Seppuku Pistols. 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. 

Seppuku Pistols was founded by four former punks in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear disaster. Their first performance took place on the outskirts of the exclusion zone surrounding the power plant—an act of resistance that set the tone for everything that followed. Since then, the group has rebelled against hypocritical modernization, expressing their protest through an indigenous aesthetic and the spirit of the Edo period.

What began as a small collective has evolved into a traveling group with about 30 members throughout Japan, attracting new participants through their live performances. Wherever they perform—indoors or outdoors, with or without electricity—the Seppuku Pistols unleash deafening, chaotic rituals with traditional instruments such as the shamisen, shinobue flute, taiko drums, and gongs. From villages and nightclubs to protests, shrines, schools, mountains, and the sea, they create explosive moments in which children, punks, workers, and the elderly collide in shared exuberance. Beyond their performances, the members devote themselves to agriculture, folklore research, crafts, and communal learning. They embody a living bridge to Edo culture and connect the audience with the memory of their ancestors, symbolized by their Yakamashi crest—an arrow, a sickle, and willpower.

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- Price: Free admission

- Duration: 60 minutes

- Location: Schlüterhof

- Part of:Durchlüften 2026