It's been over 30 years since Monarchie und Alltag, but the Düsseldorf NDW progenitors are still alive and kicking – with a new album, even. Their spiritual heirs in Camera were last seen post-rocking under the U-Bahn tracks on May Day.

Pull out your tux or gown, or both! It's your chance to be crowned Drag Queen/King/Androgyn, judged by Gloria Viagra, Sookee and Alexander Geist. Or just boogie with DJs Dickey Doo, Joey Hansom and DyCe, plus Nuclear Family live. Océan leRoy hosts.

Berlin channels some Brazilian Carnival spirit in its biggest multikulti festival. A four-day street party with exotic food, concerts and a huge parade.

In a time fraught with fascism, Chaplin's most controversial comedy was a poignant satire of it's time. More than 70 years later, his acclaimed film remains as relevant. Enjoy a night of the tramp with drinks, a 1940s dress code and an after party.

Outsider artist du jour now signed to the same label as Adele, the 27-year-old former postman/soldier is set for the sort of Susan Boyle Indie Overdrive that, if he's lucky, will merely push him into insanity. Either way, the man can sing.

The 24-year-old Montreal-ite creates vocally intricate, sample-heavy home recordings, but she isn't afraid to show off her more mainstream influences: her crystalline soprano hooks recall mono-monikered pop princesses like Aaliyah and Ashanti.

The title of the Lux et terra festival’s Friday concert says it all: this is Händel’s music with a bit of humour and reference to the modern world. This production from Kobie van Rensburg brings the story of the resurrection into the 21st century.

After three years, this "preview" of the illustrious open-air festival has become a must-go shindig in its own right. Day one kicks things off with Miike Snow, Austra (at Astra!), and more.

It’s a simple idea: covering the stage with dirt adds texture and dynamics to a movement-based work. But the finesse with which choreographer Toula Limnaios uses the theatricality created by the setting is what has made her production beloved.

The promoters from Chez Jacki present a night of dark, experimental beats featuring Kangding Ray and Grischa Lichtenberger, both known for blurring the line between club culture and sound art.

Eighties revivalists meet 1990s fetishists during a night featuring a DJ set by nu-electro "Remedy" demon Little Boots and a live set by post-alt-rock/anti-hope hip hop nihilists Schwarz Don't Crack, among others.

Controversial American director of films like Kids, Bully and Ken Park exhibits photos from the 1960s to today of – what else? – naked teens.

Like so many rockers, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon never quite left her art school roots behind. What she does is mostly of the messy-blackpaint, technique-light, enigmatic-text-heavy. She shares the show with hotly tipped Nick Mauss and Monika Baer.

Inspired by the 1987 film Wall Street, the young German artist will be presenting sculptures of inventions that made it big in cash culture, but never hit the mainstream; including a sushi machine, a calculator and a never-produced flat screen.

DJ Spinn, DJ Rashad and Schockglatze lead a good old-fashioned street-parade. Follow the electro-panzer through Mitte and Kreuzberg, up to Görli, and pat yourself on the back afterwards for having done your part to reclaim public space.

Meters away from Karneval der Kulturen, the multi-kulti party rages on with a slew of performers and DJs from Africa and beyond, including live sets by Burnt Friedman/ex-Can drummer Jaki Liebzeit (Saturday) and Senegal-based Jeri-Jeri (Sunday).

Berlin channels some Brazilian Carnival spirit in its biggest multikulti festival. A four-day street party with exotic food, concerts and a huge parade.

The title of the Lux et terra festival’s Friday concert says it all: this is Händel’s music with a bit of humour and reference to the modern world. This production from Kobie van Rensburg brings the story of the resurrection into the 21st century.

It’s a simple idea: covering the stage with dirt adds texture and dynamics to a movement-based work. But the finesse with which choreographer Toula Limnaios uses the theatricality created by the setting is what has made her production beloved.

If this night were a wedding, ex-Shitkatapulter Phon.o would be the bride (it's a release party for his album "Black Boulder"), and local heroes Modeselektor (only DJing) would be the hot bridesmaid who "forgot" she wasn't supposed to wear white.

The fashionable hedonists at Picknick have to clear out of Dorotheenstraße at the end of the year, so they're throwing a Hof-opening party to celebrate the beginning of the end. Andy Grier, the skinny co-founder of Thieves Like Us, DJs.

This "preview" of the 15-year-old open-air festival (starting July 15) has become a must-go shindig in its own right. Headliners on day two include Crookers and the festively attired Brit known as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.

Meters away from Karneval der Kulturen, the multi-kulti party rages on with a slew of performers and DJs from Africa and beyond, including live sets by Burnt Friedman/ex-Can drummer Jaki Liebzeit (Saturday) and Senegal-based Jeri-Jeri (Sunday).

Berlin channels some Brazilian Carnival spirit in its biggest multikulti festival. A four-day street party with exotic food, concerts and a huge parade.

This "preview" of the 15-year-old open-air festival has become a must-go shindig in its own right. Day three shuts it down with the Ting Tings (hope you've learned singer Katie White's name by now, or she'll be pissed) and more.

The title of the Lux et terra festival’s Friday concert says it all: this is Händel’s music with a bit of humour and reference to the modern world. This production from Kobie van Rensburg brings the story of the resurrection into the 21st century.

The duo's formula hasn't changed – take Casio beats, mix in woozy organ and guitar, top off with Victoria Legrand's deep vocals – but their live act's gone from unimpressive to mesmerising.

It’s a simple idea: covering the stage with dirt adds texture and dynamics to a movement-based work. But the finesse with which choreographer Toula Limnaios uses the theatricality created by the setting is what has made her production beloved.

Boris Mikhailov took his hobby and made it his legacy, becoming one of today’s leading Russian photographers. This retrospective offers an excellent introduction to Mikhailov’s work combined with recent photos produced in Berlin. Don't miss it!

Berlin channels some Brazilian Carnival spirit in its biggest multikulti festival. A four-day street party with exotic food, concerts and a huge parade.

This time at our film and chat series, catch Aleksandra Kumorek’s dystopian vision of a 2020 Berlin.

The title of the Lux et terra festival’s Friday concert says it all: this is Händel’s music with a bit of humour and reference to the modern world. This production from Kobie van Rensburg brings the story of the resurrection into the 21st century.

Jean-Paul Sartre’s confrontation with communism storms the German stage with English surtitles.

Merryn Carver’s piece weaves three separate stories of relationships between two men into a study of the frequent disconnect between physical intimacy and love. This production features a Berlin/South Africa-based team, and director Geoffrey Hyland.

Slowcore's godfathers, briefly reunited after an almost two-decade disappearance, set the standard for lyrical depression that others, such as Elliot Smith, had to kill themselves to keep up with.

At his first Berlin gig since the fall of the Wall, the Boss takes a "Wrecking Ball" to the city's largest venue, though songs from his new album are likely to be overshadowed by the 1980s hits and inevitable Clarence Clemons tribute.

Merryn Carver’s piece weaves three separate stories of relationships between two men into a study of the frequent disconnect between physical intimacy and love. This production features a Berlin/South Africa-based team, and director Geoffrey Hyland.

The Texan married duo used the lo-fi limitations of cheap recording as a sound tool, representing the punks finding their inner hippies.

Held at Berlin's branch of the Shanghai-founded gallery, Amarcord examines the role of identity and memory in contemporary international artworks and plays on themes evoked by the visionary director Fellini's semi-autobiographical film.

Chris Cornell's powerful pipes shake the walls of Spandau's ancient fortress, kicking off a summer of outdoor shows by big names (Bob Dylan!) and some German puzzlers (Knorkator?)

As a music journalist (Uncut) and ex-publicist (he's still the manager of cosmic cowboy Lee Hazlewood's estate) Wallace undoubtedly has a few interesting stories to tell. He'll spill all with musical accompaniment by Hypnodrom.

Merryn Carver’s piece weaves three separate stories of relationships between two men into a study of the frequent disconnect between physical intimacy and love. This production features a Berlin/South Africa-based team, and director Geoffrey Hyland.

Singalong, slapstick silliness is expertly-wielded by renowned UK satirists The Treason Show, as they return to Berlin to skewer the who's-who of the daily news.

Merryn Carver’s piece weaves three separate stories of relationships between two men into a study of the frequent disconnect between physical intimacy and love. This production features a Berlin/South Africa-based team, and director Geoffrey Hyland.

Singalong, slapstick silliness is expertly-wielded by renowned UK satirists The Treason Show, as they return to Berlin to skewer the who's-who of the daily news.

It’s a simple idea: covering the stage with dirt adds texture and dynamics to a movement-based work. But the finesse with which choreographer Toula Limnaios uses the theatricality created by the setting is what has made her production beloved.

A triple bill by some of ballet’s contemporary master choreographers: Nacho Duato, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe. Schiller Theater.

Merryn Carver’s piece weaves three separate stories of relationships between two men into a study of the frequent disconnect between physical intimacy and love. This production features a Berlin/South Africa-based team, and director Geoffrey Hyland.

Singalong, slapstick silliness is expertly-wielded by renowned UK satirists The Treason Show, as they return to Berlin to skewer the who's-who of the daily news.

It’s a simple idea: covering the stage with dirt adds texture and dynamics to a movement-based work. But the finesse with which choreographer Toula Limnaios uses the theatricality created by the setting is what has made her production beloved.

To celebrate 10 years of exciting, exotic expat life in Berlin, Exberliner hosts a summer swimsuit birthday party with live performances from Berlin-based musicians Aérea Negrot, Schwarz Dont Crack, Susanna Berivan and Schneider TM.

The bewitching group show brings together works from 18 of its artists in an exhibition that plays with the idea of magic and illusion, enlisting Berlin’s secretive Circle of Magicians to enchant the rooms of Isabella Bortolozzi throughout the month.

Two installations by the Welsh artist go off show today. Constructed Space recreates a 2008 project as a kind of echoic living space, more deconstructed than constructed. The new work, by contrast, is all Jimi Hendrix and neon.

For the 100th birthday celebrations of John Cage, AdK presents exhibitions of his lesser-known visual art and frames it within the context of European modernism. Presenting the environment of him and his contemporaries and Asian themes in his work.