Kultur.Sommer.Garten. Büsum

A Summer Institution on the North Sea

The Kultur.Sommer.Garten. series is the musical backbone of the Büsum summer. For over four months, from May to the end of September, there is live music twice a week in the Wohlfühlgarten — the spa park right next to the promenade. The venue is the Chormuschel, a freestanding pavilion with a semi-circular architecture that serves as a natural resonance space. The audience sits in a semi-circle on loungers and benches, facing the stage and with the spacious garden behind them.

The Program Concept

The program is deliberately broad: Bands, choirs, and solo artists from Northern Germany and beyond perform. Classical wind ensembles meet Shanty choirs, Jazz combos meet singer-songwriters, Big Bands meet children's programs with puppet theater. The series is curated by Tourismus Marketing Service Büsum GmbH and is part of the summer tourist offerings — which is why it maintains a high standard and features many regular acts that return every year.

Performance Times

• Mondays and Thursdays: usually 3:30 PM (afternoon concert)
• July–August: additional Monday evening concerts at 7:00 PM
• Special Program: Puppet theater Kreft's Puppenbühne with fairy tales and wooden figures until the end of August

What You'll Experience

On stage: Nordic Big Band (large-scale big band sound), the Shantychor Bad Oldesloe (North German Shanty repertoire), the Greyhounds Duo (Folk and Pop), solo artists like Mattis Brodersen, MacPiet, and Theo Klattenhof, children's programs with Benjamin Blümchen Disco, as well as Kreft's Puppenbühne with handmade wooden figures and fairy tale plays.

Büsum in the Dithmarschen District

Büsum is the most famous North Sea health resort on the West Coast of Schleswig-Holstein, in the Dithmarschen district. With its shrimp fishing harbor, the Familienlagune-Phänomenta, and its direct location on the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Wadden Sea, the town attracts hundreds of thousands of vacationers every summer. The concert series is part of the town's tourist identity — and for many regular guests, a fixed meeting point in their daily routine.