Berlin Easter weekend: Three nights that might just change something in you

There is a night I still think about.

I was standing in KitKatClub for the first time. A performer took the stage. The rope moved, the body surrendered, and something in me went completely quiet. I didn’t have words for what I was watching. I only knew I had never seen anything like it.

That performer later became my teacher. This Easter Sunday, April 5th, I return to that same stage to perform Shibari myself.

I can’t think of a better reason to spend Easter weekend in Berlin.

The Weekend.

If you’re in Berlin the first weekend of April, here is how I would move through it.

Thursday, 2nd April: Cabaret Cravache

Start with elegance.

Cabaret Cravache is a burlesque evening with a strong French sensibility: refined, playful, erotically charged, and genuinely artistic. The kind of night where beauty and desire arrive together and you can’t quite separate them.

Pauline from Sensuali organised it with a particular brightness in her eyes. Several people I trust have said the same: it stays with you.

One thing to know: this is not a ticketed show you simply buy your way into. You request access and wait for confirmation. That small gate makes it feel like something rare already.

More information: cabaret_cravache

Get your tickets here

Friday, 3rd April: Fourplay at KitKatClub

The night opens up.

Fourplay is one of the warmest, most unexpectedly welcoming nights at KitKat. The crowd is curious rather than performative, playful rather than predatory. Conversations start easily. Strangers become real connections. The energy has a lightness that is easy to fall in love with.

It is a beautiful introduction to what makes Berlin nightlife actually special: the genuine openness of people exploring something together.

Dress code applies and it is not optional. Check the requirements before arriving.

More information: fourplayberlin

Tickets at the dor but come early to avoid the long queue

Sunday, 5th April: Hedoné at KitKatClub

This is the one.

Hedoné is normally a travelling sex-positive festival held in European castles. This year, both castles lost their licenses. So for the first time, Hedoné comes to Berlin, and lands inside KitKatClub.

The result is something that has never happened before: the international Hedoné community arriving from across the world, meeting the atmosphere that only KitKat can produce. Nobody knows exactly what that energy will be. That uncertainty is part of the appeal.

And yes, I will be performing Shibari on that stage.

The same stage where I once stood watching, speechless, not yet knowing what rope could mean. It feels like something is completing itself that night.

If you are there, come find me. I genuinely enjoy meeting the people who are drawn to these spaces.

Dress code: check it carefully. The door policy is real, and you do not want to miss this night over an outfit.

More information: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hedonev/1984812

Three nights. One city. One weekend that builds.

Cabaret Cravache brings elegance and artistic play.
Fourplay brings warmth and openness.
Hedoné brings something harder to name, a gathering of people from across the world who have travelled specifically for an experience they cannot get anywhere else.

Some weekends in Berlin are just nights out. Others leave a mark.

This is the second kind. (It can become literal if you ask kindly on the 5th at Hedoné.)

Olivier Aether

Author

I tie knots that whisper secrets, guide bodies into surrender, and hold space for the kind of intimacy that makes your skin hum long after the scene ends. Shibari, sacred sexuality, conscious power play, I live for the moments when eyes lock, breath catches, and trust becomes electric. I design sessions, workshops, and shows that invite you to discover new depths of desire. And when the candles are blown out, I’m still just a dad and a man who adores his partner with every fiber of his being. Come play with me, gently, fiercely and always with care.