Bel R! Festival

The Bel R! Festival is a young cultural festival that has grown out of the city’s independent scene and aims to revitalise Rüsselsheim’s city centre with music and art.

Once a year, the festival takes over the Landungsplatz with two stages, as well as the entire city centre, filling it for several days with performances, workshops, theatre, dance, readings and exhibitions.

The programme is based on an open call, inviting applications from emerging artists, bands, as well as established creatives from the region. In this way, Bel R! seeks to provide a platform for the diverse and multifaceted potential of the young arts and cultural scene – true to the motto: “From the independent scene, for the independent scene!”

Experimentation is at the heart of the festival: underground artists, up-and-coming bands, graffiti, art in vacant spaces and pop-up projects are all given a stage. Organised by the cultural association sturmfrei e. V., the Bel R! Festival is committed to providing low-threshold access to culture for everyone – it is free of charge, open to all, and takes place in locations that people encounter in their everyday lives. The festival creates spaces and opportunities, fully tapping into the creative potential of the city and the region.