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All year-round in the Shtetl
Join us for jams, zingerays, dance balls, and more — the Shtetl’s always alive!
Shtetl Berlin brings Yiddish music, dance, language, and community to life throughout the year — from concerts and workshops to sing-alongs, dance balls, and more. Learn all about what we do each season!
Neukölln Klezmer Sessions
Neukölln Klezmer Sessions: A living klezmer tradition in Berlin’s most diverse neighborhood
Zingeray! A Yiddish Sing-along
Zingeray is Berlin’s own Yiddish sing-along – a welcoming community event where everyone is invited to raise their voices together in song.
Nu? Yiddish in All Art Forms open mic
“Nu?” A little Yiddish word that nudges you into action. And now you’ve got an open mic, so no more excuses. “Nu? Yiddish in All Art Forms” is a stage for Berlin’s Yiddish community to show each other and our friends what we’ve got up our sleeves: our works in progress, side projects, secret talents.
TANTS-HOYZ! A Yiddish Dance Ball
Tantshoyz: A joyful Yiddish dance ball where live klezmer, clear guidance, and open hearts turn tradition into movement.
- Sat, Apr 25
- Sun, Apr 26
- Tue, May 05
- Tue, May 12May 12, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMChto Delat Emergency Project Room, Brunnenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, GermanyThe “Poets Read Poets” workshop series on Yiddish modernist poetry continues on May 12th with a session dedicated to one of the most celebrated — and arguably most sexually charged — Yiddish poets, Celia Dropkin.
- Wed, May 13May 13, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMOblomov Kreuzkoelln, Lenaustraße 7, 12047 Berlin, GermanyNeukölln Klezmer Session #127 Our monthly klezmer jam is back at Oblomov. Tune learning at 18:30, then the jam kicks off at 19:00 — come to play, come to dance, come to celebrate. Tuesday, 13 May · 18:30 · Oblomov, Kreuzkölln
- Tue, Jun 09Jun 09, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMGrüner Salon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 2, 10178 Berlin, GermanyFrom the interwar avant-garde to today, Berlin has been a center of Yiddish culture. On June 9, meet the new generation: an evening of original Yiddish music and poetry with Patrick Farrell, Yael Merlini, and Di Shkatulkelekh.
- Tue, Jun 09Jun 09, 2026, 7:00 PM – Jun 14, 2026, 11:00 PMBerlin, Berlin, GermanyYour gateway to all of Shtetl Berlin 2026. The Festival Pass covers every concert, workshop, lecture, and event across the full six days — from the opening night at Grüner Salon on June 9 through to the closing jam at UfaFabrik on June 14. Get your pass here.
- Wed, Jun 10
- Thu, Jun 11Jun 11, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM GMT+2KulturKirche nikodemus, Nansenstraße 12, 12047 Berlin, GermanyLong before klezmer, there was Ashkenaz. On June 11, Simkhat HaNefesh and Ensemble Lucidarium resurrect the songs, dances, and melodies of Renaissance and Baroque Jewish Europe — repertoire almost no one else in the world performs.
- Fri, Jun 12
- Sat, Jun 13Jun 13, 2026, 11:00 AM – Jun 14, 2026, 11:00 PMBerlin, Berlin, GermanyWant to join us for the weekend? The Weekend Pass gives you access to all events at UfaFabrik on Saturday June 13 and Sunday June 14 — including the headline concerts, all workshops and lectures, the klezmer brunch, community dance, and kids program. Get your pass here.
- Sat, Jun 13Jun 13, 2026, 11:00 AM – Jun 14, 2026, 5:30 PMufaFabrik - Internationales Kultur Centr, Viktoriastraße 10-18, 12105 Berlin, GermanyLearn from the masters. The weekend program brings workshops and lectures with world-class musicians and scholars from Berlin and beyond — klezmer, Yiddish song, the history of Jewish Berlin, Yiddish literature, and more. Available as a Daytime Pass, evening concerts not included.
- Sat, Jun 13Jun 13, 2026, 12:00 PM – Jun 14, 2026, 5:30 PMufaFabrik - Internationales Kultur Centr, Viktoriastraße 10-18, 12105 Berlin, GermanyTwo days of dancing, stories, music, and imagination — with a little Yiddish woven in. This year, Shtetl Berlin has a full kids' program, and it's going to be something special. June 13 & 14, led by artists Eyal Davidovitch and Yeva Lapsker.
- Sat, Jun 13Jun 13, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMufaFabrik - Internationales Kultur Centr, Viktoriastraße 10-18, 12105 Berlin, GermanyA rare opportunity — Muzsikás have no other German performances scheduled. Over fifty years, they have redefined Hungarian traditional music and rescued an entire chapter of Jewish musical heritage from oblivion, including music from Máramaros: The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania.
- Sun, Jun 14Jun 14, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMufaFabrik - Internationales Kultur Centr, Viktoriastraße 10-18, 12105 Berlin, GermanyTwo legendary klezmer duos, two continents, one unmissable evening. Berlin's Khupe (Christian Dawid & Sanne Möricke) meet Buenos Aires' Lerner Moguilevsky Duo for an extraordinary closing concert — followed by our traditional Sunday jam session.
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