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 To celebrate the anniversary in a fitting manner, we are already hard at work on exciting activities for 2023 - we'll be revealing more in the next few weeks.

Next confirmed shows

With her love for Lady Gaga, the late 80s and early 90s, Domiziana celebrates her own hyperpop party on stage - if you're up for it, she'll take you along! The dream-pop of orbit is also entraining, albeit in pretty much the opposite way to Domiziana's sound - orbit mixes spherical soundscapes of raw acoustic and flat synth sounds. Philine Sonny mixes indie singer-songwriter sounds with organic piano parts, melancholic Springsteen guitar rock and driving drum beats. Steintor Herrenchor from Hanover, on the other hand, indulge in cool NDW nostalgia, but mix it up so skilfully with Casio pop, new wave and post-punk that it doesn't turn out to be anything eternally outdated, but an absolutely contemporary 2023 NDW sound. Also listen to: LIZ, AZE, Oracle Sisters, Import Export, Die Verlierer, kevin, UCHE YARA, Moses Yoofee Trio, Ilayda, Ameli Paul, Uzi Freyja, Bulgarian Cartrader and Mama Africa Soundsystem and many more!

Readings, Comedy & Co.

After sharing the c/o pop stage with his band Vierkanttretlager in 2012, Max Richard Leßmann is in our programme this year together with the readers Elena Meger and Caroline von der Goltz. We have also invited Hengameh Yaghoobifarah to read texts from her ex-taz column "Habibitus". It's about right-wing terror, rape culture and recipes for world peace - in other words, everything! In their podcast "Die Nachbarn" (The Neighbours), the two journalists Linn Schütze and Leonie Bartsch follow the trail of an old criminal case - live on stage with us. The Berlin Strippers Collective uses dance, comedy and stories to campaign for better legal models and working conditions for sex workers. What does it look like on stage? Take a look! Cabaret artist and vet Tereza Hossa has been touring the German-speaking world as a slam poet since 2019 and is also part of the podcast team of "Man lernt nie aus". What will she bring to the stage with us? It will definitely not be dry as dust! While Afropop and African music have long since arrived in the music industry, the "Afro All Style Dance Battle" is the dance that goes with it - live on stage at c/o pop!

20 years c/o pop anniversary show with JORIS and the WDR Funkhausorchester 

On c/o pop Festival Friday (28.04.2023) we will celebrate our 20th edition at the WDR Funkhaus on Wallrafplatz with a very special show by JORIS and the WDR Funkhausorchester. Since we have been presenting artists on extraordinary stages for 20 years, we can't imagine a more fitting show for our anniversary.

Together with the WDR Funkhausorchester , the singer-songwriter-all-rounder will perform his greatest hits of recent years and present his brand new studio album number three: "Willkommen Goodbye"! His touching and expressive melodies, his incredible energy on stage and the interaction with the audience paired with the uniqueness of the WDR Radio Orchestra is an absolute MUST for every Joris fan - don't miss this extraordinary concert experience in a special location!