Tickets: https://vvk.link/3vv79rk

Pionera (frenzy Post-HC/Metal/Noise-Punk, Alicante/Esp)
https://pionera.bandcamp.com

Apostrophe (Post-Punk/Post-HC, Berlin)
https://apostropheberlin.bandcamp.com

after 22h DJs Schapur (punk/post-punk/ndw...) + Grrrt (red wig recs)
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my people booking prsnts:

FLINTA* IM KIEZ w/ TOMAR CONTROL (hardcore/old-school, lima/peru) + BERITAN (hc, bln) + Special Guest live!

tomarcontrol.bandcamp.com / beritan.bandcamp.com / linktr.ee/mypeoplebooking  

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. presale tickets available at --> https://vvk.link/3ty0p9s 

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TOMAR CONTROL (Peru) Hardcore band from Lima, Peru, active since 2014. Formed with the goal of increasing the representation of female-identifying individuals in a scene traditionally dominated by men, this all FLINTA* band brings a vital and urgent voice to the hardcore scene. 

With a raw and direct sound inspired by late ’80s and ’90s hardcore, TOMAR CONTROL delivers a powerful message rooted in both social and personal struggles. Their lyrics address feminism, P.M.A. (Positive Mental Attitude), veganism, straight edge values, and a firm rejection of all forms of discrimination. 
 

BERÎITAN
Anti-imperialist centraka punk band made up of migrant bodies in a collective cry, a need to translate dignified rage into joy and noise, created with friends connected in political spaces in different territories (Central America, Guatemala and Ecuador as the centre of the world), who coincided in the anti-colonial movement in Berlin in 2022. 
 
Their lyrics are collective compositions that address political themes that run through them, such as the anti-border, anti-extractivist, anti-patriarchal struggle and historical memory.
 
SURPRISE GUEST
The surprise guest will be an all FLINTA* polítical hardcore band from Berlin, releasing their debut EP.
 
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FLINTA* IM KIEZ is a monthly concert series organized by MY PEOPLE BOOKING in Berlin, aimed at providing a platform for underrepresented musicians in the city’s alternative rock and punk scenes. 
 
The series specifically focuses on FLINTA* (women*, lesbians, inter people, non-binary people, trans people, and agender people) artists who often face challenges in spaces dominated by cisgender male musicians. By offering a stage to these artists, the project works to disrupt the dominance of privileged voices in the alternative music scene and ensure that diverse perspectives are given visibility.
 
The concert series will take place across Berlin, ensuring that it reaches different communities and supports the city's rich underground music culture. The initiative also responds to the struggles faced by small venues, which have been hit by rising costs and economic downturns. 
 
By highlighting local talent and providing a space for FLINTA* musicians, the concert series creates an important cultural environment that nurtures new artists and fosters community support.
 
Additionally, FLINTA* IM KIEZ will implement sliding scale pricing for tickets, making these events more accessible to a wider range of people, particularly those from marginalized communities such as FLINTA*, BIPoC, and individuals with migration experiences. 
 
This approach ensures that everyone, regardless of income, has the opportunity to experience and enjoy underground music. With a focus on diversity and inclusion, the series strives to build a more equitable cultural landscape for both artists and audiences.
 
The concert series is made possible in part by the support of MusicBoard Berlin, as part of the POP IM KIEZ funding programme, without which this project would not be possible.

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

35 Jahre - Schokoladen, der Ackerstadtpalast und der Club der Polnischen Versager/CpV, feiern ein ganzes Wochenende drinnen und draußen, Eintritt frei/gegen Spende.

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Hof:  LOCAL SUPPORT [hc punk] + BEN RACKEN [punk] + TINY DORIS [postpunk] live

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. 

 „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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Schokoladen Kneipe: EARTH LOGOFF [analog weird industrial body music] + SCHWINDEL [indiepunk] + BELT [noiserock] live

& after 22h DJs Pris V & Fragil:Stabil [post punk, darkwave, obscure 80s, minimal synth, shoegaze ...] all night!

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SchockTails & Glitter Floor im 'TheaterFoyer' w/ DJs Elmo, Eggeschegge & Don Caribou [indie, rock, funk, soul] all night!

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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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We want Schokoladen Hoffest to be a space where personal boundaries are respected and everyone looks out for one another. If your boundaries or those of someone else are crossed, please reach out to us! Let’s create a safe space free of sexism, racism, ableism, homo- or transphobia! Enjoy the Hoffest!

35 Jahre - Schokoladen, der Ackerstadtpalast und der Club der Polnischen Versager/CpV, feiern ein ganzes Wochenende drinnen und draußen, Eintritt frei/gegen Spende.

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Hof: MERMAID MAN [psychedelic garage] + G-REX GROOVE BLAST [funk soul] + 250CC [garage duo] live

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.

250CC is a French-Italian duo based in Berlin, twisting raw minimalism into something strange and cinematic. With just guitar and drums, Guido and Alice build sonic landscapes, dreamy vocal textures, sharp turns in rhythm, and sounds that echo from vintage tape machines to the fringes of dreamy distortion. 250cc turn every live show into a hypnotic, stripped-down ritual..

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SchockTails & Glitter Floor im'TheaterFoyer' --> Sonic Sisters Collective DJs [rock, glam, punk, psych, soul, fuzz—inflicting mass hysteria and collective joy] all night

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Schokoladen Kneipe: TEAM TYSON [punkrock] + HALL [punkrock] + SPLIZZ [darkwave] live

TEAM TYSON: 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!

SPLIZZ: Ziemlicher Wirkungstreffer, wenn man nach kühlem Post-Punk mit viel, sehr viel dunklem Wave aus den frühen Achtzigern von der Insel sucht.

& after 22h DJs reni:tenz + Hinrich Tung [punk, garage, wave] all night!

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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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We want Schokoladen Hoffest to be a space where personal boundaries are respected and everyone looks out for one another. If your boundaries or those of someone else are crossed, please reach out to us! Let’s create a safe space free of sexism, racism, ableism, homo- or transphobia! Enjoy the Hoffest!

M:Soundtrack + African Beats & Pieces prsts: Lollise (NYC / Botswana) + Adelle Nqeto (Bln/ South Africa) + AWA Khiwe (African Women  Arise)  &  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”.

AWA KHIWE is Zimbabwe’s fierce Ndebele rap queen—blending village roots with bold global beats. Known for her fast, sharp flow in isiNdebele and powerful lyrics on migration, gender, and resistance, she’s collaborated with Ghanaian Stallion to craft her debut album African Women Arise. Mixing hip hop, Afro-urban rhythms, and ancestral pride, AWA is blazing a trail for African women in rap—loud, fearless, and unforgettable.

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

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.

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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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.