Summer highlight 2025: "Down to the Beat" - The Hip Hop & Street Art Festival in Meißen with international and regional breakdance crews, DJs and sprayers.
It will be THE highlight of the summer: this is where fresh DJ beats & crazy b-boys and girls, sprayers & skaters, regional street artists & international breakdance stars meet. For the Cultural Summer 2025, the city of Meißen presents the INTERNATIONAL HIP HOP & STREETART FESTIVAL - DOWN TO THE BEAT on 16.08.2025!
A year has finally passed and it's time again: come down to the Elbe and down to the beat! On 16 August 2025, the city of Meißen, together with organizer Heiko "Hahny" Hahnewald and supported by committed partners and sponsors, invites you to the International Hip-Hop & Street Art Festival DOWN TO THE BEAT - setting a strong signal for youth culture, diversity and creative participation.
An energetic program full of urban subculture awaits visitors around Akti Meißen and the adjacent skate park: more than 200 international dancers, artists and creatives present their skills and invite you to watch and participate. Whether at spectacular breakdance competitions, the skateboard contest or as part of a wide range of workshops for skateboarding and graffiti - the festival brings hip-hop culture to life in all its diversity.
The great success of DOWN TO THE BEAT lies in the openness of the festival. All generations are deliberately included and addressed - from children trying out a skateboard for the first time to teenagers and adult street art, music and sports fans. Anyone who is curious is welcome to talk to the artists, realize their own ideas or simply enjoy the atmosphere!
DOWN TO THE BEAT is a platform for living culture and more than just an event: it is a source of inspiration for a modern, open urban society. Anchored in an international network of urban culture, the festival radiates far beyond the city limits of Meissen. At the same time, the local connection remains strong: with regional players, a young audience and a lively scene. Admission is free!
A year has finally passed and it's time again: come down to the Elbe and down to the beat! On 16 August 2025, the city of Meißen, together with organizer Heiko "Hahny" Hahnewald and supported by committed partners and sponsors, invites you to the International Hip-Hop & Street Art Festival DOWN TO THE BEAT - setting a strong signal for youth culture, diversity and creative participation.
An energetic program full of urban subculture awaits visitors around Akti Meißen and the adjacent skate park: more than 200 international dancers, artists and creatives present their skills and invite you to watch and participate. Whether at spectacular breakdance competitions, the skateboard contest or as part of a wide range of workshops for skateboarding and graffiti - the festival brings hip-hop culture to life in all its diversity.
The great success of DOWN TO THE BEAT lies in the openness of the festival. All generations are deliberately included and addressed - from children trying out a skateboard for the first time to teenagers and adult street art, music and sports fans. Anyone who is curious is welcome to talk to the artists, realize their own ideas or simply enjoy the atmosphere!
DOWN TO THE BEAT is a platform for living culture and more than just an event: it is a source of inspiration for a modern, open urban society. Anchored in an international network of urban culture, the festival radiates far beyond the city limits of Meissen. At the same time, the local connection remains strong: with regional players, a young audience and a lively scene. Admission is free!
