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International Summer Festival 2020

Dear guests,

the good news is: The Summer Festival 2020 will take place — as a special edition built on three secure key elements. These are a somewhat reduced indoor program, a big program outside in the garden, and performances off Kampnagel in the city of Hamburg and in the World Wide Web. The full program has been online since 14 July, further updates are not impossible.

That's because this year everything is different. In March, we had to discard an almost completely finished program with international and national premieres of many non-European artists. All over a sudden we found ourselves in aseptic home offices, trying to develop a vision and a plan, always “on sight” with virologist’s podcasts in our ears, dealing with various future foresights and new contacts at the public health department. Meanwhile, other summer festivals were moved to the Internet or cancelled at all. Supported by Hamburg Senator for Culture Mr. Carsten Brosda, we kept on developing new plans and security concepts.

As a result, we are reducing capacities in the halls to place our audience at a safe distance — whilst presenting an international program with some world premieres and award-winning shows, that points towards the future of live art. To avoid few people sitting on single seats, we encourage you to buy multiple tickets in one ordering process — for people with whom you want to and are allowed to sit together (at the moment a maximum of ten people is granted).

This time, also our Festival Avant-Garden will have a security concept. Capacities are also reduced, while the program is extended: On all days of the festival, there will be outdoor installations and performances as well as music, literature and Las Vegas shows on three stages — a total of over 50 contributions to summer happiness. Since capacities are generally limited even in the open air program, there will be tickets on sale for the garden at a symbolic price of 3 euros. People who have tickets for performances in the halls on the same day will still be able to enter the festival garden free of charge if there is sufficient capacity.

Outside Kampnagel, there will be performances in the city and on the internet, the latter mainly with antidotes for the zoom-fatigue and streaming overdose: elaborate productions for the digital space that are smart and entertaining, require a ticket to participate, and proof that online theater does not primarily cause the desire for theater offline.

OK, as of mid July, all this is on safe ground. Instead of an extensive program booklet, there is a short program flyer available. And we will update and inform you in advance about unexpected and practical aspects of your feel-good stay with us, our newsletter keeps you updated best. SARS-CoV-2 will still be a topic for a while — and with this special edition of the Summer Festival we try to show a perspective on how theater can be possible under pandemic conditions. Our finger stays on the pulse of the present and our gaze is directed towards the future. Therefore, the program’s content is also shaped by the current situation. Plays about isolation, pandemics, evil or the end of the world react to the present in terms of content; and with three very high-profile “Pandemic Talks”, we expand the perspectives on the new ground of facts.

We look forward to you and the summer!

The Best optimistic wishes,

András Siebold & Team

Dance

Theatre & Performance

Music

Theory

Festival Avant Garden & Piazza


Music / Visual Arts

Festival Avant-Garten

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Carsten Meyer, BotBoot


19.08.2020


Music / Visual Arts

Festival Avant-Garten

Douniah, Moon Machine
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Douniah / Thies Mynther, Veit Sprenger, Tobias Euler


23.08.2020

Douniah / Thies Mynther, Veit Sprenger, Tobias Euler


Theatre / Music

Festival Avant-Garten

Bernd Begemann, Manuel Muerte, Abed Harsony
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Bernd Begemann & Belinda, Manuel Muerte, Abed Harsony


16.08.2020

Bernd Begemann & Belinda, Manuel Muerte, Abed Harsony


Music

Festival Avant-Garten

Ocama
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Fiesta Iberoamericana, Jens Friebe


27.08.2020


Music

Festival Avant-Garten

Christiane Rösinger, Moon Machine
Archive

Christiane Rösinger / Thies Mynther, Veit Sprenger, Tobias Euler


22.08.2020

Christiane Rösinger / Thies Mynther, Veit Sprenger, Tobias Euler


Music

Festival Avant-Garten

KYMAT, Paula Irmschler, Linus Volkmann
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Kymat / Paula Irmschler & Linus Volkmann


26.08.2020


Music

Festival Avant-Garten

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Toffi-Hamburg, Ferdinand Försch


12.08.2020

Toffi-Hamburg, Ferdinand Försch


Music / Theatre

Festival Avant-Garten

Manuel Muerte
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Manuel Muerte, Ferdinand Försch


13.08.2020

Manuel Muerte, Ferdinand Försch


Music / Theatre

Festival Avant-Garten

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Mantis: Safe Space, Jam Session


29.08.2020


Theatre

Festival Avant-Garten

Cointreau on Ice, Larry Macaulay
Archive

Cointreau on Ice, Larry Macaulay


15.08.2020


Music / Theatre

Festival Avant-Garten

Formation**Now, Anja Rützel, Stella Sommer
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Formation**Now, Anja Rützel & Stella Sommer


20.08.2020


Music / Theatre

Festival Avant-Garten

Formation**Now, Our Piece of Punk, Jonny Bauer, Jenz Bumper
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Formation**Now / Jonny Bauer & Jenz Bumper / Barbara Lüdde & Jot Vetter


21.08.2020


Festival Avant-Garten

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Festival für Kinder: Maike Rosa Vogel, DJ Kekse, Manuel Muerte, Dino Paris...


30.08.2020

Festival für Kinder: Maike Rosa Vogel, DJ Kekse, Manuel Muerte, Dino Paris...


Theatre / Music

Festival Avant-Garten

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Cointreau on Ice, Hendrik Otremba & René Huthwelker


14.08.2020

Cointreau on Ice, Hendrik Otremba & René Huthwelker


Music

Festival Avant-Garten

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Oriental Karaoke - Special Edition, Ramy Al-Asheq


28.08.2020


Music

Piazza

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Disloc Radio


20.08. - 29.08.2020


Music

Piazza

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Mune_Ra


19.08.2020


Music

Piazza

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Groovy Schüssel Goes Kampnagel Internationales Sommerfestival


12.08. - 16.08.2020


Theatre / Music

JAJAJA

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Radio Atopia


12.08. - 30.08.2020

Installation & Extras