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Music, cabaret, readings, poetry slam and magic - every Thursday night at the Fini-Resort Badenweiler. That's the series of events "Thursday live", free of charge for all fans of entertaining performances.
Listen to a concert underneath our redwood tree, lean back at a reading with a hot tea in your hands or let yourself be enchanted by magicians. Afterwards you meet the artists personally at the bar.
Aug 28th 2025, 8:30 pm
Jazz

Duo d'Alma
Jazz
Today, we don't just mix cocktails, but also musical styles. The Duo d'Alma moves between jazz, pop, blues, rock, soul and swing. Singer Mariame Chakly is supported by Helmuth Lindlar, who covers classics and plays his own compositions. Their joy in music can be heard and felt.

Sep 4th 2025, 8:30 pm
Country/Rock

David Tarakona
Country/Rock
Stylish southern rock - that's what David Tarakona offers you today. This includes hard guitar riffs as well as catchy melodies and lyrical lyrics, whether about love or drinking beer. The Osnabrück native sings about real life with honest lyrics. Nashville sound, very modern today at Donnerstag live.

Sep 11th 2025, 8:30 pm
Akustik pop

Stoppel und Bart
Akustik pop
Stoppel and Bart feel at home between flamenco, rock and jazz, dialect and Led Zepplin. The two musicians from Switzerland bring acoustic guitars to the stage, on which they improvise themes, riffs and solos. From groovy to rousing, everything is included. In between, Christoph Battaglia and Jürg Meili chat about the development of their very own style.

Sep 18th 2025, 8:30 pm
Folk Music

Sleepwalker’s Station
Folk Music
We all love Bavarian folk music. At least if it’s by Sleepwalker’s Station. Original folk music in English, German, Spanish and Italian. The band members are just as international as their lyrics and yet; everything sounds flawless and homogenous. Snapping your fingers along is encouraged.

Sep 25th 2025, 8:30 pm
Boogie Woogie
Jo Carpenter Trio
Boogie Woogie
It sounds like a whole big band today. From the very first bars, you'll feel like dancing. The Jo Carpenter Trio plays a mix of blues, boogie woogie and rock “n” roll with fun and a sense of rhythm. It's sure to get your hips swinging.

Oct 2nd 2025, 8:30 pm
Blues

Take the 55
Blues
From Chicago to New Orleans, Route 55 passes by the most important sites of the blues. "Take the 55" from Switzerland trace this spirit in their music. Relaxed rhythm, energy, inspiration from a region full of heat and passion - that's music on the rocks.

Oct 9th 2025, 8:30 pm
Akustik pop

ACA-coustic
Akustik pop
Today we're pulling the plug - evergreens and classics from pop and rock are being played acoustically by Attila and Carmen. You're sure to recognise and love what these guys from Freiburg play. Join in, dance along, sing along!

Oct 16th 2025, 8:30 pm
Singer-Songwriter

Sascha Gutzeit
Singer-Songwriter
With more than 30 years of stage experience as a singer, musician and actor, showman Sascha Gutzeit will take you back to 1895 for his performance in our Titus Bar today, reading, chatting and singing about an almost forgotten criminal case. ‘The Bluebeard from Horrweiler’ will keep you awake.

Oct 23rd 2025, 8:30 pm
Blues

Blues Train
Blues
Climb aboard the Blues Train and the journey to the most beautiful blues and rock'n'roll classics begins. The four musicians from Bad Bellingen start with Chuck Berry and Elvis, stop at Eric Clapton and B.B. King and arrive at the destination station with Sheryl Crow and Genesis. Enjoy the ride.

Oct 30th 2025, 8:30 pm
Country/Pop

Alina Sebastian
Country/Pop
Wanderlust, heartbreak and joie de vivre - these are the themes that Alina Sebastian works into country songs. They are modern and poppy, in the style of Taylor Swift and Shania Twain. The Titus Bar bobs to the beat. Yee-haw!

Nov 6th 2025, 8:30 pm
Reading

Anette Schaumlöffel
Reading
What could the future of humanity look like? Anette Schaumlöffel deals with this question in her stories. Today she is giving an insight into her works in the Titus Bar. Speculate about the future together with the author from Cologne and let yourself be inspired.


Nov 27th 2025, 8:30 pm
Folk Music

Ludwig Wright
Folk Music
With a lot of talent and childhood heroes like the Blues Brothers, a career as a musician is almost a foregone conclusion. Ludwig Wright combines folk with rock'n'roll and prefers to play in front of an audience, because his music is meant to be hummed, clapped and sung along to. Today you can join in when the British-German songwriter performs.

Dec 4th 2025, 8:30 pm
Liedermacher

Shaki und Matze
Liedermacher
Sometimes quiet, sometimes haunting, always new - Shakti (vocals) and Mathias Paqué (guitar) give German chansons their very own flavour. After hundreds of concerts, they still tell wondrous little stories at every performance without any idealised worldly pathos.

Dec 11th 2025, 8:30 pm
Reading

Heidi Fischer
Reading
Thrillers with holiday flair. That's what author Heidi Fischer is known for. Today, she is creating a Christmas atmosphere in our bar with her stories. She will be accompanied on the guitar by Harald Demetz. Take part in this atmospheric candlelit reading.


Jan 8th 2026, 8:30 pm
Rock'n'Roll

Hill Billy Cats
Rock'n'Roll
There is nothing more timeless than rock'n'roll. The Hill Billy Cats have been making music since the last millennium. Thomas Martin (drums/vocals), Josef Frey (piano, bass, guitar) and Holger Maier (Gretsch guitar/vocals) make modern music from the 50s and 60s - dirty, cheeky and danceable.


Jan 22nd 2026, 8:30 pm
Reading

Nadine Buranaseda
Reading
Born in Cologne to a Thai father, Nadine Buranase loves keeping her readers on tenterhooks. She’s been an author since she was discovered during her university days and wrote more than a dozen dime novels before publishing her own crime series about detective chief superintendent Hirschfeld.

Jan 29th 2026, 8:30 pm
Theatre

Christian Schaefer
Theatre
He is one of the great Russians - and is closely associated with Badenweiler due to his untimely death. The author of Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya and The Seagull died here in 1904. Christian Schäfer dedicates this evening to him and paints a comedic portrait of Anton Chekhov.


Feb 5th 2026, 8:30 pm
Pop

CrocKs Trio
Pop
When was the last time you had an earworm? Today it could be that time again, as the CrocKs Trio take to the Thursday live stage and play their way through the hits of the last few decades. The three musicians from the region not only play their way into the ears, but also into the hearts of their listeners. Don't miss them!

Feb 26th 2026, 8:30 pm
Improvisational theater

Improvisationstheater Freiburg
Improvisational theater
Today, Donnerstag live becomes interactive: The improvisation theatre Freistil offers acting, wordplay, spontaneous comedy, creativity, singing and situation comedy on stage - and you get to determine the programme! Whether it's an alphabet game or a slide show: it's guaranteed to be hilarious.


Mar 5th 2026, 8:30 pm
Akustik pop

Shellstone
Akustik pop
Experience melodious ballads, pop-folk songs and acoustic sound with the Swiss band Shellstone. An evening for dreaming and humming along, where one or the other catchy tune is sure to stick. Let the four musicians enchant you.

Mar 12th 2026, 8:30 pm
Acoustic Pop

We two
Acoustic Pop
Gruerzi! The duo ‘We two’ sings cheerful songs in English or Swiss German - with just two voices, a guitar and drum beats. The two Basel natives Simone and Rainer bring a smile to everyone's face with ease.

Mar 26th 2026, 8:30 pm
Akustik pop

Mondzid
Akustik pop
Songs in the Alemannic dialect – they go straight to the heart. Beate and Ralf Rathberger from Zell im Wiesental harmonize on stage as a duo with guitars and harmonica. Listen to “Obacht! Jetz kömme mir!” (Watch out! Here we come!), their program, and enjoy their humorous songs.

Apr 2nd 2026, 8:30 pm
Pop

Jay-Double-U
Pop
In 2020, two thoroughbred musicians found each other and perfected making music together: Jörg Richter and Waldemar Schillinger feel at home in many styles of music. Whether pop, rock'n'roll, rock or blues, the two of them play it with fun. Your favourite song is sure to be included!

Apr 9th 2026, 8:30 pm
Pop

Frank Neuschütz
Pop
Do you love the classics of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Amy Winehouse, Tina Turner ... ? Then Frank Neuschütz and his show are just the thing for you tonight. The thoroughbred musician with all his heart and tonight just for you.

Apr 16th 2026, 8:30 pm
Akustik pop

Tina & Jo
Akustik pop
Love, peace and music! That is the motto of Tina & Jo. Those who missed Woodstock can experience the feeling of the 60s this Thursday. They will be playing their favourite folk, rock and country songs - singing along is allowed and encouraged, because it's the Summer of Love. Groovy, man!

Apr 23rd 2026, 8:30 pm
Pop

Smilin‘ Music Trio
Pop
Three men, one mission: to make you smile. And what better instrument to do this than a harmonica. Martin Krüger and his bandmates Holger Maier (bass, vocals) and Ferdinand Holyba (guitar, vocals) play some well-known classics like you've never heard them before.

Apr 30th 2026, 8:30 pm
Reading

Vera Nentwich
Reading
The 50-year-old writes from the perspective of a woman with a male migration background. Vera's world - different. Cheerful novels, funny thrillers or books about the search for one's own identity. Her readings are also different: stage shows, cabaret. Tonight's motto: Being a woman is no solution either.

May 7th 2026, 8:30 pm
Akustik pop

Jeanine Vahldiek Band
Akustik pop
With only two people on stage, the Jeanine Vahldiek Band makes really good-mood music. Thanks to the orchestral harp, countless percussion instruments, ukulele bass and Hawaiian guitar, songs take on new facets and energy. This has a pleasant effect even after the end of the concert.

Jun 4th 2026, 8:30 pm
Pop

The Trabants U2 Tribute
Pop
Still haven't found what I'm looking for? At the performance of the Trabants at the Fini Resort it is. The French band plays songs by U2. And not only the well-known titles, but also the B-sides that the fans love. The next U2 tour is still waiting - with us you get the best replacement.
