Cultural promotion 2023

Over €4.6 million for the promotion of independent culture in Chemnitz

For the current year 2023, there will be around € 4.6 million for the promotion of independent culture in Chemnitz. This was decided by the Culture Committee at its meeting on 20 April 2023 with draft resolution no. B-042/2023. The City of Chemnitz's Cultural Advisory Board had previously dealt extensively with the applications submitted by cultural institutions. A total of 113 applications for funding were submitted to the Kulturbetrieb.

Thanks to an increase in the cultural area budget, which was approved by the members of the Saxon state parliament in December 2022, the allocation from the state to the City of Chemnitz increased by almost € 800,000. With this increased funding budget, the Culture Committee was able to approve 100 grants for institutional and project-related cultural funding for 2023 from the total of 113 applications received, helping to mitigate the effects of inflation, particularly in the area of institutional funding. The funds for public projects by institutions, associations and projects will be channelled into the areas of museum work, performing arts, music, visual and applied arts, film/media, literature, socioculture, local history and youth culture.

By securing a reserve fund of €50,000, applications for small project funding of up to €2,000 can be submitted on the service portal of the Free State of Saxony Office 24. The application process is completely digital and unbureaucratic and is a tool for fast and uncomplicated project funding. A further €36,000 is available as part of an Artist in Residence support fund for the realisation of 12 artist exchange projects.

With the 2023 cultural funding, the City of Chemnitz hopes to put associations, initiatives and individual artists in a position to once again enable a lively, colourful and exciting cultural life in all its facets.

The promotion of art and culture is based on the valid guidelines of the City of Chemnitz for the granting of subsidies in the field of art and culture.

Institutional support

Major projects


Small projects

  • Offenes Theaterlabor e. V. / theatre play "A love letter to the woman we don't love" / all year round

Institutional support

Major projects


Small projects:

Institutional support

Large projects


Small projects

  • Centre for Art e. V. / Project "Island - Unlimited, Limited" / 01.11.2022-30.04.2023
  • Tor e. V. Kunstverein / Project "Where are we going now?" / April/May 2023

Institutional support

Large projects

  • Beate Kunath / Project "Post-production interviews with contemporary witnesses" / May - September 2023
  • Michael Chlebusch / Film project "You can't dance to your music" (AT) / April - June 2023
  • Meisterwerke Neo GmbH / Project "Filmnächte Chemnitz" / July/August 2023


Small projects

  • Jannis Wolter / Project "Video di puppi" / February - April 2023

Major projects

  • akCente e. V. / Presentation of the "Irmtraud Morgner Literature Prize" / February to December 2023

Small projects

Institutional support

Large projects


Small products

Institutional support

  • Bandbüro Chemnitz e. V.

Major projects:

  • Atomino e. V. / "Atomino Klub Akademie" project / all year round
  • Kulturbahnhof Chemnitz gGmbH / annual programme / all year round
  • Die Süder e. V. / "Liederservice 2.0" project / all year round
  • MusicX e. V. / Open children's and youth rehearsal room "MusicX" / all year round

Institutional support

Major projects


Small projects

Institutional funding

Major projects

  • Association "Days of Jewish Culture in Chemnitz" e. V. / "32nd Days of Jewish Culture 2023" / all year round
  • KulturTragWerk e. V. / annual programme / all year round
  • Bordsteinlobby e. V. / "City map of self-made urban culture" project / all year round
  • Klaus Marte, Lerchen GmbH / Project "Sustainable material flows in the Lerchenpark living lab" / all year round
  • Baukultur für Chemnitz e. V. / "Wanderplatz" project / May 2023
  • Festkomitee Klaffenbach e. V. / "Culture and encounters in Klaffenbach" project / all year round


Small projects

  • Natalia Krekou / Project "Present - The Gift" / all year round