German Events in New York City
A curated calendar of German, Austrian, Swiss, and German-speaking cultural, professional, and community events across New York City.
Upcoming events
Building Consensus: How to Successfully Navigate Differences in Democracies
· Goethe-Institut New York
1014 is a German-American transatlantic institution; program compares democratic consensus-building across the Atlantic.
The White Ribbon — Michael Haneke Retrospective
· Cinema Arts Centre
Cinema Arts Centre screens Michael Haneke’s German-language film The White Ribbon as part of its retrospective.
Foreign Travel (Auslandsreise)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German production in German, French, and Italian centered on a Berlin book club.
European Day of Languages: Strengthening Multilingual Education in New York
· Goethe-Institut New York
Hosted by Goethe-Institut and directly relevant to German/European language education.
There Are No Words: Si Lewen's Parade
· The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 690
Polish-born Jewish artist Si Lewen was raised in Germany and fled Nazi persecution; the 63-drawing cycle is shaped by his experience of World War II.
Rose
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Austrian/German German-language feature directed by Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer and starring German actor Sandra Hüller.
Foreign Travel (Auslandsreise)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German production in German, French, and Italian centered on a Berlin book club.
Frederic Morton Library Filmklub: The Piano Teacher
· Austrian Cultural Forum New York
Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke adapts Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek’s Vienna-set novel. This ACFNY screening is for library members only; reserve ahead.
Keyboard Kaleidoscope
· Center for Jewish History · Online
Austrian composer Mozart’s Sonata in D Major for two pianos anchors a program with music by Rachmaninoff, Schnittke and Bizet at the Center for Jewish History.
The Loneliest Man in Town
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Austrian German-language film about Viennese blues musician Al Cook.
Beyond Compliance: Strategy, Innovation, and Competitive Advantage
· German House
Heidelberg University Association, German company osapiens and DWIH New York host this invitation-only sustainability roundtable.
The Loneliest Man in Town
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
Austrian German-language film about Viennese blues musician Al Cook.
2026 Fitch Colloquium: Preserving Independence - Architecture and Heritage in Western Africa
· Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, Columbia GSAPP
Swiss curator Martino Stierli joins a Columbia and MoMA colloquium on architecture, independence and the preservation of West African heritage.
My Wife Cries — NYFF at BAM
· BAM Rose Cinemas at Peter J. Sharp Building
Angela Schanelec’s portrait of a marriage follows a construction worker whose wife reveals an unsettling truth. This German-French production runs 93 minutes and is presented in German with English subtitles.
Austrian Wines — Free Tasting at Astor Wines & Spirits
· Astor Wines & Spirits
Austrian wine is the focus of this free in-store tasting at Astor Wines & Spirits, Friday from 5–8 p.m.
Tomorrow a Long Time Ago (Morgen vor langer Zeit)
· 64th New York Film Festival at Film at Lincoln Center
German-language German production directed by Luise Donschen, set against the 1990 reunification era.
Celebrate Oktoberfest with Johnny Koenig
· Plattduetsche Park Restaurant
German-American club venue's explicit Oktoberfest program.
Immigrant Jam with Lucie Pohl
· Caveat
German-born comedian Lucie Pohl hosts an evening of immigrant and first-generation comedy at Caveat. Ages 21+.
Mommy Is Coming
· Anthology Film Archives
Cheryl Dunye’s 2012 film explores queer relationships and the Berlin underground club scene. Screening as part of Avatars of the Whore. Runtime 64 minutes.
19:26: The Passage Between Worlds with Belladonna
· Knockdown Center
German-born producer Nico Chiara performs as Belladonna on this melodic-techno bill at Knockdown Center.
Night & Day: Objekt, Dan Ghenacia, Kiernan Laveaux B2B fleet.dreams, Bambi, deep creep + More
· Signal
Berlin-based DJ and producer Objekt joins Dan Ghenacia and an extended lineup for Signal’s Night & Day session.
- Zenker Brothers at BASEMENT
- Zum Schneider Oktoberfest 2026 — Early Session
- Così fan tutte
- Tomorrow a Long Time Ago (Morgen vor langer Zeit)
- Rapunzel
- Oktoberfest 2026 — Radegast Hall & Biergarten
- Black Forest Brooklyn Oktoberfest - Smith Street
- We Belong Here: Ben Böhmer and Stephan Bodzin Live
- Invisible Adversaries — Valie Export: Tap, Touch, Burn
- Zum Schneider Oktoberfest 2026 — Late Session
- Floyd Bennett Field Public Arts Festival
- Celebrate Oktoberfest with die Spitzbuam
- Black Forest Brooklyn Oktoberfest - Fort Greene
- Jamira Estrada & Neverdie + zweikommasieben Issue 31 Launch
- Moritz von Oswald, Sarah Wreath
- Claptone at Marquee Skydeck
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Longsword 101 — Fall Beginner Course
- Fatherland
- Zum Schneider Oktoberfest 2026
- Zeppelin Hall Oktoberfest — The Adlers
- Flanagan’s 3rd Annual Oktoberfest
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Practice of Love — Valie Export: Tap, Touch, Burn
- Valie Export Shorts Program — Tap, Touch, Burn
- Mario Adrion: The Superior Comedy Tour
- Seduction: The Cruel Woman
- Fatherland
- Mommy Is Coming
- The Dreamed Adventure (Das geträumte Abenteuer)
- Erwin Wurm: Chamber Play with Jackson Pollock and Samuel Beckett
- Everytime
- Trading Beauty: Art Market Histories from the Altar to the Gallery
- Fatherland — NYFF at BAM
- Exhibition Opening Event | Erwin Wurm: Chamber Play with Jackson Pollock and Samuel Beckett
- Kafka's Drawings: Images of the Grotesque and Arabesque
- Leo Baeck Institute 2026 Gala Dinner
- I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
- Mommy Is Coming
- Manhattan Stammtisch
- Così fan tutte
- Rose
- I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
- Fatherland
- The Dreamed Adventure (Das geträumte Abenteuer)
- Free Talk: Valeska Grisebach
- BlackHole Cinematheque — Kino Drift Film Series
- Seduction: The Cruel Woman
- Patricia García-Gil & Cynthia Roberts — Midtown Concerts
- Too Much Is Better Than Too Little: Alfred Hilsberg, ZickZack & the Invention of the German Underground
- Made There, Shaped Here? How Cultural Exchange Shapes Creative Identity
- Violin Sounds of Vienna from Three Centuries
- Cabaret: Tanz auf dem Vulkan — A Revue
- Sixteen Moments of My Life — NYFF64 + Q&A
- Berliner Philharmoniker — Carnegie Hall Opening Night Gala
- Bucking Fastard
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- Sixteen Moments of My Life — NYFF64 + Q&A
- Plattduetsche Park Oktoberfest — The Adlers
- Vika Kirchenbauer — Program 2
- Berliner Philharmoniker at Carnegie Hall — Concert II
- Brooklyn Craft Brew Fest with Gay Stammtisch NYC
- The Princess and the Pea
- Zeppelin Hall Oktoberfest — The Adlers
- I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
- Black Forest Brooklyn Oktoberfest - Smith Street
- The Dreamed Adventure (Das geträumte Abenteuer)
- Bucking Fastard
- Oktoberfest with die Spitzbuam
- Black Forest Brooklyn Oktoberfest - Fort Greene
- Così fan tutte
- Berliner Philharmoniker at Carnegie Hall — Concert III
- Berlin Beyond Year 3
- Mala Junta at BASEMENT
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- The Loneliest Man in Town
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2-C1)
- Oktoberfest with Foehrer Musik Freunde
- Luisa Muhr & Samantha Kochis — In Gardens Festival
- Zeppelin Hall Oktoberfest — The Adlers
- Cinderella – Storyacting
- KINO! Film Salon: Amrum
- Everytime
- All the Children but One + Story told by Jean Dougnac — Conversation with Claire Atherton
- Sixteen Moments of My Life — NYFF64
- Vika Kirchenbauer — Program 2
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2-C1)
- Kaffeestunde — Fall 2026 German Conversation Series
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Nara Smith in Conversation with Ashley Graham: Homemade
- Bucking Fastard
- Viking FK vs Bayern München
- German American Scholarship Association Networking
- German Tape Delinquents
- “Works in Progress” Recital
- The Philadelphia Orchestra: Webern, Wolfe, and Mahler's Fifth
- Così fan tutte
- Seduction: The Cruel Woman
- In & Out: Emigration from Palestine from 1945
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- Virtual Event – The Heat Is On: Health, Society, and Climate Adaptation
- YPN Fall Networking 2026
- Oktoberfest in The Hive with Bud Gramer
- Oktoberfest in The Hive with Bud Gramer
- New York Axiomatic Circle — October 14
- GAPP Deep Dive Webinar
- German Movie Nights: A Land Within
- The USA and the (Re)Birth of Austrian Modern Culture After 1945
- Sense and Cents: How Sustainability Drives Consumer Choice and Revenue
- Im Zwischenreich — US Premiere in German
- The USA and The (Re)birth of Austrian Modern Culture After 1945
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2-C1)
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- All the Children but One + Story told by Jean Dougnac
- Jan Blomqvist, Parallelle, Kanykei
- Night & Day: Shed (Live), 1morning, LYDO, Concrete Husband + TBA
- RUSH Presents: Funk Tribu Day & Night
- Zeppelin Hall Oktoberfest — The Adlers
- Black Forest Brooklyn Oktoberfest - Fort Greene
- The ’90s Band live
- Im Zwischenreich — US Premiere in German
- Black Forest Brooklyn Oktoberfest - Smith Street
- Così fan tutte
- Midnight Caviar x Elevation Present Hardt Antoine, SKALA
- KEIN KLUB with Soundstream
- Dr. Rubinstein / The Advent / 98dots / fka.m4a / Lauren Flax / Rumi de Baires
- Long Island Irishfest VI
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2-C1)
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2-C1)
- Defiantly Modern: The Unconventional Life and Work of Ella Briggs
- Staging Nuremberg: Sylvie Lindeperg and Annette Insdorf
- UN Procurement Seminar New York - Business Opportunities with the United Nations
- ICH BIN EXPAT Summit 2026
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- German Shortstory Club
- Bayern München vs Arsenal
- New Member & Expat Fall Networking Reception
- “Youth Without God” – A Staged Reading Based on the Novel by Ödön von Horváth
- DWIH Future Forum 2026: Science for Society
- New York Axiomatic Circle — October 21
- Farewell to America: An Evening with Marc Pitzke and Gudrun Engel
- 2027 Market Outlook by Vontobel
- Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie: Four Walls and a Roof
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2-C1)
- Fatherland
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- Fatherland
- Fatherland
- Apple Festival
- MONUMENT FILMS – Peter Kubelka’s Metric Cinema
- Fatherland + Q&A
- The Mystic live
- Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie: Four Walls and a Roof
- Così fan tutte
- Fatherland
- Massano, Konstantin Sibold, SOEL
- Night & Day: Anthony Rother Hybrid, Ken Ishii, KYRUH, Mike Parker, Mr. Murray
- FIST with Nene H at BASEMENT
- Alpha at St. Paul’s — Two-Saturday Faith Course
- Apple Festival
- Fatherland
- Blocktoberfest 2026 - NYC Brewers Guild
- Black Forest Brooklyn Oktoberfest - Fort Greene
- The Ugly Duckling – Premiere
- Fatherland
- Black Forest Brooklyn Oktoberfest - Smith Street
- Fatherland + Q&A
- Fatherland
- Touch the ’80s live
- Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie: Four Walls and a Roof
- Fatherland
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2–C1)
- Rumpelstiltskin – Storyacting
- Rabih Mroué: Sand in the Eyes
- Hans im Glück – Premiere
- Conservatism, Reaction, and Messianism
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2-C1)
- Kaffeestunde — Fall 2026 German Conversation Series
- Festival Neue Literatur 2026: Intimate Thresholds — Identity and Longing
- Help Yourself
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- The Library Is Open 32: Shelter Cookbook with Leopold Banchini
- Supply & Value Chains in Retail: Building Resilient and Efficient Retail Supply Chains
- Guests and Ghosts — Festival Neue Literatur and Friedrich Ulfers Prize
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- European Literature Night 2026
- New York Axiomatic Circle — October 28
- Edson Scheid: Bach Sonatas and Partitas — Midtown Concerts
- Need/Emergency: Political Theater in Exigent Times
- 5th Life Science Leadership Summit 2026
- NIGHT LAB I | MATERIALS OF TOMORROW
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2-C1)
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- Hallo-Wien
- Schrotthagen: New World Tour 2026
- PARAMIDA Closing Set — Signal Halloween Weekender
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Practice German Online! Beginner Level (A2-B1)
- Practice German Online! Intermediate & Advanced Level (B2-C1)
- Hansel & Gretel – Trick or Treat Special
- Halloween Sunday: Lakuti B2B Tama Sumo, Mike Servito B2B Shaun J. Wright, KWÉYÒLKIDZ
- Understanding Past Realities of the Holocaust: Photography versus Art
- Theo Bleckmann with Rob Schwimmer
- Filmclub Populaire — Kino Drift Film Series
- French Hens: Goldberg with Guts — Midtown Concerts
- Draußen ist feindlich / Out There Is Hostile
- Cinderella
- Swiss Institute 2026 Benefit Gala
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Rella’s 15th Annual Laternenlauf
- Kaffeestunde — Fall 2026 German Conversation Series
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Sofie Royer
- Marching with the Kasama — Kino Drift Film Series
- 25th Anniversary Exhibition: Masterworks from Neue Galerie
- Lucie Pohl: Old as Mold — Live Special Taping
- Fall Gala Dinner & Newcomer of the Year Award 2026
- New York Comedy Festival: The Naked Comedy Show
- Lucie Pohl: Old as Mold — Live Special Taping
- CONSTRUCTING (unorthodox) PRACTICE - with Forty Five Degrees
- Neue Galerie First Fridays — November 2026
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Jenůfa
- Celebrating Recent Work by Claudia Breger: Art’s Assemblies
- “Works in Progress” Recital
- The United States: A Promised Land Behind the Barrier of Affidavits
- STEP USA University Pitch Night — November 2026
- Unworlding, Unbuilding, and Trans Anarchitectures - Jack Halberstam and Nicole Eisenman in Conversation with Claire Bishop
- Asmik Grigorian in Concert
- Music in Our Time 2026 — Fleeing for Survival
- Transatlantic M&A: Navigating the Volatility
- NIGHT LAB II | ENGINEERED EVOLUTION
- Time Warp New York 2026
- Jenůfa
- Time Warp New York 2026
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Kaffeestunde — German Conversation Hour
- The Pachelbel Rant 20th Anniversary Show
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Jenůfa
- Christkindl Markt — Saturday
- Jenůfa
- Christkindl Markt — Sunday
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Filmbar: Die Drei von der Tankstelle (Three from the Filling Station)
- Jenůfa
- Symposium: Geschmack der Erinnerung (Berlin)
- Book Talk: Place Envy
- Sanda Weigl with Shoko Nagai
- Festive German Baking at Bread Ahead
- Young Professional Holiday Networking 2026
- NIGHT LAB III | ENHANCED PERFORMANCE
- The Terence Riley Symposium - with Martino Stierli
- Neue Galerie First Fridays — December 2026
- Immigrant Jam with Lucie Pohl
- Jenůfa
- Beauty and the Beast
- Sketching for Teens: Drawing as Discovery
- AGAPĒ Presents: Serafina — All Night Long
- Talking Art: Family Conversations
- St. Nikolaus at Rella’s
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Kaffeestunde — German Conversation Hour
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- U.S. Economic Update — New York
- STEP USA Pitch Night December 2026
- Book Club: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann
- Steinkellner / Novak: A Christmas Journey
- Festive German Baking at Bread Ahead
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- Zeppelin Hall Christmas Party — The Adlers
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- “Works in Progress” Recital
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Festive German Baking at Bread Ahead
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- Filmbar: Gold
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- The Magic Flute — Holiday Presentation
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Neue Galerie First Fridays — January 2027
- Talking Art: Family Conversations
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Golden Hour: Art, Conversation, and Viennese Refreshments
- Yael Rasooly with Daniel Rein
- Yael Rasooly with Daniel Rein
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Filmbar: Schlussakkord (Final Chord)
- “Works in Progress” Recital
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano
- Neue Galerie First Fridays — February 2027
- 66th Annual Quadrille Ball
- Talking Art: Family Conversations
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Quintet von Ditters: Before the Schubert Cello Quintet — Midtown Concerts
- Ikkimel
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Filmbar: Die vier Gesellen (Four Companions)
- Emanuel Ax Performs Beethoven — New York Philharmonic
- Emanuel Ax Performs Beethoven — New York Philharmonic
- Vienna Philharmonic: Mahler's Ninth Symphony
- Emanuel Ax Performs Beethoven — New York Philharmonic
- Vienna Philharmonic: Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto and Mahler's Fourth Symphony
- German-Language Sunday Service at St. Paul's
- Vienna Philharmonic: Mahler's Second Symphony
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Orpheus & Paul Huang: Magnificence Magnified
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Shunske Sato & Shuann Chai: Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert — Midtown Concerts
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Dudamel Conducts Beethoven’s Egmont — New York Philharmonic
- Dudamel Conducts Beethoven’s Egmont — New York Philharmonic
- Dudamel Conducts Beethoven’s Egmont — New York Philharmonic
- Dudamel Conducts Beethoven’s Egmont — New York Philharmonic
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria
- Deutscher Stammtisch Astoria