A dusky, relaxed disco where you don't have to dress up to get in and where academics, social workers, bank clerks and midwives populate the floor. Flirtation rules. Dance to...

A small bohemian basement staging free jazz, avant-folk and live electronica as well as films and art installations. Be aware that shows usually begin an hour later than the...

Maintaining a large piano bar feel, B-Flat pulls in a decent local hero once in a while, but its strongest nights tend to feature singers. Free Wednesday night jam sessions...

Don't expect to hear anything ordinary at this Kreuzberg cultural centre. A varied assortment of western and oriental music is on the menu, with drinks and snacks in the café...

A move from Hackescher Markt to new premises in Schönhauser Allee and a more diverse music programme has done wonders for Bassy's reputation. These days the venue is a champion...

Originally opened in 1993, Junction Bar is a Kreuzberg landmark that arranges 365 concerts a year of everything from jazz and swing to rock, with DJs keeping the party going...

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...

Privileging the 'jazzy' over jazz, this basement spot appears close to irrevocably severing connections to the music for which it was once noted. Yet it still promotes some...

Translating as 'Palace of Tears', this roomy, fascinating location used to be the heavily patrolled DDR border crossing for people entering and leaving East Berlin. It mostly...

This intimate venue presents trad ethnic music or local fusions blending jazz, trance or folk elements.

A century-old Eck-Kneipe, Yorckschlösschen offers a faintly ridiculous mix of German Dixieland and vintage beat music. But in its old-world environment, it can get pretty...