📅 When: July 3, 2026, 4:00 PM – 10:30 PM
📍 Where: Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, Berlin-Neukölln

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On July 3, 2026, Berlin Global Village will open its doors for the fifth time: GLOBALE – The Festival at Berlin Global Village brings together neighbors, art and culture enthusiasts, and everyone interested in exchange, dialogue, and global issues.

Visitors can look forward to a diverse program, including a wide range of hands-on activities for children and young people!

Highlights include:

🎨 Screen Printing Workshop – Design your own tote bags or T-shirts and learn the art of screen printing.
📸 Exhibition – What Remains presents works by photographer Médine Tidou, offering a powerful visual exploration of cultural identity, memory, and belonging.
🎤 Stage Program – Enjoy live music and performances by outstanding young artists.
🎬 Film Program – Featuring films by young girls of color from the MPower project, as well as the documentary Colonialism Made in Göttingen.
🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 Meet & Greet Booths – Get to know some of the organizations and initiatives based at Berlin Global Village and learn more about their diverse projects and activities.
🗣️ Opening Ceremony – Featuring politicians and representatives from the Berlin House of Representatives (Tamara Lüdke (SPD), Stefan Taschner (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Tobias Schulze (Die Linke)

The festival is FREE OF CHARGE and open to everyone!

The music programme (4:30-10:30 PM) brings together artists who connect global club cultures, diasporic sound traditions, and contemporary electronic music.

4:30 PM-6:30 PM: FUEGA MAMI

With Fuega Mami, a defining voice of the new reggaeton and Latin club scene takes the stage. Her sets combine sensual perreo, powerful basslines, and influences from baile funk, merengue house, and electronic dembow. The result is an energetic, body-driven sound that brings together different currents of Latin American club music and takes audiences on an intense, sensual sonic journey.

6:30-7:30 PM: HASSAN ELMALIK

Virtuoso musician Hassan Elmalik builds a bridge between tradition and experimental sound exploration. Coming from Omdurman in Sudan, he has developed a style shaped by Sudanese roots, Ethiopian rhythms, Jamaican reggae, and African blues. His music speaks of cultural complexity, historical resonances, and the musical interconnections that run along the Nile.

7:30-8:30 PM: KARTINI

Berlin-based musician KARTINI moves between indie pop, R&B, and electronic soundscapes. Her music—which she describes as “Ethereal Bass Pop”—combines atmospheric, melancholic moods with deep bass frequencies and club-oriented structures. At its centre is her compelling voice, carrying a sound that is both intimate and driving.

8:30-9:30 PM: MARI.AMA

As an Afropean artist, MARI.AMA moves between continents, languages, and musical traditions. As a singer, songwriter, and curator, she combines soul, pop, and electronic sounds with West African rhythms and influences rooted in her family connections between Europe and West Africa. Her work understands music as a space for memory, identity, and cultural connection.

9:30-10:30 UHR: DJ MARSHAL

Closing the evening is DJ Marshal, a Berlin-based DJ who fills the space with dance through energetic sets ranging from afrotech to afrohouse. His performances are characterised by driving rhythms, hypnotic grooves, and a keen sense of dynamics - a powerful musical finale that allows the festival to end in motion.

5:15-5:30 PM: GIRLS* ON BEAT

A special highlight is the performance by Girls* on Beat, a dance project for girls* aged 7 to 16 from Neukölln and the surrounding area. Together, participants explore hip-hop, freestyle, and choreography while developing their own movements, which now become visible in a collective stage performance. Schilleria/ Mince e.V. 

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From 4:00 to 7:00 pm, visitors can look forward to a varied programme of hands-on activities for children, young people and families.

In the courtyard, children can discover stories in the multilingual reading pavilion together with the neighbourhood mums (Stadtteilmütter) and EPIZ, or have colourfull hair bands woven into their hair. 

In the Weltraum area, exciting digital activities invite visitors to have a go: using VR headsets for global learning and a graphic novel presentation by Initiative Perspektivwechsel, young people can explore new perspectives.

There’ll be plenty of creative activities taking place around the centre: Ludothek global is opening its doors for play and is also offering an outdoor craft and painting station. With Migrantas, children can paint fabric bags and design their own pin badges. MaMis en Movimiento is inviting children to make masks and is working with them to create a colourful language poster.

RESTLOS GLÜCKLICH is providing exercise and refreshment with its smoothie bike: here, you can blend your own smoothie using muscle power – fun for all ages. Look forward to an afternoon full of creativity, new encounters, games and shared discoveries!

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How do migration, history and cultural heritage shape our understanding of belonging? These three exhibitions invite visitors to explore these questions from different perspectives. All are open from 4.00 pm to 10.30 pm.

MEDINE TIDOU: WHAT REMAINS?

At the Lumumba Gallery, Berlin-based photographer Médine Tidou is presenting photographic works under the title “What Remains? – Traces of Culture and Belonging”, which reveal cultural identity as something living and ever-changing. She explores how culture is passed on, transformed and reappropriated across generations and borders. Her images focus on West African societies and the Afro-diaspora in Europe. The exhibition runs as part of 48 Stunden Neukölln until 5 July 2026. 

GROUP EXHIBITION: GATHERING OTHERWISE 

“Gathering Otherwise – Diasporic Connections” features works by Soukaina El Adak, Martha Díaz Adam, Juan Camilo Alfonso and Ọládayọ̀ Thomas. Taking the annual Earth Ceremony at the decolonial memorial “EarthNest” as their starting point, the artists explore diasporic identities, origins, memory and the lingering effects of colonial history. On display until 10 July 2026 at the Berlin Global Village

TRAVELLING EXHIBITION: BETWEEN PETITION AND REBELLION

The travelling exhibition “Between Petition and Rebellion” by Initiative Perspektivwechsel presents stories of anti-colonial resistance in Cameroon. Three resistance movements serve as examples of different generations and social groups that have fought – and continue to fight – against colonialism and its ongoing impacts.. They highlight the extent of the racist colonial policies pursued by Germany, France and the United Kingdom in Cameroon.

Two special film events offer the chance to explore different perspectives on memory, belonging, empowerment and social change.

7:00-9:30 PM: OUR STORIES - OUR VOICES!

Mpower presents: Our Stories – Our Voices! is screening short films by young girls* of colour in the Chandra Mohanty Room; these were created as part of empowerment-focused project weeks. The films tell personal, creative and socially critical stories from the perspective of young filmmakers and create a space for exchange and connection.

8:00-9:30 PM: COLONIALISM MADE IN GÖTTINGEN

Anton Wilhelm Amo Erbschaft and Göttingen Postkolonial present the documentary film ‘Colonialism Made in Göttingen’ in the Miriam Makeba Hall. The film sheds light on colonial continuities in Germany and follows local initiatives, activists and experts as they work towards coming to terms with the past, remembrance and justice. This will be followed by a discussion between the director, Sarah Böger, and the cultural studies scholar, Andrea-Vicky Amankwaa-Birago.

From 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm, you can get creative: 

XINAN PANDAN: SCREEN PRINTING

In the screen-printing workshop with artist Xinan Pandan, you can design and print your own cloth bags and T-shirts. Xinan has prepared a selection of creative motifs, illustrations and political statements for you to use as templates or combine with your own ideas. Whether it’s a clear message, an artistic design or a combination of both – at the end, you’ll take home a unique piece you’ve designed yourself.

MEDIALE PFADE: STICKER

Mediale Pfade e.V. is dedicated to promoting digital inclusion and socio-political media literacy. In their workshop, you’ll learn how to design and produce your own stickers – from the initial idea through to the design and the finished print. Whether it’s political messages, creative illustrations or personal statements: here you can bring your ideas to life and take them home with you straight away.

Discover the Berlin Global Village from different perspectives: as part of the GLOBALE Festival, we invite you to join us for three special guided tours that offer insights into the history, the present day and the cultural work of the organisation.

Meeting point for all tours: in front of the Decolonial Memorial.

7:00 PM: GUIDED TOUR OF THE NGO-CENTRE  

Kicks off at 7.00 pm with a guided tour of the Berlin Global Village led by Managing Director Armin Massing. He will talk about the project’s beginnings, the development of the NGO centre, and the question of how to create a place where global justice, diversity and solidarity are not merely discussed, but lived out on a daily basis.

8:00 PM: DEKOLONIAL MEMORIAL

At 8.00 pm, Angelina Jellesen, former project manager of the Decolonial Memorial, will speak about the EarthNest. As the first decolonial memorial of its kind in Germany, the EarthNest opens up new perspectives on the culture of remembrance and how we deal with colonial legacies. The guided tour offers insights into the history of its creation, the artistic concept and the significance of this special place.

9:00 PM: WHAT REMAINS?

The guided tours conclud at 9.00 pm with a tour of the exhibition “What Remains? – Traces of Culture and Belonging?” led by Jeanne Nzakizabandi, programme officer at Berlin Global Village. Produced especially for GLOBALE, the exhibition features works by the photographer Medine Tidou and explores questions of identity, memory and diasporic belonging. In doing so, it addresses key themes that also characterise the work of Berlin Global Village.

As always, a diverse range of culinary delights awaits you: from traditional West African dishes to creative Afro-fusion-inspired snacks, right through to a wide selection of freshly prepared salads, cakes, waffles and crêpes. There’s something for every taste – we guarantee there’s something to suit everyone. With offerings from SOLANGE, SAMO SANDOS & KIEZANKER e.V.

4:00-7:00 PM: FOTO PRESENTATION 

The photo presentation by Watch Indonesia brings together a diverse range of perspectives from and on communities in Indonesia who are defending their livelihoods, their land and their ecosystems against large-scale extractivism. Through striking portraits and accompanying contextual texts, the photographs reveal traces of resistance movements and alternative visions for the future that are taking shape across the entire Indonesian archipelago.

6:00-9:00 UHR: ART LIBRARY

The accessible, cross-age and cross-generational art education programme Ubuntus e.V. brings together children, young people and adults – both those with and without a refugee background – through the lens of strategies and perspectives in contemporary art. As part of GLOBALE, Ubuntus e. V. invites visitors to discover the association’s new engagement format, ‘Gegenlesen’: A mobile art library for blind, visually impaired and sighted people. As an open space for exchange, browsing and lingering, the Ubuntus library offers people with and without blindness or visual or reading impairments the opportunity to discover books on contemporary art, sustainable architecture and urban planning, and pluralism together. It also provides an opportunity to explore the themes of the exhibitions ‘What Remains? – Traces of Culture and Belonging’ and ‘Gathering Otherwise – Diasporic Connections’ – diaspora, memory, belonging and cultural transformation – in more depth through further reading.