CREATE.U - Young Culture made in Chemnitz

Young people design their Capital of Culture programme

Capital of Culture by young people for young people - that's CREATE.U! CREATE.U is the youth programme for Chemnitz 2025 initiated by Team Generation. It enables young people between the ages of 14 and 27 to implement their own project ideas in Chemnitz and the cultural region. You can take part, contribute your ideas and help shape cultural projects!

Julia Palarz
Project Manager Youth Participation

Lena Rothe
Projektmanagerin Jugendbeteiligung

Email: teamgeneration(at)chemnitz2025.de
Instagram: @betonbluehen
Phone: 0371 33567277

CREATE.U projects to participate in

The Betonblühen youth festival took place from 8 to 12 October at various locations in Chemnitz. Every Thursday from 5 to 7 pm, young people met in the Chemnitz 2025 Open Space (Schmidtbank-Passage, Hartmannstraße 5, 09111 Chemnitz) to prepare for the festival.

Instagram: @betonbluehen

Grey electricity boxes in Chemnitz were transformed into colourful works of art! Creative workshops brought colour to the city and invited people to join in.

Instagram: @c._your.power

Old clothes were redesigned in workshops on upcycling, colouring and sewing.

Instagram: @upcycling.studio2025

Exhibitions and photo campaigns offered young artists a stage.

Instagram: @pov_chemnitz

A creative meeting place was created in Chemnitz: GARTEN 7 offered music, art and encounters in the Capital of Culture year 2025.

Instagram: @garten7_chemnitz

Queer films were shown and a platform for diversity was created.

Instagram: @c.the.queeno

Cooperation projects

Put on your running shoes or get on your bike! The running and cycling group focussed on community, fun and exercise.

The CORRECTIV youth editorial team came to Chemnitz! Here, young people made news for young people.
Contact: salon5(at)correctiv.org / Instagram: @salon5_

The United Club Convention was all about music and club culture! DJ workshops started in February, followed by beatmaking, lighting technology and sound.

During the Betonblühen festival, the OstVISION youth conference offered the opportunity to develop ideas for the Capital of Culture Chemnitz together with other young people. Here, young people were able to shape their vision of the East and have a say in the creative process.

Further information can be found at www.ostivision.de.