Concerts & tips for gig tripping to Berlin

Billie Eilish, Bruce Springsteen, Iggy Pop, Iron Maiden, Patti Smith, Nina Chuba, the Pixies, Taylor the Creator, Herbert Grönemeyer and Helge Schneider, all of them - and many more - are coming to Berlin in 2025. The line-up of megastars in the capital is so large that on some evenings, music fans have to choose one of several major concerts. And that's not even taking into account the smaller music events, jazz, classical music, operas, musicals and other exciting events in Berlin. We have put together some of the concert highlights in Berlin for 2025. Our tips for your big gig in Berlin!

Gig Tripping Highlights 2025

• Mega-Concerts
• Rock & Pop Concerts
• Jazz: Concerts & Festivals
• Highlights for classical music fans
• Classical Open Air
• Candlelight Concerts
• Festivals & Street festivals
• Music & electro festivals in Berlin and the surrounding area
• Local & underground tips
• Pop & rock: Concert highlights

 1 Mega concerts at Olympiastadion, Uber-Arena & Waldbühne

With the Velodrome, the Uber Arena , the Waldbühne and the Olympiastadion, Berlin has four venues that can accommodate more than 10.

The Olympiastadion will be rocking Bruce Springsteen in 2025 (11 June). June), Linkin Park (18. June), ACDC (30. June) and Lollapalooza will also be playing the Olympic site again this year (12 & 13 June). The line-up includes Justin Timberlake, J-Hope and Mother Mother.

Helene Fischer fans should make a note of 13 June 2026. Tickets for her 360° Stadion Tour at Berlin's Olympiastadion are already on sale. 

In the Uber Arena Berlin, several rock and pop stars will take to the stage every month in 2025, including Billie Eilish (9. May), Usher (1, 2 & 4. May), Tyler, The Creator (12. May), Twenty One Pilots (8 April), Shrin David (24 April), Santana (13 June), Kylie Minoque (16 June). June), Nine Inch Nails (1. July), Lionel Richie (3. July), Ayliva (15, 16 & 18. September), Montez (27 September), One Republic (2. October), Sting (16. October), Simply Red (19 October). October), Katy Perry (21. October), Nina Chuba (9. November), Jamiroquai (19. November) and Kontra K (24 to 27 November).

Despite the double concert, Herbert Grönemeyer's performance at the Velodrom in September is already sold out, as is Robbie Williams at the Waldbühne. Tickets are still available for the second Berlin concert by Iron Maiden at the Waldbühne, for Neil Young (3. July), SIDO (5 July) and SIDO (5 July). July) and Roland Kaiser (16 August). 

You can also find a daily updated overview of concerts in Berlin in our Event Calendar.

2 More rock & pop concerts

In addition to these mega stages, Berlin also offers the Columbiahalle, the Tempodrom, the Max-Schmeling-Halle and the Zitadelle Spandau are four more concert venues for rock, pop and large events. Up to 8,000 people can be seated in the audience stands here. Other exciting music venues are the Parkbühne Wuhlheide, the Huxley's Neue Welt, the SchwuZ, the Kesselhaus in the Kulturbrauerei, Ritter Butzke, the Festsaal Kreuzberg, the Astra Kulturhaus or the Heimathafen Neukölln.

The club scene in Berlin also has some exciting venues for concerts, including the SO36, the Lido, the Silent Green, the Frannz Club, the Prachtwerk, Gretchen, the Privatclub, Urban Spree, the Badehaus or the Kantine im Berghain. A list of the most important concerts in the pop and rock scene can be found at the end of the article.

3 Jazz: Concerts & festivals in Berlin 2025

In addition to the concert highlights, music is playing everywhere in Berlin's smaller clubs & bars every evening. In the established jazz clubs such as A-Trane, Quasimodo, Zig Zag and Yorkschlösschen, you can hear international greats and exciting up-and-coming projects. Smaller venues as well as the established clubs regularly host jam sessions, most of them once a week, the Hat Bar even every night from 10.30 pm. Bill Evans, Kenny Garret (28 March at Zig Zag), Tobias Meinhart (5 April at Zig Zag) or Disco Inferno (26 April at Quasimodo) are on the programme alongside many others. 

You can find out more at the Jazzfestival in der Tischlerei of the Deutsche Oper (5. to 12 May 2025) at the Berlin XJazz! Festival at the Festsaal Kreuzberg (16 to 18 May), at the Jazzwoche Berlin (28 June to 4 July), or at the Berlin XJazz! July), or the Jazzfest Berlin (30 October to 2 November 2025) to listen to established musicians and discover exciting contemporary jazz projects.

4 highlights for classical music fans

The Rundfunkchor Berlin celebrates its centenary in 2025 with many classics and the Musikfest Berlin from 30 August to 23 September 2025. August to 23 September 2025, the world's best symphony orchestras and choirs will be performing in the city. 

Don't miss the Festtage der Staatsoper in Berlin's most historic opera house on the Linden boulevard. From 11 to 21 April, unforgettable concerts and opera performances await you here, including top-class guest orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra or the Orchestre de Paris, and of course the excellent Staatskapelle Berlin.

Another highlight for classical music fans in Berlin is definitely the Berlin Philharmonic concert at the end of the season on 28 June 2025. This time, the world-famous orchestra under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel will bring Latin American sounds and rhythms to the Waldbühne.

The Classic Open Air invites you to come along from 17 to 21 July. From 17 to 21 July, Gendarmenmarkt invites you to enjoy classical music in the open air against the historic backdrop of the Gendarmenmarkt, which only reopened in March 2025. Jazz star Gregory Porter, world star soprano Anna Netrebko and star tenor Yusiv Eyvazov will also be performing. The series will be opened by the chief conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Joana Mallwitz.

5 Classical Open Air & Candlelight Concerts

Perfect for music-loving families with children is the Klassik Open Air im Britzer Garten, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2025 with "Symphony & Sounds - Classical, Rock and Pop" to create a very special mix of styles from Smetana's Moldau to Bruce Springsteen's "The River" and the Beachboys' surfing medley for a summery atmosphere.

With currently seven major orchestras, plus the orchestras of Berlin's three opera houses and the Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin offers an exciting classical music programme all year round. There are also smaller classical music events at some unusual and typically Berlin venues such as the Piano Salon Christophori, a piano workshop.

The Candlelight Concerts, where you can experience music in atmospheric venues by the light of hundreds of candles, are a global trend and are also popular in Berlin. You can experience an impressive backdrop for live music in the concert halls of the former DDR-Funkhaus in der Nalepastraße. On 14 May, for example, you can listen to Brazilian singer & songwriter Tim Bernardes here.

For more insider tips for classical music fans, listen to our Episode Klassikstadt Berlin for Berlin Unboxed, the official visitBerlin podcast.

6 festivals & street parties

In Berlin, music is playing everywhere, even on the streets and squares of the capital. Highlights every year include the Kreuzberg-Festival, Berlin's biggest street festival. From 27 to 29 June 2025, Kreuzbergstraße will be transformed into a musical festival mile with three stages featuring 60 artists and bands. The 48 Stunden Neukölln festival is also definitely worth a trip to Berlin, where you can discover the musical and artistic side of the multicultural neighbourhood for two days and two nights from 7 pm on 27 June until 7 pm on 29 June.

For Christopher Street Day attracts the queer community on 26 July. July, dancing and partying to electro and techno sounds through the city. And at the Karneval der Kulturen, the colourful costumes and a wide variety of multicultural music styles create a great atmosphere.

Don't miss the beginning of summer in Berlin. The whole city will be transformed into a stage for the Fête de la Musique on 21 June. Music will be played on the streets, in the parks and also in bars and pubs. Most of the events are free of charge.

And if you are interested in pop culture, the Pop Culture Festival from 25 to 30 August offers more than just concerts and music. from 25 to 30 August offers not only concerts and music, but also readings, talks, films and a broad discourse programme that places pop culture in a socio-political context.

7 music & electro festivals in Berlin and the surrounding area

In addition to the Lollapalooza on 12. & 13 July on the grounds around the Olympiastadion, there are a whole series of music festivals in the Berlin area that can be wonderfully combined with a city trip to Berlin. The best known include the Wurzelfest 80 kilometres south of Berlin in Jüterborg (5 to 8 June 2025), the Hive Festival from 20 to 22 June and the Whole from 18 to 21 July 2025 at the Olympic Stadium. to 21 July 2025 at the Ferropolis site, the Fusion from 5 to 29 June at the Lärz airfield or the Feel Festival from 24 to 27 July at Bergheider See. Look forward to long weekends with music, art, workshops and lovingly designed open-air stages.

In Berlin, the RSO.Berlin invites you to dance the night away at the Home Again Club Festival from 25 May to 2 June. And the Strandbad Grünau has also booked a great line-up for summer 2025, including Paul van Dyk on 14 June.

8 Local & Underground tips

If you want to discover a little more of Berlin than just the big concert halls while gig tripping, you don't have to miss out on music. Most bars and clubs with live music can be found in Neukölln, Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain and Mitte. The Schokoladen in Ackerstraße in Mitte is a communal residential and cultural project with a stage and bar on the ground floor. Here you can still feel the free spirit of the wild 1990s, just like in the Club of Polish Failures right next door.

The House of Music on the RAW site is a meeting place for musicians and anyone interested in the subject, and there are several other live music venues such as the Cassiopeia, the Astra or the Lokschuppen. In Neukölln, the Klunkerkranich on the roof of a mall to dance and music and in Friedrichshain the Hoppetosse swings to electro and jazz sounds on the Spree.

In summer, of course, the music plays outside, in Berlin beach bars and beer gardens or just like that. Let yourself go - from the street musicians on Museum Island to the concert series on the island of youth to a day on the water with music at Strandbad Wendeschloss or Strandbad Grünau in Köpenick. 

9 concert highlights 2025

Concerts in Berlin in March

• Berq, Columbiahalle, 4. March
• John Calek, Columbiahalle, 14 March
• C2C: Country to Country, Uber Eats Music Hall, 7 to 9 March
• . March
• Lenny Kravitz, Uber Arena, 14 March
• . March
• K.I.Zk, Max-Schmeling-Halle, 14 March
• Jamie XX, Uber Eats Music Hall, 14 March.
• Sabrina Carpenter, Uber Arena, 19. March
• Tokio Hotel, Uber Eats Music Hall, 27. March
• Yung Hurn, Columbiahalle, 29 March

Concert highlights in Berlin in April 2025

• Classical Music Highlight: Festtage der Staatsoper, 11 - 21 April
• The Dire Straits Experience, Columbiahalle, 2 April
• Seu Jorge, Tempodrom, 3 April
• The Bride Hits the Eye, Festsaal Kreuzberg, 5 April
• The Wombats, Columbiahalle, 7. April
• Twenty One Pilots, Uber Arena, 8 April
• Blumengarten, Columbiahalle, 11 April
• Madsen, Columbiahalle, 12 April
• La Femme, Columbiahalle, 17 April
• Tocotronic, Columbiahalle, 19 and 20 April
• Fountainhead, Reset Club Berlin, 24 April
• Shirin David, Uber Arena, 24. April
• Sugababes, Uber Eats Music Hall, 27. April

Concerts in Beriln in May 2025

• Pixies, Tempodrom, 1. May
• Usher, Uber Arena, 1.,2. & 4. May
• Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub, Huxleys Neue Welt, 3. May
• Inhaler, Columbiahalle, 3. May
• Wave to Earth, Columbiahalle, 4 May
• Stereophonics, Uber Eats Music Hall, 3 May
• . May
• The Lumineers, Velodrom, 8 May
• Viagra Boys, Columbiahalle, 8 May
• . May
• Billie Eilish, Uber Arena, 9. May
• Sophie Zelmani, Heimathafen Neukölln, 11. May
• Tyler, The Creator, Uber Arena, 12. May
• Holly Johnson, Tempodrom, 19 May
• Alphaphille, Tempodrom, 23 May
• Stereolab, Huxleys Neue Welt, 29 May
• . May
• Ludovico Einaudi, Waldbühne, 31. May
• The Brian, Jonestown Massacre Huxleys, 31 May
• Rock & Metal - Spring Bash, Cassiopeia, 31. May

Concerts in Berlin in June

•  Blue Öyster Cult, Tempodrom, 3 June
• The Flaming Lips, Tempodrom, 5 June
• W.A.S.P., Huxleys Neue Welt, 7 June
• Lisa Eckhart, Tempodrom, 8 June
• Weezer, Columbiahalle, 10 June
• Bruce Springsteen, Olympiastadion, 11 June
• . June
• Black Country Communion, Zitadelle Spandau, 12. June
• Santana, Uber Arena, 13 June
• Beatsteaks, Max-Schmeling-Halle, 13 June
• . June
• Paul van Dyk, Strandbad Grünau, 14 June
• Kylie Minogue, Uber Arena, 16. June
• Alanis Morissette, Zitadelle Spandau, 17. June
• Linkin Park, Olympiastadion, 18 June
• Iggy Pop, Zitadelle Spandau, 19 June
• . June
• The Teskey Brothers, Zitadelle Spandau, 20 June
• Avenged Sevenfold, Zitadelle Spandau, 21 June
• . June
• Slipknot, Waldbühne, 23 June
• Melissa Etheridge, Uber Eats Music Hall, 24 June
• . June
• The Corrs, Zitadelle Spandau, 24. June
• Amyl & The Sniffers, Zitadelle Spandau, 25. June
• The Streets, Columbiahalle, 26 June
• Maya Hawke, Huxleys, 27 June
• Paul Kalkbrenner, Parkbühne Wuhlheide, 27 & 28. June
• Bright Eyes, Tempodrom, 29. June

Concert highlights in Berlin in July 2025

• Nine Inch Nails, Uber Arena, 1. July
• The Black Keys, Zitadelle Spandau, 1. July
• Lionel Richie, Uber Arena, 3. July
• Sex Pistols, Zitadelle Spandau, 4. July
• Burna Boy, Waldbühne, 5 July
• Massive Attack, Zitadelle Spandau, 8. July
• Cypress Hill, Zitadelle Spandau, 9 July
• Patti Smith, Zitadelle Spandau, 11. July
• Wanda, Zitadelle Spandau, 12. Juli
• Lollapalooza, Olympistadion, 12. & 13 July
• Nina Chuba, Parkbühne Wuhlheide 18. July
• Sido, Waldbühne, 11., 12. & 18. July
• Robbie Williams, Waldbühne, 21. & 22 July
• Ski Aggu, Parkbühne Wuhlheide 26. July
• The Hooters, Columbiahalle, 29 July
• Iron Maiden, Waldbühne, 29. & 30 July
   

Concerts in Berlin in August 2025

• Fontaines D.C., Zitadelle Spandau, 5 August
• Melvins, Huxleys Neue Welt, 7 August
• Cro, Parkbühne Wuhlheide, 9 August
• The Wailers, Huxleys Neue Welt, 11 August
• . August
• Tokio Hotel, Parkbühne Wuhlheide 15. August
• Deichkind, Parkbühne Wuhlheide 16. August
• K.I.Z, Parkbühne Wuhlheide 22-24 August
• Scooter, Waldbühne, 29. August
   

Concert highlights in Berlin in September

•  Paula Hartmann, Zitadelle Spandau, 1. September
• Yakary, Huxley's New World, 7. September
• Herbert Grönemeyer, Velodrom, 11. & 12 September 
• Jazeek, Uber Eats Music Hall, 14. September
• Ayliva, Uber Arena, 15,16 + 18 September
• DOTA, Columbiahalle, 19. September
• Torsten Sträter, Tempodrom, 26 September
• Querbeat, Columbiahalle, 26 September
• . September
• Graham Nash, Uber Eats Music Hall, 26 September
• Counting Crows, Huxleys Neue Welt, 30. September
   

Concerts in Berlin in October

• Rainhard Fendrich, Tempodrom, 2. October
• Parcels, Max-Schmeling-Halle, 4. October
• SWR, Big Band & Max Mutzke, Columbiahalle, 6 & 7 October
• Sting, Uber Arena, 16. October
• Simply Red, Uber Arena, 19. October
• SOULY, Columbiahalle, 19 &20 October
• Slime, Festsaal Kreuzberg, 25 October
• Neutrina, Cassiopeia, 25 October
   

Concert highlights in Berlin in November 2025

• Edwin Rosen, Columbiahalle, 5 & 6. November
• H-Blockx, Columbiahalle, 7 November
• Helge Schneider, Tempodrom, 7 & 8 November
• Jethro Tull, Tempodrom, 9 November
• . November
• Nina Chuba, Uber Arena, 9. November
• SDP, Uber Arena, 12 & 13 November
• Von wegen Lisbeth, Columbiahalle, 14 & 15 November
• Kafvka, Festsaal Kreuzberg, 26 November
• Marianne Rosenberg, Tempodrom, 18 November
• . November
• Jamiroquai, Uber Arena, 19. November
• Anna R, Columbiahalle, 23 November
• Kim Wilde, Columbiahalle, 25 November
• Kontra K, Uber Arena, 24-27 November
• . November
• Max Giesinger, Huxleys Neue Welt, 26 November
• Fritz Kalkbrenner, Columbiahalle, 27 November
• PA69, Columbiahalle, 29 November
• Tiefbasskommando, Velodrom, 29 November. November
   

Concert highlights in Berlin in December

• Badchief, Festsaal Kreuzberg, 2. December
• Sido & guests, Columbiahalle, 9 & 10. December (all other days sold out)
• Luciano, Uber Arena, 6. December
• Revolverheld Uber Eats Music Hall, 6 December
• Sido & guests (Christmas show) Columbiahalle, from 12 December
• Laing, Huxleys Neue Welt, 13 December
• Doro, Huxleys Neue Welt, 15 December
• Die höchste Eisenbahn, Huxleys Neue Welt, 19 December