When does the second festival day take place?

The second day of the 11th Festival for Free Improvisational Music Karlsruhe takes place on Thursday, November 12, 2026, from 7 PM to 10 PM.

Where does the event take place?

The venue is the Orgelfabrik Durlach at Amthausstraße 17, 76227 Karlsruhe.

Which artists will perform?

The program features the Ensemble Intuitive Music Karlsruhe, In Memory with a live setting of works by Rolf Schindler, The Mellow Rambonettes, and Teufelszeug.

Who organizes the festival?

The organizer is the musician cooperative Forum Free Music Karlsruhe, which focuses on free improvised music beyond conventional genres.

Are there other activities during the festival?

The festival also includes open improvisation sessions, workshops, a children's day, and an exhibition featuring current works by the visual artists of the FFMK.

How is the event accessible by public transport?

Nearby are the stops Durlach Schlossplatz and Durlach Friedrichschule. The tram lines 1 and 8 as well as several bus lines serve these stops.

Festival Free Music 2026 Karlsruhe

Name: 2nd Day 11th Festival for Free Improvisational Music Karlsruhe
Start: 2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-12T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Orgelfabrik Durlach

Free Sounds, Radical Improvisation, and Musical Border Crossings in Durlach

The second day of the 11th Festival for Free Improvisational Music Karlsruhe transforms the Orgelfabrik Durlach on November 12, 2026, into a resonance space for spontaneous ideas, unusual sound colors, and uncompromising musical encounters. From 7 PM to 10 PM, the Forum Free Music Karlsruhe presents a program that makes improvisation as a living art form immediately tangible.

An Evening with Four Independent Sound Worlds

The program begins with the Ensemble Intuitive Music Karlsruhe. Next is In Memory, a live audio setting and improvised engagement with selected works by Rolf Schindler. The video projection and the concept by Dragan Ahmedovic combine visual impulses with freely developed soundscapes.

With The Mellow Rambonettes, Andrea Menden, ARKONAUT 77 alias Arno Koch, markusax, and Wolfgang Menden meet. The evening concludes with Teufelszeug featuring Didi Foth, Dragan Ahmedovic, and Klaus Wallmeier. The line-up brings together local music personalities, free playing styles, and experimental ensemble work.

Festival Atmosphere in the Orgelfabrik Durlach

The historic Orgelfabrik creates the perfect setting for a concert where no sound remains just decorative accompaniment. In the concentrated salad atmosphere, musical dialogues, abrupt breaks, and finely tuned compactions emerge. The audience experiences open-air festival energy here in an intimate indoor situation: close to the main stage, attentive to every sound, and open to the next surprising impulse.

Improvised Music as a Collective Experiment

The Karlsruhe Festival for Improvised Music takes place every two years and is organized by the musician cooperative Forum Free Music Karlsruhe. The event series supported by the cultural office of the city of Karlsruhe is dedicated to free improvised music beyond conventional genres. In addition to concerts, the festival profile includes open sessions, workshops, and an exhibition featuring current works by the visual artists of the FFMK.

The second festival day exemplifies how versatile free improvisation sounds: intuitive, confrontational, humorous, image-related, and always in direct exchange with the space. For connoisseurs of improvised music, the evening offers precisely set artist lineups; for curious visitors, it opens up an immediate access to festival culture.

Conclusion: A Concert Evening without Sound Templates

Those who wish to not only consume music but observe its creation will find an intense multi-day experience on the second festival day within the large festival program. The four formations promise different perspectives on free improvisation and a strong sense of community around the independent Karlsruhe music scene. Experience it live in the Orgelfabrik Durlach and don't miss the sound of the moment.