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NORDEN Festival

Situated in the greenery directly on the beach of the Schlei, visitors of the NORDEN festival can experience current music, short films, readings and street theater from Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and the European countries bordering the Baltic Sea during the period of 25 August and 11 September.

Over 300 individual events will take place on the Königswiesen in Schleswig, Germany during this year's festival. Six cultural stages and a total of 15 venues will host 53 concerts, 32 readings and 46 street art performances. The entire program will be complemented by eight DJ sets, an extensive film program, and numerous workshops.

The first festival weekend starts with the German band Die Sterne who play on 27 August on the Schlei stage and is a veteran of the Hamburg school. As part of the event series Nordliteratur, the authors Feridun Zaimolgu, Lucy Fricke, Stephan Orth and Susanne Matthiesen will held readngs. The Festival will also present short film programs from all film festivals in Schleswig-Holstein in the cinema tent. More than 12 different international street theater shows will take place at the venue Manege im Park. In addition, an art market will be held on Saturday and Sunday of each of the three weekends. More than 20 artists will present their works in small booths.

Sustainability is a big topic of the festival: from the very beginning, NORDEN has been a sustainably designed festival with a constant focus on resource conservation and responsibility. The organisers recommend to leave the cars at home for the journey and travel by public transport. All events exploring the topic sustainability will take place at the Green Pavilion.

Check out the full festival programme here.

 

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