For families and children

Park Summer

Open Air Kulturfestival at Stadthallenpark

[26 June - 27 July]
The Park Summer offers a month-long open-air programme seven days a week in Chemnitz Stadthallenpark: events ranging from indie to classical music, jazz, poetry slams, children's activities and yoga.

Cr: Peter Rossner

Art festival tours

Contemporary art in the power station

[18 July - 17 August]
The colourful Esse, visible everywhere in Chemnitz, is part of a decommissioned lignite-fired power plant. In the midst of this impressive industrial architecture, the Begehungen art festival is dedicated to topics such as resource consumption, biodiversity and climate change - with an international exhibition, concerts, readings, films, lectures and debates.

Photo: Johannes Richter

EuroBean Chocolate Festival

A weekend for all chocolate fans!

[1 - 3 August]
The EuroBean Chocolate Festival transforms the Industrial Museum into a lively chocolate market with live music and small shows.

(c) Andor Schlegel

ibug

Urban art in the industrial wasteland

[22-24 August, 29-31 August, 5-7 September]
The ibug (abbreviation for industrial brownfield redevelopment) is one of the most important festivals for urban art in Europe. International artists transform the empty halls of an abandoned building into a positive utopia of the possible.

Photo: Susan Fankhaenel

Railway scene

Europe's largest railway museum

The railway showplace offers 260,000 square metres of railway to touch. In addition to the exhibition, there is a family-friendly holiday programme in summer.

IMAGINE!

Festival for the art of storytelling

[23-29 August]
Close your eyes and open your ears in August. The IMAGINE! festival brings exciting stories and unknown fairy tales to Chemnitz. There will also be workshops, performances and hands-on activities.

Makerhub: Fiefdom Augustusburg

Meeting place for young and older makers

At the Lehngericht Augustusburg, young and older makers work on joint projects using traditional craft techniques and pioneering technologies.

Photo: Benjamin Jenak

Makerhub: KulturWerk Schneeberg

Workshops for discovering, filming, painting, printing

The Schneeberg Makerhub offers creative, artistic and technically modern workshops. Together with makers from the region, four workshops have been put together from 14 to 17 July for discovering, filming, painting or printing.

 

Photo: Johannes Richter

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