We are part of the nationwide alliance FESTIVALFRIENDS and have organized a festival in Chemnitz in 2022 together with Verband der Freien Darstellenden Künste. This is called Der Rahmen ist Programm. In 2024, it took place in collaboration with the Fritz Theater.

DRiP 2024 focused on the view from East to West and vice versa. Chemnitz is a city that underwent profound changes after 1989. The consequences of this can still be felt and seen. In this city, DRiP has provided an artistic platform for dealing with the topic of East-West.

FESTIVALFRIENDS is an association of currently twelve festivals of the independent performing arts in Germany.

In addition to Der Rahmen ist Programm (Chemnitz), the following festivals are also involved:
Performing Arts Festival (Berlin), 6 tage frei (Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg), Fringify – Independent Arts Festival (Hamburg),
RODEO (Munich), FAVORITEN (Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia), IMPLANTIEREN (Frankfurt a. M., Rhine-Main region), PHOENIX Festival (Erfurt), FREISTIL_FESTIVAL (Völklingen, Saarland), OSTEN (Bitterfeld-Wolfen), THEATERNATUR FESTIVAL (Benneckenstein, Harz) and IMPULSE (Mühlheim a.d.R / Cologne/ Düsseldorf).

The FESTIVALFRIENDS network creates a network of festivals of the independent scene for the artists supported and organized by them.

In this way, the central idea of artistic neighborliness is formed, which enables new collaborators, accomplices and critics to get to know each other beyond their own local scene and region.For festivals, artists and participants alike. Across Germany.

Since the end of 2024, the Landesverband der Freien Theater in Sachsen e.V. (LFTS e.V.) has been responsible for the future orientation, design and networking of the festival.

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Venues: most recently Fritz Theater, Natural History Museum, among others

Partners:
Verband der Freien darstellenden Künste in Chemnitz e.V.
FESTIVALFRIENDS

Featured image: Fabian Thüroff