This workshop, led by Serbian craftswoman Réka Gyurkovics, is aimed at participants who enjoy sewing by hand or simply want to try it out. Small animals are created from scraps of fabric, which are given a very individual look with small beads, buttons and other embellishments. They become faithful companions as key rings or brooches. The children's programme [...]
Part of the programme for the art project "Mysterious" In the workshop, participants discover the secrets of the Danube region, which they approach in a playful, learning and creative way. What connects a nunnery that is almost a thousand years old with an Art Nouveau palace from 1909? Both were among the mysterious places that were presented in the "Mysterious" project, worked on in an artistic performance and thus made known to the public [...].
The Budapest Marionettes is a multi-award winning street show that brings a range of different puppets in a cycle of short stories with music. The show has been in continuous development since 2007, presenting new elements each year in an ever-changing parade of unique puppet characters, impressive skills, laughter, drama and charm. The Budapest Marionettes [...]
32nd School Choir Days Baden-Württemberg 2024 in Ulm in cooperation with the International Danube Festival Ulm/Neu-Ulm 4 pm Humboldt-Gymnasium Ulm (chamber choir), cond. Guido Bauer 4:20 pm Galabov-Gymnasium Sofia (Bulgaria), cond. Krasimira Tsutsumanova
Lecture by Kerstin Neuhaus on the john study by Dr Melissa Farley in the Alberts Cafe of the vh ulm Accompanying programme to the exhibition: Faceless - Women in Prostitution Social worker Kerstin Neuhaus presents the results of the "john study": What makes men who pay for sex tick? What do they experience as "customers" in the prostitution milieu? And would they be deterred from their [...]
Ahoy! The Ulmer Schachtel is available to 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 board at the wooden steps on the Ulm bank. Tickets are sold next to the Fischerplätzle information stand half an hour before departure. Only [...]
Part of the programme for the art project "Mysterious" A reading by and with Thomas Perle Three women from three different generations are driven through history across political, geographical and linguistic borders. A European family story about the first colonists in the Forest Carpathians, about the world wars, flight and expulsion and the hope for a new life in the [...]
A performance with the Viennese artist duo honey & bunny (Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter), who are currently showing their exhibition "mindestens haltbar bis" at the Museum Brot und Kunst. honey & bunny literally sit in the water during their performance and reflect charmingly and wittily on plastic, water, consumption and food. The audience is invited to interact. The [...]
This year, the Donaufest in Ulm is once again being expanded to include a cultural facet. Since 2016, the international music project called donau.pop.camp has become an integral part of the festival. Musicians from the Danube countries come together to rehearse, jam and be creative. The pop.camp not only provides an intensive [...]
32nd Baden-Württemberg School Choir Days 2024 in Ulm in cooperation with the International Danube Festival Ulm/Neu-Ulm Choirs from Ulm, Heidenheim, Weinstadt, Kirchheim unter Teck and Ditzingen (Lb)
The International Danube Festival Ulm/Neu-Ulm and Kultur auf Stufen present: Die nicht sterben - Lesung & Gespräch mit Dana Grigorcea Yes, people are only courageous with the weak, but they do not oppose the powerful. Is that fair?" (Die nicht sterben, page 177) B. is a place in the mountains, on the border with Transylvania. [...]
The duo from Budapest moves confidently and imaginatively through styles: jazz, drum'n'bass, jungle, hip hop, rap - all flavoured with effects and samples. Although their style is usually labelled as nu-jazz, even this classification only lasts until the lights go on in the club and the beat becomes danceable. The [...]
It is the idea of overcoming boundaries and discovering new horizons that lies behind the Donaufest Factory encounter project. In 2024, we will be presenting a special kind of concert evening for the fourth time. These special concerts are initiated and realised premieres of the Donaufest and promise unforgettable live moments. On this evening, the two formations will present their own repertoire, [...]
Former criminal Limun owns a security company in Belgrade, is a war veteran and also highly homophobic. His fiancée Pearl is in the middle of wedding preparations and her wedding planner is Mirko, who is gay. Frustrated by Limun's homophobic abuse, Mirko is about to quit the job when Pearl gives her fiancé an ultimatum: Mirko has to stay and she says yes [...]
Authors from Ulm and the surrounding area read from their own works To round off the Danube Day, there will once again be the tried-and-tested evening readings in cooperation with the Künstlerhaus Ulm. Authors from Ulm and the surrounding area will read from their own works for half an hour on five evenings. The theme will be time escape - escape - future and, of course, the Danube and its [...]
