Cultural and musical highlights of Germany
Plan your next music tour, festive trip or group tour to the themes of reformation, art and railway romance...
...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!
Anniversaries and events as travel occasions in the next years
What travel occasions can you expect in the coming years? Many events that had to be cancelled due to the Corona Crisis are annual events, so that these will be a perfect travel occasion also for the next year. In addition, we can already present you the following upcoming highlight especially for music lovers:
Here you can also download an overview of the highlights and travel occasions of the coming years:
Events and travel occasions in 2021
Dresden:
- May/June 2021 Dresden Music Festival
Leipzig:
- 13/05 till 24/05/2021 Gustav Mahler Festival in Leipzig
- 11/06 till 20/06/2021 Bach Festival Leipzig
Berlin:
- 09/11 till 14/11/2021 Ring cycle (I) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
- 16/11 till 21/11/2021 Ring cycle (II) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Further cultural highlights in 2021
Here you can find a selection of exhibitions, festivals and anniversaries in Germany sorted by date (data are subject to change).
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
| Opening of Berlin Castle after reconstruction |
2021 |
Berlin |
| Special exhibition "Vermeer", Old Masters Picture Gallery Dresden |
19/03 – 27/06/2021 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| Special exhibition "Bachs Bibel" |
21/03 – 07/11/2021 |
Eisenach, Thuringia |
| Pablo Picasso & Les Femmes d'Alger, Museum Berggruen |
26/03 – 27/06/2021 |
Berlin |
| The 1521 Diet of Worms – 500 year jubilee |
17/04 – 31/10/2021 |
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate |
| State horticultural show Erfurt |
23/04 – 17/10/2021 |
Erfurt, Thuringia |
| Exhibition "Luther's arrival – every day life at Wartburg castle" |
04/05/2021 – 27/02/2022 |
Eisenach, Thuringia |
| Horticultural show Lindau |
20/05 – 26/09/2021 |
Lindau, Bavaria |
| 30th Heizhausfest steam engine festival |
20/08 – 22/08/2021 |
Chemnitz, Saxony |
| Days of the open winery along the Saxon Wine Route |
28/08 – 29/08/2021 |
Saxony |
| 13th Dresden Steam Engine Festival |
08/10 – 10/10/2021 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| Ski World Cup Dresden 2021 |
18/12 – 19/12/2021 |
Dresden, Saxony |
Further musical highlights in 2021
Here you can find a selection of music events in Germany sorted by date (data are subject to change).
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
| Strauss weekend (Salome, Capriccio) |
23/02 – 24/02/2021 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
| Wagner weekend (Holländer, Tristan, Lohengrin) |
12/03 – 14/03/2021 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
| Berlin Festival 2021 |
26/03 – 05/04/2021 |
Berlin |
The Ring of the Nibelung, cycle I, Leipzig Opera
The Ring of the Nibelung, cycle II, Leipzig Opera |
14/04 – 18/04/2021
05/05 – 09/05/2021 |
Leipzig, Saxony
Leipzig, Saxony |
| Gustav Mahler Festival |
13/05 – 24/05/2021 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
| Dresden Music Festival |
14/05 – 12/06/2021 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| Handel Festival Halle |
28/05 – 13/06/2021 |
Göttingen, Lower Saxony |
| Mozart Festival Würzburg (100 years) |
28/05 – 27/06/2021 |
Würzburg, Bavaria |
| Bach Festival Leipzig |
11/06 – 20/06/2021 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
| Wagner Festival (Feen, Rienzi, Liebesverbot/Novize von Palermo) |
18/06 – 20/06/2021 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
| Premiere: Tristan and Isolde (with Kirill Petrenko and Jonas Kaufmann) |
29/06/2021 |
München, Bavaria |
| 30th Thuringian Organ Summer |
July 2021 |
Thuringia |
| Beethoven Festival |
20/08 – 10/09/2021 |
Bonn, NRW |
| Mendelssohn Festival |
31/10 – 07/11/2021 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
The Ring of the Nibelung, cycle I, Deutsche Oper
The Ring of the Nibelung, cycle II, Deutsche Oper |
09/11 – 14/11/2021
16/11 – 21/11/2021 |
Berlin
Berlin |
Events and travel occasions in 2022
Leipzig:
- 20/06 till 14/07/2022 Wagner Festival at the Leipzig Opera
Berlin:
- 04/01 till 09/01/2022 Ring cycle (III) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Bavaria:
- 14/05 till 02/10/2022 Oberammergau Passion Play
Further cultural highlights in 2022
Here you can find a selection of exhibitions, festivals and anniversaries in Germany sorted by date (data are subject to change).
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
| 300th anniversary of Old Masters Picture Gallery Dresden |
2022 |
Dresden, Saxony |
| Exhibition "Luther and the Bible" |
from 14/04/2022 |
Eisenach, Thuringia |
| Exhibition "500 Years of the New Testament – Luther's Translation Work" |
04/05/2022 – 26/02/2023 |
Eisenach, Thuringia |
| Oberammergau Passion Play |
14/05 – 02/10/2022 |
Oberammergau, Bavaria |
| Documenta |
18/06 – 25/09/2022 |
Kassel, Hesse |
| Special exhibition "300 Years Bellotto", Old Masters Picture Gallery Dresden |
May/June – August 2022 |
Dresden, Saxony |
Further musical highlights in 2022
Here you can find a selection of music events in Germany sorted by date (data are subject to change).
| Event |
Date |
Location/Region |
| The Ring of the Nibelung, cycle III, Deutsche Oper |
04/01 – 09/01/2022 |
Berlin |
| 100 years of Handel Festival Halle |
27/05 – 12/06/2022 |
Halle, Saxony |
| Bach Festival Leipzig |
10/06 – 19/06/2022 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
| "Wagner 22": all Wagner operas and "The Ring of the Nibelung" in 3 weeks |
20/06 – 14/07/2022 |
Leipzig, Saxony |
Please do not hesitate to ask about tickets for concerts and musical highlights you are interested in – we work with reliable partners in all our destinations.
