When does the 12th Gilchinger Art and Culture Week take place?

The 12th Gilchinger Art and Culture Week takes place from October 9 to 25, 2026, throughout the municipality of Gilching.

What events are included in the program?

The program includes concerts, theater, readings, exhibitions, workshops, light art, and participatory offers for children, teenagers, and adults.

Is admission to the Art and Culture Week free?

The culture week is held as a free festival. Individual events may have different admission prices; the respective program information is decisive.

Is there a family program?

Yes. The program includes the children and youth participatory exhibition as well as the children's and youth culture day on October 25, 2026.

Where does the Art and Culture Week take place?

The events take place at numerous venues in the municipality of Gilching, including the town hall, Wersonhaus, the SchichtWerk museum, the municipal library, and other cultural venues.

When does The Museum Shines take place?

The Museum Shines can be experienced from October 16 to 18, 2026, at Wersonhaus. The light, image, and sound installations will run between 7:30 PM and 10:00 PM in regular intervals.

Art and Culture Week 2026 Gilching

Name: 12th Gilchinger Art and Culture Week
Start: 2026-10-09
End: 2026-10-25T23:59:00+01:00
Location: Gemeindegebiet Gilching

Together.WORK: Gilching becomes a stage for art and culture

From October 9 to 25, 2026, Gilching will transform into a versatile meeting point for art, music, theater, literature, and encounters. Under the motto "Together.WORK", the municipality of Gilching invites everyone, in collaboration with local cultural creators, to a multi-day cultural festival for all generations.

A festival that makes diversity visible

The 12th Gilchinger Art and Culture Week connects different disciplines and venues throughout the municipality. The lineup includes concerts and theater performances, readings and exhibitions, as well as workshops, participatory offers, and family programs. This creates a decentralized cultural event that connects local initiatives, associations, artists, and the audience together.

Music, theater, and literature at numerous venues

The event kicks off on Friday, October 9, with a concert by the band Gankino Circus presenting the program "The Opposite of Rock’n’Roll". Virtuoso music, quirky stories, and humor come together. Throughout the festival, the audience can expect chamber music, opera, children's theater, readings, contributions from Gilching's traditional associations, and events from the local cultural scene.

Light, history, and joint discovery

A special highlight is "The Museum Shines!" at Wersonhaus. From October 16 to 18, the museum facade will be transformed into a projection surface with light, image, and sound installations. Large-format images from Bavarian and Roman history will be accompanied by music and enriched with interactive elements. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

Creative participatory offers for children and teenagers

Young visitors will also actively shape the culture week. In the children's and youth participatory exhibition, individual works on the theme of solidarity will be connected to form a large community artwork. The exhibition will be on display from October 9 to November 2 in the town hall foyer; the unveiling of the collective artwork will take place on October 25 during the children's and youth culture day.

Festival atmosphere in the municipality

The Art and Culture Week thrives on the transition between concert halls, town hall, museum, library, shops, and other cultural venues. Instead of a single main stage, a spacious festival area is created in the town: visitors move between exhibitions, musical evenings, readings, and open offers. This decentralized festival organization creates short pathways between cultural creators and the audience, strengthening the community feeling on site.

A grown tradition of the Gilchinger cultural scene

The Art and Culture Week takes place annually and is organized by the municipality of Gilching in cooperation with Gilchinger cultural creators. Previous editions have brought together numerous participants, events, and venues. The event thus connects with an established cultural tradition and develops it further with new formats like "Classics & AI - between Tradition and Future".

Conclusion: Experience culture together live

The 12th Gilchinger Art and Culture Week promises a varied multi-day experience with concerts, exhibitions, theater, literature, and creative encounters. Those who want to experience the festival atmosphere of an engaged community and wish to actively participate in culture will find numerous opportunities to discover, marvel, and come together between October 9 and 25.