Hanover kicks off the Year of Culture 2025

The city of Hanover is starting the cultural year 2025 full of energy. Hannover wants to showcase cultural diversity with a new cultural brand and a full program.

“With the launch of the Hannover City of Culture brand, we are taking the next step after the application for the title of European Capital of Culture 2025 and the subsequent cultural development plan. We confidently show what Hannover has to offer as a city of culture. The brand brings visibility beyond the city limits of Hanover and conveys a common idea under which the cultural scene networks and the economy is also on board. The concentrated power of culture is able to unite and thus strengthen cohesion in our society,” said Lord Mayor Belit Onay, summarizing the core of the brand.

“The launch of the Hannover City of Culture brand also marks the start of a cultural year 2025 that will ensure a packed cultural calendar with many highlights and anniversaries and showcase the full diversity of Hannover’s cultural landscape,” announced Eva Bender, Head of Education and Culture. “The jubilee program for the 10th anniversary of the UNESCO City of Music, the major blockbuster exhibition celebrating 25 years of the Niki de Saint Phalle donation and 350 years of the Herrenhausen Gardens are just a few examples.”

Culture and business went hand in hand in the development of the brand. The brand committee comprised players from various sectors, including members of the independent scene, major cultural institutions, state institutions and the private sector.

The Hannover City of Culture brand will be alive and visible in Hannover and throughout Germany. Whether at the Small Festival in the Great Garden or the KunstFestSpiele, the Night of the Museums or Zinnober, festivals such as the Tanzoffensive or Klatschmohn, anniversaries such as 10 years of UNESCO City of Music or the Kirchentag.

You can find out more about the brand here.

Highlights from the cultural year 2025 in Hanover

• 10 years UNESCO City of Music: various music events throughout the year – Villa Seligmann will host a concert and house tour on July 3rd. More information coming soon.
• 350 years of the Great Garden and 700 years of garden culture
• Blockbuster exhibition at the Sprengel Museum: 25 years of the Niki de Saint Phalle donation (September 6, 2025 to January 25, 2026)
• Protestant Church Congress in Hanover (April 30 to May 4, 2025)
• Move your town – Organization of the World Dance Day in Hanover (April 29, 2025)
• Public Domain – 1,000 voices on the Opera Square to mark 10 years of UNESCO