City Guide
Concert Venues in Cologne
Cologne has 3 venue guides on Concerts Remembered, covering what to expect, how to get there, and which sections are worth the money.
3 venue guides
Essigfabrik
ClubCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · 1,200 capacity
A former vinegar factory on the edge of the Deutzer Hafen that turned into Cologne's home for metalcore, hardcore, and deathcore. The floor is flat, the room is loud, and by the encore it feels like a rainforest.
Lanxess Arena
ArenaCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · 20,000 capacity
A 20,000-capacity indoor arena in Cologne's Deutz district, directly adjacent to the Köln Messe/Deutz railway station. This is a reference guide for the practical details you need to know.
Palladium Köln
ClubCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · 4,000 capacity
A 4,000-capacity concert hall built inside an 1899 mechanical-engineering works in Cologne-Mülheim, where the factory's original steel columns still stand in the middle of the crowd and the floor is dead flat. Where you stand relative to those columns and the center line decides whether you see the show.