20 years of c/o pop -
celebrate with us!

From April 26 to 30, 2023, we'll be setting all the signs to J for anniversary - WE'LL BE 20!!! Two decades ago, we set out to flood Cologne's cultural landscape with lots of pop-cultural content and wanted to involve as many institutions, labels, clubs and, above all, artists as possible - from Cologne, NRW, Germany and, at best, worldwide. We have come a little closer to this goal with each passing year. In the meantime, the closed Venloer Straße is out of bounds for one weekend in April. And always at our side: You! <3 The programme will be wild, colourful and diverse as never before. So come around and celebrate our 20th birthday with us!

Next confirmed shows

Rising star of the day on Amazon Music, appearances on "ARD-Morgenmagazin" and "Inas Nacht" - the German pop poet Wilhelmine has really turned the screw on her success in recent years. Here you can experience her again on a small scale before she soon fills large halls exclusively. If you're more into electronic, spherical indie than German pop, open the door to Zimmer90 and check out the three guys from Stuttgart. Wa22ermann, who is a woman by the way, shapes authentic songs with elements of drill and trap from parts of her everyday life in Berlin, fat 808 basses, slamming punchlines and synthetic soundscapes. Black Sea Dahu aka Janine Cathrein has packed seven dreamy new indiefolk singer-songwriter-chamber pop songs onto her new album that deal with empathy, acceptance and relationships of all kinds. TEMMIS from Tübingen combine dark synth-pop with cool disco elements and melancholic shreds from the 80s in the spirit of the new New German Wave. Also listen to PANTHA, QuinzeQuinze, SALÒ, Akne Kid Joe, BEVN, BROCKHOFF, nand, Emicida, Istanbul Ghetto Club, AUGN, Levin Liam, Berq, Susan O'Neill, zeck, Dottie Andersson, NZE NZE, CHRISTL, Bibi Club, KhakiKid, Johnnie Carwash, EASY EASY, Fernie, Harrison McClary and Socalled.

Readings, Comedy & Co.

Since Mental Health is still a topic for us, too, we have put together a corresponding festival package especially for you. We present a talk with the successful influencer Nadine Breaty and her mental health guidebook "Only Kind of Broken", Doreen Wilde - known on social media as dodipi - who reads with us from her first novel "Bauchschmerzen im Kopf", while the former "youngest fashion designer in Germany" aka Leni Bolt, who became a life coach after a burn-out, presents her guidebook "Work, Life, Love - Three Phases to a Work-Life Balance", which will be published this summer. Away from advice, you can also watch Robin Solf and Miss Ivanka T. from the GAG podcast, who give insights into the LGBTQI+ scene, or the drag performance "SAY MY NAME I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THE FAME" with Venus Bizarre, Love Audacity, Farid Audacity or the improv stand-up comedy show "Ich hab da mal nichts vorbereitet".

Our Festival Saturday and Sunday

In many off-locations, cafés, small shops and pubs such as EDP, Café Ain, Franky's Bar, LoFi and many other shops on Venloer Straße, which was closed especially for the festival weekend, we will present the following newcomers - and our programme is then complete: Paula Carolina, Rolf Blumig, Blush Always, Rasco, Rosa Lee Luna, Byrd Dhillon, Blushy AM, Tigrrez Punch, Negisa, Soft Loft, metty, Teeya Lamée, Moon Mates and YUUN. By the way, with Kurs Valüt, Disappeared Completely and KEBU, there are also three bands from Ukraine.

We also have more Experience Programme along Venloer Straße: Siegfried & Joy, Illustration Workshop with Sue Hiepler, Book Launch with Stefano Zarella, Skatejam Rollerdisco + Workshop, Tattoo Roulette with Rosa Viktoria, TikTok Dance Challenges, How to DJ, We Feast: Tantric Play with Food, Tooth Gems by winxclub, Afro Choreo Dance workshopwith Toni Togoboy, Kuduro Workshop w/ WillyNoir, Afrohouse Workshop w/ WillyNoir, Be(er) with the Flow! Beer Yoga Course, Wine not Yoga (Wine Yoga), Marriage for all - marry who you want! SaferSpace VR, Heliosturm guided tour, Malwine Stauss & Naiyun Yang (exhibition), Kulturraum 405 (workshops & concerts), Mosaic of Shards workshop, 4 Elements of Hip Hop Vol. II and Your Future Ear Piercings with Superstack. You don't need a ticket for any of the artists mentioned here. Just jump into the fray along Venloer Straße and see what you come across between Bahnhof Ehrenfeld and Leyendeckerstraße.