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Germany's largest festival for international stage arts. Nine international curators from Argentina, Australia, China, Greece, India, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and South Africa have created the programme and invited 33 plays from all continents. The result is an inspiring panorama of current theatre forms, languages and perspectives for THEATER DER WELT Chemnitz 2026.
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KOSMOS combines pop culture, art, discourse and participation and translates the big questions of our time into tangible formats - because the future is created through collective action. KOSMOS Chemnitz stands for a city that takes a stand and for spaces in which dialogue is possible. In 2026, after two years at the Schloßteich, new locations will be included in the design. The festival will take place on 29 August in the area between Hartmannplatz, Schmidtbankpassage and Kaßbergauffahrt.
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The 9th HUTFESTIVAL transforms the alleyways and squares in Chemnitz city centre into a large open-air stage full of live music, clowning, artistry, juggling, fire shows, walking acts, art and street food. With diverse street artists and acts from many European nations, including local artists, the festival promises a spectacle full of surprises, amazement and magic. You'll discover funny, entertaining, touching, artistic and culinary delights on every corner.</p
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The state-wide theme year TACHELES focuses on Jewish culture, Jewish-Saxon history and Jewish life today and offers a wide range of events in all Saxon regions and districts - from Annaberg-Buchholz to Zittau - from exhibitions to circuses. Here in Chemnitz, for example, with "Threads - Verflechtungen" at the smac.
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The Chemnitz Museum Night has secured itself a fixed date in the cultural calendar as a major joint project of the city's museums and art scene. For 25 years now, night owls big and small have been drawn to the special offers.
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Every spring, the Sächsische Mozart-Gesellschaft e. V. revives the musical legacy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The programme has a new theme each year, which is reflected in the festive concerts at a wide variety of venues.
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The nationwide Intercultural Weeks also take place in Chemnitz every year in September/October. They are opened with a festival of cultures on the market square.
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Every year in September, the Open Monument Day is organised under a nationwide motto. The day of action offers the opportunity to take a look at historical buildings, facilities or parks with expert guidance.
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Every year since 1996, the SCHLINGEL International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences has attracted thousands of young and old cineastes from Chemnitz and the surrounding area to the CineStar at the Galerie Roter Turm in the week before the Saxon autumn holidays with extraordinary, brand-new and diverse productions.
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In addition to all kinds of Christmas treats and beautiful gift ideas, traditional Erzgebirge folk art in the form of Raachermannln, candle arches and pyramids can be bought at over 200 stands around Chemnitz Town Hall.
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"Good luck! Good luck! - the miner is coming" ... This is how it sounds through Chemnitz city centre every year when the mining parade rings in the Christmas season in the Ore Mountains on the eve of the first Advent. Around 1000 people in uniform and mining musicians form an impressive procession through the city centre.
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