Bunker Ulmenwall

In the location's words:

"These Walls Are Soaked with Music!".

This statement was made by the American alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe. He was trying to describe the flair that prevails during a bunker concert.
This very special basement atmosphere, the intimate setting between artists and audience, the selection of the program - all this offers a forum for cultural exchange. A laboratory for new ideas. A stage for events that are often neglected in the commercial business.

The concept in the Ulmenwall bunker thrives in the smallest of spaces.
Built in 1938 as a medical bunker at the foot of Bielefeld's Sparrenberg hill, the bunker offers just 200 square meters of publicly accessible space; narrow corridors and openings turn the cellar into an angular course.
A maximum of 199 visitors surround a stage of barely 20 square meters on three sides, which is played at eye level to the audience - a hot spot for jazz lovers, artists and writers, often referred to as the "toaster" by the artists.