James June is an event venue on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin-Friedrichshain that takes company events, Christmas and summer parties, conferences, weddings and private celebrations for up to 600 guests. It combines an indoor event floor on the ground floor, a covered outdoor terrace, a garden, a winter outdoor area and an in-house dartroom.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells its indoor event area and its outdoor spaces separately or together. The areas can be combined, so a company can run a reception, a seated dinner and a team activity in the same evening. Meetings and conferences (Tagungen) are listed among the event types, as are summer parties and team events.
For smaller teams, a shared Christmas dinner format takes groups of 2 to 50 people at their own reserved table in a decorated event area. It has no dance floor and no individual music. For larger groups, an exclusive Christmas party takes 50 to 150 guests with sole use of the indoor event area, including the covered terrace. Part of the Winterland outdoor area can be added.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and private celebrations are on the list of events the venue hosts. The site gives no wedding-specific capacities, so ask for the figures for your own format. The mix of indoor floor, terrace and garden lets a day move between a seated dinner and a more open party.
Rooms and capacities
The venue states space for up to 600 guests across its indoor and outdoor areas. It does not split that figure by area. The indoor event area is in the ground floor, the dartroom is a separate space used for side programs, tournaments or get-togethers, and the garden and the Winterland are outdoors. The Winterland has fire bowls, heated standing barrels and a mulled-wine hut. The garden closes for the season after October 7, 2026.
For an exclusive event, the indoor area comes with a dance floor for your own music or a DJ, a bar with staff, lighting and sound technology, and seating set up for the occasion. Events of up to 8 hours are possible, with an option to extend.
Catering
Food and drink come from the venue. The team writes a catering concept for each event, from a buffet to individual menus, and drinks are billed on consumption or as a package. For Christmas and New Year events, all food and drink is supplied by the venue, and the final headcount is due 10 working days before the event. Vegan options are included in the Christmas buffet.
History and setting
The site was the Café Warschau, which opened in 1953 on what was then Stalinallee and became one of the best-known restaurants in East Berlin, with a restaurant, a dance café and a large terrace. The outdoor areas were redesigned in the 1970s. After 1989 the site stood largely unused, then became a beach and beer garden in 2003 and took the name James June in 2013. The first Winterland opened in 2020. A renovation that respects the listed architecture ran in 2025, and a new James June with a brunch room, event floor, dartroom and redesigned garden opened in 2026.
The venue has no bedrooms. Guests who need to stay overnight will book a hotel nearby.
