6 August 2026 | Neue Zukunft

This night of queer black metal intensity and crushing emotional release unfolds in a powerful double bill of Ragana's fragility and force plus the immense presence of Dis Fig. Opening the evening, Spixe brings a fierce and urgent energy rooted in Berlin’s queer punk landscape.

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3 June 2026 | Berghain

A double bill of immersive and experimental minimalist metal and howling primal-core. Big Brave from Montreal construct architecture from ruin, guitars and percussive textures shivering together in configurations so tight they blur between whisper and roar. For this show, they'll be performing their upcoming album in grief or in hope. Kunatri's path from jazz orthodoxy into raw ceremonial form drags Indonesian heritage into a fusion of microtonal chimes and dense, earthbound textures.

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May & June 2026 | Tselinny Center for Contemporary Culture

Continuing a collaboration began in 2025 with the Resynthesising the Traditional artistic lab in Almaty, the II Korkut Sonic Arts Triennale and CTM will present several events under the same title at the Tselinny Center for Contemporary Culture in May and June 2026. With: Aisha Orazbayeva, Bilawa Ade Respati, Cevdet Erek, Karina Utomo, Rustem Myrzakhmetov, Şüräle.

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This short documentary video explores the collaboration between Kyiv’s ∄ and Berlin’s CTM Festival titled »Disturbed Ground,« which brought together Ukrainian artists Khrystyna Kirik, undo despot, alen hast + myk rudik (u2203 studio) and international artists Zeynep Schilling and Mark Bain to create two new audiovisual performances that respond to the ecological consequences of war in Ukraine. Disturbed Ground is co-produced by ∄ and CTM Festival with support from Goethe-Institut’s Co-production Fund. Curated by Mariana Berezovska, alen hast & Anastasiia Syradoieva (u2203 Studio), ∄, and CTM Festival.

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This recap video aims to give a glimpse into some of the people, topics, and questions that were present at the CTM 2026 Resynthesising the Traditional artistic lab. We see performance excerpts and hear from lab fellows Dorothy Carlos, Maarja Nuut, Marina Tantanozi, Miłosz Kędra, Saba Alizadeh (remote contribution), and Varoujan Chetirian. The full presentation videos are also available, see links in the recap video description.

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Our 28th edition will take place 22 – 31 January 2027 in Berlin.

Stay tuned as we announce the CTM 2027 theme in late June, along with open calls for the Resynthesising the Traditional artistic lab, the Research Networking Day, and other calls tba. Early-bird festival passes will be available after the summer.

We are looking for several interns to support us in Festival Production for CTM 2027, which will run 23 January – 1 February 2027. This call is aimed at students that must complete an internship as part of their degree requirements. Please note that the internships require a strong command of German and English. Apply by 8 June 2026.

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