Pop-Kultur 2025

“Pop-Kultur is a hyphen between the perspectives of artists and the society they engage with. Launched in 2015, the festival returns this year with a mix of outdoor and indoor concerts as well as an online presence. In addition to the live shows, 15 commissioned workswill be premiering at the festival. The Çaystube will offer a meeting point aiming to facilitate exchange in person, a safer space with its own stage. Besides the Nachwuchs programme, the Goethe Talents programme and residency programmes, the programme also includes talks, readings and films. Just as pop culture couldn’t develop without discourse, Pop-Kultur as a festival wouldn’t be able to progress without it, either. The festival sees itself as a process in which the audience and artists participate alongside the team …” (Text 2023)