend

The huge music festival is also taking place in Berlin this weekend. There is an activity corner for children as well as art corners, although there's some hefty entrance fee (details ). 

More music this weekend: 

• Jazz and soul music festival, free, in Kapnik (Schloßplatz) all weekend 

• Open day and "autumn festival" at the Friedrichshain Kreuzberg Music School on Saturday. (This is perhaps the opportunity to mention that there are several public music schools in all of the Bezirks, where – if you're lucky, and they have a slot – you can learn an instrument). Address: Zellestraße 12 10247 Berlin

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*    “Numerous”. To be honest: two. But two is already "numerous"! 

The event map

Events for the Weekend: April 1st - 3rd

Move your body

The Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday opens a season with hopefully many races and other popular sporting events. If you have not signed up for a half marathon, it is probably too late, but you can in any case stand on the sidelines and cheer the participants (which also include handcarts for wheelchair riders and inline skates) . 

Children can also take part in the "Bambini race", which takes place on Saturday on the Tempelhofer Feld, where the marathon fair also takes place. You can register in the field according to availability (as long as there are still places available in the respective age group).  Details 

Photo: The organizers

Festive everywhere 

• The Spring Festival takes place from Wednesday to Sunday at the Zentraler Festplatz  in  Reinikendorf  . Admission to the funfair is free - the rides are for a fee. Until 24.04. 
• Address by public transport, bicycle or car: Zentraler Festplatz Berlin Kurt-Schumacher-Damm 207 13405 Berlin (Bus lines X21, M 21, N 21 to Am Festplatz) 

• Saturday only: The Neulich Brewery in  Neukölln is organizing  a street  party near  its building on Saturday - Selchower Str. 20 in the Schiller-Kiez 

• Sunday only: Spring party at the "Pinke Panke" children's farm in  Pankow   , between 14:00 and 18:00 (address: Am Bürgerpark 15-18, 13156 Berlin; stop: Wollankstr)

• Easter market on Sunday at Karl-August-Platz in the district  Charlottenburg  . 

• Spring party every day of the weekend in the outskirts of Berlin, in the village of  Schönefeld, Am Rondell12529 Schönefeld (probably approaching buses like line 263 from Grünau train station) 

Crafts and museums

The whole city becomes a great shop-lesson in honour of the "European Craft Day" - workshops, museums, etc. become a place where artisans exhibit their wares for sale and admiration, and sometimes even offer to participate. Great offer is available at an arts and crafts market in the Domäne Dahlem  (throughout the weekend) and on the Spandau Citadel. 

Arts and Crafts Days  - This weekend throughout the  city

A map for finding the various events can be found on the event  website 

And even more handicrafts, just for sale, you will find, among other things, as usual: 

• In the Baergarten in the Revier Südost in  Schöneweide   not far from the station, on Saturday 

• The Flowmarket ot the Maybachufer in  Neukölln on   Sunday 

If you prefer to see other people's crafts and visit fascinating workshops, this Sunday  is   Museum  Sunday and this  means that dozens of museums are open free of charge and also offer special guides, workshops and activities for children. There are also museums that combine these two major events

Museum Sunday  - all over Berlin

And more interesting events ...

Next week is the last week before the Easter / Passover holidays in the Berlin schools, which means that the post next week will probably be full of Passover events (I already know, for example, from  Hashomer Hatzair's Passover camp between the  8th. and April 10), but in the meantime already this week you can, if you wish, go to the "Shul Club" of the Women's Run Synagogue to do activities in preparation for Passover (Sunday, 12:00, for children from 3 to 10 years in two groups) 

And something more interesting: On Saturday / Sunday, a play for families (children from 5 years old)  Lost in the Woods will be performed in the middle of the  ACUD. The play is an absurd chamber comedy full of fantasy and love for the theater. Shortly before the band goes on tour in England, she performs three times in Berlin. You will especially like to receive host families and refugee children from Ukraine, write to: hawkandhilltheatre@gmail.com

Run in the woods

Events for the weekend of March 25-27

 Spring, the sweet spring

You must have noticed the spring temperatures outside, enticing you to go for a walk. For example, there are already a few cherry buds in the various cherry blossom trails in Berlin. Apart from the suggestions for hiking trails in Berlin, there are a few other places to go: 

• The Spring Fair is a small funfair in the Zentraler Festplatz on Kurt Schumacher Damm. The fair is open on Wednesdays and Sundays (not just at the weekend, in case you are hosting tourists or are on holiday) and admission is free (the rides of course charge an entrance fee - there are discounts on Wednesdays). The fair ends on April 24th. Arrival: Bus 127 to  Kurt-Schumacher-Damm 207 13405 Berlin 

Spring Fair (Photo: Official Website)

• The Düppel Museum, dedicated to restoring medieval life in the tiny villages that now make up Berlin, works to promote spring as it did in the Middle Ages: with a " Winter Expulsion Festival " this weekend 

Spring cleaning

In a number of neighbourhoods in Berlin, there are initiatives to take advantage of the spring weekend to clean up a park together as a community: 

• Treptower Park , Saturday, 12:00 - 15:00 

• Volkspark Wilmersdorf , Saturday, starting at 3 p.m. 

Spring sounds and solidarity 

• First: 
• Matilda, the maths rat  (it sounds better in German), music for kids at FEZ on Sunday

• Drumming concert for adults and children in the Pierre Boulez Saal, 15:30 ( tickets )

Drummers in Pierre Bola

• Solidarity concerts with Ukraine: 
• Saturday, 4 p.m., songs for peace in front of the Russian Embassy at Unter den Linden 

• A charity concert at the Theatre Verlängertes Wohnzimmer on Saturday, 20:00 

• On Sunday, 16:00, at the Jewish Museum, " Jewish Voices for Ukraine " 

• Not a solidarity concert, but a flea market for children whose income is sacred to the children of Ukraine , on Sunday (10:00 to 16:00), at Markthalle IX in Kreuzberg 

• And on Saturday you can have a solidarity brunch , also for charity, at the Trial and Error in Neukoelln

• And if you are closer to Kladow, there is also a fundraiser for Ukraine

• Of course, this week, too, there will be a large demonstration of solidarity on Sunday at the Brandenburg Gate and Str der 17 Juni, details

In addition...

• Kolektif , which takes place on Friday / Saturday / Sunday, is a large fair for bicycle nuts, including equipment, lectures, activities for children and more, at Motorwerk in Weißensee, An der Industriebahn 12 13088 - Berlin. Entry with payment "according to your ability" 

• Prints and Art Market at Neurotitan on Saturday ( details ), as well as the Baergarten at Revier Suedost in Shöneweide

• Designer market on Sunday at Fabrik Osloer Str in Wedding 

• Market with herbs and other spices in Spaeth Baumschule in Treptow on Saturday / Sunday 
• The "Das Schloss" Mall in Steglitz is celebrating a birthday and that means for them an open Sunday for shopping, as well as all kinds of events and shows in the mall on Saturday and Sunday 

• On Saturday evening, lights off - at " Earth Hour " - for those who want to experience it collectively, at Partiser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate

More Jewish Heritage

You can already this week: 

• Bake challahs with Zuzammen on Sunday, in a challah baking workshop for the whole family 

• Sing with Nitzan on Friday afternoon at the Frankleufer Synagogue

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Events for the weekend of 18-20 March

 Purim

Although the holiday actually ends, there are weekend events. In some of the participating stores you can still buy " Hamantaschen for Ukraine ", but this is not necessarily the main news: 

• " Carnival de Purim ", the main Purim party of Ritter Butzka, on Saturday / Sunday 

• Also in the Berlin branch of Hashomer Hatzair , Purim is celebrated on Sunday , with costumes and the like

Ukraine

Beyond the material and psychological assistance that you can provide directly to refugees and those concerned, there are a number of charity events for Ukraine: 

• Friday night, a jazz concert for Ukraine in Quasimodo 

• Saturday and Sunday, charity concerts  (1) and ( 2 ) (classical) at the Berlin Philharmonic 

• The Belarusian community is organizing a " Fashion for Freedom " event for Belarusian women who are political prisoners and for refugees from Ukraine. Saturday in Charlottenburg 

• On Sunday, a classical concert at Kirche am Lietzensee for Ukraine

• Also on Sunday, a screening of the documentary "Klitschko" at the Astor Film Lounge 

• "Kulturhaus Spandau" does not hide the direct message in choosing their charity film - they will screen Charlie Chaplin's  great dictator on Saturday and Sunday

• On Sunday at Das Gift in Neukelen, a Variety show for Ukraine, with Russian and Ukrainian artists, called  La La Peace 

• On Sunday there is also a meal at the Rock Herberge in Kreuzberg, in solidarity style, for those who know the concept of "Volxküche" (solidarity cuisine, and for those who do not, please read the information before you decide whether to come or not) 

Anti-racism weekend

It turns out that this weekend is celebrated around the world as a "weekend against racism" (so save the racism for Monday, okay?). However, there are a number of events in Berlin, including 

• An anti-racism demonstration on Wilmersdorf Straße in Charlottenburg, on Saturday

• A human chain in the Rudow neighborhood against racism, on Saturday; Merzahn combines the issue with cleaning the neighborhood on Saturday 

In addition 

• Flea markets, designers, etc .: 

• Of course the Baergarten on Saturday, in Revier Südost in Schöneweide

•  Children market on Saturday / Sunday in Pankow near Wilhelmsruh station

• At Freiheit 15 in Köpenick  on Sunday 

• And of course all those who regularly (Tiergarten, Mauerpark, Schöneberg Rathaus, etc.) 

• Move the T * T: 

• The Valentine's Race has been postponed because of the corona and will take place this coming Sunday

• And on Sunday you can also run around the Müggelsee 

• For lovers of closed spaces: 

• Draw manga on Saturday at the Central Library 

• On Saturday and Sunday, the Philharmonic will offer concerts for small children (3-5) in which they can also participate; As well as a concert of " Animal Carnival "

• Children draw and sing at "Brotfabrik" on Sunday