Overview

• Berlin’s cultural sector must save roughly 130 million euros in 2025, with comparable cuts anticipated for the 2026 and 2027 budgets.
• More than 70% of tickets are now purchased digitally, prompting Senator Wedl-Wilson to propose a unified Berlin-Ticket office for all venues to lower external fees.
• The administration is also considering shared services for logistics, workshops and back-office functions to eliminate costly standalone operations.
• City finance negotiators plan to conclude internal Senate discussions this month and set the 2026/27 cultural budget by the end of July.
• A follow-up Kulturdialog on June 18 will bring together policymakers and industry representatives to refine these cost-saving strategies.