Reiner Michalke

Reiner Michalke (born 1956) is the artistic director of the concert venue Stadtgarten in Cologne/Germany.

Reiner Michalke is founding chairman of Initiative Kölner Jazz Haus e.V.

Since October 2018 Michalke is managing artistic director of the Monheim Triennale.

He has also produced events for the Büro für innovative Kulturprojekte und Kommunikation in Berlin.

Up to his appointment as director of the Moers festival, Reiner Michalke was the Green Party's “resident expert" on Cologne's cultural affairs committee (from 1984), a board member of the Europe Jazz Network (from 1992), and a founding member of and speaker for the organisations “Off Cologne e.V”, “KulturNetz Köln” and "Bundeskonferenz Jazz".