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Berlin Beats: Free Open-Air DJ Series in the Garden of Hamburger Bahnhof Starting on 13 June 2025

28.05.2025
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

Starting on 13 June 2025, Hamburger Bahnhof will once again celebrate Berlin’s electronic music culture with the DJ series Berlin Beats, now entering its third year. Over the past two summers, more than 100,000 visitors danced in the museum’s garden during this event series.

This year, the museum joined creative forces with Kuboraum for a part of this year’s program and to develop a collaboration capsule collection that will become part of Kuboraum’s permanent collection. This year’s edition kicks off with alys(alys)alys B2B STILL on Friday, 13 June, from 7 to 10 pm during the free Open House weekend. Following that, events will be held every Thursday from 19 June to 4 September, 2025, from 7 to 10 pm. Admission to all events is free.

• Friday, 13 June 2025: alys(alys)alys B2B STILL
  alys(alys)alys is a Brazil-born DJ and producer whose work fuses experimental club music with pop-culture oddities and playful genre shifts. STILL is a Milan-based artist exploring hybrid forms of digital dancehall and sound art. Together, they’ll present a unique B2B set.
  This event is part of the free “Open House” weekend (June 13–15, 2025).
  Presented by Kuboraum Editions.
• Thursday, 19 June 2025: Nkisi
  Nkisi, is a London-based artist born in the Congo region. Her work explores the intersection of rhythm, ritual, and sonic experimentation. Combining music, performance, and research, she draws on ancient sound practices to create immersive sets that reflect on memory, movement, and collective experience. Presented by Kuboraum Editions.
• Rescheduled due to a severe weather warning to 4 September 2025: Freddy K
• Thursday, 3 July 2025: Courtesy
  Courtesy is a Danish artist and DJ who lives and works in Berlin. She is best known for her dance music selections across various genres, playing anything from house to Detroit electro with a sharp sense for sound and flow.
• Thursday, 10 July 2025: DJ Stingray 313
  Detroit legend DJ Stingray 313 is a defining figure of electro. Masked and uncompromising, he brings futuristic, bass-heavy sets to clubs and festivals, rooted in the legacy of underground electronic music. Presented by Kuboraum Editions.
• Thursday, 17 July 2025: Ziúr
  Ziúr blends raw abstraction with emotional depth, drawing from punk, noise, and experimental club music. Her sets defy genre boundaries, unfolding as intense sonic narratives. She performs across clubs, festivals, and art spaces, constantly pushing the limits of sound. Presented by Kuboraum Editions.
• Thursday, 24 July 2025: AGY3NA
  AGY3NA's sets combine House and Electro with elements of ’90s club culture. Shaped by Afrofuturism and his perspective as a Black artist raised in Germany, he crafts playful, rhythm focused mixes rooted in emotion, memory and personal storytelling.
• Thursday, 31 July 2025: Ellen Allien
  As one of the most iconic artists of her generation, Ellen Allien embodies the core ethos of techno: a visionary who looks to the future for inspiration, carving out her own niche and presiding over an empire that has infused techno, rave, and dance music culture with her unique DNA.
• Thursday, 7 August 2025: Sarah Farina
  Sarah Farina is an international DJ, producer, and curator whose genre- spanning “Rainbow Bass” sound blends futuristic beats with diverse sonic textures. In addition to her event series Emergent Bass, which celebrates Afro-diasporic influences, she is involved in the Transmission project, highlighting the political dimensions of global club and rave culture.
• Thursday, 14 August 2025: Ogazón
  Ogazón is an artist who truly embodies the spirit of the music she plays, exploring the space between house and techno. Her sets focus on atmosphere, transitions, and musical storytelling, creating smooth and emotionally grounded journeys on the dancefloor.
• Thursday, 21 August 2025: S-candalo
  S-candalo is a sibling duo raised in Germany with Colombian and Chilean roots. In their sets obtuse melodies from the 90s blend with sassy club bangers, overflowing with the queen and the queer, an energy they also direct into their party “La Noche”.
• Thursday, 28 August 2025: Nick Höppner
  At the beginning of the millennium, Nick Höppner found a creative home in Berlin, where he skilfully and inquisitively explores and enriches the musical spectrum of the city’s nightlife. He is considered one of the cornerstones of today’s house and techno scene.
• Thursday, 4 September 2025: Freddy K
  Freddy K, techno activist and vinyl advocate, has shaped the scene since the 1990s. The owner of the KEY Vinyl label is known for his long, high-energy sets and his deep commitment to the dancefloor, both behind the decks and behind the scenes.

Admission to all Berlin Beats events is free and no registration is required.

The restaurant at Hamburger Bahnhof will offer a rotating selection of street food and drinks in the garden. On the opening night, Friday, 13 June 2025, as part of the Open House weekend, admission to all exhibitions is also free until 10 pm.

For all subsequent events, exhibitions will remain open until 8 pm and can be accessed with a valid museum ticket.

Curated by: Charlotte Knaup, Curator at Hamburger Bahnhof
Project Assistant: Theo Lemaire, Student Assistant at Hamburger Bahnhof
Coordination: Angelika Jaros

Made possible by: Yeni Raki, Kuboraum, Konstantin – Restaurant at Hamburger Bahnhof, and Hamburger Bahnhof International Companions e. V.