Audi Summer Concerts Ingolstadt

A Festival Between Concert Hall and Open Air

The Audi Summer Concerts are among the most distinguished classical festivals in Bavaria. AUDI AG has been organising the concert series in its home city of Ingolstadt, the centre of the supra-regional economic area in Upper Bavaria, since 1990. The programme spans around four weeks, bringing together top-class orchestras, acclaimed soloists, and selected emerging artists.

Classical Open Air in Klenzepark

The centrepiece and most popular part of the festival are the two free open-air evenings in Ingolstadt's Klenzepark. Thousands of people gather on the lawns to experience great orchestral music under the open sky. In 2025, around 8,000 guests attended two balmy summer evenings in the park; the entire festival counted about 22,000 visitors across fourteen concerts.

Programmatic Diversity

A characteristic of the Audi Summer Concerts is the mix of tradition and experiment. In addition to symphonic concerts and chamber music, the programme includes opera productions, children's operas, and cross-genre projects. Crossover formats combine Baroque music with beatboxing, urban dance, or big band sound, opening up classical music to a broad, including young, audience.

Venues in Ingolstadt

Concerts take place at several locations in Ingolstadt: in Klenzepark for the open-air concerts, in the Festspielhalle for opera and ensemble productions, and in the Audi Forum. This distribution across the city makes the festival a cultural event that shapes the summer in Upper Bavarian Ingolstadt.

Talent Development

A declared aim of the Audi Summer Concerts is to promote young artists. Prize winners of international competitions and ensembles such as the Audi Youth Choir Academy are given a stage here alongside established stars of the concert scene.