Berlin scene guide
Berlin scene guide — find your venue by sound. Techno lands at Sensorium. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Berlin’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- Techno — if you like Solomun: Sensorium, OST, RSO.BERLIN
- House — if you like Solomun: RSO.BERLIN, KREUZWERK, Else
- Trance — if you like Sasa: Lokschuppen Berlin, OST, ://about blank
- Experimental — if you like Efdemin: ://about blank, 90mil, OHM
- Tech House — if you like Mabu: Sensorium, Kater, Atelier Rooftop
- Electronica — if you like Mr Scruff: Gretchen, OHM, Haus der Visionäre
- Electro — if you like NTO: Renate, Ritter Butzke, Hoppetosse
Busiest venues
How big is Berlin’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 14,594 club nights across 1169 venues in Berlin, featuring 13,940 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Berlin tonight.
Which Berlin venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
| Venue | Nights (12 mo) |
|---|---|
| Minimal Bar | 450 |
| Lokschuppen Berlin | 368 |
| KitKatClub | 289 |
| Crack Bellmer | 277 |
| ://about blank | 270 |
| Tresor / Globus | 253 |
| Paloma | 246 |
| ÆDEN | 231 |
| Der Weiße Hase | 230 |
| Gretchen | 221 |
What time do Berlin club nights actually start and end?
From the 14,594 listings publishing door times: the median Berlin night opens at 21:00 — 56% open before 22:00, 44% between 22:00 and midnight, and 0% after midnight. Of the 2,995 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 05:00, 57% run past 04:00 and 46% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Berlin cost?
Across the 2,417 listings publishing prices (17% of all nights): the median advance ticket is €12, with half of all nights between €2 and €17. 25% of listed nights are free.
When does Berlin go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (31% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 60% of the week. The busiest month of the year is September.
What does Berlin sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: Techno 35% · House 27% · Experimental 8% · Trance 8% · Tech House 6% · Electronica 5%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.