Berlin's gay electro dance party never goes out of style and hits seven years. Happy birthday! Regulars Michael von Fischback, Sheila Chipperfield, Drew and Metzgerei keep the glitter and sneakers moving while we wait for the super surprise set.

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Paddy's Day is alive and kicking in Berlin with a day of celebration featuring music, a parade, and of course, lots and lots of beer. Join the ranks of silly headwear and merriment on the corner of Oranienstraße / Adalbertstraße.

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The Kreuzberger rapper unleashes a hard but playful dose of feminist hip hop and glamour with her third album Bitches, Butches, Dykes & Divas at the quintessential Xberg venue.

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Berlin's most fabulous club hostess Chantal kicks off 2012 with NSFW synth punk from Nuclear Family who serve up 'family values' like Carol Brady did red meat. The DJ Bunch be Divinity, Maringo, S-Tee and Miss Danger.

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Part of Mitternachtskino Mario Bava: while not really about vampires per se, Bava's 1965 science fiction film is said to have been an influence on Ridley Scott's Alien albeit a bit campier and no H.R. Giger. Nov 12-16

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Part of Mitternachtskino Mario Bava, Blood and Black Lace follows the exploits of a sadistic killer of fashion models. The Italian director is considered to have kicked off the giallo film genre with the classic body count thriller. Nov 19-23)

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Berlin's rock'n'roll savant circus, Bonaparte, capture the essential visual elements of their chaos carnival that is so integral to their calculated cabaret. The world premiere of their live concert film is appropriately on Halloween.

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The fest with fangs arrives tonight with more resurrection than death, delivering a Fabrika Records showcase featuring Petra Flurr, Jemek Jemowit and Die Selektion. And the return of long buried squishy fun Berlin queer party - Poopsy Club. Arise!

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Trying to add a touch of class to debauchery, Gucci Goth sounds a bit like Patrick Batemen meets Siouxsie Sioux. Probably with less cocaine. Maybe just as scary. DAT Politics headlines the Mutant Transmissions stage celebrating acronyms in NDW.

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Love. Shit. Fuck. Techno Viking internet popularity aside, Fuckparade's decidedly more anti-establishment stance of the three "parades" is in jeopardy of absorbing the gentrified santorum of Love Parade, but for now, it's still gliding hard and fast.

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Klaus Kinski, as (what else) a madman, tries to pull a boat over a mountain (which Herzog actually did for the film). Part of the Werner Herzog retrospective. German OV.

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Part of the Werner Herzog retrospective. A mad conquistador (Klaus Kinski) desperately searches for El Dorado almost more to the detriment of his comrades than to the land he’s come to conquer.

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The depiction of a subculture that might seem forgotten (or outdated to some) is still alive kicking and screaming its name through the economic, gender or anti-fascist battles of rebels. A solidarity-show for for ABC Moskau at Køpi follows.

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Highlighting things short, gay, and Iberian - a few short days before the CSD finale and the Transgenialer CSD in Kreuzberg, its two nights give the perfect opportunity for a hot warm-up with an appropriate focus on Spain.

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The Frauen Cup kicks off today with Germany vs. Canada at Olympiastadion.

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The mainstream parade boasted a middle finger from Judith Butler at the end last year. Finale at the Brandenburg Gate. The lefties take over Kreuzberg (as ever) with a much crazier party. From Rathaus Neukölln to Oranienstr.

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Long celebrated as Berlin’s most peaceful riot, the (FREE) open­air music showcase that launched the careers of Bonaparte and Seeed happens again, well, everywhere. Full program at www.fetedelamusique.de

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It's France vs. Germany vs. Spain, but it’s not football. The fest is a meeting of art and film between the Nachbarn. The opening is being kept a secret all the way up until the day.

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"Be there or be Cher." Urbanstraße's trashiest nightclub has Joel Gibb of "gay church folk music"-purveyors The Hidden Cameras preaching from behind the decks.

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And lesbians do, too. Uta Scheer gives a talk on the lesbian subtext in Xena and Spartacus, two shows starring the Amazon herself.

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The cabaret-punk performers may sound like something you could hear at Mauerpark on a Sunday, but these Londoners put together an impressive show.

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Schmooze at the gala and catch a screening of Wagner & Me accompanied by director Patrick McGrady.

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As part of the Nachtmusik program, Erika Stucky, the quirky singer that delivered Suicidal Yodels, will perform her newest project, Ping Pong – a collaboration of instruments and computers with Knut Jensen.

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SAND Journal, Berlin’s English-language literary rag, and Sofa Salon offer a night of indie-Australians in someone’s living room. Can they behave? Must RSVP at website to receive location details!

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Two of our favorite Berliners will be striking this weekend again at a brand new bar in Wedding called Daisies, sprouting up like its name and hopefully not wilting soon, either.

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