Between October 10–25, join us in celebrating 28 years of Casa Tranzit!

In the autumn of 1997, the building of the former Poale Tzedek synagogue - then abandoned and severely damaged - was brought back into the city’s cultural life through the Casa Tranzit project.
It was the first initiative in Romania to restore the historical and symbolic value of a former synagogue for both local and international audiences, transforming it into an independent cultural center.
This autumn, we welcome you to a diverse programme of performances, exhibitions, in-situ interventions, workshops, concerts, and conferences. These events not only document the space but also continuously bring it back to life for public use.

Each artistic gesture becomes a way to reshape the connection between memory and the present, between communities and the city, between the margins and the center. By symbolically reactivating the former synagogue, the project underscores our shared responsibility toward urban development and highlights the importance of creative, active community participation in shaping the city’s future.
This year’s edition of Tranzit Days is inspired by the concept of heterotopia: a real place (not utopian, or “without a place”) that is layered with symbolic meaning and possibilities, reflecting the society to which it belongs in unique ways.

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October 10, Friday
17:00 | Opening of Tranzit Days 2025: artist talks, programme presentation, exhibition opening >free admission<
19:00 | Concert “Sounds in/from Tranzit” >tickets https://eventbook.ro/theater/bilete-sunete-d-in-tranzit<
20:30 | Community dinner >free admission<

October 11, Saturday
15:30 | IGLOO book launch: Conversions. A Laboratory Book >free admission<
17:00 | Conference on “(Re)Cultural Conversion” (simultaneous translation in RO, HU & EN) >free admission<
20:00 | Performance “I feel rather unwell” – in-situ & livestream (subtitles HU, EN) >tickets https://eventbook.ro/theater/bilete-spectacol-nu-ma-simt-tocmai-bine-hu<

October 12, Sunday
17:00 | Conference on the memory of place (simultaneous translation in RO, HU & EN) >free admission<

October 13, Monday
18:00 | Concert “Mazel Tov” >free admission<

October 15, Wednesday
19:00 | Performance Acting Out (subtitles HU, EN) >tickets https://eventbook.ro/other/bilete-acting-out<

October 16, Thursday
19:00 | Dance and music performance from Kalotaszeg with the Zurboló Ensemble: I Climbed the Hill >free admission<

October 18, Saturday
16.00 | Anniversary exhibition Bogáncs followed by Táncház (Dance house) >free admission<

October 19, Sunday
19:00 | Concert Zoe Aqua (USA) & Florin Codoba & co (RO) >tickets https://eventbook.ro/hall/casa-tranzit-cluj-napoca?lang=ro<

October 20, Monday
19:00 | Performance “On the Ground” (SI) (performance in English) >tickets https://eventbook.ro/hall/casa-tranzit-cluj-napoca?lang=ro<

October 23, Thursday
19:00 | Performance Antez (FR) & Cecilia Feng (CN) >tickets https://eventbook.ro/hall/casa-tranzit-cluj-napoca?lang=ro<

October 25, Saturday

19:00 | Concert The Story of a True Love on Ada Kaleh Island, in the Cigarette Factory During the Slow Floods >tickets https://eventbook.ro/hall/casa-tranzit-cluj-napoca?lang=ro<
20:00 | Concert The Tunnel >tickets https://eventbook.ro/hall/casa-tranzit-cluj-napoca?lang=ro<

Daily, October 11–25
Opening on October 10 as part of the launching event >free admission<