<p>The domicil is a venue for jazz and contemporary music in Dortmund. It ideally combines music and culture, civic commitment, catering, and architecture. Since 1969 the club has made a name for itself far beyond the region, initially as the legendary basement club at Leopoldstraße 60 in the North of Dortmund, and since 2005 in a converted UFA cinema in the centrally located Hansastraße.</p>
<p>The building project was realized with the support of the program "Taking Initiative", a campaign for civil involvement funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with the help of the Cultural Office of the city of Dortmund, and around 15,000 volunteer working hours by members of the domicil's supporting organization.</p>
<p>The domicil is supported by the non-profit organization domicil Dortmund e.V. The venue is run by the domicil gGmbH, which is in charge of the program of events and the restaurant. The volunteer work done by the members of the supporting organization amounts to around 5,000 working hours a year, guaranteeing the realization of the venue's cultural program and making the volunteers indispensable for the domicil's cultural activities.</p>