A few updates. We regret to inform you that Tracey Thorn will sadly not be able to attend our festival because of private reasons. We are very sorry about this cancellation. But also we can now announce a bunch of new confirmations for our program:
With Alec Empire, Dieter Gorny and Anne Haffmans three very different experts will meet for a talk on Friday at Schlackehalle, how up-to-date copyright law has to work in 2015. The German Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, Heiko Maas, will also attend this event.
Viv Albertine, among many other things very well known for being the guitarist of legendary punk outfit The Slits, will open the first module at Schlackehalle on Wednesday with a live reading of her autobiography. The second part of the event will see conductor Andŕe de Ridder meet once again with Matthew Herbert on stage for a common talk.
Michaela Meise will now accompany @NeinQuarterly with melancholic tunes on the accordion for his Thursday afternoon talk.
2. After death metal, glam rock & pogo the city will enrich the international music scene once again with a new impulse.
3. Everything will be taking place from August 26 to 28 at Berghain.
4. Yes, THAT Berghain. Pop-Kultur will be utilizing every room of this special location – including Panorama Bar, Halle am Berghain, Garderobe and Kantine.
5. Pop-Kultur shines a light on Berlin’s busy scene while meeting standards of internationality and diversity one can expect to experience in 2k15.
6. The festival advocates interdisciplinary exchange, including contemporary scientific discourse on music, society, and urban development. Its programme comprises live concerts, performances, talks, and readings.
7. Visitors can experience various international and German premieres. It began in Berlin! – is our motto for good reason. Over the course of three days, the festival turns into a one big productive laboratory for the most ambitious of ideas.
8. So… who’s coming? Bianca Casady of CocoRosie is. As Bianca Casady & the C.i.A. (US/FR), together with internationally acclaimed dancer Biño Sauitzvy, she will be presenting her newest musical performance and her upcoming solo debut album to a German stage for the first time.
9. Sophie Hunger (CH) will play an exclusive gig with a number of illustrious guests. The (super)moon is just the base camp for her!
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10. Robbie Williams won’t be joining us.
11. But Matthew Herbert (UK) will. Living up his reputation as a man of many, many talents the British musician and producer will not only be presenting his newest full-length “The Shakes” for the first time live in Germany with his band, but will also participate in a talk and and conduct a workshop.
12. Icelandic duo Kiasmos (IS) weave their epic techno tapestries into the Berghain air. This electronic project is the newest brainchild of BAFTA-winning Ólafur Arnalds and Blood Group’s Janus Ramussen.
13. The “Ärger mit der Unsterblichkeit” (The trouble with immortality): the book written by Sven Regener and German underground legend Andreas Dorau (DE) about the latter’s life will be read out by the duo for the first time in Berlin.
14. Bernard Sumner(UK) will be also reciting from his new autobiography, while his New Order compatriots – Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris – will appear in a joint talk with Mute founder Daniel Miller (UK) and musician/composer Owen Pallett(CA). This will be held in the spectacular environment of the former Schlackehalle, where numerous tons of coal were melted down to slag every day, supplying East Berlin with power.
15. Hollywood actor and label owner Elijah Wood and his partner Zach Cowie, also known as Wooden Wisdom, will be joined by DJ Fitz to form a dancefloor conquering troika.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. WingNut Films/The Saul Zaentz Company, 2001 (bearbeitet)
19. You’ll find the complete festival line-up with more than 60 acts on this website by Wednesday, April 22nd.
20. Pop-Kultur is all about making decisions.
21. The schedule is divided into single modules, each including up to four different gigs at the same venue. Tickets can only be bought for this slots.
22. Hence, there will be now day or festival passes, but you will still be able to create your own personal pass by combining the different modules.
23. Single tickets are between 5 and 25 EUR plus advanced booking fees.
24. Pop-Kultur presale opens in two weeks, on Wednesday, April 29 via this website.
25. We did not invite Beautycrush, nor Stampylonghead. Sorry
26. Instead, we do invite young talents of all disciplines to join our workshop programme Pop-Kultur Nachwuchs.
27. At the studios of Bühnenservice der Stiftung Oper Berlin (which is next to Berghain) we will pair you up with professional musicians, economical and political leaders and decision-makers out of the music industry. You can expect both inspiring and productive talks right in the middle where the creative production of the city’s theatre and opera stages take place.
28. You will be able to apply for participation in Pop-Kultur Nachwuchs very soon.
29. Pop-Kultur can be seen as more than just a typical music festival. It also functions as a new and open space for Berlin, where the local music and art scene melds with its international peers and representatives of politics and economy.
30. But that doesn’t mean that there will be an “accreditation for professionals” after all! More art for everyone, less snacks!
31. Mingling spots to meet and converse can be found all over the festival area: on the lower level of the Halle am Berghain, in the beer garden, and also –by invitation– at the Diskogarten.
32. If you want to stay on the pulse with Pop-Kultur and receive further information, register for our newsletter now and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Our festival schedule is divided into single modules, each taking place at only one of the three days and only one of our five venues. (Berghain and Panorama Bar are combined venue with two floors.) A module can consist of up to fourteen acts and can include live and DJ sets, talks and readings, performances. Instead of day and festival passes you can only buy tickets for each module at »Pop-Kultur«. If you want to book three or more modules per festival day, the combo ticket option »Wahl-Abo« will get you a 10 % discount. The Bierhof, Berghain’s outdoor area, and the lower level of the Halle am Berghain will be open to all ticket holders during the whole day.
All tickets are now exclusively available via our online shop and ADticket.de. ADticket also operates a 24/7 ticket hotline under +491806050400 (fees apply). On May 7 the pre-sale will also open at any other box-office.
»Pop-Kultur« is completely accessibly. Visitors with impairments / disabilities, please contact our staff directly via ticketing@pop-kultur.berlin providing your name and ticket number(s) after buying your ticket(s). Your carer will then be gained free access to the modules you are attending.
