Bessunger Knabenschule

In the location's words:

With more than 90 groups from all areas (music, theater, children, various courses and groups) and over 100,000 users and visitors a year, the Knabenschule is an extremely lively and popular place for a wide range of social and cultural activities. In the basement area there are 8 rehearsal rooms for around 20 music bands, the bicycle workshop and two party cellars, which are rented out at weekends for private parties. The "drum workshop" offers percussion courses and drum lessons. The ground floor houses four daycare centers: 2 toddler rooms, a kindergarten and an after-school care center run by "Bessunger KinderWerkStadt e.V.". Around 60 children aged 1 to 10 years are professionally looked after here all day.
On the second floor there are mainly rooms with multifunctional use.
Courses and workshops from all possible areas (e.g. dance, yoga, music, VHS courses, etc.) are offered here. The "Jazz and Pop School" offers instrumental lessons, music theory and ensembles and the Serbian cultural association "Serbia" (formerly "Jadran") has its club room here. On the top floor there is a textile workshop and a room for amateur radio operators (DARC).
An interesting and exciting cultural program of rock, jazz, world music, cabaret and theater is held in the former gymnasium at weekends. The hall can also be hired for events and private parties.

The Knabenschule is a non-profit institution and sees itself as a cultural center in the district, the city and the region. The prices and rents are moderate, the project is extremely "inexpensive" thanks to a high level of self-financing and receives around 35% of the running costs as subsidies from the city of Darmstadt and the state of Hesse.

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