Berlin

Are you a queer-identifying composer looking to expand your creative practice? Orchestral Tools, a company for high-quality sampled instruments is accepting submissions for their microgrant program. Here is everything you need to know about the application process and some testimonies by artists who previously participated, Portrait XO, Venusloc and Elie Gregory. This fall, OFFKEY is happily co-presenting the open call.

This year, the Berlin-based Pop-Kultur Festival celebrates its 11th edition. Next to carefully curated concerts and commissioned works, the event is steeped in conversations around pop and culture, expanding its thematic offerings with talks and listening event. Here is what OFFKEY is looking forward to at Pop-Kultur 2025.

Last Saturday, the Berlin-based collective, Queens Against Borders, celebrated its 10-year anniversary: a decade of bringing queer, trans, refugee, and migrant performers together through events, club culture, and community. They re-united artists and long time supporters for an evening of discussions, visual art, music, dance, and elevated snacks at Portal Galerie, Alte Münze.

The Berlin-based singer and voice therapist, Rûveyda has released her long-awaited debut EP "Uykudan Uyan". On it, she explores sleep as a metaphor and chronicles the story of a young woman growing into herself. With OFFKEY, Rûveyda spoke about the patterns she had to break, her songwriting process and what it means to use the voice to liberate oneself.