Park summer
The open-air cultural festival
[26 June to 27 July 2025]
The Park Summer transforms the Stadthallenpark into an open cultural space. Visitors can experience concerts, poetry slams, yoga and more on picnic blankets and deckchairs - all in the open air and in the centre of the city.
European Realities
Realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s in Europe
[27 April - 10 August]
European Realities is the first exhibition to bring together the realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s as a pan-European movement. A world that had come apart at the seams found its artistic expression in an art that emphasised reality.
Begehungen art festival
Contemporary art in a power plant
[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.
Pavilion of fear
Creative confrontations with a strong feeling
[3-5 July, 10-13 July, 17 July - 3 August]
The Pavilion of Fear, a mobile art and participatory project, is travelling through the city. With readings, music, discussion formats, cinema and more, it invites visitors to engage with the feeling of fear.
Edvard Munch. Fear
Munch in dialogue with contemporary positions
[10 August - 2 November]
Edvard Munch. Fear spans an arc from the historical perspective on the feeling of fear in the art of Edvard Munch to artistic works in our present day. Even today, Munch's works and their themes are immensely topical and thus remain particularly accessible.
ibug
Urban art in the industrial area
[three weekends in August/September]
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.
BDTSK8 Festival
European Skateboard Festival
[22-24 August]
The BDTSK8 Festival combines skateboarding, music and urban art in a three-day event in the centre of Chemnitz. Skaters from all over Europe - from U16 to over 30 - compete against each other in street and bowl competitions. Open-air art, from graffiti to stencils, will be created at the same time.
Archaeology of things
Puppet theatre of garage items
In August and September, the Archaeology of Things presents a (puppet) theatre of found objects from Chemnitz garages. The players join the audience on a joint search for spaces for the future and ask what is missing.
Toymakers' Festival
A long weekend in the toy village of Seiffen
[29 to 31 August]
Tradition meets design at the Toymakers' Festival in the former adventure pool in Seiffen. Wooden toy makers from Europe present modern interpretations of products such as wooden lanterns, music boxes, fairy tale figures, construction kits and classics such as the incense smoker.
Werkschau - Made in Saxony
Exhibition of the Saxon cultural and creative industries
[until 4 September]
The exhibition Werkschau - Made in Saxony impressively demonstrates why good design, smart solutions and unconventional ideas make all the difference. Furniture and interiors, design and illustration, film and music, fashion and accessories, art and performance.
