Experimental festival for future-oriented music, art, and debates in Hannover – three days of discourse and programming
The Fuchsbau Festival was founded with the ambition to explore a different festival format: less mass event, more curated experience; less stage hierarchy, more space for encounter and discourse. In doing so, it sets itself apart from large commercial events and joins an international tradition of discourse festivals like CTM in Berlin or Unsound in Krakow.
The musical programming operates at the intersection of electronic avant-garde, post-conventional club music, improvisation, and new composition. Acts are selected based on aesthetic originality, programmatic ambition, and connection to current social debates. Headliner structures are deliberately avoided; all acts are presented on a similar scale.
Running parallel to the music is a debates and discourse programme featuring lectures, panels, workshops, and readings. Topics come from the areas of climate justice, post-colonial perspectives, digital culture, gender and identity, and urban development. The invited speakers are artists, scientists, activists, and cultural practitioners.
The festival is spread across various venues in the city. This aims to make Hannover's cultural landscape visible on the one hand, and on the other, to extend the festival atmosphere beyond classic concert locations. Industrial sites, galleries, alternative cultural centres, and unusual urban spaces are used as venues.
As in previous years, the programme will be communicated in several waves: first the headlining acts and the discourse programme, then the complete schedules with venues and time slots.
The selection of venues is part of the curatorial work. Industrial sites, alternative cultural centres, galleries, and unconventional urban spaces provide the framework within which music and discourse unfold.
The exact programme for 2026 will be published by the organizer in the spring and summer. The structure follows the established cornerstones of previous years:
Changing venues across Hannover – industrial sites, alternative cultural centres, galleries, unusual urban spaces. Exact addresses and site maps will be published before the festival.
Friday, 11 – Sunday, 13 September 2026.
Various venues in Hannover. The exact addresses and site maps will be published by the organizer before the festival.
Hannover Main Station, as well as trams and buses, connect all city districts. Travelling by bicycle or on foot between venues is often the fastest option.
Festival passes and day tickets are available via the official website. Limited availability. Ticket prices are moderate compared to large commercial festivals.
Fuchsbau is not a camping festival or an open-air event in the classic sense. It is aimed at an urban audience that wants to actively engage with the programme and discourse offerings.
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