Leipziger Club- und Kulturstiftung

The Leipziger Club- und Kulturstiftung (Leipzig Club and Culture Foundation) is a German cultural foundation based in Leipzig. It was founded in 2019 on the initiative of the TV-Club Leipzig and the Distillery, two long-standing pillars of the city's club and music scene. Its stated purpose is to support projects from the cultural and creative industries and to promote music, art and culture. The foundation's central instrument is the acquisition of vacant buildings and industrial brownfields within the city area, and their revival for use by actors in the cultural and creative industries. Rather than operating as a conventional grant-making body alone, it positions itself as a hands-on property developer for culture, securing spaces that might otherwise be lost to speculation or disuse and returning them to musical, artistic and creative use. Its flagship projects include the Gleisdreieck site in southern Leipzig, described as a new place for music, art and creativity, and the interim use of Messehalle 7 (project MH7). The foundation also runs fundraising and support activities, inviting donations to sustain its work, and communicates news through its website as well as Instagram and Facebook. The foundation marked its fifth anniversary in 2024, noting that it had already achieved a great deal in its first years. It has also publicly campaigned in support of the Distillery, describing the club as more than just a club — an institution of Leipzig's cultural and music scene that has shaped the electronic music landscape for decades. Through property acquisition, interim use projects and advocacy, the Leipziger Club- und Kulturstiftung works to keep Leipzig's club and cultural infrastructure alive and to secure space for future creative activity.

The Leipziger Club- und Kulturstiftung was founded in 2019 on the initiative of the TV-Club Leipzig and the Distillery. Both are established names in Leipzig's club and music culture, and their initiative gave the foundation its original mandate: to support projects from the cultural and creative industries and to promote music, art and culture. From the outset, the foundation's central element has been the acquisition of vacant properties and industrial brownfields within the city area and their revival for use by actors in the cultural and creative industries. This approach reflects the pressures facing club and cultural spaces in Leipzig, where rising property values and redevelopment can displace the very scenes that give the city its cultural identity. By acquiring and repurposing such sites, the foundation seeks to secure long-term or interim spaces for music, art and creativity. Among its flagship undertakings is the Gleisdreieck project in southern Leipzig, presented as a new place for music, art and creativity. The site includes the former railway coal power plant, and on the occasion of the Days of Industrial Culture the Gleisdreieck opened its gates on Sunday, 3 September 2023, from 1 pm to 5 pm. A second major project is MH7, an interim use in Messehalle 7. The foundation also engages in fundraising and public communication. Its website invites supporters to donate to the Leipziger Club- und Kulturstiftung, and it shares current news via Instagram and Facebook. In 2024 it celebrated its fifth anniversary, stating that it had already been able to move a great deal in recent years. In December 2024 it published a call to support the Distillery, describing the club as more than just a club — an institution of Leipzig's cultural and music scene that has shaped the electronic music landscape for decades. Through these activities, the foundation has established itself as a vehicle for preserving and expanding Leipzig's club and cultural infrastructure.

• 2024

  The foundation celebrates its fifth anniversary.

• 2024

  In December 2024, the foundation publishes a call to support the Distillery.

• 2023

  On 3 September 2023, the Gleisdreieck site with the former railway coal power plant opens its gates for the Days of Industrial Culture.

• 2019

  The Leipziger Club- und Kulturstiftung is founded on the initiative of the TV-Club Leipzig and the Distillery.

A cultural foundation that secures and revives vacant urban spaces for music, art and the creative industries in Leipzig.

• Projekt Gleisdreieck

  A new place for music, art and creativity in southern Leipzig, including the former railway coal power plant.

• Projekt MH7 (Interim in der Messehalle 7)

  An interim use project in Messehalle 7.

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