24 Events in Summer Holidays in Bochum - 🌞 Summer Holidays 2026 – Open-Airs, Parties & Festival Highlights!
🌞 Summer Holidays 2026: The hottest events & festivals! Open-airs, concerts & parties – experience your unforgettable summer!

Crochet with Margot
Creative break in Bochum: Crochet with Margot connects handicrafts, sustainability, and city atmosphere. Participate for free on 13.07.2026. #Bochum #Sustainability

Piano Festival Ruhr: Arcadi Volodos
Arcadi Volodos live at the Music Forum Ruhr: Chopin meets Schubert, poetic sound meets tension. July 13, 2026, 8:00 PM, tickets from €26.10. Experience world-class piano art. #Bochum

Eternal Sounds
Eternal Sounds at the Deutsche Bergbau-Museum Bochum: 21 speakers, vibrating sculpture, AR outside. 14.07.2026, 09:30 Uhr, 15 €. Hear industrial culture – experience it now! #Bochum

Route Future – WORK IN THE REGION
Touch the future in Bochum: Route Future – WORK IN THE REGION makes AI tangible. Interactive stations, free entry, easily accessible. More clarity, less buzzwords – come by! #Ruhr Area

Urban Wilderness
Experience Bochum anew: Urban Wilderness showcases wild moments in the urban space. Photographs by Sven Meurs, free entry, July 14, 2026. #Bochum #CityNature

Path of Coal
Photography meets Ruhr area history: Path of Coal at Zeche Hannover presents striking images of industrial transformation. 14.07.2026. #IndustrialCulture #Bochum

Special Exhibition for the 150th Birthday of the Telephone at the Telephone Museum Bochum
150 years of telephone history to touch: the special exhibition in Bochum connects technology, memory, and experience. Free admission, tours free of charge. #Bochum #Museum

Manifesta 16 Ruhr in the Gethsemane Church Bochum
Bochum becomes an art location: Manifesta 16 Ruhr opens the Gethsemane Church for contemporary art, space, and history. 14.07.2026, free admission. #Manifesta16

Manifesta 16 Ruhr at St. Anna Church Bochum
A special art place in Bochum: Manifesta 16 Ruhr makes St. Anna Church a space for contemporary art, dialogue, and inspiration. #Manifesta16

Manifesta 16 Ruhr at St. Ludgerus Church Bochum
A quiet cultural experience in Bochum: Manifesta 16 Ruhr transforms St. Ludgerus Church into a place for art, reflection, and encounter. Free entry. #Bochum #Manifesta16

SING WITH US! Together it's simply more beautiful!
Music connects in Bochum-East: SING WITH US! invites everyone of all generations to sing along for free. 14.07.2026, 11 AM to 1 PM. #Bochum #Community

Sustainability Center
Bochum gets an open space for ideas, exchange, and sustainable impulses. The Sustainability Center invites participation free of charge. #Bochum #Sustainability

Upcycling T-Shirts with the Crochet Hook
From old to unique: At the upcycling workshop in Bochum, new favorite pieces are created from T-shirts. On 07/14/2026 at the Sustainability Center. #Sustainability

That Funny Feeling
Bochum gets an evening full of punchlines, tension, and quiet surprises. That Funny Feeling at the Oval Office: 14.07.2026, 8:00 PM. #Comedy

Path of Coal

City Lab Visit "Sustainable and Seamless Mobility in Bochum"

GUIDED TOUR Yuko Mohri & Ei Arakawa-Nash - How we meet

City Laboratory Visit - Sustainable Mobility

Eternal Sounds
Experience Eternal Sounds at the German Mining Museum Bochum: vibrating sounds of post-mining, immersive sound art. 15.07.2026, 09:30 AM, from €10. Experience it now! #Bochum

Route Future – WORK IN THE POT
The future of work up close in RUB Makerspace Bochum: Interactive AI stations, practical relevance, dialogue. Wed, 15.07.2026, 10 AM–4 PM, free entry. Discover, understand, participate. #WorkInThePot

Big City Wilderness in Bochum
Bochum becomes the venue for urban nature: Big City Wilderness shows strong photographs by Sven Meurs in a historic setting. Free admission. #Bochum #UrbanNature

Manifesta 16 Ruhr in the Gethsemane Church Bochum
Manifesta 16 Ruhr in Bochum: The Gethsemane Church becomes a space for art, architecture, and new perspectives. July 15, 2026, free admission. #Manifesta16

Manifesta 16 Ruhr at St. Anna Church Bochum
Art and church meet in Bochum in a special way. Manifesta 16 Ruhr transforms St. Anna Church into a place full of silence, dialogue, and inspiration. #Bochum #Manifesta16

Manifesta 16 Ruhr in St. Ludgerus Church Bochum
A quiet church space becomes a place for art, faith, and encounters in Bochum-Langendreer. Free access, inspiring, unique. #Manifesta16
