Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

Jules Ahoi

After ten successful years, musician and songwriter Jules Ahoi is bidding farewell to the stage and his audience. With his upcoming »Robinson Crusoe« Farewell Tour, he will go on tour one last time in 2026 to celebrate the end of an intense decade of music together with his fans and friends.

PERFORMERS

Jules Ahoi singer-songwriter

Juli Zeh

Juli Zeh’s new novel, »Pony Show«, premieres on 11 October 2026 in the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall. Together with electropop duo WEZN and the SALO String Quartet, and directed by Linda Belinda Podszus, Zeh has created an evening that goes far beyond a conventional book presentation. Literature, electronic music and string quartet come together in a stage adaptation developed specifically for the novel. Words become sound, music becomes commentary, and reading, concert and performance merge into a crossover production that brings »Pony Show« to the stage for the first time.

Please note: the event will be held in German.

Framed by this literary and musical production, Juli Zeh talks to author Justus Maria about the making of the novel and the questions at the heart of the story. In »Pony Show«, prominent publisher Bethany »Betty« Hell comes under suspicion of murdering her much younger employee and alleged lover, Fero Lebed. Betty and Fero are a perfect team – and a dangerous liaison on very thin ice. When the so-called »Loverboy case« becomes a media sensation and goes before a Hamburg jury court, Mark Steinert takes on Betty’s defence. It is the most important case of his career – and one that increasingly turns his own life upside down.

PERFORMERS

Juli Zeh reading

WEZN band

MaischaPerdelwitz vocals

PaulRichter drums, live electronics

SALO Quartett string quartet

LotteNeick violin

MarlenFischer violin

CarolineWichmann viola

AmelieRaschke violoncello

JustusMaria talk

Linda BelindaPodszus stage direction

K3 MOVEMENT CLASS

The K3 Movement Class gives dance enthusiasts of all ages an insight into different movement and dance methods. Twice a month, K3 Movement Class offers the opportunity to dance under the guidance of experienced choreographers and dance facilitators. The focus is on the joy of movement and exploring one's own body. Above all, there is dancing, dancing, dancing!

no previous experience required

14.10.26 | Miller de Nobili |Choreographic Tools
19.10.26 | Jule Fuchs | Bounce. Groove. Swing. 
20.10.26 | Vanessa Konzok | Ballet inspired movement
20.10.26 | Larissa Potapov | Dynamic Balance
21.10.26 | Patricia Carolin Mai | Mai:Company
21.10.26 | Patricia Carolin Mai | Mai:Company
22.10.26 | Foxy | Like water
22.10.26 | Vic | Breaking
26.10.26 | Fanni Schack | Physical Dance Journey
27.10.26 | Kirill Berezovski | Grooves & Flow
29.10.26 | Marino Ariza | This is not a Salsa Class
30.10.26 | Maria Mercedes Flores Mujica | Somatic Booty Shaking *
11.11.26 | Chanel | Hip-Hop Choreographie
20.11.26 | Mona Farivar | Storytelling in Movement
25.11.26 | Luciano Baptiste | How to find your entry point?
09.12.26 | Mark Christoph Klee | Crescendo

*After the Movement Class on October 30, Maria Mercedes Flores Mujica and DJ Feminasty invite everyone to come dance. Come on by.

Good to know: Find all the information you need about getting there, accessibility and facilities on our WIESE page.

Khan (AU), Skin Thief (AU)

The Australian progressive heavy psych band **KHAN** is delighted to bring its “That Fair and Warlike Form” tour to Europe. A total of 20 shows are scheduled for September and October. The Melbourne-based trio blends hazy psychedelic soundscapes with heavy stoner riffs, progressive rhythms and almost sluggish, massive crescendos. Their songs create an intense, profound atmosphere and evoke powerful emotional responses – ranging from eerie melancholy to overwhelming, almost otherworldly awe. Vocally, they range from ethereal falsetto to hypnotic crooning, passionate screaming and occasional guttural growls.
In October 2025, KHAN released their critically acclaimed fourth studio album, ‘That Fair and Warlike Form // Return to Dust’, via Full Contact Safari Records. The concept album consists of two 23-minute tracks and tells the story of the sufferings of a man possessed by the spirit of Erlik, the god of death from Turkic-Mongolian mythology. On their upcoming European tour, the band now aims to present the album live to European audiences for the first time since its release. At their gig at Bambi galore in Hamburg, they will be joined by the progressive post-metal trio Skin Thief, who are also from Australia.

**SKIN THIEF** are an instrumental trio playing a progressive style of post-metal. Heavy, bass-driven riffs meet angular rhythms that repeatedly give way to dark, hypnotic atmospheres. The songs meander through introspective soundscapes and often build up to explosive crescendos. Their latest album, “Frozen in the Act of Breaking”, was released in 2025, also via Full Contact Safari Records; the band subsequently toured Australia, supporting KHAN on their tour. The upcoming tour will be Skin Thief’s first ever European tour.

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**Concession Ticket**

For school pupils, students, apprentices and people on low incomes. Places are limited. Please have appropriate proof of eligibility ready at the door. Without valid proof, you will be required to pay the difference to the standard ticket price.

**Scene Ticket**
For anyone who’d like to give extra support to Bambi galore, the bands and the underground scene. By buying a Scene Ticket, you’re helping to ensure that exceptional concerts and international underground acts continue to come to Hamburg in the future. All ticket categories entitle you to the same entry and offer the same services – it’s up to you to decide whether you’d like to make an additional contribution.

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We reserve the right to make changes to the line-up and programme.

KOHKS

KOHKS | 2 MATERIALS 1 NAME, HAMBURG'S ENERGY
wirvier collective (Hamburg), Colectivo Teatral Luz de Luna (Bogotá)

Club Energía invites you on an all-inclusive trip. Through the Port of Hamburg to the El Cerrejón coal mine in La Guajira, northern Colombia. Across Colombia's coca plantations and finally into the vibrant nightlife of a major German city in summer. Cocaine, coal, capital. How do you get fired up?

Millions of tons of coal leave northern Colombia on large ships to supply Germany's coal-fired power plants with energy. Thousands of Hamburg residents snort what Colombian farmers have produced for them daily: coke. Two energy kicks, one name.

A performative harbor tour awaits you, taking you along retraced coke routes to the coal port, ultimately leading you to the depths of scenic bass tones in the Hafenklang club. Global dependencies, the sacred coca plant, indigenous culture, colonization and displacement, as well as crime and activism. A story of a failed coal phase-out and energetic parties in the tension between activism and hedonism.
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Dates:
Fri. 21.8.26, 19:00 | Premiere
Sat. 22.8.26, 15:00
Sun. 23.8.26, 18:00
Tue. 25.8.26, 19:00
Wed. 26.8.26, 19:00
Thurs. 27.8.26, 19:00
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Duration: approx. 180 minutes, including intermission
Language: German, Spanish

Start: Meeting point at the Hafentor pier | St. Pauli Landungsbrücken
Destination: Hafenklang | Große Elbstraße 84

TRIGGER: Addiction/Cocaine addiction
CONTENT NOTE: Strobe lights and loud music in the harbor setting

ACCESSIBILITY: The harbor tour takes place on a barge and has some barriers. If you are a wheelchair user or have any other questions regarding accessibility, please contact us in advance at wirvier.produktion@outlook.de – we will then work together to find the best way to make participation possible.
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Concept and performance: wirvier Kollektiv (Valerie Usov, Paula Jütting, Farina Jäger-Stabenow, Lionel Tomm, Carlos Andrés Rico) and Colectivo Teatral Luz de Luna / Costume and stage design: Janina Capelle / Video: Diana Sánchez / Artistic collaboration: Hafengruppe Hamburg and Colombia Solidaria / Graphic design: Fanny Pokrandt / Production: Antonia Rehfueß
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Funded by the Performing Arts Fund with resources from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Authority for Culture and Media, and by international cultural exchange funds. Also supported by the Attveta Foundation Hamburg, the Claussen-Simon Foundation, and the rehearsal space funding of the DfdK Hamburg.