Mannheim City Festival
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — Mannheim City Festival
Mannheim City Festival 2025
The 2025 edition of the Mannheim City Festival, like every year, drew hundreds of thousands of visitors from the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and beyond to the Planken. The four stages — VTM Stage, UNESCO City of Music Stage, Feuerio Stage, and Kulturnetz Stage — programmed a wide spectrum of musical styles over three days.
As in 2026, admission was completely free, and travel by public transport was actively promoted. Mannheim's identity as a UNESCO City of Music was clearly emphasized through the program of the corresponding stage — a central element of the City Festival's profile.
Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. .