Lindau City Festival

An Island Town Celebrates

Lindau on Lake Constance is one of the most beautiful island towns in Southern Germany — and the Lindau City Festival makes the historic island center resonate, dance, and feast once a year. Across the twelve squares between the harbor, Maximilianstraße, and Reichsplatz, in front of baroque townhouses and medieval walls, a city festival unfolds that has been firmly established in the region since 1982 and is known far beyond the city limits.

Five Stages for Every Musical Genre

The musical backbone is provided by five stages, organized directly by Club Vaudeville Lindau — the alternative cultural association that has supported the festival for over four decades. The stages are spread across Barfüßerplatz, Gerberschanze, Reichsplatz, Römerschanze, and Maria-Ward-Innenhof. Each stage has its own profile — from rock and pop to singer-songwriters, world music, electronic sounds, and local bands. Walking acts and mobile musicians move between the squares, connecting the stages into a continuous experience.

Culinary Interculturalism

Lindau is an international city — and this is reflected in the culinary offerings of the city festival. Turkish, Serbian, Syrian, Thai, and Indian specialties are served alongside regional Swabian cuisine. The organizers' concept is explicit: a festival of heartfelt and intercultural togetherness. The message „LOVE MUSIC, HATE FASCISM!" is the official motto — racists, provocateurs, and troublemakers are not welcome, which is clearly communicated.

A Club That Carries a Festival

Club Vaudeville Lindau is a phenomenon: for over 40 years, the non-profit association has operated the city's alternative cultural center and, in parallel, organizes the city festival every year. The entire event is financed exclusively by beverage sales — no sponsorship, no advertising space, no admission fee. This is civic culture in its purest form: supported by volunteers, politically clearly positioned, and musically broadly based.

Lindau — The Pearl on Lake Constance

Lindau's island, connected to the mainland by two bridges, is a well-maintained piece of medieval and baroque city history: the old town hall with its frescoes, the Bavarian lion, and the lighthouse at the harbor are the landmarks. During the city festival, locals meet tourists from Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Vorarlberg, and Eastern Switzerland — the Lake Constance four-country region comes together.