Festival Centre
20.8.-20.9.2026
Wunderland

A festival is also a party!

For the last time our festival centre Wunderland will open its doors and invite you to linger, be amazed and come together, spend some unforgettable evenings and join in conversations. Underneath the water tower, between the Pumpenhaus and the Jahrhunderthalle, a place is open where children, young people and adults are welcome to drink, eat and hang out in a variety of formats.

Here’s what you can look forward to at Wunderland this year

Kids & Family Workshops

Ranging from acrobatics to craft projects, the activities at Wunderland create an experimental space for creative youngsters. Kids can have fun and try their hand at crafts under professional guidance, free of charge.

Find out more about our Kids & Family Workshops.

Ruhr Diamonds

On Saturday nights aspiring local musicians take over the stage of the festival centre. On five weekends we will experience the Ruhr region’s full diversity of genres. Between groovy pop punk, rap and trap, there are new sounds to discover at Wunderland – free of charge. This year, the Allerwelt-Ensemble Duisburg together with the Junges Ensemble Ruhr, CATFISH, Favourite Sidewalk Couch, SLABBOY as well as The Destruents will perform in our Wunderland festival centre.

Members of Patina Records take part in an open-air event under the pink wooden structure of the Wunderland festival centre; the audience stands in front watching the show.
© Sabrina Richmann

Spoken Acts

What is moving young people in the Ruhr region? Spoken Acts is our stage for young authors from the Ruhr region. In this format, which combines reading, performance and discourse, they engage in conversation about the matter and form of their work. Get ready for Yohan Holtkamp and Farah Wind, Orliane Yomi and Noah Weber, Jule Weber, Emrys Perera and Maddy Forst.

Visitors at an open-air event sit and stand under the pink wooden structure of the Wunderland festival centre; soap bubbles are visible in the foreground.
© Sabrina Richmann

Down The Rabbit Hole X Cute Community Radio

The Cute Community Radio is a radio station, a community space and a hybrid platform for diasporic and migrant pop culture from Bochum. In our jointly presented party nights Down The Rabbit Hole we invite you to cute club nights where we can dance and celebrate multiple perspectives.

People dance underneath the water tower at Jahrhunderthale Bochum facing a lit installation with the word “WUNDER,” surrounded by pink and blue lighting.
© Sabrina Richmann

Sunday Dancers

Whoever hasn’t danced enough the night before can extend their skills on Sunday mornings with the guidance of dancers and choreographers from our Ruhrtriennale programme. The sessions are aimed at anyone with or without professional dance experience. Book your tickets now.

Several people rehearse contemporary dance in a studio with a red back wall; in the foreground a dancer moves with outstretched arms.
© Volker Beushausen

Cast

  • Technical Project Manager Ruhrtriennale
    • Frank Böhle
  • Technician
    • Boris Aleksandrov,
    • Henning Arend,
    • Cap-Anamur Hai-Au Nguyen,
    • Alma Schraer

Visit

  • Opening hours
  • Directions

    Wunderland
    An der Jahrhunderthalle 1
    44793 Bochum

  • Public transport and Kombi-Ticket
  • Directions
  • Travelling by bike
  • Railway works: Important information on travelling to and from your destination
  • A large white sphere with the inscription ‘Wunderland’ and an arrow points the way to the Ruhrtriennale festival centre, past the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum.
    Dates and Tickets
    August
    Thu 20.8.2026
    • 6.30 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland

    Fri 21.8.2026
    • 6 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland

    Sat 22.8.2026
    • 3 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland

    Sun 23.8.2026
    • 12 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland

    Tue 25.8.2026
    • 6.30 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland

    Wed 26.8.2026
    • 6.30 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland

    Thu 27.8.2026
    • 6.30 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland

    Fri 28.8.2026
    • 6 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland

    Sat 29.8.2026
    • 3 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland

    Sun 30.8.2026
    • 12 pm Festival Centre Wunderland

      Wunderland