Garage festival in Chemnitz: Art and Culture from the retreat!

Garage festival in Chemnitz: Art and Culture from the retreat!

Chemnitz, Deutschland - The garage festival in Chemnitz, which takes place from June 6th to 8th, 2025, is a central element of the Chemnitz Cultural Capital Program 2025. Under the motto "C the Unseen", this becomes a unique event that presents the city and its garages in a new light. [OTS] (https://www.ots.at/presseaus-sung/ots_20250603_ots0021/kulturAdtadt-Europas-chemnitz-2025-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-outs report reports that the festival at the Chemnitz Garagenhof offers a variety of events, including the premiere of the music theater "Songs of (in) Security" Tanja Krone and a talk show with the author Lukas Rietzschel. The production of 30 kilograms of mustard with the East Fluencer Olivia Schneider is also part of the program.

The focus of the #3000 garages project is on the stories of the garage user: inside. Curator Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka has invited artists to transform these stories into different art formats. Tanja Krone has a garage owner: Inside, on her internal security, questioned in uncertain times. The garages, which were largely built in the 1980s, are not only used as parking spaces, but also as a retreat and creative laboratories.

garages as cultural places

In Chemnitz there are around 30,000 garages that often serve as places of social interaction and creativity. As the website of Chemnitz 2025 your perspective, these garages offer space for a wide range of activities-from tinkering to barbecues to the beginning of start-ups and bands. In the city, the garages shape the picture and are part of the stories of community and individual development.

The garage festival is accompanied by an exhibition that will be shown in the so-called garage campus, a former tram depot until November 29, 2025. Here visitors can visit the photo exhibition "General Assembly" by Maria Sturm, the 164 portraits of garage users: presented on the inside. In addition, interactive art installations such as "Fischelant" by Cosima Terrasse and "Spare parts warehouse" by Martin Malseschka can be seen with finds from garages.

cultural influences and long -term vision

in 2025 Chemnitz, together with Nova Gorica, is appointed cultural capital of Europe, which underlines the cultural importance of the city. EU Commissioner Glenn MiCallef already emphasized the importance of this initiative for the promotion of European culture. Both cities received the Melina Mercouri Prize, which is over 1.5 million euros and supports the expansion of cultural and social projects. The official starting shot for Chemnitz takes place on January 18, 2025, with numerous planned cultural events that also deal with the topic of European civil society and democracy EU representation.

The garage festival and the associated activities show how cultural exchange and creative projects can also thrive in urban retreats. This is in line with the aim of using the garages as the places of change and inspiration. The Chemnitz Garage School, which opened in August 2025, will promote generational exchange and test concepts for social transformation.