Felsenkeller Leipzig

In the location's words:

THE FELSENKELLER: landmark, place of memories, dreams and expectations! Long wrapped in a deep sleep, we kiss the old lady awake and breathe new life into her. Now, over the next few months, she will become what she has been for Leipzig for more than a century: a charming companion for unforgettable nights... As a space for cultural encounters, unusual art, great amazement, musical ecstasy - far beyond the very different scenes. Because the Lady Felsenkeller unites all this inside: It offers classical music, wild beats, graceful dance, comical entertainment, glittering vaudeville and much more finally again an adequate home in the so lively Leipzig West! As an operating company founded especially for this purpose, we are using all our years of experience in the field of culture and gastronomy to develop the Felsenkeller into a modern venue with character and history, which not only offers an incomparable setting for every conceivable event, but also the necessary technical, logistical and gastronomic structure. Thus, on the one hand, this beautiful house is to be made available to external event organizers, is to offer the special space for conferences, receptions or company celebrations, but is also to gradually stand for a very special cultural mix from concerts to cabaret and vaudeville to balls and dinner shows. HISTORY The Felsenkeller - built not far from the historic site of the old cold storage cellar of the beer brewer Carl Wilhelm Naumann according to plans by the renowned Leipzig architects Schmidt & Johlige in 1890 - was not only a place of entertainment culture, but was also an important meeting place of the strong labor movement around the turn of the century before last. Liebknecht, Luxemburg, Zetkin, Thälmann - they all spoke in the Felsenkeller. In GDR times, the house remained a cultural center, meeting hall and restaurant. The dance school graduation balls, youth dedications and high school graduation ceremonies were held here. Thus, the Felsenkeller is part of the native identity of at least three generations of Leipzigers. After a brief career as a furniture store, it stood empty for a long time, but is now being gradually renovated and is once again an integral part of Leipzig's cultural life. This content has been machine translated.