Nacht der Blauen Wunder Landshut

An Idea That Has Captured All of Lower Bavaria

The Landshut KulTournacht — officially Nacht der Blauen Wunder — is one of the largest pub festivals in Southern Germany. Since the mid-2000s, Sinnflut Kultur GmbH, in cooperation with Konzertbüro Landshut, has organized the evening on which almost the entire old town becomes a stage. The concept originally comes from the USA and has also been exported by Sinnflut to Bad Tölz and Dorfen.

The Wristband Principle

With an entrance wristband, visitors gain access to all approximately 30 participating pubs, bars, and cafés. Each concert starts on the hour and lasts exactly 30 minutes — the following 30 minutes are reserved for moving to the next location. Those who study the program booklet in advance can put together their own tour: a bit of singer-songwriter in a café, then a hard rock set in a pub, followed by jazz in a bar in the old town.

Landshut, Old Town, and Atmosphere

Landshut, the former ducal residence of the Bavarian Wittelsbachs and today the district capital of Lower Bavaria, offers a unique backdrop with its Gothic-influenced old town. Hauptstraße, Altstadt, and Neustadt are close together, making the distances between locations short. Trausnitz Castle towers over the city, and St. Martin's Church, with its 130-meter-high brick tower — the tallest brick tower in the world — forms the city's landmark. Those who have never been to Landshut before experience the city and music in a double feature on such an evening.

One Night, All Music Genres

The program ranges from indie rock to jazz, blues, pop, and singer-songwriter, occasionally including metal or dialect music. Sinnflut Kultur selects the bands; many acts come from the southern German region, and international guests are also featured regularly. Every pub dresses up for the occasion, and Rock-Shop Landshut sells the wristbands in advance — an insider meeting point for the local music scene.