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Flow Tales - Street Art on the Danube

Ulm/Neu-Ulm site Danube bank, Ulm

Donaufest Flags (Ulm/Neu-Ulm) For the first time, the Donaufest presents its flags in street art style: a Hungarian artist collective from Budapest designs the Donaufest flags as powerful visual narratives along the Danube. The participating artists Lilla Lőrinc, [...]

Discover Romania and the Danube Delta

Theme tent 1 Danube bank, Ulm

Tourism in the Danube Delta and Romania combines a pure and unique experience of nature with cultural diversity. Romania with its unspoilt nature, living history and authentic culture will inspire you: a destination that [...]

Vukovar - flavours and traditions on the Croatian Danube

Theme tent 1 Danube bank, Ulm

Discover Vukovar with authentic Slavonian specialities, high-quality local wines and traditional products from the Croatian Danube region. Experience the rich cultural heritage, the hospitality and the unique atmosphere of a [...]

Tutrakan - experience the Bulgarian Danube with all your senses

Theme tent 1 Danube bank, Ulm

The non-profit association Tutrakan - Nature and Tourism introduces itself with its broad programme of adventure offers. The small Bulgarian town of Tutrakan on the Danube is a real gem for adventurers and lovers of culture and nature and is [...]

DYON meets Bosnia and The LÄND

Theme tent 2 Danube bank, Ulm

From Bosnia to the Upper Danube Valley: overcoming borders, forging friendships and shaping the future together. After the Danube Youth Encounters in Bosnia, young people met this year in the heart of the Upper Danube Valley to [...]

donau.pop.camp

Popbastion Ulm Schillerstrasse 1/4, Ulm

From 3 to 10 July 2026, Ulm will once again become a creative hotspot for up-and-coming musicians from the Danube region: the donau.pop.camp, embedded in the International Danube Festival, will bring together six exciting acts from [...]

The Danube Festival comes to you

In order to give as many people as possible access to cultural content, the International Danube Festival has been organising the programme series "The Danube Festival comes to you" for several years. It is the residents and [...]

out of the box

Pop-up Location Box 10 Gänslände, Ulm

Neymashe – Textile Statements between Art and Encounter Under the artist name Neymashe, Ulm-based artist Janina Magdalena Röhrich creates large-scale textile works at the intersection of textile art, drawing, typography and […]

Hands-on science

Theme tent 2 Danube bank, Ulm

The Ulm Network for Citizen Science introduces itself and its activities and not only invites you to join in the research, but also reports on a research bike tour along the Danube that took place last [...].

Ongoing

Special programme: DONAU-UNKE, April-October 2026

In co-operation with the "Ulmer Unke“ project of the Stadtjugendring Ulm, there is also a „Donau-Unke“ at the Ulm Children's and Youth Book Prize this year. This year, the children's jury will read and evaluate [...]

Europe is us - IX. International Danube Youth Camp

Young people have been coming together at the International Danube Festival since 2008. This year, 83 young people from 13 Danube countries and neighbouring countries are taking part in the camp. The young adults spend a week [...]

Ulm's leaning art tower on the Danube

KUM - Kunstverein Ulm in the Metzgerturm Unter der Metzig 6, Ulm

Built in 1340 before the cathedral, Ulm's butcher's tower was once part of the old city wall built partly of wood directly on the Danube. The lowering of the Danube water level during the [...]

SWR theme days on the Danube

Media boat Ulmer Ufer Danube meadow, Ulm

SWR theme days with talks and live music at the Donaufest On the media boat from 17:00 to 18:00, with flag raffle Friday, 3 July, from 17:30 Donaufest flags - flags that tell stories [...].

Umbo

Buddha Lounge Frauenstraße 52, Ulm

For almost three decades, Mario Lovaković, known to many as Umbo, has been sharing his ever-growing musical journey with the world since he first stood behind the turntables in 1998. Rooted in the [...]

SchreibFluss

European History Theme Tent Danube bank, Ulm

Writing matinee with Claudia Schoeppl For two hours, the tent will be transformed into a quiet and creative writing harbour. Using various impulses, we will let our ideas about the Danube and water [...]

Children's box trips 4

Ulmer Spatz jetty, near the Metzgerturm Danube bank, Ulm

Ahoy! The Ulmer Schachtel is available for the little boat guests of the International Danube Festival on both weekends and on Thursday. Anyone who has always wanted to take a boat trip on the Danube can [...]

3EUR – 6EUR

Hawaras

Ulm/Neu-Ulm site Danube bank, Ulm

Klezmer with a modern twist Giving traditional klezmer a new sound and locating it in today's world in an artful and captivating way - this is precisely how The Hawaras see their [...]

Ulm's little sparrows

Neu-Ulm site Silcherstraße 40, Neu-Ulm

There's something for young and old! Colouring tables, can throwing and a KINDERTOMBOLA with high-quality prizes and exciting adventure vouchers.  

Children's box trips 5

Ulmer Spatz jetty, near the Metzgerturm Danube bank, Ulm

Ahoy! The Ulmer Schachtel is available for the little boat guests of the International Danube Festival on both weekends and on Thursday. Anyone who has always wanted to take a boat trip on the Danube can [...]

3EUR – 6EUR

Thought travel orchestra

Danube stage Danube meadow, Ulm

„The mind travelling orchestra unpacks“ What happens when the mind travelling orchestra finds a mysterious suitcase? Curiosity is aroused and the audience is taken on an adventure to find out what [...]

Theatre Irrwisch

Ulm site Danube bank, Ulm

Enthusiasm and an irrepressible love of comedy are to blame for Irrwisch: since 1992 the group has been touring the summers of this world with their programme, spontaneous play, madness and poetry [...].

Interactive demonstration: spinning and weaving

Neu-Ulm theatre Silcherstraße 40, Neu-Ulm

How yarn becomes clothing – with fascinating stories about the concept of sustainable fashion by and featuring the Hungarian artisan Adam Galambos. The Schaukunstbühne theatre in Neu-Ulm offers children and […]

Young Danube Ambassadors

Canoe club site Jahnufer 50, New Ulm

Presentation of the „Young Danube Ambassadors“ In the 2025/26 school year, the 20 pupils who took part in the „Young Danube Ambassadors“ training programme acquired knowledge in the areas of democracy, the Danube habitat and the cultural memory of the Danube region, which [...]

Children's box trips 6

Ulmer Spatz jetty, near the Metzgerturm Danube bank, Ulm

Ahoy! The Ulmer Schachtel is available for the little boat guests of the International Danube Festival on both weekends and on Thursday. Anyone who has always wanted to take a boat trip on the Danube can [...]

3EUR – 6EUR

Ukrainian wetschornyzi

Volksbank stage in the wine village Danube meadow, Ulm

Experience a moving musical journey full of Ukrainian culture, tradition and joie de vivre. „Ukrainian Wetschornyzi“ combines song, instrumental music and dance into an impressive celebration of the community and soul of Ukraine. [...]

Interactive demonstration: Making lavender dolls

Neu-Ulm theatre Silcherstraße 40, Neu-Ulm

The Hungarian craft artist Nikolett Judit Antal The open-air workshop on the Neu-Ulm side offers children and adults the chance to watch the artists at work and also […]

Jazz with Alexander Dujin and Gunter Czisch

Magirus stage Neu-Ulm Silcherstraße 40, Neu-Ulm

At the last International Danube Festival, Lord Mayor Gunter Czisch and jazz musician Aleksandar Dujin, from Novi Sad in Serbia, gave the Ulm public a taste of their musical talents on the Weindorf stage.

Text walk through the fishermen's quarter

European History Theme Tent Danube bank, Ulm

An entertaining tour with the poet S. Katharina Eismann and Bernd Weltin from Ulm - with poems, anecdotes, legends and stories on the trail of the Danube Swabians between today and yesterday. [...]

Leather processing and leather goods

Neu-Ulm theatre Silcherstraße 40, Neu-Ulm

A demonstration by Hungarian craftsman Csaba Pankotai on traditional leatherworking and leather goods techniques The demonstration stage on the Neu-Ulm side offers children and adults the chance to watch the craftsman at work […]

Anna Mabo & The Boys

Magirus stage Neu-Ulm Silcherstraße 40, Neu-Ulm

Moderate Ecstasy Anna Mabo is the ray of sunshine of Austrian music, celebrated on stages large and small, on fm4 and on Ö1. With her fabulous poetry and musicality, she enchants […]

Theatre Irrwisch

Magirus stage Neu-Ulm Silcherstraße 40, Neu-Ulm

Enthusiasm and an insuppressible desire for comedy are to blame for Irrwisch: since 1992 the group has been touring the summers of this world with their programme, spontaneous play, madness and poetry characterise the [...]

Hawaras

Volksbank stage in the wine village Danube meadow, Ulm

Klezmer with a modern twist Giving traditional klezmer a new sound and locating it in today's world in an artful and captivating way - this is precisely how The Hawaras see their [...]

Theatre Irrwisch

Magirus stage Neu-Ulm Silcherstraße 40, Neu-Ulm

Enthusiasm and an irrepressible love of comedy are to blame for Irrwisch: since 1992 the group has been touring the summers of this world with their programme, spontaneous play, madness and poetry [...].

Snails

Danube stage Danube meadow, Ulm

BirtRock from Chișinău Snails come from Chișinău (Moldova) and bring their unmistakable energy directly along the Danube. They were founded in the 1990s as a school band who were crazy about the sound [...].