The next Blue Night, the grand long night of art and culture featuring more than 50 Nuremberg museums and cultural institutions — along with the traditional large-scale projection onto the Imperial Castle of Nuremberg — will take place on Saturday, April 24, 2027.
The international art competition, showcasing art in unusual locations such as courtyards, a factory site, and gardens, will offer a preview on Friday, April 23, 2027, giving a foretaste of The Blue Night.
In 2000, the year after Nuremberg’s 950th anniversary, the first Blue Night (Die Blaue Nacht) invited Nuremberg citizens to see and experience art and culture in an unusual setting and at an unusual time of day. Since then, Die Blaue Nacht has become an outstandig Long Night of Art and Culture, with about 130,000 visitors annually, coming from Nuremberg, the surrounding region, the entire Federal Republic and abroad. On offer are more than 200 programme presentations in over 50 institutions, courtyards, on squares and in the streets of Nuremberg’s Old Town. Over 40 culture sites open their doors for exhibitions, concerts, readings, activities to join, light art shows – something for everybody, big and small.
BLAUE NACHT art competition
Since 2005, Die Blaue Nacht has offered artists the opportunity to present their works to a larger public for two nights in the participating institutions, in courtyards, in enclosed public spaces, and on squares and streets in Nuremberg’s inner city. These
works have been in a variety of media including light and sound installations, performances, participative activities and new media.
Applications for Die Blaue Nacht 2027 will be opening in 2026.