You want to take the first steps into Bolzano’s culture? Here the answers to your questions to start working and experimenting!

There are several places that rent a rehearsal room for a fee, such as:

• Collettivo Mood
• Cristallo Young
• BeYoung
• Centro Musica Blu
• l’Orizzonte
If you need a stage or a place where to perform, there are several places where you can propose yourself. On the other hand if you want to send an application to a music festival we recommend you the Indiependence Festival, Art May Sound e Upload! • DRIN
• Indiependence Festival
• BeYoung
• UploadSounds
• Bunker H
• Centro Musica Blu
• Pippo FoodChill&Stage

If you need a recording studio definitely turn to them. They will surely have a room for you!

• Collettivo Mood
• Centro Musica Blu
Check out these pages. There is always an active call or competition! Otherwise follow the Events section to check when they open! • ArtMaySound
• Indiependence Festival
• Stiftung Fondazione Sparkasse
• UploadSounds
• Ufficio Cultura – Comune di Bolzano
• Ufficio Cultura – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

If you need low-cost equipment (such as speakers and mixers, microphones and other musical stuff) you can ask to the following associations:

• BeYoung
• Centro Musica Blu

So you want to have a party without making noise, huh? Why? Bolzano loves the nightlife. Or maybe not? Ok, you can rent them from:

• BeYoung
• Movimento Universitario Altoatesino

Need a singing class, specific instrument or music workshops? Check out their pages:

• CESFOR
• Cristallo Young
• UploadSounds
• Weigh Station
• Centro Musica Blu
Music
Arts
If you need a place to make your art, there are several places to ask. Try contacting these: • DRIN
• Lungomare
• BITZ unibz fablab

Here is hard to give you a precise answer because so many people are organising workshops and art classes. Click around here, you will surely find something!

• ArtMaySound
• BAU South Tyrol
• Centro Studi e Ricerche A. Palladio
• CESFOR
• COOLtour
• Cooperativa 19
• Cristallo Young
• DRIN
• Lungomare
• Weigh Station
• Learning Center
• MANU
• Officine Vispa
• TreviLab

Both physical tools and support for creative people. These are the entities that can help you out with your ideas or if you need like a hammer or a 3D printer or laser cutting, here you go…

• BAU South Tyrol
• Cooperativa 19
• Young Inside
• Weigh Station
• BITZ unibz fablab
• MANU
• Ufficio Cultura – Comune di Bolzano

There are several entities offering art calls. Some even support you with a little money. Among them surely Weigh Station, Bando Generazioni and Strike. However, take a look at Stiftung Fondazione Sparkasse because they also give some money if they really like your project. You can also pitch your project to the Province and the Cultural Department, but you have to apply for a funding with a different procedure.

• ArtMaySound
• BAU South Tyrol
• Young Inside
• Stiftung Fondazione Sparkasse
• Weigh Station
• Generazioni
• Strike
• Ufficio Cultura – Comune di Bolzano
• Ufficio Cultura – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

You want to exhibit your work? You can ask for a shelter to different local entities. In DrinBZ we always look forward to exhibit the art of young artists. However, there are also other places that we recommend, such as:

• COOLtour
• DRIN
• Lungomare
• SPAZIO CUT
• Bunker H
• TreviLab

If you need a space to organise a workshop, you can always ask in DrinBZ. But we don’t want to only feather our own nest, so try asking the following entities as well. The Weigh Station organises loads of them, but also contact the TreviLab or CoolTour. They will surely be able to help you. Also the PIPPO.Food.Chill.Stage has organised some workshops!

Provincial and municipal offices can support you, but they have no spaces to offer.

• DRIN
• BeYoung
• Weigh Station
• Bunker H
• l’Orizzonte
• Pippo FoodChill&Stage
• TreviLab

Ahhh, you want to organise some stuff like a tournament or a sporting event or similar? Provincial and municipal offices can help you out. If you are a student contact SCUB!

• SCUB
• Ufficio Cultura – Comune di Bolzano
• Ufficio Cultura – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

You have a class but you lack the gym? Try with the Fondazione UPAD. If you want to make a small association instead, you can count on SSV Bozen.

It may seem like slamming, but both handle much of the bureaucracy.

• Fondazione UPAD
• Uisp Bolzano

Are you a student? SCUB organises sports classes.

You just started working? Have a look at Fondazione UPAD, USSA, UISP…

• Fondazione UPAD
• SCUB
• Uisp Bolzano
• USSA

Which sport? Tough question, we try to update the answer to this question. Meanwhile have a look here:

• SCUB
• Uisp Bolzano
• USSA
Sports
Theatre & Cinema

If you are not an expert and you want to start a theatre class, you can ask them. Surely there is someone else who also offers theatre courses, so we’ll update this answer as soon as possible.

• CESFOR
• Cristallo Young

There are several theatre collectives, we will try to update them as we go along. In the meantime, we recommend the following: 

• Guildy
• BeYoung
These are not calls, but those who organise them. You can try to propose your shorts/movies to Bando Generazioni, but also WS Call. If you want to do it in a very short time there is BZ48h from Cooperativa 19! • Cooperativa 19
• Young Inside
• Stiftung Fondazione Sparkasse
• Strike

If you need a room to rehearse, you can try to get in touch with them. They tend not to be free, but they should not cost too much either. If you join BeYoung, however, the Saletta becomes free!

• Cristallo Young
• BeYoung
• l’Orizzonte
More or less the answer is similar to the film calls. Try Weigh Station’s WS Call, the Generazioni call or FUTURA. Alternatively, click below. • FuturaFest
• Stiftung Fondazione Sparkasse
• Weigh Station
• Strike
• Ufficio Cultura – Comune di Bolzano

If you need to organise a small screening, you can always ask in DrinBZ. Alternatively there are nicer and bigger places where you can ask. Try contacting these below.

• Collettivo Mood
• BeYoung
• Bunker H

If you need a funding contribution, you can ask the Cultural Office of the Province or the City Council.

If you want to try your luck with a call just to get started, try the Bando Generazioni of Young Inside, the WS Call of Weigh Station, telling your story with the call of Strike or directly contact the associations/entities here below!

• Cooperativa 19
• Irecoop
• Young Inside
• Stiftung Fondazione Sparkasse
• Weigh Station
• Generazioni
• Strike
• Ufficio Cultura – Comune di Bolzano
• Ufficio Cultura – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

If you are here and haven’t understood yet that you can come to DRIN in Corso Italia, 34, there is a problem. If you dislike us you can go to the various libraries in the city or unibz (but it closes often). If you need a coworking you can go to Startbase, but it is fee-based. Otherwise the NOI.Techpark has also a coworking/studio area.

• DRIN
• NOI.Techpark
• Startbase Bolzano

Here are some entities that will definitely help you figure it out if you have VAT. Weigh Station organises always trainings on this topic. Have a look!

• Artis
• Cooperazione Autonoma Dolomiti
• Forward
• Weigh Station

Look at the following entities. There are many calls that can give you some money to start your business as a professional.

• Young Inside
• Weigh Station
• Bunker H
• Generazioni
• NOI.Techpark
• Strike

Business

Free time

You like the mountains, huh? You don’t want to go there alone, don’t you? Try signing up for the C.A.I. that organise a lot of excursions. If you like to experience the mountains in a special way, on the other hand, BeYoung always organises trips that are different from the usual!

• C.A.I.
• Igers_suedtirol
• Fai Delegazione Bolzano
• BeYoung
It would be easier to tell you which one you can’t volunteer in. It depends on what you want to do. If you want to volunteer with very young people, you can try laic scouting C.N.G.E.I. or A.G.E.S.C.I. the catholic one, or VKE. Alternatively, youth centers are always looking for operators! The other proposals are more cultural. Have a look! • A.G.E.S.C.I
• Arci Bolzano
• Arci Ragazzi
• Artist Club
• ArtMaySound
• Charlie Brown Centro Giovani
• COOLtour
• Cristallo Young
• Jugendienst Bozen
• BeYoung
• OPERATION DAYWORK
• V.K.E.
• Villa delle Rose
• Vintola 18
• Associazione Juvenes APS
• C.N.G.E.I.
• l’Orizzonte
• La Strada – Der Weg
• Learning Center
• Officine Vispa
• A.G.E.S.C.I
• Centaurus
• Arci Bolzano
• Arci Ragazzi
• Artis
• Artist Club
• ArtMaySound
• BAU South Tyrol
• C.A.I.
• Centro Studi e Ricerche A. Palladio
• CESFOR
• Charlie Brown Centro Giovani
• Collettivo Mood
• COOLtour
• Cooperativa 19
• Cooperazione Autonoma Dolomiti
• Igers_suedtirol
• FuturaFest
• Fai Delegazione Bolzano
• Cristallo Young
• DRIN
• Federazione culturale Gaetano Gambara
• Fondazione UPAD
• Forward
• Guardiani della Volta
• Guildy
• Incontriamoci APS
• Indiependence Festival
• INSIDE
• Irecoop
• Jugendienst Bozen
• BOM Biblioteca Open Mind
• BeYoung
• Young Inside
• k!kero
• Lungomare
• OPERATION DAYWORK
• SCUB
• sh.asus
• SPAZIO CUT
• Stiftung Fondazione Sparkasse
• UploadSounds
• V.K.E.
• Villa delle Rose
• Vintola 18
• Weigh Station
• Associazione Juvenes APS
• BITZ unibz fablab
• Bunker H
• C.N.G.E.I.
• Centro Musica Blu
• Change
• DUNG
• Game Ground
• Generazioni
• l’Orizzonte
• La Strada – Der Weg
• Learning Center
• MANU
• Movimento Universitario Altoatesino
• NOI.Techpark
• Officine Vispa
• Pippo FoodChill&Stage
• REX-BX Materiali e cose
• Startbase Bolzano
• Strike
• The NHerd
• TreviLab
• Ufficio Cultura – Comune di Bolzano
• Ufficio Cultura – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano
• Uisp Bolzano
• USSA
• Centro Studi e Ricerche A. Palladio

If you want to talk about mental health informally, we recommend the Biblioteca Open Mind. Alternatively look at the projects of the following entities:

• BOM Biblioteca Open Mind
• k!kero
• sh.asus
• Ufficio Cultura – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano
• Centaurus
• Arci Bolzano
• Arci Ragazzi
• k!kero
• sh.asus
• Ufficio Cultura – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano
• Arci Bolzano
• Arci Ragazzi
• C.A.I.
• BeYoung
• k!kero
• sh.asus
• NOI.Techpark
• REX-BX Materiali e cose
• Ufficio Cultura – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

These calls and entities can help you develop your projects related to Health and Wellness. Check it out!

• Young Inside
• Weigh Station
• Bunker H
• Generazioni
• NOI.Techpark
• Strike
Health & Wellbeing

Nerd

We don’t want to put store pages on this site, but take a look at these Bolzano entities and collectives:

• Guardiani della Volta
• BeYoung
• The NHerd

Want a nerd festival in Bolzano? Check out Game Ground or Festival dei Sogni e del Fumetto.

There are different collectives that organise events, such as The Nherd o Dung.

Want to find out who organises Nerd events? Check the profiles of BeYoung, CoolTour e Bunker H. 

Even at DrinBZ we organise nerd events from time to time.

• DRIN
• Guardiani della Volta
• BeYoung
• Bunker H
• DUNG
• Game Ground
• The NHerd

Every Wednesday night a group of friends get together to nerd hard at DrinBZ, but also BeYoung has spaces to nerd with your friends in their magical “La Saletta.”

If you are looking for less private places, check out Time Twister Games o La Fenice. They always organise events and have spaces to play.

• Guardiani della Volta
• BeYoung