The Intercultural Weeks will take place from 12 September to 3 October 2026 under this year's title "Living Diversity - Shaping the Future". Anyone interested in taking part in the opening with the Festival of Cultures and the subsequent two-week series of events can register now until 15 May 2025 at www.chemnitz.de/ikw.
Chemnitz is home to people from over 140 nations. A city where diversity is a reality. The Intercultural Weeks build on this reality. Participation and involvement are expressly encouraged!
On Saturday, 12 September at 12 noon, the Intercultural Weeks in Chemnitz will be opened with a colourful and intercultural programme, the Festival of Cultures, on the market square. In addition to informal contributions, artistic and sporting activities as well as culinary and creative offerings are also in demand.
The Intercultural Weeks thrive on the participation of many people. The organisers - led by the City of Chemnitz Migration Officer in close cooperation with the Migration Advisory Council, the association AGIUA e. V. Migrationssozial- und Jugendarbeit and the women's centre Lila Villa in the association akCente e. V. - are jointly calling on everyone to take part, whether with their own stand at the opening of the market and/or with their own offers during the series of events, which runs until 3 October. Chemnitz residents who would like to support the organisers as volunteers or with donations are also welcome to get in touch.
Those involved are free to decide what and in what form they would like to offer during the two weeks. Theatre performances, film screenings, dance classes and concerts, country evenings, sporting events, readings and discussions with authors, panel discussions, training courses, lectures, workshops and information events on various topics as well as interfaith exchanges and much more are intended to spark interest in people and encounters. The variety of events on offer is intended to appeal to everyone in Chemnitz and encourage them to get involved.
The two-week series of events "Intercultural Weeks" in Chemnitz has been setting an annual example for peaceful and good coexistence in our city since 1991 and is always under the patronage of the Lord Mayor.
The Intercultural Weeks have been organised nationwide since 1975 and are now widely established with 6,000 events at more than 750 locations throughout Germany.