Tickets for Festivalticket 24.-26.08.22 in Berlin, Kulturbrauerei

This year, Pop-Kultur is finally back as a fully live event*, and we'll be all the more pleased if you're there! From the 24th-26th August we'll be celebrating on the grounds of the Kulturbrauerei with concerts, DJ sets, talks, readings and films.

You can also expect »Commissioned Works«, by the likes of Anika, Jovanka von Wilsdorf & Bison Rouge and Güner Künier, as well as performances by national and international acts such as recent the recent Grammy-winner Arooj Aftab, the Ukrainian rapper alyona alyona, Uffie, Isolation Berlin, M.anifest and many more.

The whole program at a glance

Concerts & DJ Sets:

Aisha Vibes / alyona alyona / Amewu / Amilli / Anna B Savage  / ANIQO / Anthony Hüseyin / Arooj Aftab / Booty Carrell / Cartel Madras / CATNAPP / Christin Nichols / David Julian Kirchner / Dlina Volny / DJ Femalemacho  / Donia Touglo / eat-girls /  Ebow / Edward Hunt / Falana / Fehler Kuti / FOKN Bois / Francisco Parisi  / Franky Gogo / Friends of Gas / Fuffifufzich / Girlwoman / GoldLink / Grace Cummings / Graf Fidi / / Hannah Diamond / houaïda / HSRS / Hyd / Ifriqiyya Electrique / Isolation Berlin / Ja, Panik / Jenny Penkin & Maura & Ofiri (Tel Aviv-Berlin Residency) / Jumoke Adeyanju / Kælan Mikla / KABEAUSHÉ / L Twills / LEOPARD / Levin Goes Lightly / Liam Mour / Liz / Lotic / M.anifest / MC Yallah & Debmaster / May The Muse / Metz / Noraa / Nuha Ruby Ra / Oklou / Oihane Roach & Poetra Asantewa (Accra-Berlin Residency) / Precious Moments DJ-Team / Prince M.I.K. / Public Display of Affection / Rose May Alaba / SALOMEA / Schulverweis / Scúru Fitchádu / Sherryaeri / Taffee / Tama Gucci / Thala / Theodora / thundy86 / Uffie / Vaovao / Verifiziert / Wa22ermann / Warm Graves / Xenia Rubinos / Σtella

Commissioned Works:

21 downbeat: »Berlin« / BĘÃTFÓØT feat. Kunty Klub / Colin Self: »Songs of Attunement« / gal sherizly & Như Huỳnh: »Karaokee Xpress« / GEWALT: »Du bist Gewalt« / Güner Künier: »PAPA DON*T KILL« / Joanna Gemma Auguri: »Music for a Private Room Where a Broken Heart Can Beat at Its Own Pace« / Jovanka v. Wilsdorf & Bison Rouge »Found in Translation« / K.ZIA: »K.ZIA’s Living Room Experience« / Little Annie, Beth B & Paul Wallfisch: »52 Jokers« / Mila Hergert: »Schnauze voll« / Painting: »Painting White on White« / R&D: »Doing–Undoing« / Sanni Est: »Photophobia« / Sean Nicholas Savage: »The Fear« / Yum Yum Club: »Yum Yum Club is Everybody«

Talks, Readings and Films:

»A Record Label (What is it good for?)«: Mary Ocher, Sydney Christensen, Mod.: Ariana Zustra / »About Writing II«: JJ Weihl, Nuha Ruby Ra, Mod.: Aida Baghernejad» / »Artists Off the Mainstream«: M.anifest, Poetra Asantewa, M3NSA & Wanlov the Kubolor, Mod.: Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin / »Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm | Liebe, D‑Mark und Tod« (Film)/ »Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm«: Cem Kaya, Shermin Langhoff, Mod.: Gürsoy Doğtaş / »Bitte mehr DisCo!«: Lilo Unger, Lisette Reuter, Noa Winter, Mod.: Amy Zayed / »DOCH«: Drangsal (Lesung) / »Ethik der Appropriation«: Jens Balzer, Julian Warner, Mod.: Aida Baghernejad / »Hey QT - a Talk About Performance, Art and Cultural Institutions Within Pop Culture«: Colin Self, Hayden Dunham, Tama Gucci, Mod.: Isabel Parkes / »I Have Seen The Future - Talk über Klima und Pop«: Julian Vogels, Kat Frankie, Nene Opoku, Mod.: Ceren Türkmen / »I`ll Be Fine: Talk über Popkultur, DRUCK und Gen Z«: Aidan Riebensahm (Mod.), Eren M. Güvercin, Naomi Bechert, Nhung Hoang /  »Musicians in Exile - Different Perspectives«: Aeham Ahmad, DJ Jeff, Odarka, Mod.: Gianni Main & Pamela Owusu-Brenyah / »Off the Record« – Podcast von Deutschlandfunk Kultur: Vero Schreiegg (Mod.) / »Pop-Festivals: Welche Gesellschaft soll das abbilden?« – Panel von Deutschlandfunk Kultur: Graf Fidi, Jana Posth, Misla Tesfamariam, Mod.: Christoph Reimann & Juliane Reil / Power to the Artists: Non Fungible Token (NFT)«: Anika Meier, Carmelo Lo Porto, Jovanka von Wilsdorf, Mod.: Tristan Littlejohn / »New Weird Postost – Alliances, Differences and the Decolonisation of the ›East‹«:: Anastasia Tikhomirova, Mariia Vorotilina, Mod.: Julia Boxler / »Nicht deine Inspiration«: Adina Hermann, Dennis Sonne, Rebecca Maskos, Mod.: Sookee / »Rosa Extra, Schmuggel, Stasi & Verrat«: Andrea Berwing, Bernd Jestram, Mod.: Paul Poet / »Where does the party go?«: Sonja Eismann, Uffie / »Wie schmeckt Kunst? oder: Wie riecht Musik?«: Katharina Tress, Mats Küssner, Mila Hergert, Sara Lu / »Yeni Yeşerenler«: Duygu Ağal, Mod.: Annett Scheffel

*under the Corona rules in force at that time.