Carnival of Cultures

21 - 24 May 2021

For four days around Pentecost, Berlin celebrates its cultural diversity at the Carnival of Cultures. The festival culminates in a colourful street parade with music and dance on Pentecost Sunday.

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Every year in spring, the Carnival of Cultures celebrates cultural diversity in Berlin. Costumes, dance, music, rituals - the carnival is a great opportunity for members of Berlin's ethnic groups to make their cultures visible and for everybody else to see and celebrate cultural diversity.

Street parade on Sunday

Highlight of the Carnval of Cultures is the street parade on Pentecost Sunday in Kreuzberg where thousands of dancers, musicians and artists perform and about half a million people from all over the world line the streets. The parade starts at noon at Yorckstraße / Großbeerenstraße and moves east on Gneisenaustraße and Hasenheide towards Hermannplatz in Neukölln.

"A proud expression of hybrid cultural identities"

The organizers of the festival proclaim that "the Carnival of Cultures is open to everybody and all forms of cultural expression. It is regarded as a platform for a proud expression of hybrid cultural identities, containing traditional and contemporary elements. It includes and attracts all age groups, professional artists and amateurs, people from all walks of life."

Four day street festival at Blücherplatz

For four days during the Carnival of Cultures a street festival takes place at Blücherplatz in the Kreuzberg district. On several stages, Berlin's World Music scene and international bands play concerts. Stiltwalkers, acrobats and magicians invite visitors to test their own abilities. About 300 market stalls attract visitors with culinary temptations, arts, crafts and much more.

Yorckstraße / Großbeerenstraße: Start of the Street Parade

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Address: Yorckstraße
10965 Berlin
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Opening Hours: Four Day Street Festival at Blücherplatz:
21 - 24 May 2021
Friday 6 p.m. - midnight
Saturday 11 a.m. - midnight
Sunday 11 a.m. - midnight
Monday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Street Parade:
23 May 2021
Starts at 12:30 p.m. at Yorckstraße / Großbeerenstraße
Ends at 9 p.m. at Hermannplatz
Admission Fee: Free admission
District: Kreuzberg