On 13 and 14 November 2026 8MM Fest returns for two nights across three of Berlin’s most distinctive spaces: 8MM Bar in Prenzlauer Berg, ACUD MACHT NEU in Mitte, and the Zionskirche. Deliberately kept lean, the festival channels 8MM Bar’s two-decade reputation for curating the best of the world’s underground into a compact, Mitte-centered weekend.
New York City’s New Colossus Festival is delighted to return to curate a stage for two nights at ACUD MACHT NEU. Here is a brief introduction to some of the artists performing. Berlin based BED is a queer musical project, with a sound rooted in shoegaze, dream pop and post punk. Their lyrics are sad and sexual, weaving together threads of both vulnerability and desire, producing a body of work that challenges normative creative expression. This is exemplified in the vocalizations, which are intentionally gender ambiguous, representing a fluid identity throughout the album
Please provide 5 words to describe BED?
Intimate
Sad
Horny
Hazy
Androgynous
For those that don’t know BED, what song should they start with?
‘I WAS NOT ENOUGH’
A surprising fact about BED please
We are all native Spanish speakers but still didn’t manage write a song in our mother tongue.
What are you looking forward to playing in Berlin at the New Colossus showcase for 8mm Festival?
To play the new songs from our upcoming album that we have only played once before.
Looking forward what’s on the horizon for BED?
We are very excited about our live performance in February at the Medical History Museum from Charite in Berlin, as the closing act for a seminar about heart break on Valentine’s Day.
If I looked in your fridge right now what would I find?
White wine
For more information on 8mm Fest in Berlin please check here.
For more information on New Colossus please check here.
For more information on BED please check their instagram and youtube.
