Remember, remember the 5th November… and for the Brits out there, not for the reason you think. No, the 5th November 2011 is the take-off date for the FLY BerMuDa-Festival, the annual grand finale of the Berlin Music Days. It takes place at the historic Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, and will bring together a veritable who’s who of the best German and international electronic music artists.
Of course, electronic music has an important history in Berlin, as the organisers of the festival themselves point out:
“It‘s a fact that electronic music has been and still is strongly influenced by Berlin. There is hardly any other city, in which this scene has developed in such a creative and diverse manner. There has grown a culture around electronic music that is unparalleled in the world. That is what Berlin musically stands for and that is what the Fly BerMuDa Festival is all about.”
The diversity of the electronic music scene is clear in the acts they have lined up for the festival, including a live set from Plastikman, Sven Väth, Ricardo Villalobos, Loco Dice, Ellen Allien, James Holden, Fritz Kalkbrenner, M.A.N.D.Y., Tiefschwarz and many more. If you check out the website you can get the full line-up, plus see lots more preview videos like the one above.
What is especially exciting about the 2011 edition of the festival, is that we have been invited to be partners in the event, which means not only is The Circus recommended by the organisers as a place for festival-goers to stay, but also that we have tickets available at the reception. If you are interested, please let us know, and we will have more updates and information closer to the event.
Party on.
Twice a year the museums of Berlin open their doors long into the evening to show off their spaces under the cover of darkness, often with special events and performances to mark the occasion. This coming Saturday is the summer edition of the event, and 105 different venues are taking part. Before we pick a few things to look out for, here are some practical details:
On the weekend of the 24th, 25th and 26th June 2011, the Circus along with many of our neighbours will be celebrating our corner of Berlin at the ROSENTAGE, a cultural and neighbourhood festival around the Rosenthaler Platz. The idea is that the neighbourhood will use the weekend to show off the many creative and cultural things taking place in and around the Platz. So far most participants are still confirming what they will be getting up to, but some things that we have in the planning for the Circus include:
Beginning this Friday in Berlin is Gallery Weekend, which runs through to Sunday and offers up three days and nights of exhibition openings across 44 galleries in the city. As you might be able to imagine, with such a number of galleries taking part, there is a wide range of visual arts to enjoy from artists all around the world.
In the deepest, darkest months of winter, Berlin is illuminated by the annual Berlinale – one of the world’s leading international film festivals. Indeed, for the average fan-on-the-street, the Berlinale is regarded as perhaps the best due to the amount of tickets that are made available for the likes of ordinary Joes and Josephines like you and me…and that includes the red carpet premieres!
Twice a year, 70 museums and other exhibition spaces open their doors long into the evening, and this “Long Night of the Museums” always features a number of special exhibitions, musical performances and other things to enjoy.
