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Sing along with the one and only Pet
1 Shop Boys, in concert at Tempodrom.
UNDERART 2 strip troupe, will get hearts racing tonight.
Ooh la la! Chippendales, the legendary male
FROM THURSDAY
1 The latest show of 3 featuring Berlin's biggest craft beer range.
Toast to the weekend at Hopfenreich,
award-winning
Swedish circus troupe
Enjoy a cozy Advent Sunday at the historic,
Cirkus Cirkör, Underart
- Ode to a Crash Landing is 4 elegant Café Einstein Stammhaus.
Whee! Go sliding down the 12-meter-high ice
one of the most poetically 5 slide at the Potsdamer Platz Winter World.
spectacular shows in town
Take a musical lunch break at the
these days. With an 6 Philharmonie's free "lunch concert" at 1pm.
ensemble of seven artists,
Fun, kooky Canadian indie band The Hidden
the show is full of absurd 7 Cameras plays live at Musik & Frieden tonight.
acrobatic feats, dry
Scandinavian humor, and See that beautiful Christmas classic, The
8 Nutcracker, danced by the Staatsballett.
live music, and tells a story
of getting up after being Hear experimental electronic musician
9 Nicolas Jaar work his magic at Columbiahalle.
knocked down by life. Five
shows a week all month, in The Harlem Gospel Nights choir fi lls Apostel-
10 Paulus Church with rousing spiritual tunes.
the cozy, historical ballroom
of the Chamäleon Theater. Visit Chamäleon Theater to see their newest
11 circus show, the exciting & joy-fi lled Underart.
www.chamaeleonberlin.com
Catch a fi lm at CineStar Potsdamer Platz,
12 which specializes in movies in English.
Head to Friedrichstadt-Palast for The One, a
13 splendid show featuring Gaultier costumes.
Hip hop fans: don't miss seeing Talib Kweli
CHRISTMAS BIKE TOUR 14 perform live at Columbia-Theater tonight.
SATURDAY 15 Feast on international delicacies at the Street
10 Santa Claus start your 16 Food Thursday event at Markthalle Neun.
engine! Every year,
Fancy a big night out? Enjoy decadent
hundreds of bikers don
dinner, drinks, and dancing at Bar Tausend.
the red suit and beard
and take to the streets with their hearts 17 Sip Glühwein and shop for unique gifts at the DUANE HANSON: BOXERS, 1970 | POLYESTER & FIBERGLASS, 178 CM | © TEHRAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART; RONCALLI CIRCUS: WWW.RONCALLI.DE; HANUKKAH: ISTOCK PHOTO; ZEUGMESSE: BERLINER KAPPEN, PHOTO BY NANCY WARNKE;
Advent Market at bucolic Domäne Dahlem.
fi lled with the joy of giving. From their
starting point in Steglitz, the rumbling 18 Get in the swing of the season at the
Christmas in Swing concert at Konzerthaus.
convoy of jolly bikers will ride around
town delivering goods and presents to 19 Kids and grownups alike will be enthralled by
Hansel and Gretel at the Deutsche Oper.
homeless shelters and charities, with pit
stops at Christmas markets along the way 20 Step right up! The exciting Roncalli Christmas
Circus is at Tempodrom daily until 27 Dec.
to rustle up donations. UNDERART, ODE TO A CRASH LANDING; PHOTO BY MATS BÄCKER; COURTESY OF CHAMÄLEON; CHRISTMAS BIKE TOUR: © ISTOCK PHOTO; THE HARLEM GOSPEL NIGHTS: © THOMAS BRILL.
www.berlin-christmas-biketour.de 21 Hit the dance fl oor at Clärchens Ballhaus,
Mitte's charming centenarian dance hall.
22 Admire the famous bust of Nefertiti, queen
of Ancient Egypt, at the Neues Museum.
HARLEM GOSPEL NIGHTS 23 Mark the weekend with cocktails at Bryk,
2 Oh Happy Day! Time to clap 24 Hanukkah sameach! Mark the fi rst day of
FROM FRIDAY
Prenzlauer Berg's chicest nightlife spot.
Hanukkah at Brandenburg Gate.
those hands, sway those hips,
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and sing along to the soulful
Merry Christmas! Celebrate with a concert of
Vivaldi's Four Seasons at Passionskirche.
harmonies and uplifting
chorus lines of Donna Brown
the Neptune Fountain on Alexanderplatz.
and the Golden Gospel Pearls,
– tunes that have been reverberating 26 Show off your skating moves at the ice rink by
27
Warm up with coff ee and cake by the
through Schöneberg’s Apostel-Paulus- crackling fi replace at Café am neuen See.
Kirche every festive season for over 20 28 Watch Berlin's Eisbären hockey team play at
years. The shows take place all month their home rink, Mercedes-Benz-Arena.
every weekend, while on 20-22 Dec the 29 Admire the Staatsballett in Jewels, from
Admiralspalast will be presenting the choreography legend George Balanchine.
farewell show of gospel star Queen Esther Take a wintry walk around Schlachtensee lake
Marrow. 30 with a stop for refreshments at Fischerhütte.
www.franzhans06.de, Happy new year! Join the crowds by
www.admiralspalast.de 31 Brandenburg Gate for festive fi reworks.
For more ideas, see our Entertainment section.
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