Festivalcentre

The history of the Pa­vil­lon Cul­tu­ral Centre be­gan with the idea of crea­ting a self-ma­na­ged house for cul­ture, so­cial af­fairs and po­li­tics.
In 1976, the ci­ti­zens’ in­itia­tive Rasch­platz e. V. was foun­ded and won the use of a va­cant de­part­ment stores’ in 1977. The BI is still the spon­sor of the Pa­vil­lon cul­tu­ral centre to­day.
The Pa­vil­lon de­ve­lo­ped into one of the lar­gest cul­tu­ral in­sti­tu­ti­ons in the city and is one of the ol­dest so­cio-cul­tu­ral cen­tres in Ger­many.
Se­ve­ral ma­jor re­no­va­tions of the buil­ding were ne­ces­sary to ac­com­mo­date the gro­wing cul­tu­ral ope­ra­ti­ons.
The core re­no­va­tion in 2013 made it pos­si­ble to play the Great Hall, the Small Hall and the two theatre stages si­mul­ta­neously. In ad­di­tion, two group rooms and a large foyer are available.