Visual: Yukiko
All dates and information on the network can be found on the heimaten Website.
heimaten means activism, anti-fascism, decolonization, belonging.
heimaten means the defence of spaces, it means creating a new home and insisting that this home has always been shaped by many.
heimaten means that society draws its strength from this plurality, in every federal state, every canton, and every city. That the art, the commitment, the vitality of a society arises from this polyphony. That this necessarily includes criticism and controversy.
From September 2025, the heimaten Festival for Plural Democracy brings together numerous protagonists and initiatives who have committed themselves to this attitude and collectively claim space and visibility in the face of current political developments: from a post-colonial sauna in Hamburg to a transalpine discourse festival in Zurich, from theatre works in Vienna to a day full of talks and music in Chemnitz. Driven by the conviction that belonging is something that is actively and collectively shaped, the decentralized multi-week festival sees itself as the core of the heimaten project. Supported by the heimaten Network, an association of over thirty cultural institutions and civil society initiatives, numerous events take place throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland from September to December 2025.
In times when democratic frameworks are increasingly and severely threatened, the festival sets an example for pluralistic resistance by emphasizing that diversity is not a threat, but a reservoir of strength and resilience.
heimaten Festival for Plural Democracy in:
Berlin, Bremen, Chemnitz, Cologne, Dortmund, Graz, Greifswald, Halle, Hamburg, Hanau, Hanover, Heidelberg, Jena, Munich, Neumünster, Potsdam, Rostock, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Vienna, Zurich
All dates and information on the network can be found on the heimaten Website.
The heimaten Network:
ADEFRA e. V. – Schwarze Frauen in Deutschland, AFROTAK TV cyberNomads, AufBruch – Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg, ausARTen, Berlin Postkolonial, Common Voices Radio, Decolonize Berlin e. V., DialoguePerspectives e. V. & Coalition for Pluralistic Public Discourse, Dietrich-Keuning-Haus, Each One Teach One e. V., fluctoplasma, Forum Stadtpark, globale° – Festival für grenzüberschreitende Literatur, glokal e. V., Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Initiative 19. Februar Hanau, Korea-Verband e. V., Kulturhauptstadt Europas Chemnitz 2025, Kunstwerkstätten Greifswald, MAAYA Berlin, not_your_bubble, RAA Berlin e. V., Rechenzentrum Potsdam, RomaTrial e. V., Schauspielhaus Wien, Sinti Union Schleswig-Holstein e. V., Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Tage der Jüdischen Kultur e. V., Theaterhaus Jena, Theodor Wonja Michael Bibliothek, tuerspion vs. UNIVERSEN Schauspiel Hannover, WERTansich(t)