Cultural Summer 2025: A celebrated farewell with Forever Young”!

Cultural Summer 2025: A celebrated farewell with Forever Young”!

At the end of an eventful cultural summer in Rhineland-Palatinate, the colorful lights of the city of Mainz signaled the “No strings attached” festival. This marked a successful farewell to the 34th summer of culture. Under the motto “FOREVER YOUNG?” Almost 230 projects that took place from May to October explored topics such as age discrimination and the meeting of generations. Culture Minister Katharina Binz congratulated the cultural workers and emphasized how important the motto was for inspiring artists. The cultural summer began in April with the printing of the largest Bible page in the world and will continue next year under the theme “The Roaring Twenties”.

Some of the most notable projects this year included a “participatory exhibition” in Ingelheim, which critically addressed the topic “Tell me about death,” as well as the “Sommerheckmeck” festival in Trier and the collaboration as part of the Mainz Children's Theater Festival. The exhibition “Forever Young – Abyss of a Lost Youth” was shown in Koblenz, which represents a collaboration between young and experienced artists. Such initiatives help to offer young people a platform and promote intergenerational exchange.

A colorful program for young and old

The cultural summer was a real fireworks display of events. There were concerts by the State Youth Ensembles under the title “From Dark to Light” on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War as well as the first organ festival for children and young people in Mainz. The 99-year-old organist Montserrat Torrent i Serra even performed at the ORGEL Weeks and impressed the audience with her skills.

The program also included the Westerwald Literature Days, the philosophical-literary series “Thinkables” and notable exhibitions such as “The Art of Aging” in Landau. Plays such as “Operation Fountain of Youth” created further spaces for dealing with the topic of growing older. A new interpretation of Goethe's “Faust” as a station theater was captivating, as were the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Moselle Music Festival and the double whammy of the 25th anniversary of the Middle Rhine Music Festival.

With the return of the island summer in Ludwigshafen, supported by a new group of sponsors, the scene was further revitalized. Binz thanked everyone involved for their tireless efforts in the cities and rural regions and announced a new branch in Nassau, which is supported by the Leifheit Foundation.

Current developments in the media world

While the cultural summer in Rhineland-Palatinate caused enthusiasm, exciting developments also took place in the media landscape. Today, November 7, 2025, episode 6 of “Towa no Yuugure” will air, while other popular series such as “So You’re Raising a Warrior” also offer fresh material. January 12, 2026 is an important date for fans of anime, as the second season of “Himesama ‘Goumon’ no Jikan desu” starts.

There were equally interesting movements in the world of technology and finance on the same day. Microsoft's closing price on Nasdaq was $497.10, down 1.98%. The price has fallen by 4.00% month-on-month, while the company has a total market capitalization of over USD 3.69 trillion. Despite these short-term fluctuations, Microsoft is showing stable long-term growth, with over 17% year to date.

Rhineland-Palatinate continues to look to the future with confidence, be it in the cultural, media or economic areas. The intergenerational dialogues and creative projects of the cultural summer show that the spirit of creativity and community always remains alive. Stay tuned for more news!