Krefeld, Germany
Krefeld's legendary Pappalapapp Poetry Slam pits top-tier slam stars against hungry newcomers, with the audience voting for the winner.
Quichotte blends stand-up, music and freestyle rap into a show that is both light-footed and surprisingly deep - built on an optimism that had to be earned the hard way.
A solo theatre piece based on Irmgard Keun's 1932 novel, following a young Rhineland woman who heads to Berlin in search of fame and finds herself caught between ambition and the harsh realities of Weimar-era Germany.
Three comedians recount their hiking adventures across Germany in a show brimming with humour, music and fascinating observations of nature.
Poetry slam collides with jazz at Südbahnhof in Krefeld: Musenkollektiv's annual Jazz Slam brings together spoken word and live jazz improvisation for one charged evening.
South African singer-songwriter Werner Bekker, with over 3.3 million Spotify streams to his name, brings his 2026 European solo tour to Krefeld for an intimate folk-pop show.