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From August 25\u201330, Pop-Kultur returns to Berlin, bringing six days of live music, DJ sets, talks, workshops, and art installations to venues like the silent green Kulturquartier and Kulturbrauerei. The festival blends international stars with emerging talent. With its mix of creativity, activism, and celebration, the festival reaffirms Berlin\u2019s place as a global capital of pop culture. Keep reading for our top picks from this year\u2019s festival.<\/p>\n
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Bring Your Own Table: Black Perspectives in the German Music Industry<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.the-berliner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MONDAY-Pamela-Owusu-Brenyah.png\")
Photo: Pamela Owusu-Brenyah, by Pop-Kultur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn a music industry still slow to change, BEN\u2013GSA brings together some of the most influential Black voices in Germany\u2019s creative scene. This panel goes beyond surface-level representation to talk real strategy: how to build careers, shape culture and create space where none existed. For artists, insiders and anyone ready to rethink what power looks like.<\/p>\n
\n- silent green<\/strong> Atelier 2, Gerichtstr. 35, Wedding, Aug 25, 20:20 \u2013 21:20, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pop-Kultur Lokal: BABYCORE by BABYCAKES<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.the-berliner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TUESDAY-babycore_fotocredit_July-Weber-scaled.jpg\")
Photo: July Weber<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhat started in a Berlin gallery mid-pandemic has grown into a full-on sensory riot. BABYCORE crashes metal into drag, somatics into sound systems, and queerness into every corner of club culture. Expect DJs, live sets, workshops and a drag outfit competition that\u2019s more mosh pit than pageant. It\u2019s loud, playful, defiant \u2013 and completely free.<\/p>\n
\n- Panke Culture, <\/strong>Hof V, Gerichtstr. 23, Wedding 18:00 \u2013 02:00, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Klapping: Everything is a little bit of a dance<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.the-berliner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WEDNESDAY-Klapping-scaled.jpg\")
Photo: Pop-Kultur<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPart choreography, part\u2026football? Klapping<\/em> merges football gestures, urban dance and collective movement into one living, rhythmic performance. Spectators become participants in a piece that\u2019s all about presence, connection and shared energy \u2013 no ticket \u2013 or ball \u2013 needed.<\/p>\n\n- silent green<\/strong> weise, Gerichtstr. 35, Wedding, 20:00 \u2013 20:30, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Charlotte Colace<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.the-berliner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/THURSDAY-Charlotte-Colace.png\")
Photo: Charlotte Colace, by Pop-Kultur<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFrench-Cuban soul with Berlin edge \u2013 Charlotte Colace channels 60s grooves through a modern, cinematic lens. Fresh off tours with Nick Hakim and Omah Lay, she now brings her debut EP No Way But Through<\/em> to the stage with a full live band. Presented by LISTEN TO BERLIN, this one\u2019s smooth, sharp and worthy of a good groove.<\/p>\n\n- Festsaal Kreuzberg Biergarten<\/strong>, Am Flutgraben 2, Kreuzberg, 20:00 \u2013 20:45, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pamela Owusu-Brenyahs: AFRO x POP Unplugged<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.the-berliner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FRIDAY-NanaBcool-press625_Shana-Dankelmeier-scaled.jpg\")
Photo: NanaBcool, by Shana Dankelmeier<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCurated by Pamela Owusu-Brenyah, this intimate series highlights standout voices from Berlin\u2019s Afro-diasporic music scene \u2013 artists you haven\u2019t heard at Pop-Kultur yet, but should. Expect rap, Afro-fusion, spoken word and more, performed up close and unplugged, with the audience seated on Senegalese mats and sobolo in hand.<\/p>\n
\n- Probeb\u00fchne RambaZamba<\/strong> Kulturbrauerei, Sch\u00f6nhauser Allee 36-39, Prenzlauer Berg, 20:40 \u2013 23:50 with breaks, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Club de Baile by Camila Malenchini<\/strong><\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.the-berliner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SATURDSAY-club-de-baile.jpg\")
Photo: Pop-Kultur<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSalsa, cumbia, reggaeton \u2013 Club de Baile turns the \u00c7aystube courtyard into a high-energy, open-air studio led by Latinx artists and DJ Pendejo. With guided workouts and room for improvisation, it\u2019s a celebration of queer joy, post-migrant memory and collective rhythm. No experience needed, just a willingness to move. Free entry, all bodies welcome.<\/p>\n
\n- \u00c7aystube<\/strong> Kulturbrauerei, Sch\u00f6nhauser Allee 36, Prenzlauer Berg, 18:00 \u2013 19:30, Friday and Saturday, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In a music industry still slow to change, BEN\u2013GSA brings together some of the most influential Black voices in Germany\u2019s creative scene. This panel goes beyond surface-level representation to talk real strategy: how to build careers, shape culture and create space where none existed. For artists, insiders and anyone ready to rethink what power looks like.<\/p>\n
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- silent green<\/strong> Atelier 2, Gerichtstr. 35, Wedding, Aug 25, 20:20 \u2013 21:20, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pop-Kultur Lokal: BABYCORE by BABYCAKES<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Photo: July Weber<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n What started in a Berlin gallery mid-pandemic has grown into a full-on sensory riot. BABYCORE crashes metal into drag, somatics into sound systems, and queerness into every corner of club culture. Expect DJs, live sets, workshops and a drag outfit competition that\u2019s more mosh pit than pageant. It\u2019s loud, playful, defiant \u2013 and completely free.<\/p>\n
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- Panke Culture, <\/strong>Hof V, Gerichtstr. 23, Wedding 18:00 \u2013 02:00, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Klapping: Everything is a little bit of a dance<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Photo: Pop-Kultur<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Part choreography, part\u2026football? Klapping<\/em> merges football gestures, urban dance and collective movement into one living, rhythmic performance. Spectators become participants in a piece that\u2019s all about presence, connection and shared energy \u2013 no ticket \u2013 or ball \u2013 needed.<\/p>\n
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- silent green<\/strong> weise, Gerichtstr. 35, Wedding, 20:00 \u2013 20:30, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Charlotte Colace<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Photo: Charlotte Colace, by Pop-Kultur<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n French-Cuban soul with Berlin edge \u2013 Charlotte Colace channels 60s grooves through a modern, cinematic lens. Fresh off tours with Nick Hakim and Omah Lay, she now brings her debut EP No Way But Through<\/em> to the stage with a full live band. Presented by LISTEN TO BERLIN, this one\u2019s smooth, sharp and worthy of a good groove.<\/p>\n
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- Festsaal Kreuzberg Biergarten<\/strong>, Am Flutgraben 2, Kreuzberg, 20:00 \u2013 20:45, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pamela Owusu-Brenyahs: AFRO x POP Unplugged<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Photo: NanaBcool, by Shana Dankelmeier<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Curated by Pamela Owusu-Brenyah, this intimate series highlights standout voices from Berlin\u2019s Afro-diasporic music scene \u2013 artists you haven\u2019t heard at Pop-Kultur yet, but should. Expect rap, Afro-fusion, spoken word and more, performed up close and unplugged, with the audience seated on Senegalese mats and sobolo in hand.<\/p>\n
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- Probeb\u00fchne RambaZamba<\/strong> Kulturbrauerei, Sch\u00f6nhauser Allee 36-39, Prenzlauer Berg, 20:40 \u2013 23:50 with breaks, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Club de Baile by Camila Malenchini<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Photo: Pop-Kultur<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton \u2013 Club de Baile turns the \u00c7aystube courtyard into a high-energy, open-air studio led by Latinx artists and DJ Pendejo. With guided workouts and room for improvisation, it\u2019s a celebration of queer joy, post-migrant memory and collective rhythm. No experience needed, just a willingness to move. Free entry, all bodies welcome.<\/p>\n
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- \u00c7aystube<\/strong> Kulturbrauerei, Sch\u00f6nhauser Allee 36, Prenzlauer Berg, 18:00 \u2013 19:30, Friday and Saturday, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Probeb\u00fchne RambaZamba<\/strong> Kulturbrauerei, Sch\u00f6nhauser Allee 36-39, Prenzlauer Berg, 20:40 \u2013 23:50 with breaks, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Festsaal Kreuzberg Biergarten<\/strong>, Am Flutgraben 2, Kreuzberg, 20:00 \u2013 20:45, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- silent green<\/strong> weise, Gerichtstr. 35, Wedding, 20:00 \u2013 20:30, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Panke Culture, <\/strong>Hof V, Gerichtstr. 23, Wedding 18:00 \u2013 02:00, details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n