Ahoy! The Ulm boat is available to young passengers at the International Danube Festival on both weekends and on Thursday. Anyone who’s always wanted to take a boat trip on the Danube can come aboard at the Ulm quay. Tickets are sold at the Metzgerturm information stand half an hour before departure. Tickets are only available for the current […]
If the numerous stories told at the fair are to be believed, Master Eckart used to run a travelling circus with a seventh-generation travelling curiosity show. This is probably also the reason for his constant preoccupation with more off-the-wall topics such as spiritualism, telekinesis and thought transference, as well as otherworldly skills such as escapology and trickery. He obsessively absorbs everything [...]
For over 20 years, ZEBRA has been taking stilts seriously and having great fun. Numerous performances at home and abroad - Japan, USA, Taiwan - have earned ZEBRA an outstanding reputation as one of the most creative and innovative stilt theatres in Germany. Fantastic costumes, virtuoso mastery of the stilts and an exuberant joy of performing are the hallmarks of ZEBRA.
It's anything but easy to put this show into words, because terms like "diabolo show", or comedy juggling show can only very remotely describe what it's all about... It is a highly energised street show that combines modern clowning, mime, comedy, object and subject manipulation, a little magic and of course top class diabolo technique. The unmistakable and highly infectious energy of the performer, [...]
Beats and rhythms know no language barriers and speak directly to everyone. Whether it's the popular 4/4 beat to clap along to in our part of the world or driving off-beats: movement becomes sound that invites discovery. Using barrels, sticks and our own bodies, we playfully and curiously create worlds of sound and invite everyone to follow us on this journey. The [...]
Ahoy! The Ulm boat is available to young passengers at the International Danube Festival on both weekends and on Thursday. Anyone who’s always wanted to take a boat trip on the Danube can come aboard at the Ulm quay. Tickets are sold at the Metzgerturm information stand half an hour before departure. Tickets are only available for the current […]
For adults, with Ukrainian craft artist Tetiana Romanova: hand-painting on wood – hand-painted pendants – decorations for the Christmas tree, Easter wreath or other occasions. The Schaukunstbühne stage on the Neuulm side, the open-air art stage offers children and adults the chance to watch the artists at work and get creative themselves. Except on Sundays and the opening day, workshops for […] take place here daily at 6.00 pm
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. Every Saturday and Sunday, starting at the tent entrance.
Storytelling with Tine Mehls Tine Mehls tells stories for young and old
What began as a spontaneous idea in 2005 is now a lively ensemble with its roots in the St. Georgs Chorknaben Ulm. The Maulhelden charmingly combine a cappella sounds from the 1920s with modern influences and a pinch of German songs. Whether at celebrations, special occasions or in Ulm's cultural scene - they inspire with their singing, humour and audible [...]
Teatro International & Friends perform on the red benches on the banks of the Danube in Friedrichsau, Ulm. Experience diverse culture on a walk along the river. Look forward to interesting cultural flow moments on two summer evenings: Theatre, literature, dance, stories, music, singing .... Participants: Ensemble Teatro International, Andreas Hauser, Daniel Kern, Elvira Lauscher, Ines Meißner, Diana Radovan, Sarah Schurr, Maria [...]
create their own pieces under the expert guidance of Ukrainian craftsman Mykhailo Tkach The open-air art stage on the Neuulm side, the open-air art stage offers children and adults the chance to watch the artists at work and get creative themselves. Except on Sundays and the opening day, workshops for adults take place here daily at 6.00 pm. Participation in the […]
Literature of Resistance by IVANA SAJKO With Ivana Sajko and Alida Bremer Read by: Emma Lotta Wegner The radio play by Ivana Sajko „Songplay (A Second for the Weasels)“ can be heard here: https://www.hoerspielundfeature.de/hoerspiel-songplay-100.html As one of the most distinctive literary voices of Croatia and the Western Balkans, the Donaufest presents the writer, playwright and performer Ivana Sajko [...].
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the expulsion of the Germans from Hungary. To mark the occasion, the Hungarian-German play „Bündeltanz“ will be presented at the International Danube Festival at Ulm Theatre. The highlight of the state measures against the Hungarian Germans was their expulsion ordered by the Hungarian government. Officially, the expulsion began on 19 January 1946 [...]
ELBA stands for modern Ukrainian music full of joie de vivre and expressiveness. Having made a name for themselves on „The Voice of Germany“, frontwomen Olena, Solomiia and Daria wowed the jury and audience alike - both in Germany and in their home country. Founded in Hamburg in 2023 by musicians who had to leave their homeland due to the war, ELBA combines folk, rock and rap [...]
