Citadel Music Festival – Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin – 31st May to 25th August 2012 Often labelled one of Europe’s best preserved fortresses, the citadel hails from the Renaissance era, having been built during the mid- to late 16th century to protect the town. Today, the venue is a historic marvel with a much more contemporary [...]
Free Classical Music in Berlin
on August 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
One of the best things about Berlin, especially in the summer, is that all sorts of open spaces get used for a wide range of performance including music. And what is even better is that quite a lot of it is free! This is quite appealing to us, as new parents, as it means that [...]
Berlin Music Week – 7th to 11th September 2011
on July 13, 2011 1 Comment
Popkomm, one the world’s biggest music industry meet-ups, and the Berlin Festival will this year form part of Berlin’s second annual Music Week event. A date for the diaries of industry professionals and music fans alike, the occasion will include a trade fair, conference and live showcases, finishing up with a two-day festival featuring world-famous [...]
Fête de la Musique in Berlin – 21st June 2011
on May 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Fête de la Musique started in France in 1982 with the aim of bringing a wide range of musical genres to the public and encouraging both amateur and professional musicians to perform in the street. Their slogan Faites de la musique is a play on words meaning “make music”. Today, celebrations take place across the [...]
Australian punk rock gigs in Berlin – 29th April & May 6 2011
on April 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
Deaf Wish Deaf Wish are a punk rock band from Melbourne, Australia, that began in a soggy rehearsal studio in May 2007. Standing around screaming and bashing through songs with one solid philosophy: ‘go to feedback’ when things fell apart, they transfer this philosophy to the live arena with reckless abandon. After a handful of [...]
Ausland – Cool Music Venue in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
on March 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
Taken from the Deutsch meaning for ‘foreign countries’, I recently had the pleasure of seeing Leila Adu from New Zealand perform her unique brand of free-jazz/pop here, and was under the Auslander spell from the moment I entered the venue. Located below a housing block in a concrete bunker, Ausland is a non-commercially run venue [...]
