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ASPHALT FESTIVAL 2025

We proudly present our programme, book your tickets now:

The 13th asphalt Festival in Düsseldorf starts in just a few weeks! Almost 50 events, 20 days, seven venues, an exhilarating festival experience: look forward to theater, dance, concerts, readings, artist talks and parties at the “Summer of the Arts” from July 8 to 27, 2025!

Ich bin Bulgare?!
Solo by and with Vidina Popov
Ich bin Bulgare?!
Solo by and with Vidina Popov
Vienna / Berlin
Weeland
Retro-Soul
Weeland
Retro-Soul
Berlin / Ulm
A Doll’s House
Immersive play by Fix+Foxy
A Doll’s House
Immersive play by Fix+Foxy
Copenhagen
Blind Runner
Chamber play by Amir Reza Koohestani / Mehr Theatre Group
Blind Runner
Chamber play by Amir Reza Koohestani / Mehr Theatre Group
Paris / Tehran
Jesper Munk
Singer-Songwriter-Blues
Jesper Munk
Singer-Songwriter-Blues
Berlin
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
One Song
Concert performance by Miet Warlop & NTGent
One Song
Concert performance by Miet Warlop & NTGent
Belgium
Maik Krahl
Jazz
Cologne
Sorvina
Neo-Soul / Hip-Hop
Sorvina
Neo-Soul / Hip-Hop
New York / Berlin
Omer Moskovich
Alternative Pop
Omer Moskovich
Alternative Pop
Tel Aviv
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
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
Rasha Nahas Trio
Singer-Songwriter-Rock
Rasha Nahas Trio
Singer-Songwriter-Rock
Haifa / Berlin
Vehicle/Passenger
Spoken Word & New Jazz
Vehicle/Passenger
Spoken Word & New Jazz
New York / Amsterdam / Cologne
Muito Kaballa
Afrobeat / Funk / Jazz
Muito Kaballa
Afrobeat / Funk / Jazz
Cologne
Vox Sambou
Afrobeat / Caribbean Hip-Hop
Vox Sambou
Afrobeat / Caribbean Hip-Hop
Haiti
Selbstportrait zwischen Steppe und Wald
Solo by Alexej Lochmann
Guest performance from the Deutsches Theater Berlin
Decazeville – Der Berg, der brennt
Performance by Nina Gazaniol Vérité
Decazeville – Der Berg, der brennt
Performance by Nina Gazaniol Vérité
France
Goldstück
Theaterkollektiv Pièrre.Vers
Goldstück
Theaterkollektiv Pièrre.Vers
Text by Verena Güntner / asphalt co-production / Düsseldorf
War Diaries
Theatrical documentary by and with Uri Fahndrich & Nadia Migdal
War Diaries
Theatrical documentary by and with Uri Fahndrich & Nadia Migdal
Israel / Germany
Ophelia’s Got Talent
Florentina Holzinger
Ophelia’s Got Talent
Florentina Holzinger
asphalt Coproduction
COOPERATION
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus – Architect Bernhard Pfau
Foto © ingenhoven architects / HGEsch

asphalt as a guest at D’haus:

We are delighted that we will be entering into a particularly close relationship with the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus from 2025. For the next few years, the D’haus will let us use its four stages on Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz during the last week of its season! asphalt will present outstanding national and international co-productions, guest performances and concerts at the D’haus during this week.

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