{"id":163424,"date":"2026-04-23T13:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event-multi&p=163424"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:55:09","slug":"durchluften-2026","status":"publish","type":"event-multi","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/event\/concert\/durchluften-2026-163424\/","title":{"rendered":"Durchl\u00fcften 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On\u202ffour summer weekends, DURCHL\u00dcFTEN transforms the Humboldt Forum\u2019s \u202fSchl\u00fcterhof \u202finto a free open-air meeting place where musical traditions from across the globe unfold\u202fas living\u202fcultural archives.\u202f<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5\u00a0years\u00a0open. Already 5 years\u00a0DURCHL\u00dcFTEN.\u00a0For the sixth time\u00a0now, DURCHL\u00dcFTEN<\/strong> transforms the\u00a0Schl\u00fcterhof\u202fcourtyard of Berlin\u2019s Humboldt Forum into a vibrant open-air stage for global music, cultural dialogue, and shared\u202fexperience. From 9 July to 1 August 2026<\/strong>, across four summer weekends, the festival presents\u202f24 live acts and 12 DJs from around the world<\/strong>. Each evening features two concerts followed by a\u00a0DJ set, creating twelve nights of musical discovery, movement, and encounter in the heart of Berlin\u202f\u2014\u202fonce again with free entry for all.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From electrified Mauritanian desert blues to Andean Indigenous futurism, Kurdish acid ritual to Afro-Colombian bass cosmologies, Tanzanian polyphony to Anatolian-Nordic electronica\u2014the courtyard becomes a meeting point of living cultures<\/strong>.\u202fArtists carry\u00a0traditions such\u00a0as living archives, weaving ancestral instruments, languages, and storytelling into contemporary forms, diasporic exchange, and global club culture. Collaborations with independent labels like Argentina\u2019s\u202fZZK Records\u202fand Karachi-based\u202f<\/span>honiunhoni<\/span>\u202ffurther expand these cross-continental sonic dialogues.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since its\u202finception,\u202fDURCHL\u00dcFTEN<\/strong> \u202fhas stood for cultural dialogue beyond museum walls. What begins inside the galleries\u202f\u2014\u202fin exhibitions, collections, and interdisciplinary exchange\u202f\u2014\u202fflows outward into lived\u202fexperience. The courtyard becomes a\u202fcommons: a space of participation, hospitality, and collective presence.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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DURCHL\u00dcFTEN\u202fremains\u202ffree and open to all.\u202fPlease\u00a0be prepared\u00a0for queuing\u00a0moderately.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

DURCHL\u00dcFTEN\u202fwelcomes everyone: the music\u202fand\u202fart\u202flover,\u202fthe\u202fcrate\u202fdigger,\u202fthe museum visitor who lingers after sunset,\u202fthe raver, the neighbor passing by, and the grandmother visiting with her\u00a0family.\u202fHere, we gather\u202fnot only to listen, but to experience cultures in motion.\u202f\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LINE UP 2026\u202f\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

ADG7<\/strong> – Ak Dan Gwang Chil -Korea | AySay<\/strong> – Denmark | Kurdish | Turkish | BCUC<\/strong> – Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness – South Africa | Canto Di\u00e1spora<\/strong> – Diverse Latin America | Berlin | Charlotte Colace<\/strong> – Cuba | France | Berlin | Humazapas <\/strong>– Ecuador | Jatun Mama<\/strong> – Ecuador | Loma Reqs <\/strong>– Kurdish | Colombia | Massa Dembele<\/strong> – Burkino Faso | Germany | Morena Leraba<\/strong> – Lesotho | Muslim Shaggan<\/strong> – Pakistan | Nana Benz du Togo <\/strong>– Togo | Noura Mint Seymali <\/strong>– Mauritania | Nuevos Rios<\/strong> – Colombia | France | P\u0119ki Mom\u00e9s<\/strong> – Turkish | Renata Flores <\/strong>– Peru | Seppuku Pistols<\/strong> – Japan | Tamara Flores<\/strong> – Austria | Mexico | Uche Yara<\/strong> – Berlin | Austria | Ustad Noor Bakhsh<\/strong> – Pakistan | Yalla Miku<\/strong> – Eritrea | Switzerland | Wura Samba & Gebr\u00fcder Teichmann<\/strong> – Nigeria | Deutschland | The Zawose Queens<\/strong> – Tanzania | 100 lbs of Summer <\/strong>– Berlin | New Zealand | Australia<\/p>\n

DJ\u2019S<\/strong><\/h4>\n

afrodisiac<\/strong> | Ben Olayinka<\/strong> | Fania Brava ft. Lionza<\/strong> | Femdelic<\/strong> | In Living Color<\/strong> | Lyla Safi <\/strong>| Montoya<\/strong> | MzRizk<\/strong> | natsu <\/strong>| Necios: e\u00d1e b2b Forastero<\/strong> | Ra Mava <\/strong>| TMNIT\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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