1. Fête de la Musique

This is a celebration towards the beginning of summer and includes a great variety of live shows on 90 stages all around the city. You can listen to all types of music, including world music and jazz. This event takes place in more than 100 more countries on the same day.

Date: 21 Jun 2011

Location: Berlin  

Cost: free

Website: http://www.fetedelamusique.de/en/

2. Christopher Street Day

Making its way through the city centre, the parade is your chance to wear your most ridiculous clothes. Partiers with crazy colored wigs and painted faces dance near the festival trucks and make their way to the Siegessäule monument. The scope of the event is to raise awareness for equal rights among the gay and lesbian community.

Date: 25 Jun 2011

Location: Berlin

Cost: free

Website: http://www.csd-berlin.de/

3. Hamburg-Berlin Auto Bild Classic

You can enjoy over 150 classic cars making their way along the River Elbe and getting ready for the annual 640 km Auto Bild Classic rally between Hamburg and Berlin. There are several pit stops created along the way where enthusiasts can take part in all sorts of exciting events.

Date: 26 - 28 May 2011

Location: Berlin

Cost: Free to watch

Website: http://www.autobild.de/klassik/oldtimerrallye/

4. Carnival of Cultures

Berlin’s Kreuzberg district becomes host for this street party and parade that celebrates the city’s multicultural spirit. You will enjoy a lot of music and dancing as well as taste exotic food and drinks together with half a million party people.

Date: 10 - 13 Jun 2011 (annual)

Location: Berlin

Cost: free

Website: http://www.karneval-berlin.de/de/english.175.html

5. B-Parade

This is a huge dance parade with trucks loudly playing techno and dance music along the Strasse des 17 Juni street, filled by party people having a blast.

Date: 9 Jul 2011 (annual)

Location: Strasse des 17. Juni

Cost: free

Website: http://www.b-parade.de/

6. International Berlin Beer Festival

This event attracts annually one million visitors to the Karl Marx Allee. During the festival’s days, you can taste 1,800 various kinds of beer made by 240 brewers in 80 countries. Also, there will be 18 stages where artists from all over the world will make sure you’ll have a great time.

Date: 5 - 7 Aug 2011

Location: Karl Marx Allee

Cost: free

Website: http://www.bierfestival-berlin.de/

Apart from all the entertainment options, Berlin also offers you a wide range of places that are worth-seeing and the Berlin Wall is one of them. Plus, the city is home to people from over 180 nations so your trip here will definitely be very exciting!