25 artists, bands, and institutions are participating in the festival. There is a lot of live music available for free – ranging from gospel to pop & rock to hip-hop, children's songs, metal, punk, and jazz.
New this year at "Sommer am U" is, for example, the Schauspiel Dortmund, which is presenting a "Warm up" for its own queer festival. Other newcomers on the Dortmund stage include "Violent Witch Events," which specializes in metal bands with Flinta*-participation, and the Dortmund association of Cameroonian computer scientists and engineers (VKII), whose gospel choir will perform.
On the first Sunday of every month, the Dortmunder U invites families to Family Sunday – in keeping with this, there will be the sounds of children's favorites like "Raketen Erna," "herrH," and "Binyo."
