Straßenkulturfestival Erdmannhausen

One-day festival in a small community

The Straßenkulturfestival Erdmannhausen is a remarkable cultural initiative by a small municipality in the Ludwigsburg district (AGS 08118). With only around 5,000 inhabitants, Erdmannhausen is organising a festival that attracts artists from the entire Stuttgart metropolitan region — and with a clear concept: street culture in all its facets, on a single festival day.

Four stages in the town centre

The venue is the centre of Erdmannhausen between the town hall and Brunnenplatz. Four stages will be set up, often days before the event:

• Main stage at Rathausplatz — Bands and groups, main concerts in the evening
• Acoustic stage at Brunnenplatz — Singer-songwriters and acoustic sets
• Classical and Literature stage — Chamber music, readings, poetry slam
• Performance stage — Street theatre, magic, improvisation theatre

Artists of all genres

At the 2026 festival, the range extends from classical (string ensembles, wind ensembles), folk (singer-songwriters, acoustic bands), rock and pop (cover bands, originals) to street theatre (mime, clowning, acrobatics), literature (readings, poetry slam, narrative theatre), and magic (mentalism, comedy magic). The programme will be curated by the municipality of Erdmannhausen in April/May 2026 after a public artist application — the call for musicians and artists was already sent out in spring 2026.

First success in 2024 — and now annually

The first edition of the festival took place on September 7, 2024, and exceeded the municipality's expectations — 52 artists in 16 groups performed on four stages, and the main street was lively from morning until late evening. Based on this success, the municipality has made the festival an annual event, with a fixed place in the summer calendar (first September, now July).

Erdmannhausen — Idyll between Marbach and Ludwigsburg

Erdmannhausen is located between Marbach am Neckar (Schiller's birthplace) and the baroque city of Ludwigsburg, in the hilly foothills of the Swabian Forest. The town centre with its historic town hall, fountain, Protestant church, and surrounding half-timbered and farmhouses forms an almost theatrical backdrop — perfect for a street culture festival that uses this established atmosphere for its stages.

Free admission — donations welcome

The festival character is explicitly low-threshold: free admission on all four stages. Artists perform for a fee or a share of donations — some pass the hat, others are paid from the festival budget. The municipality finances the stages, technology, and logistical framework.