Cultural and musical highlights of Germany
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...There are so many travel occasions to come to Germany in the next few years! Here you can get an overview of different events and highlights. We are happy to help you implementing your travel wishes to Dresden, Leipzig, Weimar or other cities - just contact us!
Here you can also download an overview of the highlights and travel events of the coming years:
Anniversaries and events as travel occasions in 2020
Cultural highlights in 2020
Here you can find exhibitions, festival and anniversaries in Germany sorted by date.
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
| 15 years of reconsecration of Church of Our Lady |
2020 |
Dresden, Saxony |
Reopening Old Masters Picture Gallery
Dresden |
29/02/2020 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| 12th Dresden Steam Engine Festival |
10/04 – 12/04/2020 |
Dresden, Saxony |
4th Saxon State Exhibition
"Industry - Culture - People" |
25/04 – 01/11/2020 |
Zwickau, Saxony |
| Oberammergau Passion Play |
16/05 – 04/10/2020 |
Passion Theatre,
Oberammergau, Bavaria |
| Meiningen Steam Festival |
05/09 – 06/09/2020 |
Meiningen,Thuringia |
| Meißen Wine Festival |
25/09 – 27/09/2020 |
Meißen, Saxony |
| Radebeul Wine Festival |
25/09 – 27/09/2020 |
Radebeul, Saxony |
| SAIL Bremerhaven - The International Windjammer Festival |
12/08 – 16/08/2020 |
Bremerhaven, Bremen |
| Ski World Cup 2021 |
19/12 – 20/12/2020 |
Dresden, Saxony |
Musical highlights in 2020
Here you can find a selection of music events in Germany sorted by date.
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
| 250th anniversary of Beethoven |
2020 |
different places of events,
Germany-wide |
| 150 years of Dresden Philharmonics |
2020 |
Dresden, Saxony |
|
Richard Wagner‘s "The Ring of the Nibelung"
|
15/01 – 19/01 2020 |
Opera Leipzig |
| Premiere "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" |
26/01/2020 |
Semper Opera, Dresden
Saxony |
|
International Beethoven Festival
(Cycle of the nine symphonies)
|
13/03 – 22/03 2020 |
different places of events, Bonn, NRW
|
| 23rd Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage |
13/03 – 22/03 2020 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| 43th Dresden Music Festival |
12/05 - 12/06/2020 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| 50 years of Dixieland Festival |
May 2020 |
different places of events,
Dresden, Saxony |
| Bach Festival Leipzig |
11/06 – 21/06/2020 |
different places of events,
Leipzig, Saxony |
| Richard Wagner‘s "The Ring of the Nibelung" |
20/05 – 24/05 2020 |
Opera Leipzig |
| FESTTAGE Festival, Staatsoper Unter den Linden |
04/04 – 12/04/2020 |
Berlin |
| Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" |
Cycle I :
09/04-13/04/2020
Cycle II:
20/05-24/05/2020
|
Chemnitz Theater
Chemnitz, Saxony |
| International May Festival, Hessisches Staatstheater |
01/05 – 31/05/2020 |
Wiesbaden, Hessen |
| 100 years of International Handel Festival Göttingen |
20/05 – 01/06 2020 |
Göttingen, Lower Saxony |
|
Richard Wagner‘s "The Ring of the Nibelung"
|
July 2020 |
Bayreuth Festival,
Bayreuth, Bavaria |
| Strauss Weekend |
10/07 – 12/07/2020 |
Opera Leipzig |
| Bach Festival Köthen |
30/08 – 06/09/2020 |
Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt |
|
International Beethoven Festival
(60 concerts)
|
04/09 – 27/09/2020
|
different places of events,
Bonn, NRW |
| Festival week "150 years of Dresden Philharmonics" |
21/11 – 29/11/2020 |
Dresden, Saxony |
Anniversaries and events as travel occasions in 2021
Cultural highlights in 2021
Here you can find a selection of exhibitions, festivals and anniversaries in Germany sorted by date.
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
| Opening of new Berlin Palace after reconstruction |
2021 |
Berlin |
| Special exhibition "Vermeer", Old Masters Picture Gallery Dresden |
2021 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| The 1521 Diet of Worms – 500 year jubilee |
From April 2021 |
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate |
| State horticultural show Erfurt |
April – October 2021 |
Erfurt, Thuringia |
| 13th Dresden Steam Engine Festival |
07/04 – 09/04/2021 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| Horticultural show Eppingen |
May – September 2021 |
Eppingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg |
| Ski World Cup 2022 |
18/12 – 19/12/2021 |
Dresden, Saxony |
Musical highlights in 2021
Here you can find a selection of music events in Germany sorted by date.
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
| Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung", Semperoper Dresden |
January – February 2021 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| International Festival of vocal music "a capella" |
30/04 – 09/05/2021 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
| Festival of Mahler |
13/05 – 24/05/2021 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
Anniversaries and events as travel occasions in 2022
Cultural highlights in 2022
Here you can find a selection of exhibitions, festivals and anniversaries in Germany sorted by date.
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
300 years of Old Masters Picture Gallery
Dresden |
2022 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| Special exhibition "300 years Bellotto"", Old Masters Picture Gallery Dresden |
May/June – August 2022 |
Dresden, Saxony |
Musical highlights in 2022
Here you can find a selection of music events in Germany sorted by date.
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
| Wagner 2022 – His operas in 3 weeks |
20/06 – 14/07/2022 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
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