All CTM venues are wheelchair accessible with the following exceptions:

• Kunstquartier Bethanien Studio 1
• Morphine Raum: the toilets are not wheelchair accessible
• RSO.Berlin: the Robus Floor is not wheelchair accessible via the main entrance. Please ask door staff for assistance, they will help you enter via an alternate entrance.
• silent green ateliers (home of the CTM Info Counter and MusicMakers Hacklab): the elevator is currently broken. To pick up your festival pass or speak to someone at the Info Counter, please call us at +49 (0)30 44 04 18 52. One of our staff members will come and meet you at the Betonhalle entrance.

• silent green Betonhalle is partially accessible: The ramp leading down to the venue has a very strong angle, which can create difficulties for non-electric wheelchairs. A lift is available at the back of the building, please speak to entrance staff for assistance

We offer free access for an accompanying person for holders of a »Schwerbehinderten Ausweis mit Kategorie B« card. Please get in touch with us in advance to make arrangements. Likewise, if you are unable to pick up your pass at our mobile Festival Info Counter, please contact us.

Handicapped parking spaces can be found in front of RSO and radialsystem, and in the Berghain courtyard accessible via Rüdersdorferstr 70 – please get in touch with us in advance so that we can arrange for the gate to be open.

Persons taking public transit may check the current status of elevators at the subway stops nearest each venue, via the BVG (both in German and English). The CTM Venue Map is also available online.

We encourage you to get in touch with us or the relevant venue staff in advance so that we can help plan your visit. Venue staff can always be asked for help with regards to mobility and elevator usage. Contact information:

• CTM accessibility team: accessibility(at)ctm-festival.de
• HAU ticketing & service team: +49 (0)30 259004-102 or service(at)hebbel-am-ufer.de
• radialsystem boxoffice: ticket(at)radialsystem.de

Stroboscopic lights and loud volumes will be used at:

27.-29.1. – KW Institute for Contemporary Art (no strobo, but please note that loud low frequency sounds will be played which may affect pregnant people as well as people with heart conditions)
27.1. – Berghain
28.1. – Panke
31.1. – Berghain
31.1. – HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU2)
1.2. – Berghain
2.2. – Berghain
3.2. – Festsaal Kreuzberg
2.&3.2. – radialsystem (no strobo, loud volumes possible)
4.2. – RSO.Berlin
4.&5.2. – radialsystem

Hearing protection will be available at the entrance (ticket check) of each venue.

Access to clubs is 18+. 

Youth 16–18 years of age can join events that end before midnight, unaccompanied by an adult at venues: Festsaal Kreuzberg, radialsystem, silent green, HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Under 16s are only allowed entry to these when accompanied by a legal guardian.

The Discourse programme, festival exhibition, and Hacklab finale are accessible to all ages.

Young children should be accompanied by an adult.

Our team shares a wide pool of languages between all of us; please ask our staff if you require assistance in a language other than English and German and we will do our best to accommodate you. Please note that CTM’s daytime Discourse programme and workshops take place in English.

A number of CTM 2023 events are offered free of charge:

• Research Networking Day, 29.1.2023 at silent green Kuppelhalle
• Online stream of CTM Discourse programme, 29.1.–4.2.2023 on CTM's YouTube channel
• MusicMakers Hacklab Input talks, date TBA, silent green ateliers
• Participative Audio Lab installation, 31.1.–5.2.2023 at HAU2
• »Gilunu – I Became One With You« installation by Isuru Kumarasinghe, 1–2.2.2023 at Kunstquartier Bethanien Studio 1. Please note that while the installation is free, the evening performances will be ticketed

Reduced tickets are available to »Berlin Pass« holders for the following events:

• 27.1. – Panorama Bar
• 27.1.–5.2. – »We Found Our Own Reality« exhibition and performances at silent green Betonhalle
• 31.1. – Berghain
• 1.2. – Berghain
• 1.–2.2. – Maryanne Amacher – »GLIA« at radialsystem
• 1.–2.2. – Isuru Kumarasinghe – »Gilunu: I Became One with You« at Kunstquartier Bethanien Studio 1
• 2.2. – Berghain / Panorama Bar
• 3.2. – Berghain / Panorama Bar

You must present your Berlin Pass together with your presale ticket when entering the venue. Reduced tickets are also available at the door.

Reduced price tickets are also available or the following events:

• 28.1.–5.2. – events at HAU2
• 3.–4.2. – GROUP50:50 »The Ghosts are Returning« at HAU1

This discount is available for students, young people doing voluntary civil service, pensioners, welfare recipients, recipients of unemployment services I/II, disabled persons with identification, young people doing military service, work trainees, and those receiving assistance in the context of asylum. An identification card must be presented in person in order to qualify for the discount.

During CTM 2023, the Discourse programme will also be live streamed to CTM’s YouTube channel.

CTM’s daytime Discourse programme is documented in audio/video over the last few years, and we have been sharing as many of the talks, presentations, and discussions as possible via the CTM Soundcloud and YouTube channels after the festival. Certain concerts and performances are also documented.