Festivals & Special Events
Large-scale or rare events that bring together multiple communities, formats, and international audiences, the moments that shape the scene's calendar for years.
From 09 to 13 September: Five days of Europe's largest fetish street fair. Free outdoor centrepiece on Welserstraße, plus club nights, kinky walking tours, a classical concert and a closing party.
Berlin
Queer FLINTA* cowboy day party at Crack Bellmer. Line dancing, arm wrestling, drag, burlesque, water gun shoot-out, kissing booth. Fourth edition of Party Dyke's Hoe-Down.
Crack Bellmer, Berlin
Two days at Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: activists, artists and researchers from around the world thinking beyond the next crisis. Global South perspectives at the centre.
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin
From 18 to 20 September 2026: Three days of intimacy, kink, sensual movement and erotic expression at SOMA HOUSE. Eroticism as a conscious life force, embodied and consensual, no automatic sexualisation.
Soma House, Berlin
MASH-UP turn fifteen years of queer BIPoC nightlife into a full anniversary at SO36. Global South sounds, dance floor as resistance, live archive of a scene that shaped Berlin.
SO36, Berlin
35+ acts at KitKatClub: clowns, acrobats, freaks, robots, aerial. Interactive stations, MicroRave and moderated play area. A bizarre world glitching in for one night.
KitKatClub, Berlin