Фестываль беларускай культуры Minsk x Minga. Фота: сацсеткі
The Minsk x Minga 2026 festival took place in Munich, Bavaria, from October 9 to 11.
Minsk x Minga is an annual cultural festival in Munich that brings together music, art, film, theatre and social dialogue.
The festival is dedicated to the voices of the pro-democracy movement, both in Belarus and in exile. It creates space for protest art, the culture of remembrance and artistic resistance, bringing together local and international perspectives.
Over three days, 16 events were held at three venues, including exhibitions, concerts, readings, workshops and discussions.
The first day featured a discussion, “The Long Arms of Dictatorship”, in German and Belarusian with Ales Bialiatski and Katsiaryna Andreyeva, as well as an electronic music project by WTBSK, featuring Sveta Ben and Siarhei Navitski.
The festival also featured a presentation of the “33 Books for a Different Belarus” project with Iryna Herasimovich and Zmitser Vishniou. Vishniou presented projects published by the Haliyafy publishing house as part of the initiative, as well as his book “Unsubdued”, which is due to be published by Elif this year.
A musical and philosophical programme on Belarusian Stoicism was also presented by Kolia Sulima, author of “Velosipednaya ulitsa, 51” (“Bicycle Street, 51”).
The festival also hosted the exhibition “Roses and Sun” by Katsiaryna Siankevich and Aliaksandr Danilkin, a screening of “Chernobyl’s Grandmothers”, vocal and live music workshops, and concerts by Anastasiya Rydleuskaya, the band Kasary and other performers.
“In my view, this was one of the best events I have attended in the past few years. The three days flew by in an instant. I was impressed by the interest in the literary events: readers came not only from Munich but also from Warsaw, Gdańsk, Frankfurt, Berlin, Austria and elsewhere. Every event was packed,” Zmiter Vishniou said, sharing his impressions.
The festival was organised for the fourth time by Razam e.V., an association of Belarusians in Germany, with support from German institutions.