Maintaining a large piano-bar feel, this jazz venue pulls in a decent local hero once in a while, but its strongest nights tend to feature singers. It holds...
Rosenthaler Strasse 13Though part of the squatted Tacheles complex, Café Zapata stands on its own as a live venue, booking top-flight folk and indie artists like Joanna Newsom...
Oranienburgerstrasse 54-6AWhile it mostly holds Schlager parties and cabaret nights, this elegantly restored 19th-century factory building occasionally presents a few interesting...
Johannisstrasse 2Despite its name, the Komische Oper puts on a broader range than just comic works, and, after its founding in 1947, made its reputation by breaking with the...
Behrenstrasse 55-57
Formerly the Schauspielhaus am Gendarmenmarkt, this 1821 architectural gem by Schinkel was all but destroyed in the war. Lovingly restored, it was reopened...
Gendarmenmarkt 2NYC Mudd Club founder Steve Mass has rebirthed his venture in a brick-lined Berlin basement that resounds to Russendisko rather than No Wave. Indeed, Mudd...
Grosse Hamburger Strasse 17The city's glitzy new multi-purpose arena has a 17,000 capacity and can be converted from rock venue to sports venue in a few hours flat. It's now home to...
Muhlenstrasse 12-30
This former club house for craftsmen and DDR theatre workshop now presents a contemporary programme of dance, theatre, music and opera, with up-and-coming...
Sophienstrasse 18The Staatsoper was founded as Prussia's Royal Court Opera for Frederick the Great in 1742, and designed along the lines of a Greek temple. Although the...
Unter den Linden 5-7