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People dance in a good mood in Halle E at the Long Night of Music

Mental Health Arts Festival

Copyright: Andreas Gebert

Information about the festival

The Mental Health Arts Festival at Gasteig HP8 offers lots of information, hands-on activities, concerts, workshops and panel discussions. And what’s more: Admission is entirely free!

Mental health is an important issue in our society. And yet many people are still reluctant to talk about burnout or depression. We want to change that with our festival. But as merely talking about it is not enough, we have conceived the Mental Health Arts Festival as a hands-on event with plenty of active participation.

 

As soon as we fixed dates for the next festival, you will find information here.

The Mental Health Arts Festival 2024

On July 20 experts in various fields shared their insights and valuable information in workshops and round-table discussions. We provided creative impulses and accessible hands-on activities that show you ways of enhancing your mindfulness through dance, meditation, writing or boxing. Our programme offered inspiration and exchange on topics such as depression, anxiety disorders, resilience, inclusion and more. The Mental Health Arts Festival is for everyone – whether neurotypical or neurodiverse. Whether you are personally affected by mental health issues or just interested in the topic, you could find a safe space here to find out what works for you.

 

Information stands

At Hall E, Mental Health First Aid provided details about first aid courses for mental health, and the info portal ich bin alles informed about depression and mental health in children and young people. On the mezzanine, there was be an information point of the charities Münchner Bündnis gegen Depression e. V., ApK München, the Mutmachleute, Krisendienste Bayern and Münchner Psychiatrie-Erfahrene (MüPe) e. V.

 

Awareness team

The Initiative Barrierefrei Feiern collective was at hand with an inclusive and intersectional awareness team. They provide psychosocial support to anyone experiencing a crisis, being triggered or simply needing a place to retreat. We want to make sure that there are no access barriers to the Mental Health Arts Festival and that everyone attending feels safe and at ease and has an enjoyable time at the Gasteig HP8.

A young man sits concentrated at an open concert grand piano in a dark room.
Inside, during the day. In a spacious hall, many people are singing together. Their eyes are directed forwards towards the stage, where a group can be seen from behind. A choirmaster gives directions.
Four people sit on a stage in a hall. Spectators in front of them follow their conversation.
In one room, a group of around 15 people stand in a circle and do dance exercises.
A ballustrade at which a group of singers perform in a row.
A young woman stands on a stage and sings directly to her audience.
A person sketches a car and a figure on a drawing pad with a few lines. You look over the person's shoulder at the sketch.
People dance without restraint.
A black woman sings into a microphone and stretches one arm forward.
An athletic young woman demonstrates movements that others imitate.
A woman dances with her arms raised, more people blurred in the background.
A red-lit stage with rock musicians in action.
View from the stage onto a crowd in a hall. Everyone has raised their arms and is clapping.
Two women from behind on a stage, the audience in the hall blurred in the background.
During the day, inside, a young woman in a wheelchair demonstrates seated yoga exercises, four people around her follow her exercises.
Outside, daytime. Two young men dressed in black are boxing in a boxing ring. A third man watches them practise.
A woman performs vocal exercises. Her mouth is shaped into an O and she touches her cheeks with her fingers.

The Mental Health Arts Festival is an event of the Gasteig Cultural Foundation in cooperation with Gasteig München GmbH, sponsored by the Beisheim Stiftung. In co-operation with Krisendiensten Bayern, Münchner Bündnis gegen Depression e. V., Munich Public Library and Münchner Volkshochschule. Media partner: Bayern 2. With the kind support of Motel One and the Barrierefrei Feiern collective

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