Berlin's festivals and fairs

The following list is meant for your general orientation. Most of Berlin's festivals and events take place in the same month every year, so the list below is sorted this way. Please bear in mind though, that some aren't locked on a particular season or month, so make sure to check the website of the specific event you're interested in.

The events might also be relevant for your visit in a different way: Hotel prices tend to go up during major international events that bring many professionals to the city, so you might want to check if your planned vacation overlaps with one of them.

January

• The Berlin Fashion Week

http://www.fashion-week-berlin.com/en.html

• The Green Week (Grüne Woche): Berlin's international food & agriculture fair

http://www.gruenewoche.de/en/

February

• The Berlinale - Berlin's film festival is considered 3rd most important in the world (right after Cannes and Venice)

https://www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html

March

• The International Travel fair of Berlin (ITB)

http://www.itb-berlin.de/en/

April

• The Jewish Film Festival of Berlin

http://www.jffb.de/en

• Berlin's International Theater Festival

http://www.visitberlin.de/en/event/04-26-2015/find-2015-festival-of-international-new-drama

May

• The Gallery Weekend - a festival of contemporary art

http://www.gallery-weekend-berlin.de/

• DMY - Berlin's international design festival

http://dmy-berlin.com/en

June

• Carnival of Cultures in the very multi-ethnic borough of Kreuzberg

http://www.karneval-berlin.de/de/english.175.html

• Fête de la Musique – a worldwide music day

http://www.fetedelamusique.de/en/

• Christopher Street Day (Gay Pride Parade)

http://csd-berlin.de/en

July

• The Berlin Fashion Week

http://www.fashion-week-berlin.com/en

• Classic Open Air

http://www.classicopenair.de/

August

• The Berlin Half Marathon

http://www.berliner-halbmarathon.de/en/

• The International Berlin Beer Festival

http://www.bierfestival-berlin.de/index%20eng.html

September

• The Berlin Marathon

http://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/

• Bread & Butter: Berlin's international fashion fair

http://www.breadandbutter.com/enter/index.html

• Berlin's international Consumer Electronics fair (IFA)

http://www.ifa-berlin.com/

• The Berlin Art Week

http://www.berlinartweek.de/en/berlin-art-week.html

• Pyronale, "the world fireworks championship"

http://www.pyronale.de/en

October

• The Festival of Lights takes place every year in autumn. The city's architectural milestones are illuminated with special designs and colorful decorations:

http://festival-of-lights.de/en/

November

• Berlin Music Days

http://bermuda-berlin.de/en/news.html?year=2013

December

• Christmas markets, and plenty of them! Some of them in "typically German" tradition:

http://www.visitberlin.de/en/experience/wintertime-in-berlin/christmas-markets?tid=3289

• Louis Lewandowski Festival of synagogue music

http://www.louis-lewandowski-festival.de/home