Über krakelee – krakelee

Over the years, we have collectively created temporary spaces where only music, people, and the moment mattered — defiant, sincere, and full of love.

Vision

From this collective experience, krakelee club is now emerging: A place for exchange, retreat, and musical experiences.

Here, people come together to escape the injustices of everyday life; to connect, to inspire one another, to dance – and to surrender themselves to sound, light, fog, intimacy, and community.

Das ehemalige KHD-Sozial- und Verwaltungsgebäude in Köln-Mülheim

Location

krakelee club will emerge in Cologne-Mülheim as part of a cultural space with diverse uses.

After years of searching, hoping, and countless hours of volunteer work, the moment has finally arrived: In the former KHD administration building in the Otto-Langen-Quartier in Mülheim, our home is taking shape.

Der Schriftzug über dem neuen Gebäude des krakelee club in Köln Mülheim

Clubs are political spaces?!

Club spaces are meeting spaces – and therefore, they are political. The way they are designed has a significant influence on the way people encounter each other within them.

On the dance floor, not everyone comes from the same background. We want to design krakelee club so that as many people as possible can feel comfortable there. But all visitors also share responsibility for the atmosphere: Let's celebrate in solidarity!

Code of Conduct

Programme

Cultural spaces thrive on exchange; on people, ideas, and concepts that inspire each other – exactly what our society needs right now.

krakelee club should be such a space. At its center are club nights – good lineups, thumping bass, escape from everyday life. But krakelee is not just a club, because we understand culture as an open and living field. What should emerge is a diverse cultural space where art, concerts, installations, workshops, and other formats can also take place.

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krakelee crew

The krakelee collective consists of more than 20 people who work in various autonomous working-groups.

While the collective is responsible for shaping the club project, the co-op provides the legal, operational, and ethical framework.

krakelee co-op

Die Crew von krakelee vor der Bar »Die Trinkgenossin«

3 Mitglieder von krakelee vor dem Infostand lachen freundlich in die Kamera

Structure and working groups

Collective means: being in a state of constant change.

A collective thrives on shared responsibility and continuous development. Sociocracy provides a clear framework for this — one that allows decisions to be made efficiently while taking multiple perspectives into account. Through defined roles and working groups, responsibility is distributed, and actions become more effective. In this way, an organization emerges that embraces diversity while remaining focused and purposeful.

Our working groups