Vision Partner

KOSMOS Festival

• Festival for society: KOSMOS combines pop culture, art, discourse, and participation, translating the big questions of our time into experiential formats.
• Five pillars:
  • Music
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Art
  • Economy
• Numerous participatory offerings: discussion panels, sports competitions, art installations, dance performances, etc.
• Better city perception: cosmopolitan and creatively visible
• Social cohesion through local initiatives and international networking
• Political education and cultural innovation through new formats

KOSMOS Values

KOSMOS is a statement itself and represents social cohesion.

Value-based positioning

• Positioning in times of polarization

Proximity to target groups and ability to engage in dialogue

• Reaching young people in an old city – diverse, opinionated visitors

Cultural visibility

• No advertising, but credibility in terms of content

Social impact

• Participation, education, sustainability

Network and innovation

• Cooperation with initiatives and cultural creators from the region

Sustainable communication

• Editorial integration, social media, press

KOSMOS Festival 2025

Review

• Three days with over 300 program items on more than 70 stages
• From June 13 to 15, 2025, a total of 115,000 visitors
• 359,000 individual visitors to kosmos-chemnitz.de (May 1 – June 22, 2025)
• 21.2 million views on Instagram & Facebook during the festival period (May 1 – June 22, 2025)
• Extremely high engagement rate on Instagram at 19.39%

More than 100 acts annually, including:

Juli · Silbermond · Deine Freunde · Boys Noize · Aaron · Ritter Lean · Paula Engels · Soffie · Blond · Robert Schumann Philharmonie · Culcha Candela · Ikkimel · 102 Boyz · Lena und Linus

More than 150 collaborations annually, including:

• Volkswagen Group
• NINERS Chemnitz GmbH
• Fraunhofer-Institut
• Freie Presse Mediengruppe
• Bertelsmann Stiftung
• Amnesty International Deutschland e.V.
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V.
• Katapult-Magazin gGmbH
• Deutschlandradio
• Greenpeace e.V.
• Deutsch Tschechischer Zukunftsfonds
• GlobalFoundries Management Services LLC & Co. KG
• Staffbase SE

Our VISION PARTNERS 2026:

Become part of KOSMOS 2026 now!

August 29, 2026, Chemnitz city center

Space participation

• Design locations at the festival and fill them with content

Material participation

• Provide materials
• Examples: Mobility through shuttles or sharing services, merch production, etc.

Content participation

• Develop content that is publicly visible
• Examples: Panels, conference contributions, artistic contributions, workshops, etc.

Thematic participation

• Shape topics with cross-genre actions and formats
• Examples: Sustainability, innovation and mobility, social entrepreneurship, etc.

Contact:

team@kosmos-chemnitz.de

partner@chemnitz2025.de