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WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF PLAY?

The essential concept of “PLAY - mobile city festival” is to bring unique mixture of music, art, dance & other cultural disciplines, performed by the best local artists to the widest possible audiences by setting the events on the special stage - most frequently visited public City spaces of Frankfurt & Offenbach am Main.

WHEN & WHERE DOES IT TAKE PLACE?

The festival is organized as a series up to seven events taking place every first Saturday of a month in a different location, alternately in Frankfurt & Offenbach. According to “mobile” formula, PLAY “travels” through both Cities setting the stage at railway or metro stations, airport, shopping malls, parks, market squares, public swimming pools or libraries - your City is our stage!

PROGRAM & LINE-UP

The festival profile focuses on music, art and dance, however remains open to all cultural disciplines without any exceptions. The artistic variety of the festival comprises classical and popular music, modern art, various dance styles from ballet to hiphop & other cultural disciplines like sport, literature, science or cuisine. At the end, the festival program is presented in form of so-called Concept-Concerts or Crossover-Concerts.

PLAY festival aims to present the personalities of thriving & constantly buzzing city’s cultural scene, therefore our line-up features high-quality performances by the best local, Frankfurt-Offenbach based musicians, artists, dancers, sportsman - newcomers & internationally recognized.

FESTIVAL THEME

Each festival season is carefully composed according to specific theme. Saison 2018/2019 was programmed under the motto “PLAY in heaven” bringing audience into dialogue about good life. Season 2019/20, accordingly to motto “PLAY elements”, celebrates seven elements of nature - “fire”, “water”, “earth”, “air”, “metal”, “energy” & “ether”.

FACTS & NUMBERS

PLAY festival aims to bring culture into daily life of the citizens of Frankfurt & Offenbach therefore appeals to a remarkably wide audience demographic. Since 2015 the festival has thrilled over sixteen thousand guests with twenty six individual events & hosted at its mobile stages more than three hundred artists.

HOW TO BOOK A TICKET?

Entry to all Festival events is free.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PLAY

How does it all started? The concept of PLAY was created by artist & composer Jagoda Szmytka. First events were brought to life together with Andoz Krishnadas, Steffen Ahrens, Paul Hübner and other creatives from Frankfurt & Offenbach in 2015.

SUPPORT

Even with the best will in the world, culture must still be financed. PLAY festival wouldn’t be possible without generous support of our sponsors & partners - Musikfonds, Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, Kulturamt Frankfurt, City Offenbach, KOMM shopping center Offenbach, Mein Einkaufsbahnhof Frankfurt/Deutsche Bahn, Frankfurter Bäder, SL Kunststofftechnik.

BECOME A BENEFACTOR

If you are a Citizen who is interested in culture & you would like to invest in the future of PLAY - become our benefactor by making a donation to VERY Verein (a non-profit organization that remains the legal base of the PLAY festival) or by offering direct assistance.

VERY e.V.

Amtsgericht Offenbach am Main

Kaiserstraße 16-18

63065 Offenbach am Main

Tax number 44250 / 92203 at the Offenbach tax office.

Finanzamt Offenbach am Main II

Bieberer Straße 59

63065 Offenbach am Main

Bank Details for the donation:

Deutsche Bank

VERY e.V.

IBAN DE 04 5057 0024 0079 2028 00