Latest Events in Berlin(November Updated)

8 November 2024 – The calendar for the 2025-26 season has been set. As revealed in the schedule adopted by the Executive Committees of the German Football Association (DFB) and DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, the opening match of the Bundesliga will take place on 22 August 2025, while Bundesliga 2 will kick off three weeks earlier, on 1 August 2025. After Matchday 15 in the Bundesliga and Matchday 17 in Bundesliga 2 (19–21 December 2025), both leagues will pause for the winter break. Matches will resume in the Bundesliga on 9 January 2026 and in Bundesliga 2 one week later, on 16 January 2026. Matchday 34 – the final day of the Bundesliga season – is scheduled for Saturday, 16 May 2026. Matchday 34 of Bundesliga 2 will take place one day later, on 17 May 2026. The GermanSupercup, which pits the reigning Bundesliga champions against the DFB-Pokal winners from the previous season, is scheduled for Saturday, 16 August 2025. The first round of the 2024-25 DFB-Pokal will begin on the same weekend (15–18 August 2025). The DFB-Pokal matches featuring the two Supercup participants have been scheduled for 26 and 27 August 2025. The DFB-Pokal final will be held on Saturday, 23 May 2026, at Berlin’s Olympiastadion.

The Berlin Christmas Market will be held from November 7th to December 28th, 2025. The Berlin Winter Fantasy Festival invites you to experience the Christmas spirit for the second time. Enjoy delicious food and thrilling rides during the Christmas season. At the Winter Fantasy Park in Treptow-Kerpernik, over 60 rides await visitors. The most eye-catching is the 85-meter-high freefall tower. Many other attractions also await you at higher altitudes. You can ride the Ferris wheel for panoramic views of the Christmas celebrations, experience breathtaking thrills on roller coasters, enjoy bumper cars with your family, or have a blast on the many thrilling carousels. There are also a variety of skill games and entertainment, as well as a rich array of music, performances, and fireworks displays. In addition, visitors can sample a variety of sweet and savory specialties, from crepes and churros to corn dogs, fried bread, and garlic bread.

Berlin boasts over 60 Christmas markets and winter entertainment events annually, offering a diverse range of experiences from traditional to modern, from bustling to tranquil. The Gendarmenmarkt Christmas Market is one of Berlin's most popular, featuring white tents and showcasing traditional glassblowing artists, origami masters, embroiderers, and sculptors, as well as magic, acrobatics, juggling, dance, and performances by internationally renowned artists. The Red Town Hall Christmas Market offers an ice rink surrounding the Neptune Fountain, charming alleyways reminiscent of old Berlin, street performers, and stalls featuring a historic carousel and Ferris wheel.

Berlin Half Marathon is an annual half marathon race held in early Spring in Berlin, Germany. The race was first held in 1984. A total of 23,799 runners took part in the half marathon in 2010. This number grew to 25,500 participants for the 2011 event. The race currently hosts a half marathon inline skating race on the same day. The event is sponsored by Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company.

Monira Al Qadiri (*1983) is a Kuwaiti visual artist born in Senegal and educated in Japan. Recent shows include solo exhibitions at UCCA Dune, China (2023); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2023); the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (2022); Blaffer Art Museum, Texas, USA (2022); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2020); Kunstverein Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany (2019); The CIRCL Pavilion, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2018); Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon (2017) and Gasworks, London, UK (2017); amongst others. In 2022, Al Qadiri was featured in the Venice Biennale’s central exhibition “The Milk of Dreams.” She is based in Berlin.

With over 500,000 objects, the Münzkabinett (Numismatic Collection) is one of the largest coin collections worldwide. It is renowned for its rich variety and the continuity of its coin series, ranging from the dawn of minting in Asia Minor in the 7th century BC to its collections of coins and medals from the 21st century.

CCA Berlin is pleased to invite you to the opening of Lukas Luzius Leichtle: Eindringling on 10 Sep 2025, as part of Berlin Art Week 2025.Eindringling (Intruder) marks Lukas Luzius Leichtle’s first solo exhibition in Berlin, featuring new paintings created site-specifically. With a disturbingly meticulous finish and painstaking control, Leichtle’s oil works evoke the strangeness of having a body. The title refers to Jean-Luc Nancy’s book L’Intrus (The Intruder), in which the philosopher reflects on his experience of living with a heart transplant that gave him cancer.

Jüdische Kulturtage Berlin (Jewish Culture Days in Berlin) is an annual celebration of music, art, literature and performance. Organised by Berlin's Jewish Community and headed by cultural manager Avi Toubiana, the festival offers a unique opportunity to explore the diverse Jewish culture and its many traditions. Jewish Culture Days celebrates all aspects of Jewish culture. Over the course of several days, more than 40 events will take place at synagogues, cinemas and cultural landmarks across Berlin. The event revolves around a different theme each year and has a rich and diverse content, including performances, lectures, films and exhibitions. Highlights include performances by Israeli musicians, live comedy shows, literary readings and a film festival showcasing Jewish-themed films from around the world. The festival presents religious and secular perspectives on Jewish life, including synagogue music, klezmer concerts and public services. The festival also offers fun activities for the family, such as puppet shows, live street performances and kosher festivals.

The Rudolf Light Festival takes place in the courtyard of the old village school and marks the festive start of the Christmas season. Visitors can enjoy a feast of contemplation in a warm and cozy atmosphere.