Zerbster Kulturfesttage
61st edition of the traditional winter culture series in the hometown of Catherine the Great
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Six Decades of Cultural Winter in Zerbst
Zerbst/Anhalt is a city with a great historical heritage: the later Russian Empress Catherine II, known as Catherine the Great, was born and raised here. Even without the summer tourist crowds, the city has had a fixed cultural date in its calendar since 1966: the Zerbster Kulturfesttage. For four weeks during the winter months, the city's venues — Museum, Francisceum, Essenzen-Fabrik, Theaterscheune, Rathaus — are filled with a packed programme.
In 2026, the 61st edition will run from February 13th to March 15th, featuring 29 individual events and six exhibitions. The programme is classically broad: chamber music and choral singing, classical readings as well as thrillers and crime comedy, punk violin in the Essenzen-Fabrik, concerts by the city's chamber choir, sing-along programmes in the Alumnatskorridor. Zerbst is located in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt — ideal as a quiet cultural destination in the dreary winter.
Zerbster Kulturfesttage — edition 2026
The opening evening kicks off with a visual arts vernissage. The following day, the musical programme begins with the trio Songland. Spread over four weeks, there will be chamber choir concerts in the museum, sing-alongs in the Francisceum, an exceptional punk violin evening in the Essenzen-Fabrik, and readings across the city's venues.
Programme Zerbster Kulturfesttage 2026
Friday, February 13, 2026 — Opening
- 6:00 PM — Vernissage of the solo exhibition 'Magic of Transparency' by Gerlach Bente
Saturday, February 14, 2026
- 2:00 PM — Opening concert with the trio Songland (Sarah Lipfert/Stephan Bormann/Christoph Reuter)
Sunday, February 15, 2026
- 3:00 PM — Concert by the city chamber choir in the cloisters of the museum
Friday, February 27, 2026
- 7:00 PM — 'Der Geigerzähler — 20 Years of Punk with Violin' at the Essenzen-Fabrik
Sunday, March 1, 2026
- 2:30 PM — Singing in the Alumnatskorridor of the Francisceum with the Zerbst Chamber Choir
Sunday, March 8, 2026
- 3:00 PM — Music in the cloisters of the museum with the Zerbst Music School
February–March 2026 — Further Events
- Crime comedy and thriller readings
- Lectures on city history and the cultural history of Anhalt
- Six parallel exhibitions
Sunday, March 15, 2026 — Closing
Full programme available at stadt-zerbst.de.
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Practical information — Zerbster Kulturfesttage
Getting There
Train: Zerbst/Anhalt Hbf, 10 minutes to the city centre. By car via the B184 or B187a.
Admission and Tickets
Individual tickets per event via the City of Zerbst and cooperating venues. Festival pass options will be announced in the programme.
Venues
Museum Zerbst, Francisceum (Alumnatskorridor), Essenzen-Fabrik, Theaterscheune, Rathaus and other city spaces.
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Where it takes place Zerbster Kulturfesttage
Verschiedene Spielstätten in Zerbst (Museum, Francisceum, Essenzen-Fabrik u.a.)
Schloßfreiheit 12 (Rathaus Zerbst), 39261 Zerbst/Anhalt
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