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HAT FESTIVAL

The festival for street art

Illustration showing a person with a textured blue-green outfit and hat, extending a blue paintbrush toward a penguin. The background is a mix of pastel colors. A sign in the center reads "HUT Festival Strassenkunst Chemnitz.

Anyone who plays music, juggles or performs acrobatics in the pedestrian zones of this world hopes their audience will make a voluntary contribution in a hat going round. Hence the name of the festival. For three days, street artists from twelve nations will transform the streets and squares of Chemnitz city centre into an open-air stage filled with live music, clowning, circus acts, jug- gling, fire shows, walk acts, art and street food. If you’re stopping by, feel free to wear a hat yourself – and to tip it to friends and guests out of respect for one another.
 

Hat Festival - Festival for street art
When? 30. May until 1 June 2025
Where? Chemnitz city centre

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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 Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.