CrowdMate Get the app

Berlin · Venue

Lido

A former border cinema turned 600-capacity Kreuzberg concert club and party room.

Upcoming shows
83
Address
7 Cuvrystraße, 10997 Berlin
Phone
030 69566840
Next show
Sun, 15 Nov 2026
Official siteDirections
Lido in Berlin

About Lido

Lido is a 600-capacity concert club in Berlin’s Wrangelkiez, operating in a former cinema on the Cuvrystraße–Schlesische Straße corner. Its strongest calling card is cinema-scale detail inside a standing-room show space: the technical brief recommends 550 for a dynamic crowd, while vintage chandeliers hang above the wooden concert-hall floor. Its prior life also carried a specific Cold War role, as a border cinema drawing East Berliners to West German films.

Cinema at the border

In 1951, cinema operator Gerhard Kollat opened Lido-Lichtspiele in a purpose-built theater designed by Valerian Wehn. The 521-seat house sat close to the sector boundary and offered discounted screenings to East Berlin visitors; the Wall’s construction on August 13, 1961 cut that audience off. The cinema closed in 1966, then became the rock-and-roll club Westside in 1967 before the Schaubühne used it as rehearsal space during the 1980s.

A 2006 conversion brought music back. Stefan “Spencer” Theile began operating the site in March 2006 and opened it with British Music Week pop concerts on May 19; Lido places its wider reopening in May, after the old property’s revitalisation. The current club reclaimed the cinema’s Lido name while turning the space into a concert and party venue.

The room now

Show selection moves across live concerts, indie parties, 80s nights, and rock, indie, electro, and pop, making Lido a mixed concert-and-club booking room instead of a single-scene specialist. Expect a standing audience around the permanent 96-centimeter stage. The official venue document lists a 600 maximum and preserves the chandeliered ceiling and wooden floor; Berlin’s city guide also lists accessibility and a casual dress code.

Sources

  1. Das Lido — Lido Berlin
  2. Flimmern im Lido! — Lido Berlin
  3. Liste der Kinos in Berlin-Kreuzberg — Wikipedia
  4. Berlin: Willkommen im WM-Club — Der Tagesspiegel
  5. Venue Specs 2024 — Lido Kultur- und Veranstaltungs GmbH
  6. Lido — Berlin.de

Next 15 shows

See more shows and join concerts with your friends in the CrowdMate app.

Get the app

Download CrowdMate on the App Store Get CrowdMate on Google Play

All concerts in Berlin