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September and top orchestras
and performers come from
all over the world to put on
classical music concerts
around the city.
Jazzfest Berlin takes place
in November and tends
to attract lovers of more
traditional styles of jazz, but
it also focuses on the more
experimental and innovative
styles of music.
Rock, Pop and Jazz
Whether it is a major event German singer-songwriter Sarah Connor at Berlin’s A Trane Jazz club
by a world-famous band or
a small-scale evening of jazz Apart from the typical classical Latin American dance clubs are
improvisation, you need not jazz clubs, jazz can also be heard becoming ever more popular
look too far to find what you in many of the city’s smaller and Havanna in Schöneberg is
want. The biggest concerts tend bars, like Schlot. If it is one of the best.
to take place in sports halls and a mixture of soul, rap and jazz
stadiums, like the Mercedes- you want, then head for the
Benz Arena and Junction Bar in Kreuzberg.
the Olympiastadion (see p101), The small bebop jazz club in
whilst smaller venues like SO 36 Kreuzberg is a good choice
and Tempodrom play host to for meeting locals, and the
the best new talent in popular Badenscher Hof Jazzclub is
music. In addition, a lot of the always a good bet.
action tends to take place in the
city’s many bars and clubs or, if
you are looking for particularly World Music
atmospheric concerts, you Berlin is home to a wide variety
might try those put on at the of world music. The Haus der
Passionskirche, a converted Kulturen der Welt organizes all Peaches performs her Peaches Christ
church in Kreuzberg. kinds of concerts at its own Superstar at the Hebbel Am Ufer (HAU)
Jazz clubs abound in Berlin, as Hirschfeld Bar, while other
the style remains very popular venues regularly feature bands Classical and
amongst locals. The A-Trane and genres from around the
and b-flat are classical jazz bars world. The Terrabeat collective Modern Dance
where you can listen to small are worth following for their There are three major ballet
bands just about every night of regular parties (held at various groups in Berlin and they work
the week, and Quasimodo is venues) that mix Brazilian, within Berlin’s opera houses.
renowned for its schedule of Caribbean and African music The Komische Oper has a
local and touring jazz, soul and plus much more (www. modern repertoire, whilst the
world music performers. terrabeats.de). Staatsoper Unter den Linden
focuses on more classical work.
The Hebbel Am Ufer (HAU)
stages avant-garde pieces and
welcomes dance troupes from
all over the world. The venue
also organizes the dance
festival “Tanz” every August.
The seating at all three theatres
is rather limited, so you will
need to book your tickets
well in advance.
Tanzfabrik, based on
Möckernstraße in Kreuzberg,
is an excellent stage for all
kinds of modern dance and
it also organizes dance work-
shops as well as popular body-
Iron Maiden on stage at the Mercedes-Benz Arena (formerly O2 World), in Berlin work courses.

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