1200 km/h – Rado celebrates!
Celebrate the summer with driving beats, cool drinks and an unforgettable party right by the lake – where the dance floor never stands still. This is where good vibes, young people and pure exuberance meet. On Saturday, June 20, the party continues at the concert sail – InSzene is coming to Radolfzell for the first time. The well-known series of events brings techno sounds to exclusive locations and now also to the concert sail in Radolfzell. All information and tickets at bergmann-events.de.
Tickets: Earliest Bird: 10€ | Early bird: 12€ | Regular: 15€
any remaining tickets at the box office
Mother’s Day concert
Radolfzell celebrates – Mother’s Day meets the town’s anniversary! The traditional Mother’s Day concert at Radolfzell Music School will be a very special event in 2026: in addition to Mother’s Day, the focus will be on the town’s big anniversary. Various orchestras and ensembles from the music school will take to the stage, including the KidsBO wind orchestra, the guitar ensemble and the pop choir. The three string orchestras – Streicherminis, Wirbelwind and Kammerorchester+ – will perform a joint work prepared especially for the occasion. Moving melodies and atmospheric performances promise an unforgettable concert experience.
Admission is free. Donations to the Friends and Sponsors of the Radolfzell Music School are welcome.
Music city: Lake Constance Festival
In 2026, three special concerts will take place in Radolfzell as part of the Lake Constance Festival. The first will be performed by Radolfzell pianist Cristina Marton together with the Young Classic Artists ensemble. This will be followed by an organ concert with the renowned church musician Michael Schütz. The event will conclude with a concert by the award-winning vocal ensemble amarcord.
Tuesday, May 12, 8 p.m. – Christuskirche, Brühlstraße 5a Soundscapes of Romanticism, Cristina Marton (piano) together with the Ensemble Young Classic Artists
Saturday, May 16, 7 p.m. – Christuskirche, Brühlstraße 5a Beatles, Stones and Star Wars, Michael Schütz (organ)
Sunday, May 17, 7 p.m. – ULF Minster, Marktplatz 4 RIVERS – Im Fluss, Vokalensemble amarcord
Otros Aires Electro-Tango in concert and Milonga Gato Negro
An extraordinary tango experience: the world-famous electro-tango band Otros Aires brings Argentinian flair to Radolfzell with their rousing mix of traditional tango sounds and modern electronic beats. The concert will be accompanied by professional tango dance performances. With an impressive performance and passion for the tango, guests can look forward to an unforgettable evening full of rhythm, emotion and South American temperament. The concert will be followed by dancing with Milonga Gato Negro.
Tango flash mob: Radolfzell’s Tango Argentino scene presents itself
The project tango flashmob takes place on May 16 at around 11 a.m. on the market square in Radolfzell. Two Argentinian tango musicians, a bandoneonist and a guitarist, start playing tango music as if it were a street concert. People come closer to listen to the tango duo. Suddenly, a couple starts dancing. They dance for a minute and then separate to invite two more people to dance with them. These two couples dance for another minute and then separate again to invite four more people, and so on until the place is full of dancing couples. It’s like a snowball that gets bigger and bigger. Afterwards, the talented dancers invite the inexperienced to a short tango course led by Argentinian teacher Rafael Mendaro.
Lake Constance beats
Bodensee-Beats is a new concept for the youth event Rock am Segel.
The event offers a stage for regional bands and DJs, among others, and is specifically designed for young people from Radolfzell. Rock am Segel, now known as Bodensee-Beats, has been firmly anchored in Radolfzell’s festival culture for over 27 years.
This will also make the event a highlight for young people during the city’s anniversary. The young people will also create an attractive link to the city’s anniversary through their own event.
Advance booking offices:
Café Connect, Tourist Information
To the beat of the city: stories in music and sand
As part of the town’s anniversary celebrations, the Musikverein Böhringen, under the direction of Dr. Marco Geigges, invites you to an unforgettable concert evening with its program “In time with the town: stories in music and sand”, in which sound and image flow into one another. Works will be performed that reflect cityscapes and urban stories. The musicians bring the history of the Rickelshausen brickworks to life with the gripping composition “Bricks in Fire”, while a wind band work created especially for Radolfzell and its districts builds sonic bridges between the past and present. At the same time, a sand painter transforms selected works into delicate sand paintings, which are created in real time and visually underline the narrative power of the music. This special format opens up completely new approaches to the identity of the city for the audience by making regional stories tangible for several senses.
Percussion meets accordion
There is a special musical highlight for the anniversary year:
The Radolfzell Accordion Orchestra and the percussion ensemble of the Radolfzell Music School join forces to present a newly composed work on October 17 and 18 in the small hall of the Milchwerk.
The focus is on history, culture and development:
” Two successful ensembles from the Radolfzell music world perform together.
” Musicians and audiences experience music beyond their own horizons.
” Creativity, encounters and cultural exchange unfold in a unique concert.
A concert full of sound diversity, rhythm and cultural bridges!
World premiere of the work MODI RADOLFI CELLAE
A specially composed symphonic suite was created for the town’s 2026 anniversary, bringing the vibrant life of Radolfzell in the Middle Ages to life in five movements. Both secular and ecclesiastical scenes around the cathedral – from the hustle and bustle of the market to the ceremonies of the landlords – are traced in sound.
At its premiere, the 15-minute composition will be visually accompanied by a film specially produced for the individual movements by Radolfzell filmmaker Günter Köhler, which impressively underscores the historical motifs. The premiere will take place as part of the marketplace concert of the Radolfzell town band in front of the cathedral.
Ringing Minster
To celebrate the end of the anniversary year, the “Klingende Münster” invites you to an evening full of music, community and glittering lights. In the poetically illuminated Minster of Our Lady, musicians from the State University of Music Trossingen and the Radolfzell Music School will trace the 1,200-year history of Radolfzell in a variety of tonal colors.
Together they create a varied musical mosaic that takes listeners on an atmospheric journey through time.
The program will be performed twice on 12 December – at 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm.
Between the two concerts, at 6.45 pm, a special communal experience will take place on the market square (no admission charge):
After the welcome by Lord Mayor Simon Gröger, all those present will transform into a large choir under the direction of Pia Löb (cantor of the Christuskirche) and sing Advent carols together. Accompanied by a brass ensemble made up of the brass choir of the Christuskirche and the Radolfzell youth brass orchestra under the direction of Norbert Steiner and Kuno Rauch, this creates a moment of solidarity and a musical symbol of the togetherness that makes Radolfzell so vibrant.