Regensburg starts the new year with a firework display of culture. When the days are shorter and the nights are colder in the UNESCO World Heritage city, the hottest time for art, music and film begins here. From November 2025 to April 2026, Kulturkick Regensburg brings together the most exciting festivals and offers a journey through light, sound, movement and emotion - a panorama of creative energy that lights up the winter.

INFINITY - Infinity as an experience
A church space becomes a universe. With INFINITY, the Zurich-based artist collective PROJEKTIL presents a world premiere in the Minorite Church that envelops all the senses. Between baroque architecture and digital visual art, Bach's music, light and space merge to create an immersive experience. In the Inspiration variant, the voice of philosopher Alan Watts accompanies you through thoughts about eternity and transience, while Contemplation invites you to quiet contemplation. A moment that dissolves time and space.
November 28, 2025 to February 1, 2026

Infinity in the Minorite Church © Uwe Moosburger

Sparks & Visions - Jazz in its most beautiful form
Three days, eight bands, twelve countries - Sparks & Visions brings international jazz life to Theater Regensburg. Where improvisation meets intuition, the magic that makes jazz an adventure is created. This is where timbres, cultures and characters meet and merge into spontaneous dialogues and courageous new creations. A festival that shows how lively, boundless and human music can be.
January 23 to 25, 2026

FACT/FAKE - The Festival of Photographic Images
Who can we trust - our eyes or the image? The major exhibition FACT/FAKE at the Städtische Galerie im Leeren Beutel is dedicated to the question of truth and construction in the age of digital images. International artists, alumni of the Ostkreuzschule Berlin and a photo book show to mark the 50th anniversary of the German Photo Book Prize explore the nature of photographic reality. A clever look at the future of our perception.
November 20, 2025 to February 1, 2026

Andrea Grützner, Dresden © Andrea Grützner

DRUMWEEKEND - The big drum festival
When rhythm meets passion, Regensburg shakes. DRUMWEEKEND 2026 brings together international drummers, workshops and concerts - a weekend full of energy, technique and the joy of playing. This is where the precise meets the spontaneous, the craft meets pure emotion.
February 6 to 8, 2026

RE.LIGHT © Bilddokumentation Stadt Regensburg, Stefan Effenhauser

Regensburg becomes both stage and canvas. At the RE.LIGHT International Lightart Festival, international artists transform the old town into a shimmering labyrinth of projections, colors and reflections. Streets, squares and façades tell of transience and poetry in a new light.
March 12 to 22, 2026

International Short Film Week - Small films, big impact
For over 30 years, it has been the heart of independent film: the Regensburg International Short Film Week presents hundreds of films from all over the world - from fiction to animation, from avant-garde to documentary. Competitions, workshops, children's programs and the legendary Zündfunk party make it a fixture on the European film scene.
March 5 to 15, 2026

Eternal chants - the Domspatzen for Holy Week
Tradition, spirituality and sound culture: the Regensburger Domspatzen celebrate Holy Week and Easter in St. Peter's Cathedral with an extraordinary program of sacred music. Their 1050th anniversary reverberates - in voices that connect the past and present.
March 19 to April 5, 2026

cinEScultura - Spanish cinema between continents
The Spanish-German film and culture festival cinEScultura celebrates its 19th anniversary in 2026. Between Latin American debuts, Iberian classics and young perspectives, the festival shows how vibrant and borderless culture can be. A film festival that builds bridges - between languages, worlds and people.
April 22 to 26, 2026

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