Liedstadt Opening Day Hamburg

To kick off Liedstadt Hamburg, our artists will travel across the city, giving over 60 mini-concerts between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. at public venues throughout Hamburg. The program offers a taste of the upcoming festival: Songs and poetry explore emotional depths in various ways and set the mood for the two weeks of the festival—ranging from classical and folk music to pop, musicals, and cabaret, from Wilhelmsburg to Hamburg-Mitte and the Kiez, all the way to Blankenese and Rissen. 

Among other things, the audience can look forward tosing-along concerts inPlanten un Blomen with the festival directors: star tenor Julian Prégardien and cultural manager Kian Jazdi, classical songswith baritone Samuel Hasselhorn and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz at the Atlantic Hotel,sophisticated jazzby singer Cansu Arat and guitarist Lucas Brum at the TurTur Bar, choral performancesby members of the NDR Vocal Ensemble at the Dialoghaus Hamburg,piano improvisations bypianist Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg at the Komponistenquartier,songs bysinger-songwriter Bryan Benner at the Zuhör-Kiosk Bramfeld,and much more. All concerts arefree—juststop by and listen! 

The Liedstadt Opening is sure to come to a location near you! Here’s an overview of all the venues: 

Wilhelmsburg / Elbinselquartier
TurTur Bar (1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.)
Honigfabrik (12 p.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m.)

Hamburg-Mitte / St. Georg / Eimsbüttel / Neustadt / St. Pauli
Dialoghaus Hamburg (1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.)
Bechstein Centrum (3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m.)
Hotel Atlantic (11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m.)
GEDOK Art Forum (11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m.)
LUMAS Gallery (12, 13, 14, 16, 17 Uhr)
Komponistenquartier (11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.)
Der Bocksbeutel (1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, and 5:00 p.m.)
Planten und Blomen (11 a.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m.)
HADLEY’s (1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, and 5:00 p.m.)
K-OZ Gallery (2:00, 3:00, 4:00 p.m.)

Western Hamburg / Blankenese / Rissen
Ernst Barlach House in Jenischpark (4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.)
A Short Break by the Elbe (1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.)
Blankenese Market Hall (12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.)
Hanna Reemtsma House Foundation (11 a.m.)

Bramfeld
Listening Kiosk at the Bramfeld Gallery (12 p.m., 1 p.m.)

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More information about the event is available here.

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Liedstadt Hamburg 2026 is sponsored by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media, the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS, the Claussen-Simon Foundation, and the Hamburg Cultural Foundation.