AL.FESTIVAL.2025 is back this October for its 6th edition! Since 2019, AL.Berlin has built a platform for music, art, and critical exchange, amplifying the voices and cultures of South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) and their diasporas. Over the years, AL.FESTIVAL has grown into Berlin’s leading festival for SWANA music, a place where community, resistance, and celebration come together.
Unapologetically loud and boldly present, AL.FESTIVAL is a space of resistance and joy in a time when our existence is too often treated as a threat. We come together to disrupt, to be heard, and to carry both the rage and calm woven into our sound.
We’re honored to present an artist lineup like no other, with powerful collaborations alongside some of your favorite Berlin-based SWANA collectives! Expect workshops, exhibitions, film screenings, talks, radio shows, and a food Bazaar offering a rich variety of flavors that taste like home
Rooted in SWANA and Global Majority voices, we move together in continued solidarity against the noise of rising far-right extremism, the weight of colonial legacies, and ongoing systems of oppression.
The festival ends on Friday, October 11th with a multi-stage playground of live music, DJs, queer karaoke, and open-air vibes in the Festsaal Kreuzberg. Doors open 4pm.
