The Open Stage Berlin

Picture South African indie songstress Alice Phoebe Lou singing of love and sorrow in an old empty brewery. Elsewhere, an abandoned swimming pool in Neukölln resonates with the percussive sound of Israeli musician Ben Dagovitsch. On Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin locals Ohrbooten can be found beating away the rainclouds with their drums. It is images such as these through which THE OPEN STAGE BERLIN documents Berlin’s thriving music scene. The aim: to capture th… Mehr anzeigen

Through The Open Stage Berlin, we want to reach all music lovers and provide our users with an online video-chronicle of Berlin’s music scene today, which can be enjoyed by the people of the future. We support up-and-coming artists and street-musicians by providing them with high-quality, cost-free music videos. The site is an online platform that provides users with new musical inspiration. Through the website, users can discover unique and exciting music… Mehr anzeigen

We are working without sponsors, without external funding and purely through volunteers – we are independent and unrestricted. The momentum is unbelievable – every week we receive over 10 new enquiries from bands and artists who want to get involved with the project. In order to respond to all these requests we need more manpower, technical equipment, and funding. We want to make our chronicle of Berlin’s music scene accessible to everybody and we don’t wa… Mehr anzeigen

With your support, we can fill The Open Stage Berlin with the music that provides the soundtrack to our city. With your help, we can provide better videos for the musicians and users by replacing our old cameras with brand new technical equipment. We will be able to design a new webpage – in the future you will be able to create playlists, discover the locations of our shoots through an interactive map, and filter the artists through genres and favourites.… Mehr anzeigen

In total, 14 people from 9 different nations are working for The Open Stage Berlin, with many more people supporting us.
Filmmaker Carlos Vargas came up with the idea for the project in 2011, and together with fellow filmmaker and actor Christian Blümel, they transformed the idea into the project it is today.
Through the commitment of Wolfram Döbler (producer) and Mario Codero (cameraman and editor), we have been able to produce over 65 videos to date. We … Mehr anzeigen