SUMMERSTAGE Haus Eifgen Wermelskirchen

SUMMERSTAGE at Haus Eifgen — Bergisches Concert Evenings

Looking for live concerts without the festival stress, without stadium distances, with real beer garden charm? SUMMERSTAGE at Haus Eifgen in Wermelskirchen is the answer. Over four months — from the end of May to the end of August — the Wermelskirchen cultural initiative brings seven hand-picked concerts to the open-air stage of a historic beer garden in the Bergisches Land. The atmosphere is intimate, the sound technically ambitious, the audience diverse.

Haus Eifgen — Historic Beer Garden in the Eifgenbach Valley

Haus Eifgen is located in the Eifgenbach Valley, a small valley between Wermelskirchen and Burscheid in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis. The inn has a tradition of over 200 years, and its associated beer garden is equipped with a concert stage every summer — a classic open-air setting under trees, with ample seating, a beer garden bar, and food from an upscale tavern kitchen. Those who want to secure seats should come early — the beer garden is limited to approx. 300 places.

Seven Concerts, Seven Styles

The 2026 season covers the spectrum of popular live music broadly:

• May 30 — Henrik Freischlader (Blues/Rock) — Season opener with Germany's most important contemporary blues guitarist
• June 28 — Marley's Ghost (Reggae Tribute) — Bob Marley homage with a full band
• July 4 — She's Got Balls (AC/DC Tribute) — All-female AC/DC tribute
• July 25 — Opium fürs Volk (Die Toten Hosen Tribute)
• August 1 — Der Wilde Ballon (World / Fusion)
• August 9 — Miller Anderson Band & Latvian Blues Band (Blues Rock)
• August 21 — Strange Kind Of Woman (Deep Purple Tribute) — Season finale

Adrian Kunitz and the Cultural Initiative

SUMMERSTAGE is organized primarily by Adrian Kunitz and the volunteer-run cultural initiative Wermelskirchen e.V. The initiative describes Haus Eifgen as a "cultural anchor point" for the region — and this is precisely the role the venue fulfills throughout the SUMMERSTAGE season. Despite competition from the 2026 Football World Cup in the USA, which partially overlaps with the concert dates, the 2026 program is fully booked again.

Wermelskirchen and the Bergisches Land

Wermelskirchen is a medium-sized town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Cologne administrative district, North Rhine-Westphalia, with around 35,000 inhabitants. The town is located between Cologne and Wuppertal, in the heart of the Bergisches Land, a geographically distinctive low mountain range with a pronounced valley structure. The Eifgenbach Valley with Haus Eifgen is one of the most beautiful natural areas of the town — ideal for an open-air concert with potential for hiking on the same day.