KOSMOS EUROPE

P: Sophie Kirchner / I: Anja Jurleit (Bikini Kommando)

KOSMOS is an absolutely extraordinary festival. The locations of the festival are extraordinary; the number and diversity of events are extraordinary; and how the festival started most certainly is too. Even its claim to being a festival for democracy is extraordinary. KOSMOS was created in response to the far right-wing demonstrations in August 2018. Initially a spontaneous »Wir sind mehr« (»There are more of us«) concert organised in just a few days in the city centre (attended by 65,000 people), a big idea developed over the years that followed. Associations, initiatives, companies, institutions and private individuals from all walks of life would work together to create a city-centre festival with dozens of stages, bustling streets and beam- ing faces. The KOSMOS team provides the platform and infrastructure. People from Chemnitz and Europe provide the content. KOSMOS is therefore anything but ordinary: discussion groups at a bus stop, basketball at a crossroads, bands in shops, readings in launderettes – when Chemnitz sparkles, it’s KOSMOS time.

KOSMOS EUROPE

13. - 15 June 2025

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Festival KOSMOS Europe

Chemnitz city centre

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European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is co-financed 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).