Goethe-Institut San Francisco

Goethe-Institut San Francisco Germany's cultural institute promoting German culture + language in the Bay Area since 1967.

The Goethe-Institut San Francisco, founded in 1967, promotes contemporary German culture and transatlantic exchange in collaboration with American institutions. Its programming highlights exhibitions, film, music, and the evolving role of technology, while fostering public dialogue on contemporary social and political challenges.

09/04/2026

Berlin garage-punk duo CAVA at 924 Gilman last night, one of the most storied rooms in American punk. Thanks to everyone who showed up, and to 924 Gilman St. for having us.

Don’t miss the opening of our exhibition NO PUNK. NO FUTURE. on Thursday, September 10 at the Goethe-Institut San Francisco — Kiel meets the Bay Area, with NO MORE’s Andy A. Schwarz and Tina Sanudakura in conversation with Jack Boulware . RSVP in bio.
#924 Gilman

Punk turns 50, and we’re celebrating it!NO PUNK. NO FUTURE. — opening September 10, 6 PM at the Goethe-Institut San Fran...
09/02/2026

Punk turns 50, and we’re celebrating it!

NO PUNK. NO FUTURE. — opening September 10, 6 PM at the Goethe-Institut San Francisco.

An exhibition tracing the people, records, images, and networks that connected punk in San Francisco’s sister city Kiel, Germany with punk in the Bay Area.
The night starts with a conversation: NO
MORE’s Andy A. Schwarz and Tina Sanudakura meet Jack Boulware, author of „Gimme Something Better,“ on what the two scenes shared and what kept them distinct.
The exhibition shows Helmut Kunde’s Kiel photographs, Winston Smith album art, German record covers, and Frightwig drummer Cecilia Kuhn’s diary from touring Germany in 1985.

Drinks and snacks will be provided, thanks to Paulaner Sunset and Paulaner USA: German Brewer. Co-presented with Amoeba San Francisco. RSVPAmoeba San FranciscoPunk50

Kinda chic to read Goethe. Happy belated birthday, Johann Wolfgang!🎉
08/31/2026

Kinda chic to read Goethe.

Happy belated birthday, Johann Wolfgang!🎉

We’re so excited to have CAVA in town next week! Get your tickets for September 3 and don’t miss them playing alongside ...
08/28/2026

We’re so excited to have CAVA in town next week! Get your tickets for September 3 and don’t miss them playing alongside Western Addiction, CALAVERAS • Chicano Punk Rock and Sterile Eyes at 924 Gilman St..

Can’t get enough punk? Check out our website for our exhibition and events celebrating punk culture as part of Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50.
Link in bio!

Berlin punk lands in SF 🎸CAVA (Peppi & Mela) sit down with music industry expert Audra Angeli-Morse for a conversation o...
08/20/2026

Berlin punk lands in SF 🎸

CAVA (Peppi & Mela) sit down with music industry expert Audra Angeli-Morse for a conversation on sound, subculture, and self-expression, one night before they hit the stage at 924 Gilman.

Distorted riffs, feminist lyrics, and a DIY ethos straight out of Berlin’s underground.
📍Goethe-Institut San Francisco
📆 Wednesday, September 2
🎟️ Free and open to the public, in English

Part of Alle gegen Alles.Punk@50, our transatlantic celebration marking 50 years of punk. Link in bio.

08/18/2026

CAVA is coming to the Bay Area!

As part of Alle gegen Alles. Punk@50 — Goethe-Institut’s transatlantic celebration marking 50 years of punk — Berlin feminist punk band brings their raw, high-energy live show to on September 3.

This is CAVA’s first-ever US tour. Don’t miss it. 🎤
📍924 Gilman, Berkeley
📆 September 3
🎟️ Link in bio for tickets

At 20, Joachim gets into Munich’s top acting school. He also gets a front-row seat to his grandparents‘ booze-soaked, ch...
08/10/2026

At 20, Joachim gets into Munich’s top acting school. He also gets a front-row seat to his grandparents‘ booze-soaked, chaotic love story.

OH, THIS UNSPEAKABLE VOID — Simon Verhoeven’s 2026 tragicomedy about grief, growing up, and figuring out what role you actually play in your own life.

Starring Bruno Alexander, Senta Berger, Laura Tonke, and Devid Striesow. A bestseller by Joachim Meyerhoff brought to the screen: funny, devastating, and stays with you long after the credits roll.

Thursday, August 13, 2026, 6-8 PM at Goethe-Institut San Francisco. German with English subtitles. Free and open to the public. Link in bio to reserve 🎟️

Photos: Komplizen Film

08/09/2026

We are in the world. For 75 years.

Since 1951, we have been bringing people together around the world through language, culture, and dialogue.

We believe in curiosity over easy answers, in dialogue over polarisation, and in closeness over distance.
With around 154 institutes in 100 countries, we create spaces for exchange, new perspectives, and mutual understanding.

This was true yesterday. It is true today. And it remains our promise for the future.

🎬 Madman. Monster. Murderer. Scientist. This week marks 50 years since Fritz Lang’s death.We’...
07/30/2026

🎬 Madman. Monster. Murderer. Scientist. This week marks 50 years since Fritz Lang’s death.
We’re honoring the occasion with his 1933 thriller THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE — made as the N***s rose to power, and banned by them shortly after.
The premise: a criminal mastermind is somehow directing a crime wave from inside an insane asylum.
A detective is closing in. And the line between madness and mass hypnosis gets very, very thin.
Film director Fritz Lang fled Germany the same year this film came out. Watch it and you’ll see why the N***s didn’t want anyone else to.
Next Thursday, August 6, 2026, 6-8 PM. Link in bio to reserve🎟️
©️Fritz Lang

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