Lauenburg Culture and Pub Night

One Night, One Ticket, An Entire Old Town

The concept of the Lauenburg Culture and Pub Night is simple and brilliant: with a single ticket, all participating venues in the Old Town open their doors — no additional admission, no queuing at individual ticket counters, free movement between stages. The night begins at 4 PM with the official opening and ends at 2 AM with the aftershow parties.

Over 20 Venues, Four Program Strands

The organizers divide the program into four strands:

• Concerts in pubs, cafés, restaurants — rock, folk, jazz, swing, indie-pop, Elvis tribute
• Readings, lectures, exhibitions, museum tours — the cultural part during the day and early evening
• Special Formats — speed painting, improvisation theater, art installations
• Late Night Program — techno-mass and aftershow parties from 10 PM onwards

Lauenburg/Elbe — Town of Shipping in the Duchy

Lauenburg/Elbe is a small town with around 11,500 inhabitants in the Duchy of Lauenburg district, directly on the Elbe river opposite Lower Saxony. The historic Old Town stretches along the Elbe riverbank — half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, the harbor with the Maria Elisabeth Stiftshaus, the St. Mary Magdalene Church, the Schiffergesellschaft (Shipowners' Guild). For centuries, Lauenburg was an important inland port — the Lauenburg shipping culture is UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Culture and Pub Night transforms this dense historical substance into a walkable stage.

Techno-Mass in St. Mary Magdalene Church

One of the most iconic program points is the techno-mass in St. Mary Magdalene Church — from 10 PM to 2 AM, it combines a DJ set, light installation, and liturgical elements in the medieval church. The format is a nationally recognized example of renewing church spaces through pop and club culture, and has been a crowd-puller in Lauenburg for years.