The Class of 2027 honours one hundred and eleven cults on three levels: forty from Bamberg, fifty from Germany and twenty-one from around the world. Each has been examined by the jury against the seven criteria of the Cult Canon, and each receives its certificate and its tribute.
Regional · 40 cults
CA:Bamberg
Breweries and beer cellars, buildings and stages, festivals and gardens: the first regional class of a city that lives its cult.
National · 50 cults
CA:National
Brands and machines, programmes and voices, festivals and legends: fifty cults from fourteen genres that have shaped Germany.
International · 21 cults
CA:International
Buildings and characters, brands and people: twenty-one cults understood on every continent.
The path through the year
The Bamberg cults will be honoured from January 2027, the national ones in three seasons in January, May and September, the international ones during Cult Week in October. The year closes with the gala in December 2027 in Bamberg.
Please note
Nominations are published as soon as the nominees have been informed in person. Names and brands belong to their owners; images appear only after approval. Three national nominations are publisher’s appointments and are marked as such.
Your vote counts.
The Cult Letter reminds you when the public vote begins.