Overview

• The festival runs from 24 August to 14 September across 13 towns with 23 unconventional venues, including industrial halls, churches and a disused mine.
• Organizers say the program budget is about 40 percent lower this year, resulting in roughly half as many events as last year.
• More than 2,000 tickets were sold before opening day, 15 of 34 dates are already sold out and average prices are about ten percent higher than in 2024.
• Highlights include the revival of “Othello/Die Fremden” in a former glass factory in Weißwasser, Marius Felix Lange’s family opera “Krabat” in Görlitz and a Europe-wide broadcast concert for Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday.
• Roughly 10,000 visitors are expected overall, with programming shaped by the motto “unsbewusst” and leadership stressing engagement with contemporary regional issues.