gezellig sessions
spotify can wait. hear it live first.
this is not a club night.
this is not a showcase.
this is not a networking event.
no stage. no phones in the air. no guest list.
just 2 or 3 artists, a room you have never been in & a crowd that stays to talk.
it started on my birthday in 2021 - a few friends, one singer & my living room in mitte. 100+ shows later it is a community of 10,000 in berlin &, by my count, 25,000 conversations between strangers that would not have happened otherwise.
music is the medium. the point is the room.
the rooms keep changing: a rooftop in charlottenburg with free drinks, a spot by the spree, two galleries, factory berlin, the_space on ku'damm & the spiegelsaal at clärchens ballhaus - which still does not feel real.
what keeps it running: casio as brand partner. warner, universal & a few smaller labels. sumup & nu3 as sponsors. a handful of artists i manage. & a whatsapp group that hears about new rooms before anyone else.
i do the sales, the marketing, the support emails & the posters myself. that is not a complaint.
dates & tickets: luma.com/gezellig · Instagram · gezelligsessions.com
in other people's words
“Berlin responds to sincerity — if you're doing something with heart and consistency, people will come.”
Manoj, in The Berlin Flow, June 2025
“Gezellig is not about performance – it's about presence.”
Scaling Spaces, August 2025
“I want to build a model where everyone around the world is able to invite artists to their home.”
Manoj, in Treetop Travel Journalism, April 2023
Also covered by Handpicked Berlin, The Next Day, Berlin Events Weekly and Resident Advisor.
play, host or partner
artists - the way in is the form.
venues with a rooftop, a gallery or a room nobody has thought of as a stage - & brands that want to be in that room - write to me: hi[at]manojp[dot]com. factory berlin & clärchens already did.
say yes.