Reeperbahn Festival

Music-industry conference and newcomer showcase rolled into one: four days, around 35,000 visitors and roughly 600 acts playing some 90 venues from the Mojo to the Molotow. For anyone interested in spotting the talent of the next decade before the rest of the world catches on, the Reeperbahn Festival in late September is the place to do it – a single wristband buys access to the lot, and the schedule keeps going well into the small hours.