Christmas Concerts and Parties in Berlin 2026

Berlin's Christmas calendar runs well past its seasonal markets: Mood is tracking 37 Christmas-themed concerts, parties and shows across the city between 20th November and 27th of December 2026, spread from Gothic cathedrals to a club night built around a holiday-season techno rave. The spread covers choral carols, swing-era big bands, pop specials and at least one booking that has nothing to do with sleigh bells at all.

Carols, choirs and the classical side

Berlin Cathedral carries two of the season's anchor choral dates: the RIAS Kammerchor's Winter Tales programme of Britten's Christmas writing on 5th of December, and The Colours of Christmas on 16th of December. The Berliner Philharmonie's Kammermusiksaal and the Konzerthaus both run their own orchestral and choral Christmas dates through mid-December, including Haus des Rundfunks' Singing Christmas on 13th of December.

The Candlelight series, which has built a recurring presence in Berlin's churches over the past two years, places three Christmas-themed dates inside the Französischer Dom and a nearby parish church this December. Candlelight: Christmas Classics on 17th of December pairs Tchaikovsky excerpts and holiday film scores with a seated, candlelit format - about as far from a club night as the city's Christmas calendar gets, and, per Mood's data below, not actually the least commercial booking in the set.

Swing-era and jazz Christmas

A recurring thread runs through Berlin's jazz and swing rooms this year: at least four acts are doing period-style American Christmas repertoire, 1930s to 1950s big-band arrangements rather than contemporary covers. David Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra bring Christmas in Swing to the Kammermusiksaal on 11th of December and the Konzerthaus on 15th of December, and A-Trane runs its own Christmas specials from regulars Atrin Madani and a separate annual booking on 12th of December. Lyambiko's My Favourite Christmas Songs plays the Konzerthaus on 12th of December, and Frank Brunet's Swinging Christmas lands at an unlisted venue on 18th of December.

Christmas gigs and parties

On the pop and rock side, Rea Garvey's Christmas Calling and NO ANGELS' It's Christmas both play the Uber Eats Music Hall, on 29th of November and 18th of December respectively, and Alexander Klaws brings A Very Special Musical Christmas to the Tempodrom on 25th of November. Balkan Christmas Night and Gretchens Christmas Party both run at ufaFabrik's Internationales Kultur Centrum in early December, and a Student Night Berlin Christmas Party at Havanna targets a younger, cheaper night out on 4th of December.

Further into the club calendar, Mood's one genuinely unexpected booking under the Christmas tag is UNLEASHED by UNDR's Kinky Techno Christmas at INSOMNIA Berlin on 26th of December, a sex-positive techno rave with dedicated play areas rather than a carol in sight. Mood's data puts it at 0.9 on undergroundness and a full 1.0 on queerness, against averages of 0.2 and 0.24 across every other Christmas booking in this set - the one entry here that reads like any other night on Berlin's techno circuit rather than a seasonal detour, and a reminder that "Christmas party" covers a wider range in this city than carols and mulled wine.

Closing out the season

The listings run through 27th of December, when rockabilly veterans Boppin' B close out their 40th-anniversary year with a Christmas is Over show at Privatclub. Mood's data scores the booking at 0.9 on danceability and 0.8 on nostalgia at once, a combination no other Christmas date in the city's listings reaches simultaneously - roughly the point where the season's nostalgia tips into an actual party rather than a sit-down concert.

For the fuller December picture beyond the Christmas-specific bookings, Mood's monthly Berlin guide covers the techno, classical and jazz calendar across the rest of the month.

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