Name: The grand gala of lit.COLOGNE 2025
Start: 2025-03-20T20:00:00
Location: Museum Ludwig

Kat Frankie

Sibel Kekilli

Kölner Philharmonie

For 25 years we have been able to inspire and entertain the Cologne audience with the greatest authors, the most sensational stage artists, the most enchanting actors and the most moving musicians. An audience that is unique in the world - that much is certain! That is why tonight, on the 25th anniversary of lit.COLOGNE, we are celebrating everything that was, everything that is and everything that is to come. And we want to say thank you. Thank you for listening and reading, for laughing and clapping, for trusting and encouraging us. Olli Dittrich, Sibel Kekilli and Hans Sigl read the most beautiful letters of thanks and other texts that name what makes us grateful, inspires us and makes us feel blessed. Tilda Swinton bows to David Bowie and Virgina Woolf thanks her husband. Oliver Sacks says thank you for the whole rich life and Thomas Mann joins in.