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Berliner Bierfestival
Who needs Oktoberfest when you can have the 'world's longest beer garden'
(
www.bierfestival-berlin.de
)
? As the bands play on, pick your poison from some 340 brew-
eries representing 90 countries with over 2000 beers along 2.2km of Karl-Marx-Allee.
Tanz im August
Step out gracefully to this two-week dance festival (
www.tanzimaugust.de
)
that attracts
loose-limbed talent and highly experimental choreography from around the globe.
September
Kids are back in school but there's still plenty of partying to be done and of-
ten fine weather to enjoy it. As days get shorter, the new theatre, concert and
opera season begins.
Berlin Music Week
This festival-conference combo (
www.berlin-music-week.de
)
brings together the music
trade and global performers over four days. Old hands and tomorrow's headliners take over
the city's best clubs in Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. The party culminates with the
weekend-long Berlin Music Festival at Tempelhof Airport.
Berlin Art Week
Inaugurated in 2012 this contemporary art fair (
www.berlinartweek.de
)
brings together gal-
leries and artists with the hotshots of the international scene.
Berlin Marathon
Sweat it out with the other 40,000 runners or just cheer 'em on during Germany's biggest
street race (
www.berlin-marathon.com
)
, which has seen nine world records set since 1977.
Musikfest Berlin
World-renowned orchestras, choirs, conductors and soloists come together for 21 days of
concerts (
www.berlinerfestspiele.de
)
at the Philharmonie and other venues.
