UWE Festival

Location

entrance free

Visitors can look forward to a lively mix of international urban art, hands-on activities and workshops as well as a varied supporting programme.

This year, the UWE Festival once again welcomes numerous national and international artists from the fields of street art, graffiti, installation and sculpture to the former substation. As part of residencies, they will be working on new, intensive works immediately before the festival, which the public can experience live on site.

2025 is also the year of the European Capital of Culture: Chemnitz holds the title - and the Etzdorf substation is part of this special year of culture as the Makerhub of Chemnitz 2025. In this context, UWE will also offer a wide range of workshops and hands-on formats outside of the festival, thus contributing to the cultural diversity of the Chemnitz/Erzgebirge region. It remains particularly important to the festival to give people in rural areas access to art and culture and to create spaces for exchange, creativity and community.

At the UWE Festival, the motto will once again be: eyes, heads and hearts open - for everyone!