KunstFestSpiele Tag

We invite families and others to a varied and entertaining Whit Monday with theatre, music, dance, installation and delicious food.

On Monday 20 May from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. we present a wide spectrum for young and old – a compact one-day version of the festival.

We welcome you in the festival centre at the entrance to the Herrenhausen Gardens with coffee, cakes and savouries from Frankfurt’s freitagsküche.

Mon 20.05 / 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Orangerie / Galerie / Großer Garten / Arne Jacobsen Foyer / Festival centre / Maschteich

Tickets 5 euros per event*

* The installations Nzuko – The Gathering and Floating Earth, as well as the talk, can be experienced free of charge. Tickets for the KunstFestspiele Tag include admission to the Großer Garten 2 hours before the start of each event.

The programme

The day begins humorously with The Great I Am Not in the Mood for This Show, a performance for children and adults about seeing and being seen. What happens when you’re suddenly the centre of attention? In STRANGE GARDEN Colette Sadler takes old and young on a journey into a fantastical world.

In the Großer Garten two hip-hop dancers encounter the Romantic music of Franz Schubert in Fantasie minor, by Marco da Silva Ferreira, and show that you can also dance on tiptoe in boots.

In Ukrainian Callings the singer Mariana Sadovska transforms traditional songs and stories from Ukraine into her own specific sound. Feinkost Lampe present the Kurdish musician Ali Doğan Gönültaş, who gives a lively and personal insight into the musical landscape of East Anatolia.

Emeka Ogboh’s installation Nzuko transforms the Arne Jacobsen Foyer into a meeting place, and invites visitors to sit down on cushions and stools and listen to traditional Nigerian choral folksongs.

We also recommend a detour to the gigantic global installation Floating Earth on the Maschteich!

In cooperation with the kestnergesellschaft's art education team, we are offering a children's hands-on program for our young audience from 12:00 to 17:00. Participation is possible at any time!

The performances last between 30 and 60 minutes, and are easy to combine with one another and the installations.

The complete programme on KunstFestSpiele Tag at a glance

11 a.m. – 9 p.m.	freitagsküche Festival centre

11 a.m. – 9 p.m.	Nzuko Emeka Ogboh Arne Jacobsen Foyer

11 a.m. – 11.55 a.m.	The Great I Am Not in the Mood for This Show Artemis / Jetse Batelaan Orangerie (from age 6)

12 a.m. – 5 p.m.	Hands-on programm for childen in cooperation with kestnergesellschaft Festival centre

1 – 1.40 p.m.	STRANGE GARDEN Colette Sadler Orangerie Hinterbühne (from age 6)

2 – 2.40 p.m.	Ukrainian Callings Mariana Sadovska Galerie

2 – 2.30 p.m.	Fantasie minor Marco da Silva Ferreira Großer Garten / lawn next to the viewing terrace (from age 8)

3.15 – 4.10 p.m.	The Great I Am Not in the Mood for This Show Artemis / Jetse Batelaan Orangerie (from age 6)

3.30 – 4.10 p.m.	Ali Doğan Gönültaş Feinkost Lampe concert Großer Garten / Probebühne

4.15 – 4.45 p.m.	Talk on Bernstein's MASS Friederike Westerhaus in conversation with Ingo Metzmacher (in German) Festival centre

5 – 5.40 p.m.	STRANGE GARDEN Colette Sadler Orangerie Hinterbühne (from age 6)

5 – 5.40 p.m.	Ukrainian Callings Mariana Sadovska Galerie

5 – 5.30 p.m.	Fantasie minor Marco da Silva Ferreira Großer Garten / lawn next to the viewing terrace (from age 8)

6.15 – 6.55 p.m.	Ali Doğan Gönültaş Feinkost Lampe concert Großer Garten / Probebühne

at all hours	Floating Earth Luke Jerram Maschteich at Neues Rathaus

For more information, see the detail pages of KunstFestSpiele Tag's individual events and Accessibility.