Kulturtage Bettenhausen
Intercultural neighbourhood festival in Kassel's East – three days of music, encounters, and community
About Kulturtage Bettenhausen
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Three Days of Culture in Kassel's East
The Kulturtage Bettenhausen is the weekend when Bettenhausen celebrates itself once a year. The Bettenhausen Network (B-Netz), a loose association of clubs, initiatives, and institutions from the district, coordinates a program that ranges from a children's circus to a singer-songwriter concert – spread across about a dozen venues and always with free admission.
From Sandershaus to Marienkirche
Central locations include the Sandershaus at Sandershäuser Straße 79, the Agathof neighbourhood centre, the Marienkirche, the Babylon Musikbunker, the Eichwäldchen primary school, the Drachengarten daycare centre, the Mehrgenerationenpark, and the Fotoszene Kassel. The Kulturtage function like an open neighbourhood festival: you walk back and forth between the locations, hear drums somewhere, turn the corner, and suddenly find yourself in an exhibition or a repair café.
Bettenhausen – A District in Transition
Bettenhausen is located in the East of Kassel, between the city centre and the Losse river. The district was shaped by industry for decades – the old Salzmann factory (now Kulturfabrik) is the most prominent evidence of this. Today, Bettenhausen is a focus area for urban development: renovations, neighbourhood work, new meeting places. The Kulturtage make this transformation visible – on Saturday, the nationwide Day of Urban Development is integrated into the district, with St. Kunigundis Church as one of the hubs.
Intercultural Festival on Sunday
Sunday at Sandershaus is the heart of the event. From 3 PM to 8 PM, the intercultural festival opens: Turkish Saz music, steelpan from Trinidad, West African drummers, international group dances, a flea market, children's disco, face painting. The Sandershaus itself – a former Sander factory, now a socio-cultural centre with a beer garden, bar, foosball, and billiards – is the perfect setting for it.
Memories Online
A special feature of the Kulturtage is the close connection with the district's history. The group "Erinnerungen im Netz (EriN)" (Memories Online) has been collecting lived history from Kassel's East since 2009 and is part of the program with guided tours and the exhibition "20x Life in Kassel's East". Anyone who wants to understand Bettenhausen will find material here that is otherwise hardly accessible.
Kulturtage Bettenhausen — edition 2026
Three-day neighbourhood festival in Kassel's East, coordinated by B-Netz. The exact detailed program (times per venue) will be published shortly before the festival on netzwerk-bettenhausen.de/kulturtage. Saturday, May 9th, is also the official nationwide Day of Urban Development, with St. Kunigundis Church as the centre.
Programme Kulturtage Bettenhausen 2026
Friday, May 8, 2026 — Children's Festival and Opening
- Children's festival with Hironimus Circus Theatre
- Performance by a storyteller
- Reading evening
- Opening at the Agathof neighbourhood centre
Saturday, May 9, 2026 — Open Day and Concerts
- Open Day at the Drachengarten daycare centre
- Concerts: Jessiebrasscollective, Selam & Shalom, Svavar Knútur, SØWT, The Melmacs (World Music, Indie Rock, Singer-Songwriter) at Sandershaus and Babylon Musikbunker
- Exhibitions and art events at Fotoszene Kassel
- Repair Café at Agathof
- Film evening
- Day of Urban Development with St. Kunigundis Church as the centre
- Guided tours of the exhibition "20x Life in Kassel's East" by the Erinnerungen im Netz group
Sunday, May 10, 2026 — Intercultural Festival at Sandershaus, 3–8 PM
- 3:00 PM — Opening of the intercultural festival, Sandershaus (Sandershäuser Str. 79)
- 3:00 PM–6:00 PM — Flea market
- 3:30 PM — International group dances (1st round)
- Performances: Turkish Saz music, steelpan group from Trinidad, West African drummers, Didgeridoo duo Palaver Rhababa
- 5:15 PM — International group dances (2nd round)
- Workshop on African rhythms to join in
- Children's program: Face painting, children's disco, magician Fabian Regenbogen, roaming clown
- Culinary offerings (African, Asian, Caribbean cuisine)
The complete venue map with times will appear in the program booklet on netzwerk-bettenhausen.de/kulturtage.
Highlights Kulturtage Bettenhausen 2026
- Intercultural Sunday festival at Sandershaus (3–8 PM)
- Concerts with Svavar Knútur, Jessiebrasscollective, SØWT, The Melmacs
- Integrated Day of Urban Development (Saturday, St. Kunigundis)
- Children's festival on Friday with Hironimus Circus Theatre
- Flea market, Repair Café, exhibitions, film evening
- Completely free
Prices Kulturtage Bettenhausen 2026
Free admission to all events. Food and drinks are sold at the venues.
Practical information — Kulturtage Bettenhausen
Getting There
Take tram 4 or 8 to Eichwald, Bunte Berna, or Salzmannshausen. By car: A7 exit Kassel-Ost, then follow signs for Bettenhausen. Parking available around Sandershaus and Agathof.
Admission
All events are free. Food and drinks are available at the venues.
Tip
The current program booklet will be published shortly before the festival on netzwerk-bettenhausen.de/kulturtage. If you are coming with children, it's best to plan for Friday (Children's Festival) and Sunday afternoon (Children's Disco, Face Painting). The concerts in the Babylon Musikbunker and Sandershaus mainly take place on Saturday evening.
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Where it takes place Kulturtage Bettenhausen
Sandershaus, Stadtteilzentrum Agathof und weitere Spielorte
Sandershäuser Straße 79, 34123 Kassel