Festival Locations

The Erholungshaus. The oldest venue in Leverkusen, a space for culture, opened in 1908 as the cultural center of Bayer AG. Versatile and diverse. Home venue of the stARTfestival. With the opening party. With exclusive programs and guest performances. Another venue in Leverkusen is the Scala in Opladen.

An almost magical place for music. There is hardly a better way to describe the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal than the great pianist Hélène Grimaud. Acoustically one of the best concert halls in Europe, architecturally a magnificent Art Nouveau building on the Johannisberg in Wuppertal. A palace of culture.

Built between 1895 and 1900 and since then inseparably linked to the success story of Bayer AG, which began in Wuppertal-Barmen in 1863 with the founding of the company "Friedr. Bayer et Comp. As a venue, the Stadthalle continues to inspire and enthuse even internationally renowned artists* and orchestras, who are regular guests from all over the world. The Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal: Simply outstanding.

Berlin snout. An institution. Founded in 2003 by the two actors Constanze Behrends and Oliver Tautorat, the Prime Time Theater changed venues several times until it found its home. In Wedding.

For many colleagues* due to the proximity to the Bayer site the second living room. 2012 with the Berlin Bear as Awarded the Audience Prize, the theatre became known beyond the city limits, especially through "Good Wedding, Bad Wedding". The first theatre sitcom in the world. A parody of typical television formats. Hilarious. Typical Berlin.

The “Kupfersaal”. A fixture in Leipzig since 1914. Formerly a bar, also canteen. Always a meeting point. For art. Culture. Literature. With plenty of space for people with different stories. Open. Diverse. Urban. Very classic, a place for everyone. For Bayer Arts & Culture it is a place of experimentation and improvisation.