Berlin 2024 – the main events
Events, exhibitions, openings
In autumn 2024, Berlin will once again be in the spotlight:
The German capital has just welcomed millions of guests from all over the world to the 2024 European Football Championship this summer. The next few months will be dominated by the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in November. And in October, the Festival of Lights will be celebrated in Berlin for the 20th time: Sights, monuments and squares will be illuminated in exciting colours until late into the night.
Berlin Highlights of the Year 2024
The main events and exhibitions in Berlin 2024
What's new in Berlin?
Berlin Highlights of the Year 2024
The year 2024 in Berlin is gathering pace. Here you find a selection of the year's highlights, more are being planned.
35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall: The big anniversary in autumn
9th November 2024
Numerous events are planned throughout Berlin in autumn 2024 to mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the wall, with an official ceremony on 9th November. Exhibitions, open-air events, guided tours and participatory activities are to be offered. At the Humboldt Forum, the focus will be on the former Palace of the Republic for the whole year from May.
Spectacular: historical and new posters, signs and banners are installed along the former course of the Wall.
where: throughout the city
Laver Cup Berlin 2024
20 to 22 September 2024
A tennis tournament unlike any other, the seventh edition of the Laver Cup takes place in Berlin for the first time following stops in Prague, Chicago, Geneva, Boston, London and Vancouver. The tournament pits six of the best men’s tennis players from Europe against six of their counterparts from the rest of the world over three days of intense team competition. The teams are led by legendary captains, Bjorn Borg for Team Europe and John McEnroe for Team World.
where: Uber Arena, Friedrichshain
Festival of Lights 2024
4 to 13. October 2024
For the 20th anniversary of the Festival of Lights the whole of Berlin will be lit up in the most fascinating illuminations of the most famous and popular buildings and squares. Experience colourful light art every evening between 7 pm and 11 pm. This year's motto: "Celebrating Freedom".
Where: Main locations and landmarks of the city
St Hedwig's Cathedral: ceremonial reopening in Mitte
24 November 2024
Frederick the Great had the famous domed building on Bebelplatz built on the model of the Pantheon in Rome. The cathedral of the Archdiocese of Berlin, the destination of many visitors to Berlin, has been rebuilt and renovated in recent years and will shine in new splendour in 2024.
where: St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Bebelplatz, Berlin
Events and Exhibitions 2024 in Berlin
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Zerreißprobe. Art between Politics and Society 1945 - 2000
The Neue Nationalgalerie shows its extensive art collection from a new perspective: Under the title “Zerreißprobe” (The Acid Test), it will present masterpieces from the years after the Second World War that bear witness to the upheaval, the German division and the emotional turmoil.
where: Neue Nationalgalerie
when: until 28th September 2025
Berlin's new musical hit!
It goes on! "Ku'damm 59 - The Musical" is the sequel to "Ku'damm 56" and tells the story of the four fearless Schöllack women who fight for emancipation and self-discovery in Berlin at the end of the 1950s.
Re:Generation. Climate change in the green world heritage site - and what we can do
The open-air exhibition in the middle of the green Sanssouci Palace Park not only documents the fatal consequences of extreme temperatures and drought in the green World Heritage Site, but also uses workshops, guided tours and 30 exhibition stations to show solutions and what we can all do. The focus is on the importance of joint commitment.
where: Sanssouci Park in Potsdam
when: until 31 October 2024
There and gone. The Palace of the Republic is the present
Where the Humboldt Forum stands today was once the Palace of the Republic: the seat of the People's Chamber and a place of representation for the GDR, with modern design, art, plenty of restaurants and a discotheque. In the anniversary year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Humboldt Forum is dedicating an extensive exhibition and event programme to the most important building of the GDR.
where: Humboldt Forum
when: until 16 February 2025
FALLING | IN LOVE Grand Show
Experience the FALLING | IN LOVE Grand Show at Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin. Plunge into a surging sea of colours and emotions - curated by Parisian star designer Jean Paul GAULTIER. Berlin's radiant show jewel with the indescribable magic of 100 million Swarovski crystals.
Berlin 2024 will showcase one of the greatest portrait painters of all time: Along with Rembrandt and Vermeer, Frans Hals is one of the most important Dutch artists of the 17th century. The large collaborative exhibition can be seen before in London and Amsterdam.
where: Gemäldegalerie
when: until 3rd November 2024
Bosch and contemporary artists
Immerse yourself in the surreal world of Bosch in an exhibition that uses cutting-edge technology to guide you through his bizarre worlds.Find out how Bosch's ideas are being reinterpreted by contemporary artists.
On 24th August, Berlin's concert life will start the new season with the Musikfest Berlin. Together with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Berliner Festspiele invites you to diverse concerts by the great orchestras and ensembles in the field of classical and modern music.
where: Philharmonie Berlin and other locations
when: 24th August to 17th September 2024
Every year, more than 30,000 fans celebrate athletics at the Berlin Olympic Stadium and experience world-class sport up close. Javelin throw, shot put, record sprints and many other top sporting performances guarantee excitement and a wonderful atmosphere.
where: Olympic Stadium
when: first September 2024
Every year, the US festival Lollapalooza in Berlin thrills around one hundred thousand music fans with a high-calibre line-up, international bands and prominent musicians. It's two days of dancing and partying.
where: Olympic Stadium
when: 7 and 8 September 2024
After reunification, seven East German photographers found the Ostkreuz photo agency. In spectacular photographs, they capture the atmosphere and social challenges in the years following reunification: hopes and fears, the desire for new beginnings and questions of belonging.
where: C/O Berlin
when: 14 September 2024 to 13 January 2025
50th BMW Berlin Marathon - the anniversary marathon
One of the biggest running events in the world, the Berlin Marathon, attracts more than 40,000 participants from around 120 nations to the German capital every autumn. And of course just as many spectators. The route leads past the most important landmarks of Berlin.
where: City centre streets, starting point and destination: Straße des 17. Juni
when: 29th September 2024
55th anniversary of the Berlin TV Tower
The Berlin TV Tower, one of Berlin's most important landmarks, is celebrating its 55th birthday! Celebrate with us and find out about the events planned throughout the year at visitBerlin.de.
where: Berlin Television Tower
when: 3 October 2024
Christmas markets in Berlin 2024
The Christmas season begins in Berlin at the end of November with numerous large and small Christmas markets. You will find all available information here over the next few months.
You can find the whole wide range of events in 2024/2025 in the capital's most beautiful calendar of events - at visitBerlin.de.
Take a look ahead to next year: in Berlin 2025 you will find an overview that we are constantly updating.
What's new in Berlin?
New museums have opened or reopened all over the city: The new ones are Fotografiska Berlin and Deutschlandmuseum. The former airport tower in Tempelhof and the Deja Vu Museum also entice with new insights and views. And after years of renovation, the Medizinhistorische Museum der Charité once again invites visitors to experience 300 years of medical history.
Another interesting bit of news: Now that the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin has moved to a larger exhibition space at the Schloss Charlottenburg, the old museum building in Fasanenstraße now houses the Werkstatt Exilmuseum. It invites all Berliners to inform themselves about the future Exilmuseum at Anhalter Bahnhof and to be a part of it. It is to be inaugurated in 2028.
Image gallery
Deutschlandmuseum Berlin, Deutsche Teilung
THF Tower Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin
Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, Ausstellungssaal
Sonderausstellung Mutter und Kind
Werkstatt Exilmuseum Berlin, Studio
