Berlin is the capital of club- and subcultures, where dreams of freedom and creativity can come to life. But these free spaces are threatened by gentrification, unaffordable rents and an increasing lack of space—and local and global crises make it hard to see a sustainable vision for the future of club culture.
But in an increasingly polarized present, club culture remains a diverse place of refuge, community and optimism, where new worlds are being created. How do we stay bold, initiate change, transcend boundaries, genres and norms? How do we create places of strength, calm, and connection? How can club culture offer a sense of hope in challenging, chaotic times?
TAG DER CLUBKULTUR is back for its fifth edition, again recognising the efforts and dedication of Berlin’s club culture. 40 clubs and collectives will once again be honored for their special cultural work and the programs, spaces and communities they create within Berlin's club culture.
For the first time this year, three newcomer prizes and an honorary prize for exceptionally involved personalities in Berlin's club culture will be awarded. All award-winning as well as interested clubs and collectives will present their own events throughout Berlin as part of the interdisciplinary Club Culture Festival Week from October 3 to 10, 2024.
TAG DER CLUBKULTUR was launched in 2020 by the Clubcommission, the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe as well as Musicboard Berlin. Today it is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion as well as Musicboard Berlin. Originally conceived as a sign of life for Berlin's clubs in times when their existence was threatened, TAG DER CLUBKULTUR has since become an established cultural award and festival that honours the cultural and artistic commitment of Berlin's clubs and collectives each year.
awardees 2024
Category Space:
800A Berlin Bar & Cabaret
90Mil
Archiv der Jugendkulturen e.V.
Backsteinboot / RAUM FÜR KUNST E.V.
Fitzroy & Lark
Jazz am Helmholtzplatz e.V.
Jonny Knüppel
KwIA
Loophole
Neue Zukunft
Oya Bar Kollektiv
Paloma
Renate
Strandbad Plötzensee
Zur Klappe
Category Program:
An(8)x
Brenn.
Cashmere Radio e.V.
Decolonoize Berlin
Eclat Crew
Jews! Jews! Jews!
Kilowatt Berlin
Layers Collective Berlin
Lunchbox Candy
Ratchet Berlin
Refuge Worldwide
Soundwatch Music Film Festival
Category Community:
Adira
African Acid is the future
Al.Berlin
Body Language Berlin
Chemkon Berlin (Biss e.V.)
Freak de l’afrique
Gay Consent Lab
Open Music Lab
Ourspace Berlin
Para Yok Kollektiv
Puticlub
The black sexworker collective
Transmission
Scene Award
for special
club cultural
Initiative
Asia James Thomas
Newcomer Award:
fluid.vision
Lemonade Queers
SAHRA
Berlin is the capital of club- and subcultures, where dreams of freedom and creativity can come to life. But these free spaces are threatened by gentrification, unaffordable rents and an increasing lack of space—and local and global crises make it hard to see a sustainable vision for the future of club culture.
But in an increasingly polarized present, club culture remains a diverse place of refuge, community and optimism, where new worlds are being created. How do we stay bold, initiate change, transcend boundaries, genres and norms? How do we create places of strength, calm, and connection? How can club culture offer a sense of hope in challenging, chaotic times?
TAG DER CLUBKULTUR is back for its fifth edition, again recognising the efforts and dedication of Berlin’s club culture. 40 clubs and collectives will once again be honored for their special cultural work and the programs, spaces and communities they create within Berlin's club culture.
For the first time this year, three newcomer prizes and an honorary prize for exceptionally involved personalities in Berlin's club culture will be awarded. All award-winning as well as interested clubs and collectives will present their own events throughout Berlin as part of the interdisciplinary Club Culture Festival Week from October 3 to 10, 2024.
TAG DER CLUBKULTUR was launched in 2020 by the Clubcommission, the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe as well as Musicboard Berlin. Today it is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion as well as Musicboard Berlin. Originally conceived as a sign of life for Berlin's clubs in times when their existence was threatened, TAG DER CLUBKULTUR has since become an established cultural award and festival that honours the cultural and artistic commitment of Berlin's clubs and collectives each year.
awardees 2024
Category Space:
800A Berlin Bar & Cabaret
90Mil
Archiv der Jugendkulturen e.V.
Backsteinboot / RAUM FÜR KUNST E.V.
Fitzroy & Lark
Jazz am Helmholtzplatz e.V.
Jonny Knüppel
KwIA
Loophole
Neue Zukunft
Oya Bar Kollektiv
Paloma
Renate
Strandbad Plötzensee
Zur Klappe
Category Program:
An(8)x
Brenn.
Cashmere Radio e.V.
Decolonoize Berlin
Eclat Crew
Jews! Jews! Jews!
Kilowatt Berlin
Layers Collective Berlin
Lunchbox Candy
Ratchet Berlin
Refuge Worldwide
Soundwatch Music Film Festival
Category Community:
Adira
African Acid is the future
Al.Berlin
Body Language Berlin
Chemkon Berlin (Biss e.V.)
Freak de l’afrique
Gay Consent Lab
Open Music Lab
Ourspace Berlin
Para Yok Kollektiv
Puticlub
The black sexworker collective
Transmission
Scene Award
for special
club cultural
Initiative
Asia James Thomas
Newcomer Award:
fluid.vision
Lemonade Queers
SAHRA
