Maker Advent

Christmas do it together

Photo: Archiv Makers, Business & Arts / Illustration: Anja Jurleit (Bikini Kommando)

Maker Advent is all about making. Build your own candle arches, bake biscuits, print cards or fold gift wrapping - this is where truly unique items are created. Workshops and studios open their doors, creative people from Chemnitz and the region share their passion and invite you to work, turn, make lace, print, bake and hat.

When: 24 November to 30 December 2025

Where? Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture region

Creating something together that lasts

330 events in 42 cities and municipalities - everywhere people are trying things out, creating and sharing knowledge. Whether ceramics, wood, textiles, upcycling or digital technologies: The Maker Advent brings people together for whom it is not the perfect result that counts, but the shared experience.

↷ Maker Advent 2025 (PDF)

Maker Advent 2024, Photo: Mark Frost

A region shows its creative heart

The Maker Advent is the creative finale of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. Markets, open workshops and art projects will light up the region and show what happens when tradition and innovation meet. The programme is international, multilingual and open to all - in German, English, Ukrainian, Arabic, Japanese, Dutch and Czech.

Photo: Mark Frost

Upcoming dates

Tuesday
until

The scent of Christmas - making incense candles

Crottendorf

Holz Creative offer
Tuesday
until

Woodturning and carving courses

Schneeberg

Holz Creative offer
Tuesday
until

Christmas crafts

Flöha

Creative offer Werken
Tuesday
until

Making Christmas cosmetics

Chemnitz

Creative offer Werken
Tuesday
until

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's mill angel

Chemnitz

Creative offer Werken

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