Clubcommission Berlin is running Tag der Clubkultur, a nine-day, roughly 130-event festival across more than 110 clubs and collectives under the motto STAY CORE, built around staying, care and resistance as rents rise and venues keep shutting down.
Tag der Clubkultur, Berlin's government-backed club culture festival, built its seventh edition around "STAY CORE," a theme that openly questions what's left of the scene's authenticity as commercialization and rising costs squeeze it.
Berlin's Clubcommission surveyed 102 venues and found just 61% broke even in 2025, down from 79% in 2017, as door revenue overtakes bar sales and nearly a quarter of clubs weigh closing within the year.
Clubcommission Berlin is distributing 410,000 euros across 32 clubs, collectives and radio stations through Tag der Clubkultur 2026, a festival week running October 3 to 11 as the city keeps losing venues to rent and falling attendance.
A new Clubcommission Berlin and Goldmedia study of 102 clubs finds only 61% now cover their operating costs, down from 79% in 2017, as revenue shifts from bar spend to ticket sales and 23% of venues weigh closing within the next 12 months.
Germany's cabinet approved a 20% spirits tax hike for January 2027, raising the levy on pure alcohol from €13.03 to €15.64 per liter, and club operators say it lands squarely on the one revenue line still keeping venues afloat.
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