August 15–17, 2025
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Yay! The 8th Alaune Festival is coming!
It will be a weekend full of art and movement with amazing circus and theatre, dance and music, sharing joy and many beautiful moments that we will create together. Everyone celebrates together, and everyone helps (with cooking, cleaning, organizing…). This creates connection and allows the boundaries between audience, artists, crew, and organizers to blur—creating an open, warm atmosphere that we believe in.
Ticket Options, Tasks & Responsibilities
Each ticket comes with responsibilities. Some require more commitment, others less. It may seem a bit complex at first, but good structure makes the festival more relaxed for everyone.
Other than your assigned tasks, you don’t need to worry about much: meals are provided and included in the ticket price. Only drinks and cakes at the bar cost extra.
Food
Camping
Shows
Bar
Important infos for purchasing tickets (click to expand)
Please make sure you have read the festival text before getting a ticket, and make this happen for the 8th time.
The ticket and signing up for tasks gets you access to the festival as well as food.
One person can buy multiple tickets.
Under 13yr olds are invited without money.
There are limited number of tickets. Once they are sold out, we will not be inviting more people.
Refund policy
- If you cancel your ticket at least 4 weeks prior to the festival, you will receive a full refund of the ticket price.
- If you cancel your ticket between 2 and 4 weeks before the festival, you will receive a 50% refund of the ticket price.
- If you cancel your ticket less than 2 weeks before the festival, no refunds will be possible.
Ticket transfer to someone else is always possible.
We invite neighbours to join the festival for free in order to strengthen relationships and alternative cultural consumption.
Program
Once the first program details are confirmed, you’ll find them here! We usually start Friday around 7 PM and end Sunday around 11 PM.
There will be 2 open stages with lots of space for you to share your art. And of course, bring your wildest party skills for the Renegade Show! We would love to give space for young artists of the region to present work in progress and invite young artists from Halle.
Welten – Band
Welten is a Leipzig based band. Their music reveals an intimate process of listening carefully to each others inspiration. This results in sensitive movements of sounds, that develop spaces between the common and the unheard.
TONIGHT: Getting it right.
with Lady Ostrich (and Jule Lotte Bröcker, inside)
++++The bird with no feather returns to Halle!11121!!++++
Because if you don’t remember if you’ve been, maybe in fact you have…
Yours ever so sincerely Lady Ostrich will do what ever pleases her at the minute, no chance to plan anything but glasses of water because OH it will be hot.
Await to free your heads from that sandy holiday you’ve almost already gone to and sit up straight for some seriously silly shit.
if you don’t speak English, not to worry, she will show off her German – but be prepared for some really flat puns, love.
[mit starkem englischem Akzent]
Deutsch! aha! natürlich. Na was soll ich sagen, love. Ich bin ein Strauß, eine Sträußin, ich kann laufen und sprechen gleichzeitig, das hat die Leute immer total um. sonst sehen wir alles, wenn wir…uns sehen? Ich bereite ein etwas ernstes Thema vor, es wäre gut, wenn ihr eure Taschentücher dabei habt und vielleicht auch die ein oder andere Praline, das ist nie eine schlechte Idee, oder? Ich hätte außerdem noch eine Frage zu d-
[Hand wird aus Puppe gezogen]
20-184 minutes, depending on audience’s tolerance
in spoken English spoken (and what ever language you need, baby)
„Now what?“ – Nikos Wölfl und Francesco Procopio
„Now what?“ ist die simple und normale Geschichte darüber, wie das simple und normale Leben von simplen und normalen Menschen aufhört, simpel und normal zu sein, wenn sie bemerken, dass sie ihr Zuhause verlassen müssen.
Ein komisches Drama über die emotionale Verbindung zu Ort und Menschen des alltäglichen Lebens.
Mit Halbmasken gespielt, in einer Mischung aus Englisch und Deutsch von Nikos Wölfl und Francesco Procopio. Kokreiert von den beiden Spielern und Matteo Destro.
Spinnlein, Spinnlein an der Wand
Das Schaf, die Katze, das Schwein, der Fisch, die Ratte und der Vogel haben alle etwas vor.
Gras fressen, im Schlamm baden, auf Bäume klettern oder andere wichtige Dinge.
Auch die kleine Spinne hat etwas vor: Sie spinnt. Das ist es nämlich, was sie am allerbesten kann. Sie spinnt und träumt von Fliegenköstlichkeiten.
3 Spielerinnen verweben Figuren, Erzählung, Live-Musik und das Schicksal zu einer kleinen Geschichte über das Sich-nicht-ablenken-lassen, die Seelenruhe und das Dranbleiben, über den seidenen Faden der Geduld und die laute Welt.
Von und mit: Pauline Drünert (Figurenbau und -Spiel), Etta Streicher (Text und Spiel), Katharina von Klitzing (Musik), Ilka Schönbein (Regie), Dauer: ca. 45 min
für Kinder und Erwachsene ab 5 Jahren, jüngere Kinder nach Selbsteinschätzung der Eltern
interr_options – Eva Krause
Das kleinste Stolpern – und alles kann anders werden.
Das Physical Theatre Solo interr_options ist eine Darbietung des rhythmischen Spiels ohne Worte. Ein eigensinniger Charakter entdeckt dabei die banalsten und wildesten Klangfarben. Mit feinem Schalk wird das Publikum eingeladen, aufzuatmen und Möglichkeiten zu entdecken, die sich durch eine Unterbrechung des bisherigen Flusses auftun. Ein Stück mit Bodypercussion, Tanz und Slapstick, für alle Altersgruppen.
Frohe Zukunft – Brassband
Feinste Brassmusik zum Tanzen
Von Hiphop über Soul zu feinen Balkanklängen
Barada Street
A gangly English idiot and an athlete from Kyrgyzstan create the world of wonder that is Barada Street. A thrilling comedy, jam packed with acrobatics, live music and cheeky idiocy. This award winning international duo charm audiences and bring heart-warming intimacy to the street and stage.
About the Festival & GutAlaune
About us and how it all started
Gut Alaune is a collective project that has been growing since late 2015 and is now a space for realizing creative dreams.
The first festivals were initiated by Richard and “From The Playns.” From The Playns is a platform for Richard’s artistic work, workshops, and events – more at: www.fromtheplayns.com/about
Food
Food is included in the ticket price. Everyone eats vegetarian and vegan meals. A kitchen team coordinates food preparation, and if you’re assigned to food shifts, you’ll help with cooking, serving, or cleaning.
Accommodation
Camping is the accommodation. Bring a tent or hammock and enjoy the natural surroundings. There is a community-circus-tent as well. For vans there is just limited space (organized over ticket-booking).
Accessibility & Inclusion
We want to make the festival more inclusive and accessible. Let us know your needs and ideas. We’re already working on things like a quiet room, ramp access to the main areas, and barrier-free toilets.
Where is GutAlaune?
In Halle (Saale), on the banks of the river Saale. You can reach us by tram, bike, or even swim over! ;) Full directions will be sent with your ticket confirmation.
Still have questions? Reach out via our contact form. See you soon!
