22 venues at 14 locations: over three weeks in August and September, the "Lausitz Festival" cultural festival will once again bring literature, photography, music and theater to the region in Brandenburg and Saxony.
The motto of the seventh edition is "creaturely". The word made up of creature and creator reflects the transformation of Lusatia following the coal phase-out, explained festival director Daniel Kühnel. "The task of culture is to show different perspectives and new points of view." The challenge is to engage with this.
From 25 August to 13 September 2026, the festival will take place in Cottbus, Finsterwalde, Hoyerswerda, Weißwasser, Görlitz, Bautzen and Zittau, among others. The venues include village churches, small theaters, a historic machine hall and the former hangar of Cottbus military airport. Shakespeare's "Hamlet" will be performed four times where airplanes once stood.
