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Szeniale — Festival of Free Arts

Name: Szeniale — Festival of Free Arts 2024
Start: 2024-09-27T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-09-28T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Kreativ.Quartier Ückendorf, Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen — Kreisfreie Stadt Gelsenkirchen (05513) • 27 Sep 2024 — 28 Sep 2024

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Edition 2024 — Finished

Edition 2024 — Szeniale

The last edition before 2026 took place in 2024: 86 performances with around 100 artists at 30 venues in the Kreativ.Quartier Ückendorf, Gelsenkirchen. The 24-hour biennale of free arts once again proved its significance as one of the most innovative festival formats in the Ruhr Area.

The 2024 edition concretized the concept of a 24-hour festival biennale: 86 performances across all genres, 100 artists at 30 venues in Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf. The Szeniale has thus established itself as a permanent fixture in the free art scene of North Rhine-Westphalia. For 2026, the association plans a continuation on a comparable scale.

Programme

24-hour festival with 86 performances, approx. 100 artists, and 30 venues in the Kreativ.Quartier Ückendorf, Gelsenkirchen. Theatre, dance, music, performance, visual arts, and literature in a packed festival schedule.

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Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. Updated on 21 May 2026.

Where it takes place — Szeniale

Kreativ.Quartier Ückendorf, Gelsenkirchen

Kreativ.Quartier Ückendorf, 45881 Gelsenkirchen

Contact Szeniale

Web szeniale.ruhr

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Szeniale at a glance

Music Theater Dance Contemporary dance Visual arts Contemporary art Literature Poetry Solidarity Inclusion Outdoor Night Multidisciplinary Emerging International Kreisfreie Stadt Gelsenkirchen