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FESTIVAL TRAILER 2025

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Join us in looking back on 20 summer evenings filled with theatre, music and joyful encounters.!

ASPHALT FESTIVAL 2025

We say THANK YOU …

… for inspiring artistic works, applause and standing ovations, 7,500 festival guests, intelligent debates and intense discussions. The 13th asphalt Festival from 8 to 27 July 2025 has come to a successful end. We are already looking forward to the next edition from 14 July to 2 August 2026!

Selbstportrait zwischen Steppe und Wald

Solo by Alexej Lochmann

Selbstportrait zwischen Steppe und Wald

Solo by Alexej Lochmann

Guest performance from the Deutsches Theater Berlin

Muito Kaballa

Afrobeat / Funk / Jazz

Muito Kaballa

Afrobeat / Funk / Jazz

Cologne

Omer Moskovich

Alternative Pop

Omer Moskovich

Alternative Pop

Tel Aviv

Sofia und Juri Andruchowytsch

Writing in times of war – an exchange of ideas

Sofia und Juri Andruchowytsch

Writing in times of war – an exchange of ideas

Ukraine

Demokratie plus X – Die Show

A form of government review by Annette Frier and Peter Trabner

Demokratie plus X – Die Show

A form of government review by Annette Frier and Peter Trabner

NRW

Ich bin Bulgare?!

Solo by and with Vidina Popov

Ich bin Bulgare?!

Solo by and with Vidina Popov

Vienna / Berlin

Vehicle/Passenger

Spoken Word & New Jazz

Vehicle/Passenger

Spoken Word & New Jazz

New York / Amsterdam / Cologne

Decazeville – Der Berg, der brennt

Performance by Nina Gazaniol Vérité

Decazeville – Der Berg, der brennt

Performance by Nina Gazaniol Vérité

France

Maik Krahl

Jazz

Maik Krahl

Jazz

Cologne

Nico Brandenburg Quartett

Jazz

Nico Brandenburg Quartett

Jazz

NRW

A Doll’s House

Immersive play by Fix+Foxy

A Doll’s House

Immersive play by Fix+Foxy

Copenhagen

Weeland

Retro-Soul

Weeland

Retro-Soul

Berlin / Ulm

Vox Sambou

Afrobeat / Caribbean Hip-Hop

Vox Sambou

Afrobeat / Caribbean Hip-Hop

Haiti

Blind Runner

Chamber play by Amir Reza Koohestani / Mehr Theatre Group

Blind Runner

Chamber play by Amir Reza Koohestani / Mehr Theatre Group

Paris / Tehran

Festival opening

Festival speech by Amir Reza Koohestani and music by Desmadre Orkesta

Festival opening

Festival speech by Amir Reza Koohestani and music by Desmadre Orkesta

Stadtklaviere

Music in public spaces

Stadtklaviere

Music in public spaces

Heimat, Fußball, Rockmusik

Cabaret solo by Frank Goosen

Heimat, Fußball, Rockmusik

Cabaret solo by Frank Goosen

NRW

Lehmanns Brothers

Nu-Soul / Funk

Lehmanns Brothers

Nu-Soul / Funk

France

asphalt Festival x THE DORF x Friends

Festival party with DJ Daniel Wang and DJ Robin Mario

asphalt Festival x THE DORF x Friends

Festival party with DJ Daniel Wang and DJ Robin Mario

War Diaries

Theatrical documentary by and with Uri Fahndrich & Nadia Migdal

War Diaries

Theatrical documentary by and with Uri Fahndrich & Nadia Migdal

Israel / Germany

Jesper Munk

Singer-Songwriter-Blues

Jesper Munk

Singer-Songwriter-Blues

Berlin

Tango del Sur

Tango Nuevo

Tango del Sur

Tango Nuevo

NRW

One Song

Concert performance by Miet Warlop & NTGent

One Song

Concert performance by Miet Warlop & NTGent

Belgium

Ophelia’s Got Talent

Florentina Holzinger

Ophelia’s Got Talent

Florentina Holzinger

asphalt Coproduction

Artist Talk: Florentina Holzinger

The 'Artist of the Year 2024' in conversation

Artist Talk: Florentina Holzinger

The 'Artist of the Year 2024' in conversation

Sorvina

Neo-Soul / Hip-Hop

Sorvina

Neo-Soul / Hip-Hop

New York / Berlin

Goldstück

Theaterkollektiv Pièrre.Vers

Goldstück

Theaterkollektiv Pièrre.Vers

Text by Verena Güntner / asphalt co-production / Düsseldorf

FESTIVAL IMPRESSIONS

Because it was so wonderful . . .

A small photo retrospective of asphalt 2025. The complete festival documentation and even more photos from in front of, behind and on stage can be found at projektorat.net