Current events

Just in time for the summer holidays, the Frankfurt (Oder) City and Regional Library is turning the school holidays into a reading adventure: as well as exclusive reading material and prizes, a special first is in store for participants this year: the first Frankfurt Class Cup.

Open-air cinema, open-air exhibitions, sporting events, family festivals, light installations, performances and, above all, music: The 2026 Cultural Summer is set to really bring the house down in the twin cities of Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice – and admission to all events is free.

During the holiday period, the vetting and registration process for apprenticeship contracts is in full swing at Brandenburg’s three Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK). The Brandenburg apprenticeship market offers school leavers a wide range of training opportunities to get their careers off to a good start. The Brandenburg IHKs have compiled a list of apprenticeship places, companies offering work experience placements and holiday jobs, as well as a wide range of advisory services, events and application tips.

With the group exhibition ‘herzwärts wild’, which builds on the successful project of the same name from 2022–2025, the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art (BLMK) in Frankfurt (Oder) invites visitors to rediscover the turbulent years of upheaval in the 1980s and 1990s from a unique perspective. The focus is on works by female artists from the GDR and the People’s Republic of Poland, whose works powerfully convey stories of social change, personal self-assertion and artistic freedom. 

The ‘Klassik ohne Grenzen’ open-air summer festival has long since become a fixture in the events calendar of the twin cities of Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice. Held in the open air and with free admission, the festival offers a total of nine concerts over five weekends from 2 to 29 August.

The sustainable use of regional resources is becoming increasingly important for climate protection, security of supply and value creation. At the same time, forest conversion and landscape management face massive challenges posed by climate change. The 22nd Brandenburg Energy Wood Day, to be held on 27 August 2026 in Bloischdorf, will address these issues and also explore social aspects during the subsequent excursion to the new Branitz Tree University.

For three years, researchers from the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), together with other partners, have been supporting four organic value-chain networks in Brandenburg, identifying success factors, challenges and future scenarios. On 27 August 2026, from 10 am to 12 noon, the research team will present the findings of the RegBio2B project in a Zoom conference.

On 10 September 2026, the Brandenburg Digital Day meets Wildau Administration Day will take place for the first time at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (TH Wildau). Under the motto ‘Thinking Digitally Together’, Brandenburg Digital Day and Wildau Administration Day are joining forces to create a joint flagship event for local and state authorities in Brandenburg.

The Karl Dedecius Foundation at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), in collaboration with the Ecumenical European Centre Frankfurt (Oder) e. V. and Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (UKSW), to a German-Polish educational and exchange seminar in Warsaw. The study trip will take place from 15 to 20 September 2026 and is themed ‘35 Years of the Neighbourhood Treaty: Memory – Dialogue – Future’.

Annett Louisan is the voice of German-language chanson – and a hugely successful one at that. To date, she has sold well over a million records and inspired, enchanted and deeply touched just as many people with her concerts. Due to popular demand, Annett Louisan is once again inviting her fans to join her on this special journey through time in summer 2026.