KOSMOS Festival: 29 August 2026

KOSMOS Chemnitz is growing. On 29 August 2026, the free city festival will take place in Chemnitz city centre for the fifth time. Over 250 events covering music, society, art, sport and business will be held across new venues.

The festival will take place on 29 August in the area between Hartmannplatz, Schmidtbankpassage and Kaßbergauffahrt. The streets ‘An der Markthalle’ and Fabrikstraße, along with their adjacent shops and vacant premises, will be included, as will schools, the Hartmannfabrik, the Hartmannhalle and the green spaces behind them.

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KOSMOS Chemnitz is a festival for democracy. Launched in 2018 out of the highly acclaimed #wirsindmehr concert, it has established itself as one of the most significant democracy festivals in the German-speaking world. It combines pop culture, art, discourse and participation – and turns the city itself into a stage. In 2025, the festival attracted 115,000 visitors.

In 2026, the City of Chemnitz will organise the KOSMOS Festival for the first time. This year’s programme will again be realised under the direction of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH.

Furthermore, the established networks – in particular, stakeholders from local and supra-regional cultural organisations, institutions and associations – continue to support and facilitate the implementation of KOSMOS.