Easter in Berlin
Festivals, markets and concerts
Use the long Easter weekend for an unforgettable time in Berlin! This year, the public holidays fall on 20 and 21 April - just the right opportunity to welcome Spring in the capital. Look forward to atmospheric Easter markets, cheerful spring festivals and cosy hours with your loved ones. Enjoy a hearty Easter breakfast, stroll through the city's parks and gardens and round off the evening by a warming Easter fire. Berlin awaits you with unique experiences and a festive atmosphere!
Win a spring weekend in Berlin:
The cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and the first warm rays of sunshine are inviting you to explore the city and enjoy the beautiful parks and cafés. With a bit of luck, you could win a magical spring weekend for two in Berlin – including an overnight stay at a top hotel.
We especially recommend the "Ab ins B!", which gives you the chance to experience Berlin outside of the tourist locations and mega events.
Our Events calendar tells you what else is going on in Berlin at Easter.
For excursions into the surrounding area, use our new day ticket sanssouci +, which connects most of the palaces and gardens:
Celebrate at spring and Easter festivals
- Visit from 29 March to 4 May . March to 4 May visit the 53rd Spring Festival on Kurt-Schumacher-Damm. This funfair with over 60 rides, including a ghost train and various rollercoasters, is great fun for the whole family.
- At Gutspark Britz, you can enjoy the 4th to 27th April. April the Britzer Baumblüte will delight you. In addition to many delicacies and rides, there is once again a non-stop stage programme and Easter specials: just drop by!
- The Zitadelle Berlin in Spandau invites you from 19 to 21 April. April for the annual Oster-Ritterfest. Everything a knight's heart desires is on offer here, from knightly combat to a fire show and storytellers.
- At the same time, the Easter Spectacle takes place again at Storkow Castle.
This Easter: FESTTAGE at the Staatsoper
Experience Vincenzo Bellini's Norma in a new production on the stage of the Staatsoper. Other highlights in the Festtage programme: the recital with Joyce DiDonato, Wagner's Parsifal and the Festtage concert with the Staatskapelle Berlin.
The Easter markets invite you
- In the week before Easter, the season starts at Späth'sche Baumschule with lots of spring flowers, an Easter herb garden and the opening of a beer garden.
- Already on 13. April, potters, painters and designers will be exhibiting their works of art in the immediate vicinity of the romantic Trinitatis Church. The variety on offer ranges from jewellery and pottery to figurines made of wood or metal and Easter decorations. Culinary delights are also on offer
- And the Easter market on Mexikoplatz with arts and crafts opens on 13 April from 11 am. April from 11 am its gates.
- From Easter Saturday to Easter Monday you can sample delicacies and admire handicrafts at the Easter market at Chorin Monastery.
- The Easter market at Alexanderplatz brings a spring atmosphere. Many wine stands and a beer garden invite you to linger. Numerous shows and a petting zoo keep the little ones entertained. No date has yet been announced for 2025.
Easter programmes for children & families
Berlin always has something to offer for families and children, of course, and so the capital also has numerous events this weekend - here is just a small selection:
- Creative and Easter market at Erlebnispark Paaren from 29 to 30 March from 10 am to 5 pm each day.
- Sorbian Easter Eggs - Workshop at the printmaking studio in Prenzlauer Berg on 4. and 5. April from 10 am - 7 pm
- Easter egg painting in the Sorbian tradition from 12. to 19 April at the Spät'schen Baumschule.
- On Karfreitag is traditionally the season start at Strandbad Wannsee, free of charge for all brave souls.
- Easter market at the SchaMottchen and KulturGut on 13 April. April with springtime hands-on activities and atmospheric live music.
- The Theatre Jaro tells the story of the fox, the fairies and the egg for children aged 3 to 8.
- On 16 and 17 April. April, the Museum of European Cultures is offering a two-day workshop on Weaving Easter baskets, please register online.
- Easter games in the Britzer Garten on Easter Sunday from 11am.
- Big season opening on Easter Sunday at the Rennbahn Hoppegarten.
- Warnemünde Sand World with metre-high sand figures (motto: Secrets of the Seven Seas) created by international sand artists at Karl's Adventure Village from 17 April. April.
- Paint eggs and make Easter decorations at the Nature Conservation Centre Ökowerk on 18 April.
- The Museumsdorf Düppel invites you to visit during the Easter holidays from 18. to 21 April with a varied programme.
- Bunnies and Easter bunnies will be on display at Schloss Königs Wusterhausen on 19 April. April wanted.
- The German Historical Museum invites you to special children's tours during the Berlin Easter holidays.
- Easter tours and an exciting holiday programme at the Berlin Zoo and Tierpark Berlin.
- Every year, the FEZ (Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum Wuhlheide) offers a colourful Easter programme for children during the holiday season. The motto for 2025 is: Check out and discover - The big Easter holiday adventure and starts on 12 April .
- The Gardens of the World and the Britzer Garten offer a colourful programme for the Easter weekend.
Easter bonfire on Easter Saturday
- Easter bonfire at Britzer Garten from 6 - 9.30 pm
- Easter bonfire at Strandbad Wendenschloss from 12 to 10 pm
- Easter bonfire in Weißensee at the Peter Edel Education and Cultural Centre
- Easter bonfire in Kienbergpark in Hellersdorf from 4 to 9 pm
- Easter bonfire in the large fire bowl in the beer garden of Späth'sche Baumschulen from 18 to 21 April
- Easter bonfire at the Trabrennbahn Karlshorst on Sunday, 20 April from 3 to 8 pm
- Easter bonfire in Spandau on the grounds of Buchwaldzeile/Straße 265 in Gatow on 19 April from 3 pm. At 4 pm there will be an Easter egg hunt for children.Shows, musicals and festivals
- FALLING | IN LOVE is once again this year with over 100 artists from 28 nations on the biggest stage in the world, beautiful to fall in love with. The show at the Friedrichstadt-Palast will captivate you with its ravishing beauty. Plunge into a surging sea of colours and emotions and experience the most sparkling Grand Show of all time until 5 July 2025!
- Until the end of March Stars in Concert presents an incredible range of musical genres and artists for you, from pop idols like Madonna and Michael Jackson to rock legends like Elvis Presley and Queen. With a breathtaking light show, a live band and talented vocal performers, this show is an unforgettable experience for all music fans.
- The Wintergarten Varieté Berlin presents The Crazy Berlin Show: VARIETÉ GAGA. A show fantastically shrill, rousing, loud and with crazy acrobatics. Berlin's diverse street scene is perfectly reflected on the Wintergarten stage. You may recognise characters such as the Berghain regular, esoteric yoga teachers and other quirky characters from the capital.
- Experience with Play Dead at Chamäleon Berlin for a rousing, atmospheric and surprisingly humorous performance.
- The first Berlin Lambada Festival including workshops and parties will take place at the Maschinenhaus in the Kulturbrauerei from 18 to 20 April.
Shipping season
With a Steamboat parade starts on 21 April. April, the Lüdicke shipping company's season starts with a 2.5-hour boat tour in a convoy of all four ships on the Unterhavel from Spandau via Gatow and Kladow to Wannsee and back.
Or hop on one of the many excursion steamers and boats and discover Berlin from a whole new perspective.
Concerts at Easter time
- The Festtage der Staatsoper Berlin from 11. - 21 April are the cultural highlight for all opera lovers. This year, we can once again expect many great days full of excitement. The main focus is on Richard Wagner.
- On Easter Monday, the Hamburg Stage Ensemble will perform Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" and "The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires" by Astor Piazzolla in the Philharmonie Berlin.
- Andreas Sieling and the Staatsoper unter den Linden perform organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach on Karfreitag on the great organ in Berlin Cathedral.
- Götz Schubert will read at a musical matinee in the Apostel-Paulus-Kirche on 18 April with music by Haydn, Schreker and Brahms, among others.
- In the Junction Bar on 18 and 19 April, Breaking the Silence will be loud, energetic and unforgettable with rock, punk, hard rock and metal.
- The vocal ensemble Slavic Voices will present Easter music from the Orthodox tradition in the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche on 20 April
