• Cinema,  Culture,  Interview

    Transit Film Festival

    A FEW QUESTIONS FOR…CHRISSY GRUNDL FROM TRANSIT FILMFEST! Under the motto HI, HOW ARE YOU?, the Transit Filmfest 2024 will take place in Regensburg’s old town cinemas from November 6 to 13 – a real autumn highlight and a permanent institution in November. This year, the Transit Filmfest celebrates its fifth anniversary! Throughout the year, the Transit team selects the films under the festival management of Chrissy Grundl. She is also the managing director of the Arbeitskreis Film e.V. and…

  • Culture,  Tips

    Chamber Music Festival

    CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL REGENSBURG! ++ September 14 to 22, 2024 ++ A few young musicians prove with the Regensburg Chamber Music Festival how exciting, cool and varied this genre can be! The festival was founded in 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, by violinist Benedikt Wiedmann and pianist Lorenz Kellnhuber. The festival team also includes thoroughbred musicians Christoph Pickelmann and Stefan Shen. For the fifth time, there will be a varied program over nine days in September at various…

  • Culture,  Tips

    Cultural plaster

    CULTURAL PAVEMENT. The most beautiful circus in town! At the 8th Regensburg Kulturpflaster on the last weekend of the summer vacations (September 6 to 8, 2024), international street circus stars will come to Regensburg’s old town. The audience chooses their own program and pays voluntarily – with hat money. On the last weekend of the summer vacations (September 6 to 8, 2024), Regensburg’s old town will be transformed into a large open-air circus. On Neupfarrplatz, four men from Belgium will…

  • City tour,  Culture

    Culture weekend

    A WEEKEND IN REGENSBURG FOR CULTURE FANS! Are you a total culture enthusiast and would like to spend a weekend fully immersed in Regensburg’s cultural scene, whether as a tourist or a local? Then we have a few great tips for you on how to spend a real cultural weekend in Regensburg. Here are our tips for a weekend full of culture in Regensburg: We start on Friday afternoon. We start in Bertoldstraße at the Leerer Beutel. Municipal Gallery in…

  • Cinema,  Culture

    Silent movie week

    SILENT MOVIE WEEK REGENSBURG! The Regensburg Silent Film Week will start again for the 42nd time on August 13, 2024. An absolute must for all those who still appreciate analog film experiences and running projectors! The Regensburg Silent Film Week, a project of the Arbeitskreis Film Regensburg e.V., has been running since 1982. The oldest silent film festival in Germany is a very special experience, as it not only features films, but also live music to atmospherically accompany the films.…

  • Culture,  Excursion

    UNESCO excursions

    BY TRAIN FROM REGENSBURG TO OTHER UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CITIES! Regensburg’s Old Town and Stadtamhof have held the UNESCO World Heritage title since 2006. Not many city centers in Europe have been awarded this title. Reason enough to keep an eye out for other UNESCO cities. We have put together a few cities for you that you can visit from Regensburg within two to eight hours by train. Our six tips for excursions to other UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Bamberg…

  • Art,  Culture

    Light art festival

    RE.LIGHT – THE INTERNATIONAL LIGHT ART FESTIVAL. With the RE.LIGHT International Light Art Festival, Regensburg will become a canvas for international light art for the first time in March 2024. From March 14 to 24, 2024, Regensburg will become a luminous meeting place. The colorful works of light art by 15 national and international light artists can be discovered on a tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Impressive light projections, interactive light installations and immersive light and video shows…

  • Cinema,  Culture

    Short Film Week

    INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM WEEK REGENSBURG! From March 7 to 17, 2024, the 30th International Short Film Week will once again pay homage to the world of short film with classics, workshops and parties. The short film week (“KuFi” to those in the know) has long been an institution, both regionally and internationally, and is a clear highlight in our annual program. A record-breaking 350 short films will be screened in over 50 film programs at this year’s 30th festival edition.…

  • Culture,  Interview

    Jazz Festival

    THE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL SPARKS & VISIONS! Regensburg has had a new international jazz festival since 2023. Sparks & Visions was founded by Anastasia Wolkenstein, who may not yet be a household name to some in Regensburg. Having lived in Regensburg since 2002, she not only represents numerous well-known jazz bands with her agency, but has also been a jury member for the German Jazz Award in recent years. In 2023, she launched her own jazz festival in Regensburg. She…

  • Culture,  Excursion

    Museums Upper Palatinate

    EXCURSION TIP: MUSEUMS IN THE UPPER PALATINATE! Museums are always worth a visit. The museum landscape in Regensburg already offers plenty, for example the House of Bavarian History, which is well worth a visit, the Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, the Städtische Galerie im Leeren Beutel, the Historisches Museum am Dachauplatz, the Naturkundemuseum or small, fine museums such as the Brückturm-Museum. We took a look around to see what other museums you can discover in the area. Perfect for a day out!…

  • Cinema,  Culture

    cinEScultura

    SPANISH FILM AND CULTURE FESTIVAL! cinEScultura Edition XVI. The Spanish film and culture festival cinEScultura is taking place in Regensburg for the 16th time this year. The festival originated in 2008 from a project seminar at the University of Regensburg, which was intended to promote the distribution of Spanish-language films and also served as a practice-oriented project in cultural management. A lot has happened since then and the festival has grown. In addition to films and two coveted film awards,…

  • Culture,  Interview

    Drumweekend

    A FEW QUESTIONS FOR…GERWIN EISENHAUER! The Drumweekend Regensburg. Wikipedia says: <<Gerwin ‘Geff’ Eisenhauer (*1967 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz) is a German jazz musician (drums)>>.He not only has a Wikipedia entry, but also the Culture Prize of the District of Upper Palatinate (2010) and the Culture Prize of the City of Regensburg (2012). In 2016, he received the prestigious “Bremer Jazzpreis” with his trio Elf. Gerwin studied drums at the Drummers Collective in New York City. He passes on his…