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description: 'Backjumps, Wallbreakers, the first Urban Arts Award, Street Lab, Artbase Grabowsee and Artbase at Teufelsberg: the festivals and fairs that gave Berlin’s scene its calendar.'
title: Berlin’s festival years
type: collection
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/collections/berlin-festivals/
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# Berlin’s festival years

Berlin had no single festival in these years but a string of them, each with its own idea of what urban art in a city should be. Read them in order to watch the scene move from a Kreuzberg exhibition series to an abandoned sanatorium and a Cold War listening station.

1. [Backjumps is Back! - Street Art Event](https://www.urbanartcore.com/backjumps-is-back-street-art-event/) (2009-10-01): Backjumps returns for a fourth edition.
2. [Backjumps #4 - Photos](https://www.urbanartcore.com/backjumps-4-photos/) (2009-11-07): The opening of Backjumps #4, photographed.
3. [Jim Avignon & Wallbreakers Final](https://www.urbanartcore.com/jim-avignon-wallbreakers-final/) (2009-11-09): Wallbreakers ends with Jim Avignon and a party.
4. [Backjumps 4.2 - Junior Street Art](https://www.urbanartcore.com/backjumps-junior-street-art/) (2010-08-23): Backjumps 4.2, a festival for kids.
5. [1st Urban Arts Award Berlin](https://www.urbanartcore.com/1st-urban-arts-award-berlin/) (2010-11-22): ARTAQ’s first Urban Arts Award, at Stattbad Wedding.
6. [Street Lab Meets Berlin!](https://www.urbanartcore.com/street-lab-berlin/) (2011-02-28): Street Lab meets Berlin, with El Bocho and 44flavours.
7. [Artbase Grabowsee - Urban Art Festival](https://www.urbanartcore.com/artbase-grabowsee-urban-art-festival/) (2011-04-25): Artbase announces a festival in an abandoned sanatorium.
8. [Urban Artbase Grabowsee Impressions](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-artbase-grabowsee-impressions/) (2011-05-30): A visit to Grabowsee while the walls go up.
9. [Artbase 2012 - Berlin’s Urban Art Festival](https://www.urbanartcore.com/artbase-2012-berlins-urban-art-festival/) (2012-08-01): Artbase moves to the NSA station on Teufelsberg.