Overview

• The salon is marking its 10-year anniversary this week with its 52nd edition followed by a celebratory party.
• Founder Rainer Schmidt selects participants based solely on personal interest, favoring reality-saturated and music-inspired texts.
• Since its inception a decade ago as a small pop-culture evening, the salon has featured nearly 200 authors, musicians and actors including Sven Regener, Campino, Oskar Roehler and Flake.
• Readings are capped at 12 minutes per author to maintain a festival-like pace and encourage immediate audience engagement.
• The event’s success has inspired larger spin-offs in Hamburg, Köln and Frankfurt that attract hundreds of attendees.