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MAY

ok!choir May Pop Up: 'Take on Me' by A-HA

Doors: 19:00 Time: 19:30
Location: Crack Bellmer
Entry: 7 €
Address: Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin

Morten: We need a band name!
Pål: *Looks around studio*... 'AHA!'

Time for some classic 80s synth-pop- can you hit that high note?
ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!
Come and join us early if you can and enjoy some beer

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APR

ok!choir April PopUp: I Want To Hold Your Hand by The Beatles

Doors: 19:00 Time: 19:30
Location: Crack Bellmer
Entry: 7 €
Address: Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin

It's about time for some Beatles so Komm, gib mir deine Hand! A German/English version of this classic. ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits! Come and join us early if you can and enjoy some beer.

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Mar

ok!choir March PopUp: New Sensation by INXS

Doors: 19:00 Time: 19:30
Location: Crack Bellmer
Entry: 7 €
Address: Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin

Are you ready for a new sensation?
Our Wonderful Sam will be directing this Aussie Classic!
So bring out the 'Devil inside' for this 'New sensation' because we 'Need you tonight' and we can make this evening 'Kick'!
ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!
Come and join us early if you can and enjoy some beer. 🙂

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Jan

ok!choir January PopUp: Cover Me in Sunshine

Doors: 19:00 Time: 19:30
Location: Crack Bellmer
Entry: 5 €
Address: Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin

Let's get the party started with some Pink!
ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!
Come and join us early if you can and enjoy some beer

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Jan

ok!choir @ Volksbühne

Location: Volksbühne
Address: Linienstraße 227, 10178 Berlin

We have a small guest appearance in the play "DRAMA" at the Volksbühne.

Show dates:
- 19.01.2023 at 19:30
- 21.01.2023 at 19:30
- 29.01.2023 at 18:00
- 03.02.2023 at 19:30

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Dec

ok!choir PopUp @ Alte Münze

Time: 15:00
Location: Alte Münze Berlin
Address: Molkenmarkt 2, 10179 Berlin

Come join us at the Wintermünze @ Alte Münze with a little Christmas fun! From 15:00 we will get our teeth in to a cheesy Christmas Classic and perform in on the open stage.

ok!choir PopUps are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in just over an hour and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance. There will be a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want!

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Nov

ok!choir November PopUp: Don't Stop Me Now by Queen

Doors: 19:00 Time: 19:30
Location: Crack Bellmer
Entry: 5 €
Address: Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time!
This Queen classic promises that you will defy gravity, travel at the speed of light and have a ball (and other fun stuff).
ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!
Come and join us early if you can and enjoy some beer 🙂

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Sep

ok!choir PopUp @ Alte Münze Sommerfest 2022

Time: 16:00
Location: Alte Münze Berlin
Address: Molkenmarkt 2, 10179 Berlin

This time ok!choir pop up appears at the Alte Münze summer fest! How exciting! We are going to go for another link in the chain with ok!choir's very own Sam taking the lead on this Fleetwood Mac classic.
ok!choir Pop Ups are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a spontaneous performance, this time at 17:30 on stage! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!

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July

ok!choir July PopUp: Where is my Mind

Time: 19:00
Location: Südblock
Address: Admiralstraße 1-2, 10999 Berlin

This time we will be wondering "Where Is My Mind?" with the help of Pixies' proto-alt-rock masterpiece!

ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!
Come and join us early if you can and enjoy some beer 🙂

June

ok!choir June PopUp: Walking on Sunshine

Time: 19:00
Location: Jockel Biergarten
Address: Ratiborstr. 14c, 10999 Berlin

This time we'll be learning Walking On Sunshine all together, by ear. It'll be loud and bright and easygoing, and that's exactly what it should be now that uncertain times for singing are over We all learn the tune, then whoever wants to can branch out into harmonies. Then we perform it for an unsuspecting public.

May

ok!choir & friends in concert - A celebration of life!

Time: 20:00
Doors: 19:30
Location: Monster Ronson's Ichiban Karaoke
Address: Warschauer Str. 34, 10243 Berlin

Let there be music and joy and fun! We are excited to invite you to a night of some great ok!choir and friends music.

Join us on May 11th 2022 for a night of celebration, join us for some epic tunes, join us for a great time!

Oct

ok!choir October Halloween Pop Up: The Time Warp (again)

Time: 19:00
Location: Jockel Biergarten
Address: Ratiborstr. 14c, 10999 Berlin

Let's do the time warp again!! Another great pop-up is upon us and we would like to take you on a strange journey - as long as you are in your best (or worst) Halloween costume. We will be singing inside as it can get dark and chilly already!!

ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!

You need to be recovered/vaccinated/tested to take part, and must fill in a form with details upon arrival. This will take a bit of time and spots are limited so please arrive early if you can and enjoy some beer 🙂

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Sep

ok!choir September Pop Up: Tears For Fears

Time: 19:00
Location: Jockel Biergarten
Address: Ratiborstr. 14c, 10999 Berlin

Let's SHOUT and let it all out with one of the most successful songs of the 80's! Come and sing with us this Tears for Fears classic.

ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!

You need to be recovered/vaccinated/tested to take part, and must fill in a form with details upon arrival. This will take a bit of time and spots are limited so please arrive early if you can and enjoy some beer 🙂

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Aug

ok!choir August Pop Up: Fleetwood Mac

Time: 19:00
Location: Jockel Biergarten
Address: Ratiborstr. 14c, 10999 Berlin

Fleetwood Mac are known for two things: soap-opera lifestyles and catchy pop songs. Celebrate at least one of these things with us at our upcoming Pop Up, where we’ll learn “The Chain” in 3 glorious parts. Will you sing the part of Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Christine McVie, or the other guy?

ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!

You need to be recovered/vaccinated/tested to take part, and must fill in a form with details upon arrival. This will take a bit of time and spots are limited so please arrive early if you can and enjoy some beer 🙂

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Oct

CANCELED: ok!choir Pop Up: digichoir goes live!

Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Location: Görlitzer Park - Pamukkale Brunnen

Yup, this is real. It‘s happening. We are having a real-life Pop Up event. OMG, how exciting is this?

We have missed our monthly open choir rehearsals dearly and this very troubling pandemic has made it quite hard for us to have one. BUT we managed to come up with a way that will allow us to sing together in person safely. At Görli! Yaaay!

We thought it would be a sweet idea to sing those songs that we have learnt and put together during the lockdown. But now sing them in real life and enjoy the warm feeling you get when singing together with real people.

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May

Ok!choir online Pop Up - Good as Hell by Lizzo

Time: 19:30
Location: Youtube

For this month's ok!choir virtual Pop Up, we're going to write a little love letter to ourselves. The COVID lockdowns have obliged many of us to take lessons in resilience and self-care, and to practice finding joy in small things; a loaf of fresh bread, a phonecall from a friend, a bird singing in the courtyard, a white wine schorle on a sunny balcony. It's time to celebrate the things that make us happy.

When you're thinking about self-love and popular music there is only one artist to speak of: Lizzo. And so as we learn her feel-good hit "Good As Hell", I encourage you to adopt this mantra: I will love myself like Lizzo loves Lizzo.

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Apr

Ok!choir online Pop Up - Holding Out for a Hero

Time: 19:30
Location: Youtube

This pandemic might have made some of us feel like we need a hero to come save us. Like a speedy vaccine making pharmacist. Or a brilliant treatment inventing doctor. Or an ingenious recycled toilet paper manufacturer that never runs out of stock. And there are indeed some brilliant frontline workers in essential services who are doing brave and important things that help us stay safe in the new reality. But for many of us living in this strange period of history, the only hero we actually need to come save us is ... our own selves. And since these days getting dressed at all is completely optional, there has never been a better time to wear your underwear as outerwear. Need a hero? BE A HERO.

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Feb

ok!choir February Pop Up: INXS

Time: 19:30
Location: Lovelite Berlin
Address: Haasestraße 1, 10245 Berlin

It’s not often in this world that something really, truly perfect comes along. When you stumble upon one of these priceless treasures, you really must stop to marvel at its matchless wonder.

Please join ok!choir and friends on Wednesday 26th February, as we revel in the glorious majesty that is Michael Hutchence’s hair. The INXS song that we’ll learn in 3 part harmonies, Never Tear Us Apart”, is also pretty good.

ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that anyone can attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny, spontaneous performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many times as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!

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Jan

ok!choir January Pop Up: No Doubt

Time: 19:30
Location: Lovelite Berlin
Address: Haasestraße 1, 10245 Berlin

Pop Ups are back from winter break, and there is “no doubt” (hyuk hyuk) that this one is going to be an epic ‘90s angst fest. Join us at our favourite cosy winter bar, Lovelite, to learn No Doubt’s super hit “Don’t Speak” in three part harmonies.

ok!choir Pop Up nights are open for anyone to attend - no experience is necessary. We learn a whole song in one night and finish with a tiny performance in a nearby street or park (weather permitting) and a video recording so we can relive the magic as many time as we want! Check out our YouTube channel to see some of our past hits!

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About Us

ok!choir is a mixed voice pop choir of 45 singers based in Friedrichshain/Kreuzberg, Berlin. This weekly edition of the choir sings in four or five part harmonies, and regularly updates our repertoire of pop, rock and indie tunes. A few favourite from our current setlist include “Free Fallin’” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Buzzcut Season” by Lorde, “Wonderful Life” by Colin Vearncombe and “Take Me With U” by Prince. We also hold an open Pop Up rehearsal on the last Wednesday of each month, which anyone can attend. Come along!

ok!choir is conducted by musician and choral director Ben Barritt, and is run by a small group of delightful volunteers.

Join Us

Our weekly edition has relatively stable membership. There aren’t many opportunities for new members to join. Subscribe to our mailing list to hear when vacancies arise.

But there are our open Pop Up Nights!
ok!choir Pop Up nights are open rehearsals that happen on the last Wednesday of each month. Anyone can drop in and attend. Come and join us!

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Ask Us

What is ok!choir?

ok!choir is a mixed voice pop choir of 45 singers, based in Berlin.

Where and when does ok!choir rehearse?

ok!choir usually rehearses in Kreuzberg most Wednesday evenings. In case we need to rehearse outdoor, we meet in Friedrichshain.

How can I join ok!choir?

The Good News: there are no prerequisites for joining ok!choir. ok!choir is unauditioned, and there is no expectation that members can read music. We do expect our members to attend most rehearsals and to practice their parts at home.

The Bad News: ok!choir has relatively stable membership, so there aren’t many opportunities for new members to join. Subscribe to our mailing list to hear when vacancies arise, and stay up to date with other choir news.

But don’t despair! ok!choir holds a monthly Pop Up rehearsal on the last Wednesday of each month, which is open for anyone to attend and participate in! Check out our News page for details of the next Pop Up night, or subscribe to our newsletter to have the info emailed to you monthly.

What is the ok!choir Pop Up night, and how can I participate?

ok!choir Pop Up nights happen on the last Wednesday of each month, and are open for anyone to drop in and attend. You don’t have to sign up or do any kind of preparation, just come along! On Pop Up nights the choir in attendance learns a whole song from beginning to end by ear, which means without sheet music. It is perfect for beginner singers to come and try being in a choir, or for experienced singers to have a fun, commitment-free, social sing with friends. Each Pop Up night concludes with a low-key performance, which might sometimes be as simple as making a video of ourselves, or might involve a sneaky surprise performance at a U-bahn station, in a bar, or in the street. Visit our news section to see when and where the next Pop Up is happening.