More Than Just a Club
Party and culture! Welcome to SchwuZ. As Berlin’s largest queer club, we bring together dancing, art and community work all under one roof. Our clientele is as diverse as our projects. Women and men, or neither of the above, white and Black queers, queers of color, transgender and intersex people, gays and lesbians, bearded women, queens, butches and femmes, people with and without disabilities, people with migration backgrounds, young and old, and so much more all celebrate together here.
We live queer pop culture and provide a stage for all types of artistic expression. We’re more than just a club. From cabaret, theater, exhibitions, screenings, concerts, readings, discussions, shows through to the legendary party nights – our event calendar impresses with a multifaceted program. We also have a friendly, skilled and multifaceted team. SchwuZ is queer through and through. We promote dialogue and offer a place for communication and space for respite.
The networking and development of the LGBTQIA+ community isn’t just our wellspring, it’s a matter near and dear to our hearts. Since SchwuZ’s founding back in 1977, we’ve been and remain an important meeting point for the scene. Wonderful queer projects, including the city magazine Siegessäule, the Prinz Eisenherz Bookstore, the Schwulenberatung counselling center, and the first Berlin CSD were all launched at SchwuZ. We continue living and loving our club culture, beyond the typical social norms and rules: We’re loud, proud queers!
Our History
Forty-five years, four locations: Created as a gay meeting place in Berlin, today we’re a queer club for all colors of the rainbow – party and event location, cultural temple and meeting place, a safer space.
We are here for you
Florian Winkler-Schwarz
Managing Director
Marcel Weber
Managing Director
LCavaliero Mann
Artistic Director
Bastian Hanke
HR Director
Helen Ramseier
Head of Gastronomic and Service
Tanja Dierbach
Personnel Planning
Tal Ungar
Head of Design
Lucas Grunert
Event Manager
Jolene Holst
Event Manager
Merle Wenz
Event Manager
Michael von Fischbach
Head of Booking
Zarahlena Frohwitter
Content and Community Management
Minnie Hoàng
Head of Security
David Degener
Head of Security
Ingo Spanka
Technical Director
Tim Wildemann
Technical Production Manager
Join our team
We give you all the conditions to become effective and create space so that you can shape your areas of responsibility in a self-determined and self-organized way.
Partners, Networks & Associations
We would like to thank our partners, sponsors and the associations and networks we’re a member of for the steadfast collaboration over the years. Together we make visions become reality.
Sustainability
We’re currently in the process of becoming a completely environmentally sustainable club and are leading by example. For instance, we’re using 100-percent certified green electricity from Green Planet Energy in our club and offices. We try to avoid using packaging materials and reduce waste as much as possible. At the bars we utilize a reusable/deposit system for bottles and we even make the ice for our drinks ourselves on location, which reduces carbon-dioxide emissions. We’ve also switched to energy-saving LED bulbs in our lighting systems for the most part and our ventilation system has a heat recovery system that the whole space benefits from. In our shop we offer tree sponsorships for a reforestation project in Brandenburg to improve tree diversity in the region’s monocultural forests. And all of this is just the beginning!
Accessibility
We have a barrier-minimized entry as well as barrier-free movement for wheelchair users in our club. All the hallways and entrances are wide, the bathrooms are accessible, there’s a wheelchair lift and an adapted entrance counter. Non-verbal signage and good lighting guide the way. We also try to keep language barriers to a minimum by having multilingual personnel. You can also pay for entry, coat check and your drinks at SchwuZ using contactless payment possibilities. Holders of a BerlinPass receive discounted entry to our party events. Eliminating barriers is an important topic for us and is always near the top of our agenda. We create a respectful interaction with one another. Everyone should feel comfortable and welcome here. More to come!
