The Schmidts Tivoli will be among the first theatres in Hamburg to resume operations on Thursday (July, 2 2020) after the senate passed a law permitting the resumption of cultural events under conditions that adhere to corona-linked restrictions. Carsten Brosda, Senator for Culture and Media, will...

The Elbphilharmonie is offering self guided tours of the concert hall from July 3 to August 9, 2020. Although the Plaza reopened in May, corona has forced the cancellation of both concerts and guided tours of the landmark until now.  

From Plaza to foyers and concert halls

The tour of the...

Music firms and founders in Hamburg and across Europe have until the deadline of July 13, 2020 to apply for the Music WorX accelerator for start-ups. The programme aims to boost the Hanseatic music industry and its innovative ecosystem to solidify Hamburg's position as a leading centre of music. Cre...

IFB Hamburg has launched the EUR 300 million Hamburg Liquidity Loan (Hamburg-Kredit Liquidität) for struggling SMEs, the self-employed as well as associations and non-profit organisations that have run into liquidity problems amid the corona crisis, a press release said Thursday after applications...

Creative professionals and SMEs have until the deadline of June 4, 2020 to submit their applications for Emergency Lab #2 to be held from June 15-19, 2020 with emphasis on digitalisation. The Emergency Lab has been set up by the Cross Innovation Hub, which is part of Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, to...

Love always finds a way - even of bypassing corona rules, which are presently proving an obstacle to large events like wedding ceremonies. Anne Meier, a professional event organizer, runs several branches of her Waterkant company across Hamburg and corona has left all of them vacant for the moment. ...

More than two million viewers tuned into the final episode of VOX TV’s “The Lion’s Den” show for founders on Tuesday (April 21, 2020) when Johannes Bitter and Christian Monzel from the Hamburg Metropolitan Region secured a double deal after pitching their Drinkbetter food supplement to the “lions”...

The Ministry of Culture and Media announced Friday (May 8, 2020) seven scholarships for the visual arts backed by the ZEIT-Stiftung and Gerd Bucerius, according to a press release. The scholarships of EUR 10,000 target professional visual artists. Applicants can apply analogously or online on www...

Game developers, start-ups and companies have until the deadline of May 25, 2020 to apply for Hamburg's prototype funding. An awarding committee consisting of five experts in games development, the Ministry of Culture and Media and gamecity:hamburg will decided on the recipients in June. The award...