Halloween weekend often pushes Berlin’s live calendar toward costumes, late doors and all-purpose darkness. The sharper route for Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, works through three very different ideas of atmosphere: Ludovico Fulci’s film-music history arriving in a jazz quartet, Schokoladen’s post-hardcore-led Halloween bill, and Wilde Renate’s room-by-room Klubnacht. The common thread is theatrical framing: music that sets a scene, then lets the night expand around it. It is a useful two-night plan for anyone seeking a defined programme amid a crowded October 29–November 1 weekend.[1][3][4]

Friday, October 30: Ludovico Fulci brings the score inside the jazz room

At 21:00 on Friday, Kunstfabrik Schlot hosts pianist Ludovico Fulci with Jonas Schoen-Philbert on saxophone and bass clarinet, Martin Lillich on bass, and Mathias Trippner on drums and keys. The venue’s listing places Fulci’s own recent records, “The Meaning of You” and “Ti racconto di me,” alongside selections by Ennio Morricone. That makes this an unusually direct opening to the weekend: an acoustic ensemble show whose programme carries film-score memory into a close-listening setting.[1]

Fulci’s background gives the Morricone connection real weight. Saint Louis College of Music identifies him as a pianist, composer and orchestrator who worked extensively in film music, with a collaboration with Morricone that intensified from 2001; it also describes his continuing jazz work. Kunstfabrik Schlot itself has operated as a Berlin-Mitte jazz club since 1993, so the concert’s mix of standards, original pieces and screen-derived material fits the room’s live-music focus. Arrive with time to settle in: the venue says entry begins an hour before the 21:00 programme.[1][2]

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Saturday, October 31: Schokoladen turns the gig into a Halloween afterparty

Schokoladen’s Halloween Special starts at 20:00 on Saturday with Nothing Works, a Berlin post-hardcore band, plus further acts still to be announced. The official programme describes Nothing Works through hardcore-punk energy, 1990s indie and alternative influence, driving riffs, hooks and urgent vocals. This is the compact, band-first stop on the route: a show built around live impact before the room shifts gears after 22:00.[3]

The after-show programme is part of the point. Schokoladen has scheduled No Tears For The Creatures Of The Night, with DJs Alienshe and Hunkydory moving through spooky 1950s and 1960s selections alongside punk, post-punk, new wave, dark wave and disco. That spread gives the evening a deliberately mixed social rhythm: arrive for the guitar set, stay as the club playlist takes over. The venue also lists step-free access via a ramp and an accessible toilet reached through the courtyard, a practical detail worth checking again before travel.[3]

Saturday night: Coco Cobra in Wilde Renate’s Halloween Klubnacht

For the late-night chapter, Wilde Renate’s Halloween Klubnacht begins at 22:00 and places Coco Cobra in the Black room, hosted by Jiāla. The wider bill moves across three distinct spaces: Hongor and Evaluvfrog join Coco Cobra in Black; casadephunk hosts Green, with elliephunk, Organza, Manolo., Panooc and Robin Flux; Antina’s SpookWave takes over Red with DJ Testbild, DJ Mara Mortem and DJ Angelic Sintesis. Filipinx drag performance and whacking also appear in the programme.[4]

This is the expansive finale after Schokoladen’s smaller-scale band room. Renate’s own programme presents the event as a Halloween Klubnacht and lists Coco Cobra alongside the club’s hosts, DJs and performance elements, giving the night a multi-room shape from the outset. The club states that tickets are available via Resident Advisor and at the door, that entry remains subject to house rules, and that payments inside are card-only. Costume planning, door policy and set times can change quickly on this date, so recheck the official pages for Kunstfabrik Schlot, Schokoladen and Wilde Renate before leaving.[4]

These concerts happened on 30–31 October 2026

The next dates at these venues: Kunstfabrik Schlot · Schokoladen · Wilde Renate

Sources

  1. Fulci / Schoen-Philbert / Lillich / Trippner — Kunstfabrik Schlot
  2. Ludovico Fulci — Saint Louis College of Music
  3. Schokoladen Events — Schokoladen
  4. Renate — Renate