Moritzbastei (whole venue)
Vaulted cellars
Capacity
- Standing
- up to 1,200
Up to 1,200 people across the venue, per Wikipedia.
Live music venue
3 hireable spaces
Electronic
Metal
Rock
Folk
Pop
Moritzbastei
Student cultural centre in the last surviving bastion of Leipzig's city fortifications, hosting concerts, club nights and events for up to 1,200 people.
Up to 1,200
capacity
3 spaces
hireable
Contact the venue for dates and times
available for hire
About this venue
The Moritzbastei is the only remaining part of Leipzig's old town fortifications. It stands on Kurt-Masur-Platz at the south-east edge of the city centre. It is run as a cultural centre whose main purpose is to support student and academic culture in Leipzig, with concerts, club nights and other events in its vaulted cellars, for up to 1,200 people across the venue.
Rooms include the Veranstaltungstonne, a roughly 110 m² concert vault in the step-free lower cellar with a fixed stage (350 standing), and the Oberkeller, about 600 m² across seven vaults (up to 400). The venue is also hired out for corporate events, congresses, conferences and family celebrations.
The concert programme is wide: industrial and electronic, metal, rock, singer-songwriters and Balkan brass.
The Spaces
Veranstaltungstonne
Concert hall
About 110 m² vaulted hall in the lower basement, entered via the café courtyard, with a 6 × 2 m stage extendable to 6 × 4 m. The lower basement is step-free.
Capacity
- Standing
- up to 350
- Seated
- up to 130
- Dining
- up to 60
Venue factsheet: 350 standing for concerts (its summary line says 300), about 250 with standing tables, 80 chairs plus 5 standing tables mixed.
Oberkeller
Event cellar
About 600 m² cellar with a central area, seven side vaults (Tonnen) for breakouts or private dinners, a standing-table area, a 2 × 4 m or 4 × 4 m stage and three projection screens.
Capacity
- Standing
- up to 400
- Seated
- up to 200
Venue factsheet: max. 400 people; about 200 seated; up to 100 in rows with podium in the central area.
Facilities
- Stage: Veranstaltungstonne 6 × 4 m; Oberkeller 2 × 4 m or 4 × 4 m
- Camera positions / projection: Projectors and screens in the Veranstaltungstonne (5.5 × 3.5 m) and Oberkeller (3 screens)
- Bar
Technical Specification
Music equipment
- PA system: d&b (4 × F1220-LS, 2 × B1 subs) in the Veranstaltungstonne
- Lighting rig: 2 × grandMA consoles, ~60 conventional fixtures, moving heads, washers (Veranstaltungstonne)
Location
Kurt-Masur-Platz 1, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
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