Who designs the city? This week, the answer unfolds live.
This week takes the question "Who Designs the Cities?" seriously, but refuses to leave it in the conference room. The answer continues through jazz, the memory carried by an exhibition, the prototypes of a workshop and queer culture taking the weekend into its own hands.
These are the seven picks from the newsletter sent on 31 August, now preserved as a complete story of the week. The selection stays fixed while times, prices, venues and official sources continue to resolve from Kapodalim's checked catalogue.
THE CITY IS A PROCESS
The conference, marathon and design exhibition treat the city as something built together.
MIDWEEK HOLDS MEMORY AND JAZZ
Cemre Yılmaz opens the JazzCatz season, while The Blue Hour slows the pace one day later.
THE WEEKEND IS QUEER AND REGIONAL
PQF brings house and film to Prishtina; Rahovec and Rugova extend the plan beyond the capital.
Start with the question holding the whole week together.
Who Designs the Cities? brings voices from Ljubljana, Hamburg and Prishtina together to discuss cities and the Fab City model. Entry is free.
Who Designs the Cities?
A Prishtina Sustainable Design Week conference on cities and Fab City models with speakers from Ljubljana, Hamburg and Prishtina.
- DATE
- 31 August 2026
- TIME
- 19:00-21:00
- ENTRY
- Free
On Tuesday, the city improvises.
Cemre Yılmaz, Ilir Bajri, Enver Muhamedi and Tomor Shkoza open the third JazzCatz season. A jam session follows, so the evening does not end with the final song.
Prishtina JazzCatz: Cemre Yılmaz Quartet
JazzCatz season three opens with Cemre Yılmaz on vocals, Ilir Bajri on piano, Enver Muhamedi on bass and Tomor Shkoza on drums, followed by a jam session.
- DATE
- 1 September 2026
- TIME
- 20:00
- ENTRY
- €7 · students €5
Pause for what the city remembers.
Anita Muçolli's The Blue Hour explores inherited memory, migration and belonging. It is a quieter midweek choice, with the National Gallery's daily opening hours published.
Anita Muçolli: The Blue Hour
Anita Muçolli's solo exhibition explores inherited memory, migration, belonging and the ways history continues to inhabit bodies and families.
- DATE
- 18 August 2026 - 20 September
- TIME
- MAR-PRE 10:00-18:00 · SHT-DIE 10:00-17:00
- ENTRY
- Admission not published
From the question, straight into a prototype.
PSDW's Design Marathon brings three days of collaborative prototyping to DYVÓLAB with Valerio Perna and Sytrime Dervisholli. Participation requires an application and confirmation.
Design Marathon - PSDW
Three days of collaborative prototyping at DYVÓLAB with Valerio Perna and Sytrime Dervisholli for participants aged 18+. The Open Studio takes place on 6 September.
- DATE
- 3-5 September 2026
- TIME
- 3–5 SHTATOR · 09:00–17:00
- ENTRY
- Application and confirmation
At midnight, the city changes rhythm.
Prishtina Queer Festival's opening-night after-party brings Babetronixx, Josh Caffé and GEMZA together at E.DH.E. Entry is €5, cash only at the door.
Babetronixx x Prishtina Queer Festival: Josh Caffé + GEMZA
Prishtina Queer Festival's opening-night after-party with Babetronixx, featuring house sets by Josh Caffé and GEMZA.
- DATE
- 4 September 2026
- TIME
- 23:59
- ENTRY
- €5 · door only, cash
On Saturday, two films take the floor.
Luana Bajrami and Korab Jashari come to Kino Armata with Two People Exchanging Saliva and To the Boy I Was. The joint short-film programme is free.
PQF: Two People Exchanging Saliva + To the Boy I Was
A joint short-film programme by Luana Bajrami and Korab Jashari at Prishtina Queer Festival.
- DATE
- 5 September 2026
- TIME
- 13:00
- ENTRY
- Free
Close with fifty possible futures.
Next Gen Design gathers 50 projects by young European designers, selected from more than 190 applications. The exhibition runs through 15 September, but Sunday hours are not published, so check the official source before leaving.
Next Gen Design: Futures Worth Living
The PSDW exhibition presents 50 projects by young European designers, selected from more than 190 applications across 29 countries. It opens on 31 August and remains open through 15 September.
- DATE
- 31 August 2026 - 15 September
- TIME
- HAPJA · 17:30
- ENTRY
- Admission not published
TWO MORE PICKS
If Prishtina is not enough, the weekend reaches Rahovec for Hardh Fest and Peja and Rugova for ten days of climbing.
Hardh Fest 2026
Hardh Fest brings three days of wine, tradition and a lineup ranging from Thomas Anders to Era Istrefi.
DETAILS ↗︎Peja Rock Climbing Festival 2026
Peja Rock Climbing Festival turns Rugova Gorge into a base for climbing, bouldering, via ferrata and a social programme.
DETAILS ↗︎NOW CHOOSE A DAY.
This edition preserves the plan sent on Monday and the story it built across the week. Open your pick and check the official source before leaving; practical facts can change even when the selection stays the same.
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