Berlin's cathedral holds some recommendable concerts, usually of the organ or choral variety.

The upbeat El Sur Bar offers Iberian culture à la carte - a decent range of tropical cocktails, tapas and great wines are spiced up with live Spanish and Portuguese sounds.

Berlin's largest world music venue is a sort of global cultural centre, housing several auditoriums and exhibition spaces devoted to themed events.

Three dancefloors with salsa, merengue and R&B. It's a popular place with expat South Americans and Cubans. An hour before opening you can pick up a few steps at a salsa class...

The place for ska and reggae lovers but, with a nod to Kreuzberg's legendary squatter scene, the Kato Kulturbahnhof also hosts punk and amateur theatre. Check the website...

With its assortment of venues, outdoor bars and barbecues, this enormous former brewery can resemble a cross between a medieval fairground and a school disco. The three...

The cosy interiors of Oxident host everything from rock and pop to choral and even polka, while the rooftop terrace and beer garden also screen matinée movies and put on DJs....

The likes of Beck, Ryan Adams and Marc Almond have graced the stage of this deconsecrated church - the best place to hear artists whose amplifiers don't go past 4. But get...

Berlin's legendary punk club continues to present the heaviest alternative rock, from Bolt Thrower to Killing Joke, as well as pop-rap crossover with attitude from the likes of...

Descendant of the legendary circus tent venue that was pitched in various West Berlin locations, this permanent space in tented form provides a beautiful setting for acts such...

Two or three times a month, East Berlin's leading avant-garde theatre presents art music by the likes of Animal Collective and Brazilian dada songster Tom Zé. And sometimes it...