Name: Luxoria — Festival for Women 50+ 2026
Start: 2026-05-30T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-31T00:00:00+00:00
Location: ufaFabrik Berlin

Luxoria

About Luxoria

Luxoria is a new, two-day Berlin festival that puts artists over 50 centre stage — a generation whose voices, bodies, and stories are still rarely visible in cultural spaces. Over two days at the end of May, the festival will take over the ufaFabrik in Tempelhof with concerts (including Anne Haigis, Ellen Esser), literary-biographical formats (“Geht nicht – gibt's nicht” with Regina Ziegler, “Die Frau als Mensch” with Ulli Lust), dance, performance, and discussion rounds. The target audience is women 50+, but the festival aims to be intergenerational.

Dates 30 May — 31 May 2026

Venue Berlin (11000)

Prices —

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Luxoria — edition 2026

Tickets →

The premiere of Luxoria takes place on May 30 and 31, 2026, at the ufaFabrik Berlin. Two days of concerts, literature, dance, performance, discussions, and shared moments, dedicated to female artists over 50. Highlights: Concerts with Anne Haigis and Ellen Esser; discussion formats with film producer Regina Ziegler and comic artist Ulli Lust; discussion rounds on age, new beginnings, visibility, desire, and humour.

The first edition of Luxoria will take place on May 30 and 31, 2026, at the ufaFabrik Tempelhof. Two days of festival with concerts, readings, performance, dance, and discussion formats. The focus is on female artists over 50 — their music, their stories, their visibility. The target audience is women 50+ and all generations interested in the programme.

Highlights Luxoria 2026

Festival premiere
Concerts with Anne Haigis and Ellen Esser
Regina Ziegler and Ulli Lust in conversation
Interdisciplinary: Music, literature, dance, performance, discussion
Target audience: Women 50+, intergenerational

Programme Luxoria 2026

The 2026 programme is interdisciplinary and uses several ufaFabrik spaces in parallel:

Concerts

Anne Haigis — German singer-songwriter with over four decades of stage experience; Pop, Folk, and Soul
Ellen Esser — Berlin-based singer, songwriter, and performance artist
Further musical acts according to the organiser's programme

Literature and Biographies

“Geht nicht – gibt's nicht” — personal conversation with film producer Regina Ziegler, one of the most influential women in the German film industry
“Die Frau als Mensch — Am Anfang der Geschichte” with Austrian comic artist and author Ulli Lust
Readings from current literature by and about women 50+

Discussion Rounds

Topics include: Age and new beginnings, desire and memory, visibility, social participation, humour
Moderated discussion rounds with multiple voices

Dance and Performance

Dance performances, performative readings
Workshops and participatory formats

Format

Two-day festival, programme running in parallel in several ufaFabrik spaces
Breaks with shared moments and encounters
Day pass or festival pass options

Updates at luxoria-frauenfestival.de.

Prices Luxoria 2026

Day pass and festival pass via the festival website. Prices and conditions will be published by the organiser; early bird rates recommended. Student and reduced rates usually available.

Practical information

Practical information — Luxoria

Getting There

ufaFabrik Berlin, Viktoriastraße 10–18, 12105 Berlin (Tempelhof-Schöneberg district, Tempelhof neighbourhood). U-Bahn U6 to Ullsteinstraße, approx. 5 minutes' walk. Bus lines M46, 246, 277.

Tickets

Day pass and festival pass available via the festival website. Early bird discounts recommended.

Good to Know

Several venues within the ufaFabrik. Festival pass allows free choice between parallel programmes. Own food not allowed — the ufaFabrik restaurant is open.

A New Platform for Women 50+

Luxoria — Subtitle “Women 50+ in the Spotlight” — is a new Berlin festival format that centres the visibility of female artists, authors, and performers over 50. The founders' diagnosis: In a cultural scene that seems to be getting younger and younger, women over 50 — and thus their creative output, their stories, their artistic substance — are systematically falling out of view. Luxoria aims to actively counteract this trend.

ufaFabrik as the Venue

The venue is the ufaFabrik Berlin at Viktoriastraße 10–18, Tempelhof-Schöneberg district (Tempelhof neighbourhood). This long-standing international cultural centre with theatre halls, a summer stage, and workshops offers the spatial conditions for an interdisciplinary festival: several stages running in parallel, classic concert halls, studio spaces for workshops and discussions. U-Bahn U6 to Ullsteinstraße, five minutes' walk.

Programme — Music, Literature, Performance, Discussion

The programme consciously combines different formats: concerts with singer-songwriters like Anne Haigis and Ellen Esser, literary-biographical discussion formats with film producer Regina Ziegler (“Geht nicht – gibt's nicht”) and comic artist Ulli Lust (“Die Frau als Mensch — Am Anfang der Geschichte”), discussion rounds on social issues, performances, dance, and readings. The audience: Women 50+, their daughters and sons, curious cultural enthusiasts of all generations. Tickets from €35 per day.