Lyla Saifi. DURCHLÜFTEN – 2026 Live Concerts & DJ Acts

Over four weekends this summer, the DURCHLÜFTEN music festival transforms the Schlüterhof at the Humboldt Forum into an open-air gathering place, with free admission, where musical traditions from around the world come to life and, through interaction with the audience, become living archives of culture.   

5 years open—5 years of DURCHLÜFTEN. The Schlüterhof at Berlin’s Humboldt Forum will once again become a vibrant open-air stage for global music, cultural exchange, and shared experiences. FromJuly 9 to August 1, 2026, the festivalwill present24 live acts and 12 DJs from around the world over four summer weekends. Each evening’s program features two concerts, followed by a DJ set. The result is twelve nights full of musical discoveries, movement, and encounters in the heart of Berlin—once again with free admission for everyone. 

This year, DURCHLÜFTEN is featuring the independent labelhoniunhonias well as the work of Daniyal Ahmed, a musician from Karachi, ethnomusicologist, and founder of the label. The label’s name can be loosely translated as “impossible possibilities”—unexpected musical encounters that open up new worlds of sound.

Lyla Saifi is a DJ and producer whose Boiler Room set garnered international attention. Having lived in eight countries—from Thailand to Tanzania—she now calls Karachi, Pakistan, home, where she has become a key figure in the city’s burgeoning music scene. Her genre-spanning sets resemble audio diaries, in which she blends global influences into intimate, emotionally charged DJ sets shaped by movement, migration, and her own experiences.

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honiunhoni– Labours of Love by Servants of Sound / Independent record label based in Pakistan

- Price: Free admission

- Duration: 120 minutes

- Location: Schlüterhof

- Part of:Durchlüften 2026