52. OPEN OHR Festival
Open Ohr 2026: 70 acts, 22 May 2026 – 25 May 2026, Mainz. Line-up, timetable and a plan with your crew – free, no ads.
Line-up
- Henrik Freischlader
- Les Vulves Assassines
- Annie Taylor
- Sorvina
- KAYLA SHYX
- Power Plush
- Goblyns
- Maria Iskariot
- ALENNA ROSE
- Rathmann
- Blush Always
- Sonic Interventions
- Nein Danke
- 50 Jahre Ruhestand? Das Geschenk der Langlebigkeit
- Abdul Kader Chahin
- all*ein(s) sein
- Alle gegen alle – Warum unser Wirtschaftssystem Verbundenheit erschwert
- Ana Lucía & Florentine Osche
- Analoge Festivalplattform Die OPEN OHR Postkarte
- Bird
- Bitte Lächeln!
- Brett trifft Ohr – Gesellschaftsspiele für alle
- Comedy-Mix-Show
- das Wetter zuhause. ein Wohnzimmerballet
- Der Alleinstein
- Der Sketchomat (dann & wann)
- Diagnose Einsamkeit?
- Die Zitadelle von unten
- Drag Show (dann & wann)
- Einsamkeit ist kein Zufall
- Einsamkeit Made in Germany?
- Einsamkeiten
- ELLI – Seelenlose Seelsorge
- Festivalreflexion
- Future Husband
- FÄLLT AUS: Teeya Lamée
- Gebaute Einsamkeit
- Gem(einsam) – Einsamkeit „entpacken"
- Gemeinsam statt einsam durch die Nacht
- Geschichten gegen Einsamkeit – Interaktives Erzählen
- Jens Neutag
- Kakadu Kneipenchor – Mitsingen!
- Kartonwand
- Kerosin95
- Kikis kleiner Lieferservice
- Lachyoga
- Me, Myself und Ehrenamt
- Memoiren einer Schnecke
- Menschen am Sonntag
- Moondoggy
- Moonlight
- Murmeln im Kopf
- Najima bedeutet Stern
- Newcomer Stage
- Ohrgeflüster
- Open Stage
- Pandemie der Alleinsamkeit
- Shorts on Wheels
- Speed Friending
- Sprache und Raum
- Stadthistorisches Museum
- Systemisches Konsensieren
- tinie creatures feat. Hossein Kashef
- Unter Bäumen
- vaffangiulio
- Von „always on" zu „always alone"?
- Wie wollen wir leben?
- Zeppelin oben rechts
- Zwischen sozialer Isolation und antidemokratischen Tendenzen
- Überall und nirgendwo so richtig
By day the Citadel argues over a theme of the year; in the evening grandparents and grandchildren dance on the main meadow.
- Festival in a fortress
- Children’s programme every day
- Wristband doubles as a travel ticket
Open Ohr isn’t a concert festival with a side programme but a political festival with bands. Every year a volunteer project group picks a contested theme – democracy in 2025, loneliness in 2026 – and builds panels, workshops, a theatre tent, the film cellar and cabaret around it. Talks and quiet concerts happen on the fortress wall, and people dance in the Drusus, a semicircle like an amphitheatre. Nobody makes a profit here; the festival is carried by the City of Mainz and volunteers.
The crowd is mixed like few others: teenagers, families with barefoot children and regulars who have been coming at Whitsun for decades and run into old friends here. The mood is relaxed, and you camp right in the city, on a green space next to the fortress.
At a glance
- Beyond the concerts — A world of its own · 3 of 3
- Panels, workshops, theatre tent, film cellar, cabaret, children’s programme. As of 2026
- Ticket budget — Low · 1 of 5
- Regular 2026 four-day pass in advance sale. 2026 · 4 festival days · Camping booked separately As of 2026
Check first
- At the campsite, loud music is off-limits from 10 pm to 8 am, and there’s no power there – pack power banks. Spirits aren’t allowed on site, nor are dogs or bikes, and day tickets are only sold at the box office, without camping and without local public transport.
Right for you
- For crews who’d happily stumble into a debate between two concerts and don’t mind children and grandparents on the dance meadow. And for anyone who wants four days of festival with camping on a small budget.
What is FIPS?
Open Ohr: 70 acts, 22 May 2026 – 25 May 2026, Mainz.
Before
One of you starts. The others join via link. Everyone marks their acts, FIPS shows who you'll see together. Travel, tasks, costs: one place instead of three chats. Save the festival and FIPS lets you know when new bands are added.
- News on new bands
- Line-up & timetable
- Listen in
- Mark acts
- Who you'll see together
- Travel
- Packing
- Tasks
- Costs
- Polls
On site
Split up and find each other again. Different stages, one meeting point. Your day and your crew's at a glance, even offline.
- Your day
- Works offline
- Meeting points
- Crew plans
- Camp events
- Ideas
After
Same again next year. Settle up, look back, keep ideas for next time.
- Settle up
- Look back
- Ideas for next year
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