Anti-fascist protest rave to take place in North German city of Lübeck on Saturday

A protest rave against the rise of the far-right in Germany is set to take place in the northern city of Lübeck this Saturday, 22nd February.

Scheduled to run from 6PM – 10PM in the Marienkirchhof plaza, it has been organised by a cultural alliance calling itself Kein Spaß mit Nazis, which translates as No Fun With Nazis. The event has been given the name Bass gegen Hass (Bass Against Hate) and will include a music programme curated by local promoter SUPERKUNSTFESTIVAL.

The rally will take place a day before citizens vote in Sunday’s federal election. Current polls show the conservative Christian Democrats leading, with the far-right group Alternative for Germany (AfD) in second. The more left-leaning Social Democrats are polling in third place.

“Culture is one of the central instruments of every democratic society,” Kein Spaß mit Nazis’s Michael Schmerschneider told the Lübecker Nachrichten paper. “In stage, song, image and word, we position ourselves clearly and unambiguously against xenophobia and right-wing ideology. Freedom and democracy have always been the best signposts for a cosmopolitan society, and culture is its voice of praise and warning.”

Find more information about Saturday’s rally here.

Back in 2018, far-right supporters at an AfD rally were outnumbered four to one by raving protestors at a demonstration in Berlin. 

In 2023, thousands of Berlin ravers attended a protest event against the planned expansion of the A100 motorway.