Weekend Party Picks: January 30 - February 1

Spring's on the horizon — for now we find our happy brain chemicals in da clurb.

• Friday 30.

• Saturday 31.

Friday 30.

NEST Queer Takeover

Kater

The NEST crew takes over Kater to curate a little queer haven in one of Berlin's lasting club institutions — shaking up the old guard, shall we say. You'll have three floors, blending bringing house, techno, acid, and general genre sluttiness. A highlight of the night might be have to be the inimitable Skankstasy, of Lecken acclaim. You'll have some of the typical Kater crowd mixing in with the NEST crowd ofc, but if you intend to dance your gay little socks off for a physically improbable amount of time, this should be your site for the night.

Saturday 31.

ROCKSTAR GIRLFRIENDS

Badehaus

Fancy a bit of pop-punk? A bit of rock? A bit of My Chemical Romance and teenage nostalgia — here's a night to headbang and jump about like you don't have to worry about the headache, the neck cramp, and shin splints in the morning.

Slit

Lab.oratory

SLIT is back. The grand FLINTA* takeover of Berlin's most famed gay men's cruising dungeon. For those unfamiliar with the concept: it's not just your run-of-the-mill sex-positive party (because let's be honest they're slotting a 'dark room' into every club janitor's closet), this an actual honest-to-Jesus sex party. Go out and learn to cruise — there's a culture in the making, folks. Facilitating vibes you've got F&L associates and Marie Midori on decks, and the Serena Landriel performing.