Berlin Stories | 25 July-1 August

Our latest updates for the week ahead.

Event: Oyoun hosts Wild Combination for a two-day fundraiser boogie for a selection of causes this weekend, Sat 27 and Sun 28 July. Profits will be donated to: The Berlin Legal Fund (providing legal support to those arrested in pro-palestine demonstrations), Doctors Without Borders (one of the most vetted non-profit organisations), as well as Oyoun (who have been subject to defunding by the Berlin senate). The pricing of the event is sliding, countering the rise in event prices around Berlin. See more info and line-up here. Big ups to moe. for the curation!

Demonstration: Pride weekend is here. On Saturday 27 July @ 15:00, Internationalist Queer Pride invites us to gather for the Black Resistance Bloc. The march starts near Hermannplatz. Bloc map here.

Event: Yuko Asanuma's recently-launched event series - and long-running agency - Setten is hosting a night at 90mil this Saturday 27 July. Refuge's own resident NaN will launch the night's music, sitting on a line-up including Commodo, Kutmah, Mama Matrix + Hans Arsen and MBODJ (who will also be on the Refuge airwaves this Friday at 17:00!). Join the telegram group for more event details.

Event: The open-air music festival DURCHLÜFTEN taking place in Humboldt Forum is a-go! Free DJ sets, performances and concerts on every weekend until 10 August. Check out the full and diverse program here.

Event: “Nocturnes for a Society” is an overnight immersive performance by Myriam Van Imschoot & Lucas van Haesbroeck taking place this weekend - 26 + 27 July. This will be the first of the Radialsystem’s new series “Conjunctions”, where “being in relation” will be collectively explored. Tickets here.

Workshop: SAVVY Contemporary is hosting a workshop on "The Philosophies of Colour Indexing", exploring the historical development of categorising people based on appearance. It will take place this Friday 26 July 16:00-18:00 with Emmanuel Tanka Fonta.

Oona: Today MORT-MOI will be taking over our Refuge hangout slot, followed by Gavsborg on Saturday and Miercoles de Salsa next Wednesday. Join us for a drink, a hang & a listen.

Cover image courtesy of SAVVY Contemporary.