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Musikfest Bremen 2025

The 36th Musikfest Bremen will take place from 16 August to 6 September 2025. The full Programme will be launched at the same time as tickets go on sale on 13 March. If you buy tickets before 13 April, you can take advantage of our early-bird discount.

A wide variety of music spanning five centuries awaits you in all its thrilling, vibrant and energising glory. Once again, the Musikfest Bremen invites you to immerse yourself in the powerful emotions of the unrivalled live experience – with over 50 events in the Hanseatic city, the seaside town of Bremerhaven and a selection of venues across the northwest.

As is tradition now, the dazzling opening night »Eine große Nachtmusik« (A Great Night Music) kicks off the festival around Bremen’s festively illuminated market square with its UNESCO World Heritage town hall and Roland statue. This packed musical banquet offers 18 concerts in three timeslots at nine venues and includes a diverse range of eras, genres and artists, including Marc Minkowski & Les Musiciens du Louvre, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Cappella Mariana, the Alfredo Rodriguez Quintet and Ida Nielsen & the Funkbots.

Before it all kicks off, The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and star pianist Lang Lang will perform an extra concert under the baton of Daniel Barenboim. Other highlights of the three festival weeks include performances by the ensemble Il Caravaggio & Camille Delaforge, Dhafer Youssef & Band, Kandace Springs & WDR Big Band, Le Concert Spirituel & Hervé Niquet, Lea Desandre & Ensemble Jupiter, Pene Pati & Il Pomo d'Oro and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Anastasia Kobekina. In addition, the Arp-Schnitger-Festival concert series in the northwest (19 to 24 August) and three Musikfest Ateliers, international academy projects for young musicians from all over the world, are also part of the festival again.