Music festivals 2025

The Duisburg Philharmonic presents the fifth edition of the "Eigenzeit" festival for contemporary chamber music. A journey of discovery to the sound worlds of various regions.

It's about brightness and shadow in music - and at the "8 Bridges," which will bring concerts to unusual places in Cologne from May 9th to 18th. Here are our tips. More light!

The Haldern Pop Festival attracts international artists to the Lower Rhine with its ambitious music and culture program. Concerts with real country air!

"Three Days of Love, Peace & Music": The "Ruhr Reggae Summer" brings relaxed sounds to the Ruhrstadion, which even has a family area next to an outdoor pool with a waterslide.

German rap, pop, indie rock, reggae, comedy: In the tent city at Kemnader Reservoir, a mix of concerts and performing arts is on the program from August 22 to September 7.

Baroque violinist Midori Seiler has taken on the artistic direction of the Zamus Festival, where around 40 soloists will celebrate historical music at 30 concerts from May 21 to 31.

From Leverkusen, the stART Festival will take place from April 26 to June 29, featuring classical music, jazz, world music, and musical cabaret, primarily in the Rhineland and the Bergisches Land.

In the second year of management by Katrin Zagrosek, 60 pianists are starting in 17 cities. The featured artist is Evgeny Kissin. Here are all the dates.

As a "jazz festival for music, reflection, politics, media art, and togetherness," the organizers announce their Pentecost event from June 6 to 9.

The Düsseldorf Tonhalle celebrates the Schumanns – and sends the composer couple throughout the entire city area. Here are all the dates.

For the 57th time, Witten transforms into the center of new chamber music for a weekend. This time, the focus is on the portrait composer Cassandra Miller, who is dedicated to "upcycling."

When Massive Attack or Air visit Bonn, the Kunstrasen festival is behind it: directly on the Rhine at the same level as the Posttower, a series of pop concerts is launched.

For three days, pop, folk, and indie bands perform against the colorful illuminated backdrop of the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord.

The Summerjam Festival at Fühlinger See is considered the largest reggae, dancehall, and hip hop festival in Europe.

The Asphalt Festival stands for theater, music, dance, literature, and performance art in special places in Düsseldorf - this will be the case in 2025 as well.

Those who are into punk go to Hünxe, where since 2007 all those bands take the stage that have either shaped a scene for ages or could do so in the future.