Terms of use

friendslist.de is an event calendar for Berlin. We publish dates, arrange places on the Friendslist (our name for an event's guest list) and link to ticket shops. The contract for the event is always between you and the promoter or club, never with us.

A place on the Friendslist is not a guarantee of entry. The club's door team always decides. Bring an ID and respect the deadline and minimum age. Only sign up yourself and people who have agreed to it, and cancel if you are not coming – places are limited, and anyone who repeatedly signs up and does not show may be excluded from future Friendslists.

Tickets are sold via external providers such as Eventbrite or Resident Advisor. Their terms apply to purchase, payment, cancellation and refunds.

Anyone submitting an event confirms the details are correct and that they hold the rights to any uploaded images and texts.

We review every submission before publication and may reject it or take it offline again where there is an objective reason: incorrect, incomplete or misleading details; missing rights to images or texts; content that breaches applicable law or demeans people; events with no discernible connection to Berlin and its surroundings; duplicates of dates already listed; test entries and spam.

If we reject something or take it offline, we tell you why – for logged-in accounts under “My events”, otherwise by email to the contact address given. You can object informally; we will then look at the decision again and reply with reasons.

By uploading, you grant us a simple, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to use texts, images and flyers, limited to operating friendslist.de: to store them, make them publicly available, scale, crop and technically convert them for display, and use them in previews for search engines and social networks and in our emails about the event. It ends when you delete the content or the event goes offline – except for copies in caches and backups that linger briefly (privacy policy section 8). We do not sell or sublicense your content.

Guest lists you view, export or receive by email here contain guests' personal data. They are intended solely for admission and running the respective event. You may make them available only to the people who need them (door, organisation), not use them for advertising, newsletters, CRM or later contact, not pass them to third parties and not merge them with other data. No later than 30 days after the event you delete all copies – including downloaded files and email attachments. Requests from guests about their data that reach you, you forward to us or answer yourself within the statutory period. A breach is grounds for suspension under section 7 and may make you personally liable towards guests and supervisory authorities.

Lists on friendslist.de are sorted by party night first: the next night comes first, then the one after. Within a single night three things decide the order, in this sequence:

1. Paid highlighting. Premium events rank above all others; highlight events booked until October 2026 keep running until their date and come directly after them. Premium events on the same night additionally appear in a separate box above the list, first under “More parties that night” on the event pages of the other parties that night and – if their Friendslist is open – first in the “Same night, also with Friendslist” note shown after a sign-up. All of this is labelled as an ad or “Premium event”, booked for a fee (section 6) and therefore advertising within the meaning of § 5a (4) UWG.
2. Doors time – whatever starts earlier is listed higher.
3. For identical times, the title, alphabetically.

That is all there is: neither the number of sign-ups, nor clicks, nor how long an account has existed, nor any editorial judgement affect the order. The genre, district and day pages use the same ordering, applied to the filtered set. Paid highlighting changes the order, not visibility: without a booking an event stays fully listed, with all details and the same guest-list function.

Promoters can pay to have a submitted event highlighted as a 'Premium event': €50, a one-off per event. Introductory offer: a promoter account's first Premium booking is free – for the first 10 accounts that use it, and only for events up to and including 31 Dec 2026; the operator's own accounts do not count. Prices without VAT – as a small business under § 19 of the German VAT Act we do not charge VAT. The offer is aimed at businesses within the meaning of § 14 of the German Civil Code.

Bookings are made in the promoter area. A booking is an order which we invoice; the highlight is activated once payment has been received. A free booking (introductory offer) is activated after review without an invoice. As long as it has not been activated, the booking can be withdrawn free of charge in the promoter area.

'Premium event' means: on the event date the event appears at the top of its day's list and visually set apart, in its own box on the homepage and in the day's programme, first under 'More parties that night' on the event pages of the other parties that night and – if its Friendslist is open – first in the 'Same night, also with Friendslist' note. The day after the event we send a report with views by source, sign-ups and check-ins to the contact address on file. The highlight runs until the event is over. 'Highlight events' booked until October 2026 (top of the day's list, visually set apart) keep running unchanged until their date.

Paid placements are labelled as advertising on the site. Highlighting only affects placement – not whether we list an event, and not what its description says. We do not promise any particular number of views, clicks or Friendslist sign-ups.

If the promoter cancels or withdraws the event, the amount is not refunded. If we take a paid event offline for reasons the promoter is not responsible for, we refund the amount.

Accounts – as a promoter or as a Friendslist member – are free and open-ended and require you to be at least 18 years old; the site is aimed at adults because almost all listed events admit 18+ only. You can terminate your account at any time without notice and without giving reasons by deleting it in the account settings or emailing us. Deletion ends all account functions; which data is deleted is set out in the privacy policy.

We may terminate or suspend an account if it breaches these terms – for example false details, third-party images or abuse of Friendslists – or if it has not been used for more than two years. Open bookings under section 6 are not affected by a termination.

For promoters and marketplace providers using the site commercially, the following also applies: we give reasons for any suspension or restriction by email at the latest when it takes effect. If we terminate your account we give at least 30 days' notice and state our reasons – except where the law requires otherwise or you have repeatedly breached these terms. You can object informally to any of these decisions; we will review it again and reply with reasons.

We notify accounts in commercial use of changes to these terms by email at least 15 days before they take effect. Until then you can terminate; if you do not, the amended terms apply from the stated date.

For guests without an account: you can withdraw a Friendslist sign-up at any time via the link in the confirmation email; no later than 30 days after the event it is deleted automatically.

Dates, prices and line-ups come from promoters or public announcements; we check them to the best of our knowledge but cannot rule out programme changes, cancellations and differing prices. We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence and for injury to life, body or health. For slight negligence we are liable only for breach of essential contractual duties and limited to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract. The service is free; outages or maintenance give rise to no claims.

On the marketplace, providers (venues such as clubs, bars, halls and outdoor spaces, as well as DJs, photo, video, visuals, light & sound, MC, graphics, promotion) can create a profile, and signed-in accounts can contact them through it. friendslist.de only brokers the contact: we are neither a contracting party nor an agency, charge no commission and are not involved in agreements, prices, contracts or their performance. Prices in profiles are non-binding guide values given by the providers.

Anyone creating a profile warrants that the details are correct (for venues in particular capacity, district and address, and the right to offer the venue), that uploaded photos and linked videos are their own work or that the necessary rights exist, and that people shown have agreed. We take a quick look at profiles before publishing and may reject, pause or remove them on the same objective grounds as events (section 4) – in particular for false details, third-party content, spam or insults. We tell you the reason and you can object to the decision. Messages may only be used to initiate bookings; mass requests, advertising and harassment lead to suspension of the account.

Version: October 2026. We adapt these terms when the site changes. Accounts in commercial use are notified by email at least 15 days in advance (section 7); for everyone else the version published here applies.