STERRRN fest 2026

19th and 20th of June 2026 in Graz!

STERRRN returns as a one-day event with a pre-party and a concluding afterparty to the city of Graz!

Inspired by the much-discussed gender star, the Grrrls Kulturverein has been organising a multidisciplinary queer-feminist cultural format under the title STERRRN fest/ival since 2022.

STERRRN evolved from the long-running Graz event series ‘Grrrls Night Out’ and sees itself as a special open-air format with a clear cultural-political mission: to create visibility for FINTA* & queer artists, open up spaces and actively question structural inequalities in the cultural sector. In 2022 and 2024, STERRRN took place as a multi-day event in the Austrian Sculpture Park. In 2023, 2025 and 2026, STERRRN will return to Graz city centre as a one-day format.

With music projects, workshops, performative art actions, lectures, discussion rounds and visual forms of expression, STERRRN creates a space for interdisciplinary exchange and collective experience.

STERRRN sees itself not only as a series of events, but as an active intervention in existing power structures in the cultural sector. In a scene where FINTA* and queer positions are systematically underrepresented, underpaid or made invisible, STERRRN consciously sets up counter-structures. This is not about a ‘women* special,’ but about a concrete redistribution of visibility, resources and space through curatorial practice, fair stages and solidarity-based networking.

On 20 June 2026, the STERRRN fest will once again take place at Schaumbad – Freies Atelierhaus Graz.

We were guests there last year and are very happy to return to Schaumbad in 2026. As a place for individual and collective artistic creation, interdisciplinary exchange and independent cultural production, it offers a setting that fits STERRRN well: open, diverse and driven by artistic initiative.

On 19 June 2026, we invite you to a pre-party at the Kombüse.

The Kombüse has been a close partner of the Grrrls Kulturverein for many years and is an important venue for our events. We are therefore all the more delighted to celebrate the start of STERRRN 2026 there together: as a warm-up and a joint start to the festival weekend.

Check out our previous events:

▷ STERRRN festival 2022 - 2 day festival at the Austrian Sculpture Park, Premstätten
Photo galleries: ▷ Day 1, ▷ Day 2

▷ STERRRN fest 2023 - 1 day festival at Club Hybrid, Graz with pre-party at Kombüse
Photo galleries: ▷ Day 2

▷ STERRRN festival 2024 - 3 day festival at the Austrian Sculpture Park, Premstätten
Photo galleries: ▷ Day 1, ▷ Day 2, ▷ Day 3

▷ STERRRN fest 2025 - 1 day festival at Freies Atelierhaus Schaumbad, Graz with pre-party at Kombüse
Photo galleries: ▷ Day 1, ▷ STERRRN Club Afterparty

GRRRLS KULTURVEREIN

Unstoppable since 15 years

Since 2009, the Graz-based Grrrls cultural association FINTA* has been promoting artists, musicians, instrumentalists and DJs. In a cultural landscape that remains male-dominated, the association continuously focuses on visibility, fair working conditions and sustainable networking.

The association's work has its roots in subcultural contexts and continues to see itself as an independent, queer-feminist cultural practice. Our event formats create platforms for positions that are often underrepresented in the established cultural scene. This is not just about individual performances or events, but about structural issues of access, representation and resource distribution.

Networking artists, promoting young talent and offering safer spaces for queer and FINTA* people are central components of our work. We collaborate with initiatives, collectives and institutions that are committed to intersectional perspectives, anti-discriminatory structures and fair production conditions, and see our projects as long-term contributions to change within the cultural scene.

With formats such as the STERRRN fest/ival, the Grrrls Kulturverein has been continuously providing impetus for a more equitable and power-critical cultural practice in Graz and beyond for over 15 years.

Further information on the association's work can be found at grrrls.at and on Instagram