A curated list of things to do, events to attend while you are in Berlin in May 2025.
Submissions welcome! Please feel free to submit an event.
Comic Invasion Berlin 2025
Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
“ComicInvasionBerlin organizes comic events and campaigns and is, since 2012, the most colorful comic festival in the Hauptstadt, where artists and…“
Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025
Various locations / galleries / venues across Berlin
“Each spring, around 50 Berlin galleries open exhibitions by emerging and established artists during Gallery Weekend Berlin, welcoming numerous visitors…“
Paper Positions. Berlin
Flughafen Tempelhof
“The paper positions berlin invites international galleries to apply with their most significant works in contemporary and modern art, focusing on the…“
Pictoplasma
Conference and Festival of Contemporary Character Design and Art
Silent Green
“In its 21st edition, Pictoplasma, the world’s leading festival and conference on contemporary character design and art returns to its origins,…“
Berlin Spring Fest ‘Frühlingsfest’ 2025
Zentraler Festplatz Berlin
“The beginning of all things is a day in spring! The Berlin Showmen’s Association also knows this and is opening the folk festival season again…“
VELO Berlin Bike Festival 2025
VELOBerlin OPEN AIR
Flughafen Tempelhof
“Since 2011, VELOBerlin has been the bicycle festival in the capital. Organized by Messe Friedrichshafen and conceived and organized by the Berlin…“
Yes!Con – Cancer Convention
Gasometer
“YES!CON is the largest cancer convention by and for those affected. A weekend of encouragement with over 100 experts, doctors and sufferers in panels,…“
Fantasy Filmfest Nights 2025
Zoo Palast
“Every year the Fantasy Filmfest tours through Germany and offers its audience a unique mix of genre films that cannot be found anywhere else on German…“
Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Brandenburg 2025
Various locations / movie theaters across Berlin and Potsdam
“The Jewish Film Festival Berlin | Brandenburg (JFBB) is the largest Jewish film festival in Germany. For six days, international films of all genres are…“
Weddingmarkt in May
Art Market from Berlin Wedding
Leopoldplatz
“The Weddingmarkt is a high-quality art and culture market that has been established in Berlin-Wedding for ten years. Around ninety nationally renowned…“
Classic Days Berlin 2025
Kurfürstendamm
Over 2,000 historic vehicles and vintage cars, stage shows, evening program “CLASSIC DAYS BERLIN brings the history of the automobile back to life.…“
A MAZE. / Berlin
Various locations across Berlin
“A MAZE. / Berlin is back in 2025 for the 14th time, bringing together the worldwide community of like-minded game developers, worldbuilders,…“
XJAZZ Festival Berlin 2025
Jazz Festival
Various locations / venues across Berlin
“XJAZZ! FESTIVAL is all about jazz yet so much more than music. It’s a lived and shared experience meant to redefine and nourish contemporary Berlin…“
Theatertreffen 2025
Various locations across Berlin
“Every year, a jury of critics selects 10 remarkable productions from among 450 productions from the German-language region to be presented in Berlin in…“
Berlin Design Week 2025
various locations across Berlin / ONLINE
“The motto for the 2025 edition is a reminder of how beneficial it is for all of us to maintain our sanity and inner compass in the midst of disruptive…“
Berlin Chili Fest : Spring Event 2025
Berliner Berg Brauerei
“Join us for a day of all things Chili and Craft Beer, taste some of the best new hot sauces in Europe (and beyond), eat some lovely food (Vegan and…“
re:publica 2025 – Generation XYZ
STATION-Berlin
“re:publica conference is the place with a stage for those people who otherwise have little or no voice and/or those advocating for them. We offer a…“
Art Spring Berlin 2025
Art Festival / Open Studios
Various locations across Prenzlauer Berg / Pankow
“This year’s festival theme clearly refers to the current situation of cultural policy in Berlin. Berlin’s visual artists are faced with the…“
71. Steglitzer Woche 2025
Festpark am Teltowkanal
“Anniversary in Steglitz! From May 24 to June 9, 2024, the 70th Steglitz Week in the Festpark am Teltowkanal will once again offer visitors fun and…“