Culture under pressure: New ticket model for Berlin's cultural institutions!

Culture under pressure: New ticket model for Berlin's cultural institutions!

In Berlin there are latest developments in the cultural sector, especially in connection with the ticket sales for cultural events. The new cultural senator Sarah Wedl-Wilson has presented suggestions to improve the framework conditions, in view of the planned cuts in the cultural budget, which are to make up around 130 million euros by 2025. These savings could not only offer challenges, but also opportunities to create more reliability in the cultural area, such as Mz.de

WEDL-Wilson, who took over the office at the beginning of May after the resignation of its predecessor Joe Chialo, talks about whether all theaters need their own cash register, since 70 percent of the tickets are already sold digital. Cities like Munich and Cologne have already implemented solutions to optimize ticket sales. A joint "Berlin-Ticket" card office could be a sensible option in the future to centralize ticket sales, such as Tagesspiegel.de reported.

challenges through budget cuts

Wedl-Wilson emphasizes the need to maintain cultural institutions, institutions and jobs from artists. Despite the impending savings, she sees household consolidation not only as a crisis moment, but also as a possibility of long -term stabilization of culture in Berlin. The ruling mayor Kai Wegner has already reacted with a cultural dialogue to develop solutions together with representatives of the industry.

The financial framework is difficult, however, since Finance Senator Stefan Evers has set up cornerstones for the double budget 2026/2027 that make it difficult to create the budget. The budget negotiations for this month are planned within the Senate, and a corresponding decision is expected by the end of July. The Berlin House of Representatives is expected to decide until mid -December, which further increases the uncertainties about future cultural financing.

day of cultural expenditure

A look at the nationwide cultural financing shows that a total of 14.9 billion euros were spent on culture in 2021, an increase of 2.9 percent compared to the previous year. According to the Cultural Finance Report 2024, published by the Federal Statistical Office, expenditure on communities (39 %), countries (38 %) and the federal government (23 %) were distributed. In particular, large cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants have done over 56 % of cultural expenditure at their level.

Preliminary results show that the federal expenditure for culture in 2022 drops to 2.5 billion euros, which corresponds to a decline of 28 % compared to 2021. The decline continued in 2023, with a further 4.8 % to 2.4 billion euros. This illustrates the financial challenges that not only Berlin, but also other cities in Germany. The Cultural indicators at a glance also offer key figures for employment in cultural professions and the increasing number of visits in cultural institutions after the pandeme-related closure.