Anyone that wants to learn about the local music scene in Berlin has come to the right place. The best musical instrument stores in your area including some different sections for where to buy guitars and the best drum shops in town will also be shared.
While there is plenty of crossover between some lists we think we got the right spots in the right sections for you. Up next we will get into quality instrument repair shops near you because some reading this may need a piano tuned, a guitar repaired, or work done on other band instruments and there is somebody out there that can assist.
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Then it will be time to pivot to the best music lessons for kids or adults. Following that we will give a shout out to the top stores for music lovers that sell vintage CD’s and records here.
We also think many of you will want to know about the best concert halls and live music venues while some others may prefer to visit bars and restaurants that have free live music around the city.
And we will get you out of here with the best festivals on the Berlin music calendar. Stay with us til the end where you will find a map with the wide variety of stores and venues we are discussing pointed out.
Everyone reading this is welcome to look through more of our blogs on Germany at that link.
Berlin Musical Instrument Stores
Some of the best musical instrument stores near you would be:
- Just Music FlagShip Store at Oranienstr. 140 -142
- Saxophone Shop at Mehringdamm 91
- Musikinstrumente & Design at Petersburger Str. 69
- Orientmusikhaus at Adalbertstr. 87
- Acoustic Music Store at Berliner 29
- Pulse-Percussion at Graefestr. 4
- Musikhaus Spandau at Moritzstr. 9B
- Get the Sound at Alt-Mahlsdorf 100
A large selection of keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, basses, drums, percussions, wind and string instruments, lighting, sound technology, and DJ and recording equipment are available at the Just Music FlagShip Store.
You can buy saxophones, clarinets, trumpets, flutes, trombones, harmonicas, ukuleles, tubas, accessories, and many other instruments in your area at Saxophone Shop.
Musikinstrumente excels at providing old musical instruments, electronics, recording studio technology, vintage equipment, and prop rentals.
Orientmusikhaus sells a variety of new and antique musical instruments near you.
Harmonicas, guitars, basses, mandolins, banjos, ukuleles, and other accessories from brands like Suzuki, Ibanez, Crafter, Artesano, and more are available at Acoustic Music Store.
Since 1990 Pule Percussion has been offering non European wind and string instruments for local music therapy, schools, and kindergartens.
You can have your guitars repaired as well as buy wind instruments, accordions, sheet music, accessories, and more at Musikhaus Spandau.
More than 2,000 brands including Yamaha, Fender, Ibanez, Manuel Rodriguez, Pearl, Orange, Casio, Korg, Marshall, Vox, Takamine, Akai, Alesis, AKG, JBL, Alto, Sennheiser, Shure, and others are featured at Get the Sound.
Where To Buy Guitars
For all the guitars and accessories you need check out:
- MIB Instruments at Martin-Luther-Str. 58
- American Guitar Shop at Goethestr. 32/49
- Checkpoint Guitars at Kochstr. 2
- Cogg Guitars at Lübbener Str. 5
- Gitarren Meckbach at Dunckerstr. 70a
- Kreuchwig Guitars at Torgauer Str. 11
- Gebrauchtegitarre.com at Heidelberger Str. 28
- Isaak Guitars at Parchimer Allee 22
MIB repairs instruments and equipment in Berlin in addition to teaching pop, rock, blues, jazz, and funk guitar lessons.
Since 1979 American Guitar Shop has been offering a wide range of acoustic, concert, and electric guitars along with banjos and mandolins.
You can find some of the finest new, used, and vintage string instruments including electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as ukuleles, banjos, and other musical gear at Checkpoint Guitars.
Gitarren Meckbach sells classical and steel string guitars from brands like C.F.Martin, Lakewood, Takamine, Hofner, Manuel Rodriguez, José Ramirez, and La Mancha along with strings, gig bags, cases, stands, and other accessories.
Kreuchwig Guitars specializes in handcrafted custom guitars and basses made from select tone woods.
Guitars, basses, amplifiers, and accessories are sold at Gebrauchtegitarre.
Isaak Guitars designs and builds acoustic and electric guitars in addition to repairing, converting, and optimizing instruments.
Of course just about all of the local music stores we already listed will be good places to buy top quality guitars too.
Drum Shops Near You
David Roman Drums at Revaler Str. 99 makes completely reliable drums using durable materials. Earlier we linked you to Just Music FlagShip Store, Musikinstrumente and Design, Orientmusikhaus, Musikhaus Spandau, and Get the Sound but we also need to mention them here in the drum stores section.
Instrument Repairs
Instrument repairs in Berlin are available at:
- Musik Service at Sonnenallee 84
- Berliner Klavier at Falckensteinstr. 8
- Guitar Doc at Köpenicker 8A
- The Berliner Tuba at Trelleborger Str. 6
- Gitarrenwerkstatt at Schönhauser Allee 168
Musik Service offers sales, rentals, and repairs for instruments in your area in addition to equipment and accessories.
Durable, stable, and reliable repairs, piano tuning, cleaning, string replacements, and many more services are provided at Berliner Klavier.
Professional repair and set up services for guitars and basses are provided at Guitar Doc.
The Berliner Tuba repairs and constructs metal wind instruments.
Gitarrenwerkstatt specializes in repairs, adjustments, and modifications for all stringed instruments of all types.
Musikhaus Spandau and Isaak Guitars are also good options for instrument repairs here.
Music Lessons
Level up by taking lessons at a music school in your area:
- School Of Voice at Herbergerweg 14
- Vocal Coach & Singing Lessons at Markgrafenstr.
- Musikschule B&B at Dominicusstr. 32
- Musikschule Berlin-Buch at Wiltbergstr. 37
- Spiral School of Music at Käthe-Niederkirchner-Str. 19
- Internationale Musikschule at Eisenacherstr. 49
- Fit In at Liselotte-Herrmann-Str. 6
- Musikschule Saks at Lauenburgerstr. 73
- Musikschule Pankow at Upsalaerstr. 6
- TonArt die Musikschule at Schützenstr. 7
School Of Voice offers voice training, vocal coaching, and professional training for kids, teens, and adults of all levels and abilities.
As the name suggests Vocal Coach and Singing Lessons teaches breathing techniques and diaphragm control, tuning, tone, stretching, microphone technique, harmonization, and plenty more.
At Musikschule B&B you will find a group of highly qualified graduate musicians who offer instrumental and singing lessons to children and adults aged 4 to 99 from beginners to aspiring professionals in guitar, saxophone, piano, trumpet, violin, keyboard, or ukulele.
You can visit Musikschule Berlin-Buch Monday through Friday from 10am to 7pm who can teach all styles and subjects including piano, keyboard, guitar, and drums to children and adults with no prior knowledge.
One-on-one violin, piano, singing, and theory lessons in German, English, Russian, and Bulgarian for children aged 3 and up as well as adults of any level can be taken at Spiral School of Music.
Internationale Musikschule provides diverse and adaptable music lessons in a variety of languages for the piano, violin, flute, guitar, and more.
Fit In opens at 9am Monday through Friday and provides classes in a variety of languages for a variety of instruments like the acoustic guitar, electric guitar, viola, bass, drums, ukulele, and more for people of all ages.
Piano, guitar, keyboards, violin, and singing lessons can be taken at Musikschule Saks for students of all ages.
Children, young people, and adults can all head to Musikschule Pankow who offers lessons in singing, piano, keyboard, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, violin, and drums.
TonArt is a good place for you to learn piano, guitar, singing, early music education, and much more.
If you are looking for instrument lessons we suggest you head to MIB Instruments who we mentioned before.
CD & Record Stores
Check out all kinds of vintage CD’s and records at these local stores for music lovers:
- Record Store at Invalidenstr. 148
- Vinyl-a-GoGo at Krossener Str. 24
- Soultrade Recordstore at Sanderstr. 29
- Coretex Records at Oranienstr. 3
- HHV Store at Grünberger Str. 54
- Dodo Beach Record Store at Vorbergstr. 8
- Lefter Records at Gneisenaustr. 114
- Fun Records at Liebermannstr. 87
Vinyl-a-GoGo buys and sells all types of vinyl records near you from shellac to 7 to 10 to 12 inch maxi as well as CD’s, LP’s, box sets, and cassettes from genres like reggae, afrobeat, hip hop, soul, jazz, blues, punk, metal, rock, krautrock, progressive, world music, and avant garde.
Since 1988 Coretex Records has been open and they offer over 30,000 items as well as a full range of hardcore, punk rock, and underground music related items.
A fine selection of hip hop, funk, soul, and jazz records, sneakers, and streetwear can be found at HHV Store.
Over 30,000 records ranging from rare 60’s beat LP’s to current indie innovations and newly released jazz to classics and more are available at your local Dodo Beach Record Store.
Lefter mainly sells Turkish and world music vinyl records, CD’s, and cassette tapes.
Fun Records has one of Germany’s largest selections of used records and CD’s including music hits of the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s.
Berlin Live Music Venues
Seeing a concert at Berlin live music venues is always a good time:
- Rickenbacker’s Music-Inn at Bundesallee 194B
- West Germany at Skalitzer Str. 133
- CHuxley’s Neue Welt at Hasenheide 107
- Parkbühne Wuhlheide at An der Wuhlheide 187
- Madame Claude at Lübbener Str. 19
Many people enjoy the live music and drinks at Rickenbacker’s Music Inn.
The Huxleys has been a vaudeville stage, sports palace, roller skating rink, entertainment center, live music venue, and excursion destination for almost a century.
Parkbühne Wuhlheide is an outdoor venue with an amphitheater that can be a great place to watch live music and go dancing in Berlin.
Fun Restaurants With Entertainment
You can take a date or a group of friends to these restaurants with live music:
- Badenscher Hof at Badensche Str. 29
- Irish Pub at Tauentzienstr. 9
- Yorckschlösschen at Yorckstr. 15
- Harp Pub & Restaurant at Giesebrechtstr. 15
There’s live local music every night of the week at Irish Pub as well as sports events on large flat screens, Guinness on tap, Kilkenny, Magners, cider, pub grub, and much more.
Yorckschlösschen features a hip beer garden and hosts live jazz and blues.
Harp is one of the oldest restaurants with live music in your area offering a wide variety of Irish and German beers and ales, sports, and quiz nights.
Bars With Live Music
There are also some bars that play live music around town:
- The Hat Bar at Lotte-Lenya-Bogen 550
- Van Gogh at Grolmanstr. 41-43
- 1820 Bar at Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 41
- Kallasch & – Moab Bar at Unionstr. 2
- Barkett at Czeminskistr. 10
You can listen to jazz music while enjoying bottle aged cocktails and other first class drinks at The Hat Bar.
Van Gogh features live piano music covering classical, jazz, rock, and pop music.
Live entertainment is offered along with global comfort dishes and sports on TV’s at I1820 Bar.
Barkett is a stylish cocktail and craft beer hangout with open mic nights and regular live music.
Music Festivals In Your Area
Berlin Music Video is an international festival that puts filmmakers and the art behind music videos in the spotlight and even features live shows, DJ’s, workshops, stage talks, screening, fashion show, and awards.
In the past we have also discussed:
- Where To Buy CD’s & Records In Hamburg
- Where To Buy CD’s & Records In Frankfurt
- Where To Buy CD’s & Records In Munich
- Where To Buy CD’s & Records In Cologne
Enjoy The Berlin Local Music Scene
We tried to cover everything as quickly and as well as possible for you on this page. After reading about the best musical instrument stores, drum and guitar shops, instrument repair services, classes and lessons, vintage CD and record stores, concert halls and other live music venues near you like bars and restaurants, and the best festivals in the region you should have a much better understanding of what is available.
And anyone that made it this far might just know a little bit about the local music scene themself and if so feel free to tell us what we got wrong in the comments or share your own thoughts. Now it is time for you to go enjoy the music in Berlin.