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Bielsko-Biała, on the horizon: registrations open for the 15th Culture Next Conference!
Bielsko-Biała are you ready for Culture Next? We’re excited to announce that registrations are now open for the second Culture Next conference of the year, hosted in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, from 15–17 October 2025, in partnership with the Urban Culture Institute…
Stronger voices for a defining future: an insight from the Culture Next Conference #14 in Leeuwarden
The 14th edition of the Culture Next Conference brought nearly 100 participants from across Europe to Leeuwarden, Netherlands, making it one of the largest gatherings in the network’s history. Over two dynamic days, members, observers, youth representatives and city delegates…
Selected Cities: Open Call for Conferences & Thematic Groups
Following the selection process and after reviewing and scoring all the applications, Culture Next announces the results of the cities that will host the Network’s conferences and thematic working groups for 2025 and 2026. The applicant cities were the following:…
Open Call for Member Cities to Host the Next Conferences and Thematic Working Groups
Culture Next is happy to announce an open call for its full member cities to host Conferences and Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) in 2025 and 2026. This opportunity invites cities to take center stage in fostering cultural dialogue, innovation, and…
Information about Open Calls for Member Cities
About Culture Next Established in 2017, Culture Next is dedicated to European Capital of Culture candidates, current or former, awarded or not. Culture Next (CN) mission is to contribute to having more European Capital of Culture (ECoC) programmes implemented in…
