Miriam Naomi Bender

Berlin’s nightlife is often seen as open and self-regulating, but behind every space are decisions about who gets booked, who enters and who is centred. This panel brings together the figures who are shaping the city’s club culture—DJs, bookers, door staff, and artist care—who are shifting those dynamics from within. It explores nightlife as cultural power and asks who defines safety, access and visibility, and how is inclusion built into structures and not just used as language?