"SHIFT NOW - Your Future Festival" - between career guidance, music and inspiration
What does our career choice have to do with the future, self-realization and responsibility? At "SHIFT NOW - Your Future Festival" on September 2, 2025 , everything revolves around these questions. With workshops, company stations, live interviews and concerts, young people between the ages of 16 and 21 can discover future professions free of charge from 10:00 to 16:00 on the grounds of the FAUST cultural center , meet role models, become active themselves and deal with their individual questions, concerns and ideas for their future.
Program highlights
A total of over 50 workshops, interactive company presentations and hands-on activities invite you to try things out: From future skills training to fashion shows, a joint "career walk" with trainees or company representatives* across the festival grounds, to the glitter station for a real festival feeling. Companies such as Continental, the TUI Group, KLAX Niedersachsen gGmbH, LINDENbackt! eG, Musikzentrum Hannover and Heuer & Co. Wohnfühlen GmbH will be demonstrating what working in their sectors looks like in a practical way. Topics such as work-life balance, making decisions or failure as an opportunity will provide valuable impetus in the form of future workshops .
The SchülerInnenZukunftsGipfel in the goods receiving area brings inspiring personalities, live broadcasts and future topics to the stage: from honest trainee discussions and scientific perspectives to reports from Lisbon and the "Mission Future" - including live broadcasts from Borkum and even Antarctica. Careers meet beats at the Azubi Social Club in the Mephisto: live music, DJ sets, bar talks and interactive games such as the "Career Ladder" ensure relaxed discussions with trainees for real insights into career paths.
Concerts: from newcomers to pop hopefuls
AnnikaYanura The festival combines future topics with a varied music program. Esther Graf is one of the great German pop hopefuls: With soul in her heart, real stories from real life, and a new kind of sound, she has found her own voice. The Steintor Herrenchor , a cult band from Hanover, moves between long reverb tails and vintage synthesizers, carried by punky drum patterns and lyrics about heartache and everyday life. ZAVET was included in the New Music 2025 Hotlist and is one of the most promising newcomers on the music scene. LUNA 's songs combine emotional depth with modern sounds and queer self-empowerment. With tracks like "blau" and her debut album "25/8", she is making a strong statement for a new generation. The line-up will be complemented by other newcomers such as Ottolien , SERPENTIN , Bekkaa and Jonny Mahoro .
Registration & info
Participation is free of charge, registration via www.shift-now.de is required. There you will find
an overview of the program and a digital future skills test to help students find their way around.
orientation for the students.
The project is organized and significantly supported by kreHtiv Netzwerk Hannover e.V: The Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection is funding SHIFT NOW with 325,000 euros, while the Hannover Region , as the idea provider and initiator , is contributing a further 135,000 euros. This support makes it possible for young people and training companies in Lower Saxony to participate free of charge. The Green Working World Network, also a co-initiator of the project, is on hand to provide advice.
SHIFT NOW is also supported by the state capital of Hanover, the Hanover Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Hanover Chamber of Crafts, the Leine-Weser Regional Development Office, the Youth Employment Agency, Pro Regio e.V. and NachwuchsKraft.
Contact
kreHtiv Netzwerk Hannover e.V.
Limmerstrasse 10
30451 Hanover