Cologne, October 8, 2024 – From October 18th to 20th, artists and art forms from a wide range of genres will come together at “Glow Up Cologne” to work together to help shape democracy. The festival combines pop music, classical, indie, street dance and Cologne sounds with various events on important social issues and promises an unforgettable experience.
This year’s acts on October 18th in the Cologne Philharmonic include Brings, the street artists from Urbanatix, and the singers Treesha and Becky Sikasa. The award-winning jazz pianist Florian Weber will also delight the audience. In addition, the regulars will be introduced, who will also offer two workshops at the festival. The evening will be moderated by Yara Hoffmann.
The “Glow Up Cologne” festival was founded by, among others, Oliver Gontram and the pianist Sina Kloke, who performs in the Philharmonie herself. In addition to the concert evening, the festival offers numerous events: workshops, exhibitions, readings, films and discussions on the topic of democracy.
On October 20th, two highly topical and competent discussions will take place in the Kulturkirche in Nippes. First, Marcus Bensmann (CORRECTIV, including Potsdam Research) and Joachim Frank (KStA) talk about the “AfD complex and the danger from the right”. Then throw it Stephan Anpalagan and Burak Yilmaz take a look at ithow racism is changing our society – and what we can do about it.
In addition, the festival invites you to special tours of the Museum Ludwig on October 18th and 19th, which will shed light on the relationship between art and democracy under the title “Art Chats”. These tours tie in with the European project “Art in Democracy” and offer exciting insights into selected works of art.
“We are very happy to support this initiative because it combines music and culture with the important topic of democracy,” emphasizes product manager Sebastian Lenninghausen from the Gaffel private brewery.
Tickets and further information about the festival program are available on the Glow Up Cologne homepage: glowup-cologne.de
