Photography and drawings by Matthias Jackisch - "The Baroque wants this dispute against the freedom of form" once wrote the art critic Wilhelm Hausenstein. In his book "Hausen im Stein", the sculptor Matthias Jackisch has related his reflections on the essence of the Baroque to the sculptures of Matthias Bernhard Braun. Jackisch, who does not shy away from the "freedom of form", takes up the baroque swing of Braun's sculptures in his drawings and, in the interplay with his photographs taken in Kuks, conducts a dialogue with his colleague and namesake across centuries and national borders. [mehr]

The Becherovka Ska Night is one of Dresden's longest-running concert series with constant Czech participation. Now in its 16th year, Rude-Boys and Rude-Girls come together at the Chemiefabrik to shake a leg. Line-up: ALL MAD HERE - Reggae-Ska (CZ) | THE KLAXON - Reggae-Ska (COL/D) | LOS FLETSCHEROS - Ska-Punk (D) [mehr]

A cross-border long-distance hike from Dresden via Pirna and Tisá to Ústí nad Labem - the two hiking and mountain professionals Michael Merkel and Marcus Oertel (BSG Bergsucht) invite you to join them on an active hike, of course also in partial sections. On the way and at several stops, the two globetrotters will pass on their great treasure of anecdotal incidents of a cross-border and cultural-historical nature to the hiking group. The final arrival in Ústí nad Labem is celebrated with friends in the Hraničář Cultural Centre. [mehr]

Czech-German techno event - We stretch our tentacles to the Czech Republic and bring you the finest techno on this side and the other side of the river: right in the mystical sea of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, the Labe becomes the Elbe and ends up symbiotically and energetically flowing into the Valley of the Clueless. Line-up: MARTY EPITOM - DCT Records (CZ) | KASURIA - Mise en scène (DD) | CA HOLIC - Krachkultur Soundsystena (DD) | OREGANO - Koala Soundsystem (DD) [mehr]

Ein Abend für alle Freunde schnörkellos und „straight“ gespielter Gitarrenriffs. Die Dresdner Psych-Blues-Stoner-Weirdos Lasse Reinstroem eröffnen das Live-Programm, bevor Euch die Garage Rattlesnakes aus Tschechien voll einen auf die Zwölf geben. Rundherum legt DJ Cramér feinste Schallplatten der Genres R'n'R, Soul, Swing, Sixties, Garage, Punkrock usw. auf - Wildblumenblues eben. Line-Up: GARAGE RATTLESNAKES - Raw Garage-Rock'n'Roll (CZ) | LASSE REINSTROEM *reduced* - Garage-Blues (DD) | DJ Cramér - Vinyldisko mit Sixties, Garage, Punk, Rock'n'Roll, Swing, Soul (DD) [mehr]