New Year’s Eve 2026 in Berlin

By the ULTIMATE Berlin Editorial Team

Midnight at the Brandenburg Gate

For decades Berliners and visitors have seen the year in at the Brandenburg Gate, and the city portal berlin.de lists a celebration there on Thursday 31 December 2026. When we checked, it had not yet confirmed whether the event will go ahead in 2026, nor its times or ticketing; it says details will follow shortly before the night. Last year the party needed a free ticket, so watch berlin.de from early December.

Our advice: wherever you are at midnight, Berlin’s fireworks are everywhere. The police publish the year’s firework-free zones in December; check berlin.de before you plan where to stand.

berlin.de: New Year’s Eve at the Brandenburg Gate 2026 →   berlin.de: Silvester in Berlin →

Concerts and opera: the Philharmonie, the Staatsoper and the Komische Oper

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve concert is the city’s great musical send-off. Kirill Petrenko conducts a programme framed by Nicolai’s overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor and Johann Strauss’s to The Gypsy Baron: Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano and Trumpet, the pianist Alexander Malofeev with principal trumpet David Guerrier, and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony. It is played on 29, 30 and 31 December; on New Year’s Eve at 5.30pm.

At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Berlin give the Konzert zum Jahreswechsel, From Babelsberg to Hollywood: suites from Huppertz’s Metropolis, Korngold’s The Adventures of Robin Hood and Steiner’s Gone with the Wind. It starts at 5pm on 31 December (tickets from €28.64), with a talk in the Apollosaal 45 minutes before, and is repeated on 1 January 2027 at 4pm.

The Komische Oper, now playing at the Schiller Theater on Bismarckstrasse, sees the year out with Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld at 6pm. At the Konzerthaus on the Gendarmenmarkt, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and Rundfunkchor Berlin under Delyana Lazarova perform Beethoven’s Ninth, with Golda Schultz, Rachael Wilson, Julian Prégardien and Derek Welton, on 30 December at 8pm and 31 December at 3.30pm.

Our advice: book the Philharmoniker now, and plan an early concert and a late dinner; both opera houses finish in time for a table at nine.

Berliner Philharmoniker: New Year’s Eve concert →   Staatsoper: Christian Thielemann 2026/27 →   Komische Oper: schedule →   Rundfunkchor Berlin: Beethoven’s Ninth →   Tickets for concerts, opera and theatre in Berlin →

Organ and Baroque by candlelight: the Dom and the Memorial Church

The Berliner Dom closes the year with Feuerwerk für Orgel!, festive works on the great Sauer organ played by the cathedral organist Andreas Sieling, at 7.30pm and 9.30pm on New Year’s Eve, after a year’s-end service at 5pm. Across the city, the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church holds New Year’s Eve gala concerts with Concerto Brandenburg at 3.30pm and 8pm, and Music and Word for the New Year at 11pm (entry is free, with a collection).

Our advice: the Dom’s 9.30pm concert ends in good time for midnight on Museum Island, a short walk from the river.

Berliner Dom: events →   Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church: calendar →

Galas and dinners: the Adlon, the Tipi and the hotels

The Hotel Adlon Kempinski on Pariser Platz, a few steps from the Gate, sees in 2027 three ways. The ballroom gala opens with Champagne in the Lobby Lounge at 6pm and a five-course dinner at 7pm with a big band, then a DJ (€700 per adult, €90 per child, drinks and a midnight snack included). Brasserie Quarré serves a five-course menu with wine pairing (€750), and the Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer six courses with matching wines (€1,225).

In the Tiergarten beside the Chancellery, the Tipi am Kanzleramt holds its New Year’s Eve Gala with Sven Ratzke and his band: doors at 6pm, four courses from 7pm, the show from 8.30pm, a countdown with Ratzke at 11.55pm and a DJ into the morning (€180–€220, cloakroom and welcome drink included).

On Friedrichstrasse, the Westin Grand Berlin holds a buffet and dance from 7pm, with a glass of Champagne, DJ Nicolino from 8pm to 2am and Pfannkuchen at midnight (from €225.32). In City West, the Waldorf Astoria serves a six-course New Year’s Eve menu at ROCA and offers rooms with views of the fireworks; book through the hotel.

Our advice: the Adlon asks for full prepayment by 2 December, after which bookings cannot be cancelled; decide early.

Hotel Adlon Kempinski: Christmas and New Year’s Eve →   Hotel Adlon Kempinski: New Year’s Eve packages →   Tipi am Kanzleramt: New Year’s Eve Gala →   The Westin Grand Berlin: New Year’s Eve →   Waldorf Astoria Berlin: holidays →

A revue at the Friedrichstadt-Palast

The Friedrichstadt-Palast plays its Grand Show BLINDED by DELIGHT twice on New Year’s Eve, at 3.30pm and 7.30pm; when we checked, few tickets were left for the evening. Our advice: take the matinee, then walk down Friedrichstrasse to dinner.

Friedrichstadt-Palast: Christmas and New Year dates →

New Year’s Day 2027

On Friday 1 January 2027 the Berlin New Year’s Run starts at noon at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz): about 4km along Unter den Linden, round the Berliner Dom and back, untimed and with no registration; donations go to a good cause. At 4pm the Staatsoper repeats Thielemann’s Konzert zum Jahreswechsel, and at 6pm the Komische Oper gives its New Year’s Concert, Let’s HOPP to it!, with Max Hopp at the Schiller Theater (€12–€79).

Our advice: the Waldorf Astoria serves a New Year’s High Tea in The Library on the 15th floor, 3pm–5.30pm, over the roofs of City West.

berlin.de: Berlin New Year’s Run →   Komische Oper: New Year’s Concert →

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