Leipzig scene guide
Leipzig scene guide — find your venue by sound. Techno lands at Distillery. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Leipzig’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- Techno — if you like Cosmic Gate: Distillery, elipamanoke, Westhafen
- House — if you like Thomas Lizzara: Distillery, elipamanoke, Kunstkraftwerk
- Trance — if you like Paraçek: Distillery, elipamanoke, Westhafen
- Drum & Bass — if you like TC: Westhafen, Kulturlounge, Distillery
- Electro — if you like Sophti: Distillery, Moritzbastei, elipamanoke
- Bass — if you like Sophti: Kulturlounge, elipamanoke
- Hip-Hop — if you like PIG (1): elipamanoke, Neue Minol
Busiest venues
How big is Leipzig’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 776 club nights across 99 venues in Leipzig, featuring 1,348 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Leipzig tonight.
Which Leipzig venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
| Venue | Nights (12 mo) |
|---|---|
| elipamanoke | 181 |
| Distillery | 110 |
| Absturz | 87 |
| ZiMMT | 53 |
| Axxon N. | 39 |
| Westhafen | 33 |
| Neue Welle | 24 |
| Kulturlounge | 19 |
| Ilses Erika | 18 |
| TBA - Käthe Klein, Diezmannstr.14, 04207 Leipzig | 18 |
What time do Leipzig club nights actually start and end?
From the 776 listings publishing door times: the median Leipzig night opens at 22:00 — 46% open before 22:00, 53% between 22:00 and midnight, and 1% after midnight. Of the 149 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 06:00, 69% run past 04:00 and 56% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Leipzig cost?
Across the 135 listings publishing prices (17% of all nights): the median advance ticket is €10, with half of all nights between €5 and €13. 16% of listed nights are free.
When does Leipzig go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (44% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 73% of the week. The busiest month of the year is October.
What does Leipzig sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: Techno 44% · House 22% · Trance 18% · Drum & Bass 4% · Experimental 4% · Tech House 3%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.