Basel Social Club
Rittergasse 21-25, CH-4051, Basel
Reba Maybury
Opens June152025

Basel Social Club returns June 15 − 21, 2025, for its fourth edition, inhabiting a former private bank in the center of Grossbasel. The event will span more than 100 rooms of this iconic building, transforming the vast location into an immersive tableau vivant. Basel Social Club is the first to open the doors of these historic premises to the public, marking the beginning of the building’s activation by FOR ART, a project by Klaus Littmann to revitalize the vacant property on Rittergasse through artistic and cultural interventions until the end of 2028.

In keeping with its tradition of site-specific programming, the 2025 edition engages directly with the building’s symbolic and material past. This year’s theme draws inspiration from the language of finance and exchange, exploring systems of value, commerce, and trade. The resulting exhibition, performance program and culinary options unfold within the bank setting, where boundaries dissolve between currency and care, luxury and necessity, spectacle and service.

Each room offers a unique experience: from a blood bank operated by the swiss red cross, to spaces dedicated to jewelry, beauty, wellness, and games. Durational performance pieces actively engage with the environment, as artists and attendants alike assume participatory roles.

What began as a one-off gathering has evolved into a non-profit platform that resists convention and embraces experimentation. As always, Basel Social Club remains free and open to all.