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Germany

Berlin clubs, Munich festivals and the Melt lakeside, next to everything we heard this week.

Heard · Girli 2026

Girli at Säälchen Berlin 2026: hot takes, a pink mic and a book swap

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Katie Ramsay·9 October 2026
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Features in Germany

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EsDeeKid heads to Berlin and Cologne

Photo · @annnlies · @annnlies

The Wire

EsDeeKid heads to Berlin and Cologne

By Damien Töpfl

The Liverpool rapper brings his Council House Rat Tour to Germany for two shows in November 2026, on a forty-eight-date world tour across North America and Europe.

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On the calendar in Germany

Shows we plan to cover. Photos and a few words the day after.

  1. GoldFordBatschkapp, FrankfurtShot by Damien Töpfl for TREACLE

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Festivals in Germany

The next ones on the calendar. Dates change; check the organiser before you plan.

  1. 16-19 September 2026Reeperbahn FestivalHamburg · Showcase / industry (indie/pop/electronic/hip-hop)Dates set
  2. 3 April 2027Time WarpMannheim (Maimarkthalle) · Techno/houseDates set
  3. 21-25 April 2027c/o pop FestivalCologne · Showcase / industry (pop/electronic)Dates set
  4. Late May 2027Immergut FestivalNeustrelitz · Indie/alternativeUsual timing
  5. 14-17 May 2027Wave-Gotik-TreffenLeipzig · Gothic/darkwave/industrial/neofolkDates set
  6. Whitsun 2027, mid-Maymoers festivalMoers · Jazz/improvised/avant-gardeUsual timing

All 40 festivals in Germany → 34 more on the full index.

Heard · Time-sensitive, then it's gone

All of Heard
  1. This week

    Six songs for Attenborough, and the fans who sang them

    JADE's "Into The Deep (Seas Cry)" is the newest song Hans Zimmer has made for a BBC nature series. The first one, nine years ago, was also about Blue Planet. We look back at all of them, with photos from the shows where we met four of the voices.

    Heard · 8 October · Photo · @annnlies

  2. This week

    Epik High stopped their own show so nobody got left outside

    Nine songs into the Toronto stop of their 3.0 tour, Tablo cut the sound and waited for the line. Zach Aureliano walked in to his first Epik High show and walked out a fan.

    Heard · 7 October · Photo · @zachaureliano

  3. Heard

    Alison Moyet wrote "Nobody's Diary" at home as a teenager. In Berlin she sang it back.

    Tempodrom, Berlin, 22 September. A tour made only of Yazoo songs and tracks from her two solo electronica albums.

    Heard · 24 September · Photo · Andrea Röell

The Wire · In brief

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  1. 12 OctDoechii's Swamp Sessions are back with "BOMBS". The last run ended in a Grammy.
  2. 29 SeptApple built a 600-capacity venue in London. Its first season is booked with people who sell out arenas.
  3. 28 SeptThe 2026 VMAs: Madonna won seven, Taylor Swift passed Beyoncé and Yung Lean smashed a Moon Person
  4. 26 SeptEsDeeKid heads to Berlin and Cologne
  5. 24 SeptGenesis Owusu has won Album of the Year twice. Now his third album is nominated.
  6. 18 SeptTen 2027 tours in two weeks, and one apology
  7. 15 SeptFKA twigs is Josephine Baker, and the cameras are already rolling

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From the Pit

Nobody owes you a photo pass. Here is how to ask for one anyway.

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Photo · @annnlies

“Live music is the only subject that does not pose for the camera. We document it for the people who were there, and for the people who wish they were.”

TREACLE · On the record

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