Garage concerts

The garage courtyard as a stage

Photo: Peter Rossner / Illustration: Anja Jurleit (Bikini Kommando)

Living room concerts, but open air. Not the perfect sound, but the perfect atmosphere: small, intimate, special. That's what the garage courtyard concerts were like. The first one took place in the summer of 2023, when a band played in front of the open door of an empty garage. After that, many garage users wanted to play in their yards in a do-it-yourself style - in residential neighbourhoods, on the outskirts of the city or directly in the Capital of Culture region. Everyone who wanted to came, brought chairs, pitched in and enjoyed music and togetherness in a very special setting.

10.May 2025: Turnstraße garage courtyard (DJ Vika)

23.May 2025: Zschopau, Garagen an der Gartenstraße (Seven Bridges Road)

6.until 8 June 2025: Chemnitz, #3000Garagenfestival at Garagenhof Harthweg (SJU, Swing Art Quartet, Akkordeon Harmonists Chemnitz, Lutz Stolberg, The Nosebleeds, Gruppa Karl-Marx-Stadt, Maik Sparwasser)

21.June 2025: Glauchau, Fete de la Musique in the cultural region (Julie Nox)

12.September 2025: Chemnitz, Garagenhof Theaterstraße (Horst Adler Kapelle)

2.November 2025: Chemnitz, Ahornstraße garage courtyard (Asphaltraketen)

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This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.