It will start soon: The Reeperbahn Festival will take place in Hamburg from September 17th to 20th, 2025.
From September 17th to 20th, 2025, the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg celebrates its 20th anniversary. Under the motto “Imagine Togenthernness!” St. Pauli transforms into a center for music, culture and international exchange.
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The Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg: All information at a glance
On September 17, the Hamburg Reeperbahn will be the meeting point of the international music scene for four days. As a Europe’s largest platform for pop culture and music industry, the club festival offers both newcomers: inside and established artists: inside. At the same time, it serves as an interface between the audience, musicians and representatives: inside the industry.
The Reeperbahn Festival not only promises musical highlights and provides young talents, but is also a place for ideas and visions. Under the motto “Imagine Togenthernness!” Expects the festival participants: a curated inside Music and workshop programthat deals with current social, political and cultural developments.
These are this year’s acts
Around 300 artists will be seen in Hamburg, the genres range from alternative to country, heavy metal, indie and pop to soul and reggae.
The confirmed artists include: Among other things, the British indie rock band Everything Everything or Gardens, the Austrian Dreamy Indie Pop Band. Also included: the punk rock quartet Dry Cleaning, the country duo The Bosshoss and the Latin Groove musician Gizmo Varillas. Among the total of 300 acts is for each: n something to discover.
Here is a narrow list of the previously confirmed acts:
- Chloe Moriondo
- Pip Millet
- 49th & Main
- Punchbag
- The K’s
- Lisl
- Blondshell
- Melike Şahin
- Sofie Royer
- The Sherlocks
- 6eurone
- Gordi
- Pastel
- Nemo
- Ivo Martin
- Future husband
- The Jacques
The concerts take place in well -known locations such as the Mojo Club, the Docklands or the Elbphilharmonie. Exceptional locations, such as churches or former factory halls, are also converted for the period. More information about the line-up and the times you can here look.
Networking and further education at the Reeperbahn conferences
The Reeperbahn Festival sees itself not only as a music festival, but also as a central platform for the exchange within the creative and music industry. The Specialist program includes numerous conferences, panels, workshops and networking events that illuminate current trends, developments and challenges of the industry.
The Re: publica Hamburg From the 18th to September 19th, topics such as technology, culture and politics are devoted to. The speakers include: Anna Dushime, author and moderator, who will talk to actor and comedian Xhem about love and dating.
The Afro Futuristic Convention X Reeperbahn Festival On September 19, votes from Africa and the diaspora presented about topics such as empowerment, technology and culture. The speakers include: Onejiru Arfmann, founder of Future Female Africa, which will highlight the importance of creativity and cooperation for global change in her keynote “Future Frequencies”.
The two -day conference Sustain! focuses on sustainability, innovation and social change. It offers a platform for discussions and workshops on current challenges and solutions in various areas.
In addition to these cooperation conferences, the Reeperbahn Festival also offers an extensive networking program that gives specialists from the music industry the opportunity to establish contacts, to discuss new technologies and to exchange business ideas. There is also a diverse one Offer of readings and exhibitions. Here, too, the motto “Imagine Togentherness” is in the foreground: visibility, power relationships and the right to be heard – for example in articles by Kübra Gümüşay, Canberk Köktürk and Rike van Kleef.
Award
As part of the festival, two prizes are also awarded every year: the Anchor Award for International Newcomers: Inside and the Music Moves Europe (MME) Award for European Talents.
The jury of the Anchor Awards 2025 consists, for example, the music producer Bazzazian and the singer Max Giesinger, who evaluate and choose the nominated Kässy, Milan Ring and Strongboi, among other things. At MME Award, an international jury, including Jess Iszatt (BBC Introducing), Filip Košálek (Colors of Ostrava), Annika Walsh (Spotify) and singer Zaho de Sagazan, decides on the winners: Inside.
Both prices promote aspiring artists: inside with financial means and are traditionally awarded on the last day of the festival.
Tickets and entrances
Tickets for this year’s festival are still available and can be directly over the official online shop be acquired. The prices start at 59 euros for a Day ticketa 4-day passport For the complete festival days, 159 euros cost. But there is also discounted tickets for two or three days.
Important to note: The ticket alone does not justify admission to the event locations. It must be exchanged for a Wristband in the Festival Village on site, which enables access to events.
If you want to take part in one of the conferences and readings, you have to have a separate Event ticket acquire.
Approach
The Reeperbahn Festival takes place centrally in St. Pauli and is very easy to reach by public transport. The Reeperbahn S-Bahn station is located directly on the festival tourism hotspot and is operated by lines S1 and S3. In addition, several bus lines (including 112, 36, 25) and the U3 subway line drive to the immediate vicinity of the festival site.
For visitors: Inside by car, parking garages in the area, such as Parkhaus Reeperbahn or Q-Park Millerntor, are available, but the use of public transport is recommended due to limited capacities. Bicycles can also be parked in several places around the venues.