June

The Chemnitz 2025 review in pictures

115,000 people celebrated at the Kosmos culture, music and democracy festival - another attendance record. This year, the festival spanned an entire weekend with various programme items from sport, leisure, politics, society, music and art as well as the Mile of Initiatives.

This included performances by the band Blond together with the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra to kick off the festival on Friday and the band Juli on Saturday at the castle pond. Photos: Marie Poulain/Sophie Kirchner/Peter Rossner/Omari Taylor.


The Hat Festival attracted 105,000 visitors this year - twice as many as in 2024. many as in 2024. Picture: Kristin Schmidt
The Hat Festival attracted 105,000 visitors this year - twice as many as in 2024. many as in 2024. Picture: Kristin Schmidt (2)
Enthusiastic inventors came together at Makers United. Picture: Ines Escherich
Dance | Modern | Dance captivated the audience under its spell. Picture: Peter Rossner
One of the largest intervention areas - the Pleißenbachpark - has been created on a former railway railway site in the Altendorf district. Picture: Franziska Wöllner