Veranstaltungen
Einlass 19h Beginn 20h
Andreas „Spider“ Krenzke, Tobias „Tube“ Herre, Uli Hannemann, Eva Mirasol und Ivo Lotion präsentieren Geschichten, Lieder und Gäste.
LSD – Liebe Statt Drogen ist eine der bekanntesten Lesebühnen Berlins. Jeden Dienstagabend gestalten die 5 Mitglieder von LSD und eingeladene Gäste im Berliner Schokoladen ein Programm aus neuen Texten und Songs. Gegründet 1996 besteht LSD heute aus den Mitgliedern Andreas „Spider“ Krenzke, Tobias „Tube“ Herre, Uli Hannemann, Eva Mirasol und Ivo Lotion. Alle 5 genannten Künstler sind als Autoren und Musiker auch in anderen Bereichen aktiv.
LSD bietet jeden 1. & 3. Dienstag ein Offenes Mikro für Menschen an, die spontan etwas vortragen wollen. Beachtet bitte, dass der Beitrag selbstverfasst sein muss und nicht länger als 6 Minuten dauert. Wer am Offenen Mikro liest, braucht keinen Eintritt zahlen und bekommt ein Freigetränk.
tickets: https://vvk.link/3uqjd5c
https://softcrystals.bandcamp.com/album/soft-crystals
https://open.spotify.com/album/7lGFLb4j5Wg2Jv16S3oCkF
https://idol-io.ffm.to/nothingchangessoftcrystals
https://www.instagram.com/softcrystals/
https://open.spotify.com/album/7AZhQqYrJwoXDxZNzTFkFV
Soft Crystals
Soft Crystals sind eine Indie-Rock-Band aus Schottland. Die mittlerweile in Berlin lebenden Brüder Stephen und Matthew Morris werden von Douglas Mackay am Schlagzeug begleitet. Das, was als Nebenprojekt begann, wurde schnell zu etwas mehr, als die Band probte und sich ihr Sound entwickelte. Zusammen mit üppigen Melodien und Matthews persönlichen und reflektierten Texten ergeben die Songs einen perfekten Soundtrack für eine lange und dunstige Autofahrt. Mit filmischen Soundscapes und traumhafter Atmosphäre bringt die Gruppe ihre schottischen Ursprünge in das klassische Indie-Format ein. Neblig, endlos herbstlich, mit einer gewaltigen Portion Romantik.
https://open.spotify.com/album/7lGFLb4j5Wg2Jv16S3oCkF
https://idol-io.ffm.to/nothingchangessoftcrystals
https://www.instagram.com/softcrystals/
https://softcrystals.bandcamp.com/album/soft-crystals
Unimportant People
Unimportant People return to Berlin's live scene after releasing their album back in 2011. Their blend of catchy and upbeat indie anthems with Alex's witty tales of romantic failures will have you tapping your toes and drying your eyes all in one swift, energetic blow.
https://open.spotify.com/album/7AZhQqYrJwoXDxZNzTFkFV
° three stages ° seven bands ° four dancefloors °
Hof: Local Support [hc punk] + Ben Racken [punk] + Tiny Doris [postpunk]
LOCAL SUPPORT stehen für modernen Hardcore. Sie sind die „Essenz“ von den beiden Getränken NEGATIVE APPROACH und MINOR THREAT und sind in Berlin-Neukölln eine Allstar-Band gegründet worden. Zu hören gibt es ist ein Hardcore-Volley-Arschtritt par excellence. Krass gut.
BEN RACKEN - „Düsterpunk“ wird immer wieder als Genrebezeichnung gewählt, was meist auf die musikalische Klangfarbe gemünzt ist. BEN RACKEN, die 2008 ihr erstes Album veröffentlichten, sind eine jener Phantombands, die sich sozialmedial nicht in den Vordergrund drängeln – anders als zig andere, die wenig zu sagen haben, aber in ihrer banalen Geschwätzigkeit dauerpräsent sind!
Der EA80-Vergleich ist obligatorisch, soll aber hier nur dazu dienen, die verdiente Aufmerksamkeit jener zu erregen, die BEN RACKEN nie auf dem Schirm hatten und ihnen unbedingt Aufmerksamkeit schenken sollten. Also kommen und zuhören!!!!
Die Winzige TINY DORIS fasst sich ein Herz, tritt mit dem Fuß auf den Fuzz. Die zersägt die Krokodile in unseren Köpfen. Unbequeme Melodien schmetternd!
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Kneipe: Earth logoff [analog weird industrial body music] + Schwindel [indiepunk] + Belt [noiserock]
& aftershow w/ djs pris V + fragil:stabil [post punk darkwave obscure 80s minimal synth shoegaze]
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Club der Polnischen Versager: Britania Theatre 'live' & djs
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Keller: BSM BerlimStampfMusikant*innen [hard trance techno]
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SchockTails & Glitter Floor 'TheaterFoyer' w/ djs Elmo, Eggeschegge & Don Caribou [indie rock funk soul]
° three stages ° six bands ° four dancefloors °
Hof: Mermaidman [psychedelic garage] + G-Rex Groove Blast [funk soul]
Mermaid Man made waves with the release of the debut album "Let’s Dance To The End Of The World" in September 2024, followed by a high-energy tour across Europe that firmly established the Berlin-based project as a rising force in the underground scene — pushing boundaries and deepening their signature blend of psychedelic grooves, soulful textures, and post-wave flair.
No rules, just tools: G-REX DELIGHT gets your b00ty shaking with funk and house-inspired tunes with big brassers and hard hitting grooves. The ever-evolving collective continues to inspire with different moods, genres, covers, with a wide range of vocalists from all over the city, making them the most interesting electric & eclectic funk band in the city - and the only one with a dinosaur theme.
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Kneipe: Team Tyson [punkrock] + Hall [punkrock] + Splizz [darkwave]
Immense Wut, verpackt in eine Mischung aus Deutschpunk, NDW und Eighties-US-Hardcore. Sehr zackig, sehr direkt, sehr pointiert. Keine Atempause, Stakkato ist angesagt. Immer voll auf die Fresse, keine Chance zu entkommen.
HALL is a doomy, dark garage rock three-piece from Berlin and Leipzig evoking demons and chills down your spine. Made my infatuation with their initial two-piece live show, it has been a goosebumbs fest, us got shivers for the epochal, doomy catchy vocals, pushed forward of the raw force of rhythm section to an pivotal urgency of self destruction. Skip the self-care and funeral hugs! If you bats suck the MISFITS blood out of the HEX DISPENSERS, try to snake out of the evil, muddy swamps of HALL!
Ziemlicher Wirkungstreffer, wenn man nach kühlem Post-Punk mit viel, sehr viel dunklem Wave aus den frühen Achtzigern von der Insel sucht.
& aftershow w/ dj reni:tenz + Hinrich Tung [punk garage wave]
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Club der polnischen Versager: Don't Shelest 'live' & after Djs
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Keller: QueerQueller [techno electro]
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SchockTails & Glitter Floor 'TheaterFoyer' w/ djs Sonic Sisters Collective [vinyl grooves rock n roll psyche and fuzzy sounds]
doors 19:00 - show 20:00
Come early, stay late—this one’s going to be something special!
M:Soundtrack + African Beats & Pieces prsts: Lollise (NYC / Botswana) + Adelle Nqeto (Bln/ South Africa) + DJ Mixanthrope
Thrilled to welcome Lollise (NYC/Botswana) to the Schokoladen stage!
Her vibrant energy, infectious beats, and radiant presence promise an unforgettable night—get ready to smile, move, and dance!
Opening the evening is the brilliant Adelle Nqeto, a Berlin-based South African artist whose soulful voice and unique take on alternative African folk left our Café Chocolat audience spellbound. We’re so excited to have her back—she’s truly one of a kind, and we can’t wait for you to experience her magic.
The night is co-curated by M:Soundtrack and African Beats & Pieces, a Berlin event series dedicated since 2017 to music made in Africa and throughout its diaspora.
To top it all off, DJ Mixanthrope will be behind the decks with an eclectic mix of rhythms and grooves to keep the energy flowing all night long.
Come early, stay late—this one’s going to be something special!
Lollise is a musician, visual artist and fashion designer from Botswana, currently living in NYC.
Using sound, color and movement, Lollise tells stories of real and imagined worlds,
multidimensional and nuanced, historical and futuristic. She performs with a potent energy and
commitment to the music, in body and in spirit. Lollise creates hybrid songs for this moment,
taking influence from the music she grew up with – Setswana and Kalanga folk songs, '80s and
'90s South African electronic bubblegum and kwaito, Congolese soukous and Zimbabwean
sungura – and the music she has been exposed to in New York, including Afrobeat, new wave,
and art-pop.
Adelle Nqeto's music stems from the gaze of an introverted observer with a passion for melody and stories. Rooted in South African folk and exploring Jazz, Indie and Pop sensibilities, the Berlin-based musician’s work expresses the beauty and complexity in our human reality. Quite fittingly, her music style has been labelled as “Alternative African Folk”.
African Beats & Pieces is a regular event series in Berlin dedicated since 2017 to the music made in Africa and throughout its diaspora. DJ mixes celebrating music from Africa & its diaspora beyond the mainstream since 2017. Curated by Boris Paillard/ DJ Mixanthrope -- @african_beats_and_pieces
doors 19:00 - show 20:00
punkfilmfest booking & little league shows prsnt:
MESS OF MANKIND / crusty hc punk, nbg
messofmankind.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/mess_of_mankind
& I FEEL VIOLENT / hc-punk, bln
/ instagram.com/ifeelviolenthc /
at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. presale tickets available at --> vvk.link/3t6gbyo
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MESS OF MANKIND: Crusty hc punk aus Nürnberg mit einer hauchfeinen Metalkante, begleitet von wütendem Geschrei über Feminismus, Antikapitalismus und Schmerz.
doors 19:00 - show 20:00 - DJs after 22:00
little league shows & kreuzgut.disko prsnt:
MINOR CITIZEN / alternative rock/grunge-pop, nl
instagram.com/minorcitizenmusic / open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/7E8EBA7iEhcMSyU8fJfQFj
+ TOUGH MOTHER / alternative-grunge, bln
toughmother.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/yourtoughmother
live at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. pre-sale tickets available --> https://vvk.link/3rhd9ao
& after the show: Kreuzgut.Disko DJs!
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»Minor Citizen is a three-piece rock band from Amsterdam with a big mouth. With a raw mix of hard rock and grungepop, the band is comparable to great acts like Triggerfinger, Queens of the Stone Age, and IDLES.
With an EP produced by Mario Goossens from Triggerfinger, they traveled around the
Netherlands during Popronde. They attracted a lot of attention as one of the most booked acts, with an energetic live show that managed to whip up every single audience.
New music is set to be released in the fall of 2025. Sweat, headbanging, and a voice reminiscent of Chris Cornell. We'll see you in the moshpit.«
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TOUGH MOTHER: The international trio, based in Berlin, gives auditory versions of unapologetic period stains left as proud branding of love lorn lust vehicles. Playing smashing power grunge into sun burned eyes as an anthem to their own delirium, Tough Mother is expressing disappointment in the world and everyone on it.
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doors 19:00 - show 20:00 - DJs after 22:00
beav boloney & little league shows prsnt:
HUMANS AS ORNAMENTS / experimental indie noise-rock, berlin/leipzig
humansasornaments.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/humansasornaments
& ZYLVA / avant pop, bln
zylva.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/zylva_zylva
at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. presale tickets available --> vvk.link/3tefjgw
& after the show: Under the Wires w/ DJs Mr. Cigarette Butt & Moppi Galoppi
punk / wave / garage & sex beat
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HUMANS AS ORNAMENTS have always felt at home in a space of musical experimentation. Their songs contain a variety of influences - always delivered with a raw emotional intensity. Drawing from various genres between Post-Punk, Art-Rock, R&B and HipHop, the childhood friends Dave and Dennis continuously try to find connections within opposites. As a result, their sound is distinctly individual and uncompromising.
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Berlin-based singer and electronic artist ZYLVA channels themes of hope and recovery on her EP "Antiroom." After the feat of strength that was the release of her debut album "Poems from the Dark" in 2023, Zylva longed for musical and personal companionship, something she found again in Ludwig Wandinger, a fellow Berlin resident who co-produced the EP. In keeping with the heterogeneous approach of her debut, with genres ranging from Avant Pop to Indie and Ambient over the course of 5 tracks, "Antiroom" reflects the breadth of Zylva’s musical spectrum. The title’s double meaning ("Antiroom/Anteroom") refers to spaces where one’s presence (e.g., as a female producer) is not intended, as well as the EP being a precursor to future musings and a harbinger of recovery.
Gob is a legendary Canadian punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, known for their
infectious, hook-laden sound and relentless DIY ethic. As they approach their 30th anniversary, Gob’s
influence on the punk scene remains undeniable. The band first gained prominence in 1995 with their hit
“Soda” from the album Too Late… No Friends, which became a youth anthem in Canada, thanks in part to its
iconic music video which received heavy rotation on Canada’s Muchmusic.
Over the years, Gob has released six full-length albums, sold over 300,000 physical copies, and earned
Juno nominations and Gold record certifications. Their singles “I Hear You Calling” and “Give Up the Grudge”
further solidified their place in punk rock history. Known for their energetic live shows, Gob has performed
worldwide, including major festivals like Warped Tour, Edgefest, and Amnesia Rockfest. They are one of the
rare punk bands to have had the honor of gracing the stage at Budokan in Japan.
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