Celebration work (cultural center)

Logo of the celebration

Feierwerk, building at Hansastraße 41, 81373 Munich, part of the former premises of the Leonhard Moll AG company , today the city's cultural center and multi-generation house

Signpost on the site

The Feierwerk is a youth and cultural center in Munich district Sendling-Westpark . It is located on Hansastrasse in the former Leonhard Moll AG buildings , some of which are now listed . In the two parts of the building there are several concert locations (Orangehouse, Hansa 39 and Kranhalle), a club (Sunny Red) and a multi-generation house (jungle palace). Also, are located on the site of the Information Center of right-wing extremism (FIRM), the special office Pop and the local scene radio station Radio Feierwerk . | In the immediate vicinity there is also an exhibition room for young artists (paint shop) and a skate area as well as numerous other social projects and facilities, etc. a. the radio station cultural center in Domagkpark and a multi-generation house.

history

Feierwerk was founded in 1982 as a student project group. In January 1983 it was founded as an association.

“Feierwerk supports young Munich art, music and culture - and has been for over 30 years! Our basic attitude is to support different cultures in their independence and dynamism without dogma and ideology and to constantly accept new suggestions. We enable and promote belonging, regardless of age and generation limits. That is why all of our events and offers are open to different milieus, cultural scenes and age groups. "

- About us - Feierwerk

Feierwerk as co-organizer of the Theatron Music Summer 2018; here the band Fortuna Ehrenfeld from Cologne

In 1984 the first "Rock Feierwerk" band competition followed and in 1986 the first attempts at an alternative radio station. In the following decades, Feierwerk held annually subculture, cabaret, jazz and children's festivals and is committed to combating racism and promoting the lively integration of all social classes. The sponsoring association of the celebration work is part of the ARGE Theatron Music Summer and co-organizer of the Theatron Festival .

Honourings and prices

2000: German Children's Culture Prize to Radio Maroni (children's radio from Radio Feierwerk )
2012: Bavarian Rock Prize PICK UP
2018: 2nd place of the Mosaik Youth Prize for Diversity against Racism at Radio Feierwerk

Events

Concerts, dance events, festivals , discussion and social events, exhibitions and markets are the main focus in the Feierwerk . The different rooms make it possible for several concerts of different genres to take place at the same time. This takes place annually, for example, as part of the Sound of Munich now , a festival at which both Munich musicians and international artists and guests from changing partner cities perform. Since 2009, the musician and label owner Amadeus Böhm has been organizing the popular “ Flowerstreet Festival” on the site every year .

Due to the relatively small concert rooms (between 50 and 400 visitors per concert), the Feierwerk is a popular venue for lesser-known national and international bands. On May 26, 2020, for example, the musician Rainer Bartesch premiered his “Kulturhymne 2020”, composed on the occasion of the COVID-19 crisis, together with other freelance solo musicians on the Feierwerk site.

Kettcar at the Theatron Music Summer 2018

Discography (selection)

Jazz live in the Feierwerk (LP, 1990; among others with the Scales brothers ( Patrick & Martin Scales ), Henning Sieverts , Alex Haas, Gunnar Geisse , Werner Klausnitzer)
Live recording in the LOKOMOTIVE "Manaus" (CD; 1992; with Wolfgang Schmid , Nippy Noya and others)
Live im Feierwerk - Blues Attraction (CD, 1994)
Live at Feierwerk (CD, 1996; with Marco Minnemann , among others )
Live CD production with the Trio Cobham - Bickford - Schmid (1997)
Feierwerk summer party (CD sampler, 1999, also 2001 and 2003)

literature

Celebration work. In: Veruschka Götz, Rolf Hosfeld, Franz Kotteder : Kulturverführer München , Helmut Metz Verlag, 2005, pp. 71–72. ISBN 3-9377-4208-5 ( online )
Bob Läßig, Ulla Kart, Heiner Schmittmer, Hans Ernst: "Room to move" - musicians' initiatives are getting organized! ; In: W. Hering / B. Hill / G. Pleiner (eds.): Praxishandbuch rock music in youth work. Springer-Verlag, 2013, pp. 66–68. ISBN 3-3229-7243-7 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)