K-Pop Forever! (Tribute Show): Dates, Tickets & Venue (Berlin)

A tribute night, not a reunion

This is a cover show. The music is famous; the performers on stage are a tribute cast, not the original groups. K-Pop Forever! puts hits by BLACKPINK, BTS and TWICE in one set. That gives you three of the biggest acts of the genre’s last decade in a single evening.

The timing comes from K-Pop Demon Hunters, the 2025 animated Netflix film. It pulled a new wave of younger fans and parents into K-pop. Expect a mixed crowd of long-time ARMY, BLINKs and ONCEs alongside families who arrived through the film. The date is Sunday, October 18, 2026.

Uber Arena on the Spree

Uber Arena is Berlin’s largest indoor venue, called Mercedes-Benz Arena until 2024. It sits on Mercedes-Platz in Friedrichshain, an open square of restaurants, a cinema and the Uber Eats Music Hall. The bowl is steeply raked and wraps around the floor. That means upper-tier seats still face the stage directly rather than looking across it.

Directly across the road runs the East Side Gallery, the longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall, painted with murals. The Oberbaum Bridge, red brick with twin towers, crosses the Spree to Kreuzberg a few minutes’ walk east.

Reaching Mercedes-Platz

Public transport is the normal way in. Parking around the square is limited and expensive on event nights.

• Warschauer Straße: S-Bahn lines S3, S5, S7 and S75, plus the U1. It is the closest stop, a walk of about five minutes down to the square.
• Ostbahnhof: a mainline and S-Bahn station about ten minutes’ walk west along the river.
• Berlin Hauptbahnhof: the S-Bahn runs direct to both stops above, about 15 minutes.
• BER airport: regional trains and the S-Bahn connect to Ostbahnhof.

After the show, the crowd floods Warschauer Straße. Many attendees walk to Ostbahnhof instead, where platforms are less packed.

Lightsticks, bags and the Friedrichshain evening

K-pop crowds follow their own rituals, even at a tribute night. This is how they usually play out here.

• Lightsticks: fans bring official ones, such as the ARMY Bomb, BLINK hammer and TWICE Candybong. The arena lights up in three colour schemes as the set moves between groups.
• Fanchants: the crowd shouts member names and set call-outs at fixed points in songs. Fans often learn them from YouTube beforehand.
• Bags: Uber Arena enforces a small-bag policy at entry. Attendees usually carry a compact bag or none, which also speeds up the security line.
• Payment: food and drink stands inside the arena are cashless, so cards and phone payment are what people use.
• Dressing up: outfits copying the film’s characters or group concert looks are common. Nobody bats an eye on the S-Bahn.

Many fans eat before doors on Mercedes-Platz, where chain restaurants line the square. Others head across the bridge to the cheaper kebab and noodle shops of Kreuzberg. The organiser publishes the show times and ticket links on its own channels, and the arena lists the event on its calendar.