Short Description
Kampnagel International Summer Festival is Germany’s largest independent performance and production venue for contemporary performing arts with around 180,000 visitors a year. An international interdisciplinary programme of theatre, dance, performance, conferences and concerts will be presented and produced in the Kampnagel Hallen and at temporary venues in the city.
The International Summer Festival is Kampnagel’s largest event and shows outstanding international productions from theatre, dance, performance, music and visual arts at the interface of avant-garde and pop culture for three weeks every August. It is one of the major interdisciplinary festivals for contemporary art in Europe.
The International Summer Festival Kampnagel is seeking a full-time curator to join its team starting January 1, 2026, for an initial fixed term of two years.
Your tasks will include:
- Conception and realization of the festival program in close cooperation with the artistic direction with regard to aesthetic, political and discursive issues
- Research, viewing and selection of productions
- National and international travel
- Supervision of interns as well as a contact person for assistance and actively coordinating interface activities with other departments
- Conception and moderation of accompanying formats
- Networking and networking with artists, curators, foundations and other summer festival partners
- Acquisition of third-party funding and writing of funding applications and factual reports
- Editing of the program booklet and other formats for announcing the festival program and working closely with the communications department and freelancers
- Advising artists on application, conception and organisational issues as well as artistic support for productions on site
- Representation of the International Summer Festival in local, national and international networks
Eligibility
- Relevant curatorial experience in the performing arts
- Very well-structured and proactive way of working
- Very good knowledge of current discourses in contemporary art and diversity issues
- Extensive knowledge of performance, contemporary theatre, dance, music and art
- Good contacts to national and international cultural institutions and artists
- Extensive knowledge of Hamburg’s cultural landscape and institutions
- Experience in and interest in the conception of artistic programs in public space
- Stylistically confident expressiveness and grammatical text confidence in German and English
- Excellent diversity-sensitive team and communication skills
- Good IT skills
How to Apply
Please send us your application documents exclusively by e-mail in a single PDF document to
bewerbung@kampnagel.de
Program Benefits & Awards
- Contract according to NV Bühne
- Annual special payment
- Additional pension (Bayerische Versorgungskammer)
- Working in a small, experienced team with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
- Subsidy for the Deutschlandticket (HVV Jobticket)
- Company fitness offer with HANSEFIT
- Improved access to daycare places through our cooperation with the Finkenau Foundation
Entry Fee
None
Location
Hamburg, Germany
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 14 November 2025
Website Link: https://kampnagel.de/artikel/kuration-internationales-sommerfestival
