Ruhrtriennale

The Ruhrtriennale is an annual Festival of the Arts in the Ruhr area in late summer. For around a month, artists from all over the world perform in remarkable industrial heritage sites, including former mining and steel industry halls, coking plants and machine houses. These locations become impressive stages for music theatre, theatre, dance, performances, concerts as well as visual arts. The festival focuses on new productions developed specifically for the area's monumental spaces. Music theatre in all its diversity plays a key role, ranging from new forms of opera to innovative music productions. The Ruhrtriennale operates at the intersection of the arts, connecting artistic disciplines on an international level. This creates new aesthetic experiences in extraordinary locations.