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Event highlights 2016

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Event highlights Holidays in the heart of nature in 2016 2016 January 1 January 2016 New Year's swim in the North Sea, Föhr North Sea, Föhr www.foehr.de/veranstaltungen/events/ausblick-auf-2016 6 January 2016 Horn sledge race Partenkirchen www.hornschlitten.de April 16 April 2016 14th Spree Forest Marathon - Lübbenau biosphere reserve Lübbenau biosphere www.die-infoseiten.de/event2923-spreewaldmarathon.html reserve www.spreewaldmarathon.de/SM 16 April - 19th Brent Goose Festival Wadden Sea, Hallig islands www.wwf.de/themen- 8 May 2016 in Schleswig-Holstein projekte/projektregionen/wattenmeer/watt- erleben/veranstaltungen 22 April - 2016 Baden-Württemberg Regional Garden Show Öhringen 9 October 2016 www.laga2016.de 22 April - 2016 Bavaria Regional Garden Show Bayreuth www.landesgartenschau2016.de/index.php?id=98 9 October 2016 28 April - 2016 Schleswig-Holstein Regional Garden Show Eutin www.eutin-2016.de 3 October 2016 May 24 May 2016 Day of Parks Day of activities across www.kleiner-kalender.de/event/tag-der-parke/42562.html Europe 28 May - 16th Thuringian Summer of Walking Thuringia www.thueringen-tourismus.de/urlaub-hotel- 4 September 2016 reisen/wandersommer-120002.html June 8 June 2016 World Oceans Day worldwide www.kleiner-kalender.de/event/tag-des-meeres/43733.html 11-18 June 2016 15th EWE-Nordseelauf run North Sea islands of www.nordseelauf.de/home.html Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog, Juist, Wangerooge, Spiekeroog, Borkum 20 June - Textile art walking trail Much www.patchworkgilde.de/Detailseite.66+M55f4d70a877.0.html 30 September 2016 (inaugural walk on the art trail 19 June 2016) 22-27 June 2016 116th German Walking Festival Sebnitz and Saxon www.deutscherwandertag-2016.de/startseite.html Switzerland 25-26 June 2016 '24 hours of Bavaria' Karwendel Alps: (8th edition of the popular hiking event) Mittenwald, Krün, Wallgau www.bayern.by/austragungsort-2016 July 1-3 July 2016 6th Berchtesgadener Land Hiking Festival Berchtesgaden 24h-trophy.com/5-berchtesgadener-wander-festival

August 14 August 2016 113th Duhnen Mudflat Cuxhaven tourismus.cuxhaven.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=256&top Horse Races menu=138 20-21 August 2016 Hohenlohe 15th Kocher Valley Gourmet Tour Hohenlohe region, www.geniessertour.de (wine, walking, cuisine) between Künzelsau and Forchtenberg September September - October Wonders of nature - bird migration in Brandenburg at various locations in www.reiseland- (bird watching for cranes) Brandenburg brandenburg.de/themen/natur/details/vogelzug.html September 2016 Cattle drives In many villages across the www.almabtriebe.de alpine region (Bavaria, Allgäu)

October 8 October 2016 39th Brocken Marathon Wernigerode www.harz-gebirgslauf.de provisionally October Darss Nature Film Festival Wieck / Darss www.darsser-naturfilmfestival.de 2016

1 Event highlights 800 years of the Dresden Kreuzchor boys' choir 2016 held regularly Saturdays: vespers with Kreuzchor boys' choir or guest choirs Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf January 9 January 2016 Opening event: Bach's Christmas Oratorio part II, concert by Kreuzchor boys' Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf choir February 13 February 2016 Memorial concert Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf 22-29 February 2016 Food and shelter week at the Kreuzkirche church Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf

March 4 March 2016 Saxony State Opera: 'Celebrated around the world. At home in Dresden' Dresden www.sachsen- tourismus.de/service/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsdetails/event/800- jahre-dresdner-kreuzchor 24-28 March 2016 Kreuzchor vespers on Easter Saturday, Easter matins, special Easter services, Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf St. Matthew Passion

April 15-24 April 2016 Festival week Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf

15 April 2016 Opening ceremony in and around the Kreuzkirche Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf

16 April 2016 Kreuzchor vespers: Dresden's choirs help the Kreuzchor to celebrate its Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf anniversary 17 April 2016 Special service with the Bishop of Saxony and the Kreuzchor boys' choir, Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf concert by the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra incl. a premiere

18 April 2016 Kreuzkirche panel discussion 'Church for the city: During German Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf reunification and today' 19 April 2016 Kreuzgymnasium panel discussion 'Protestant schools now and in the future' Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf

20 April 2016 Organ recital with illuminations Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf 21 April 2016 Kreuzkirche panel discussion 'Still fighting for peace?' Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf 22 April 2016 Kreuzkirche panel discussion 'Ecumenism - what's next?' Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf 23 April 2016 Kreuzchor boys' choir concert - Beethoven: Missa solemnis Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf 24 April 2016 Ecumenical service with guests, concert with Gerhard Schöne Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf May 14-16 May 2016 Whitsun vespers, special Whitsun services Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf

24 May 2016 Gala concert with former members of the Kreuzchor boys' choir Dresden www.epd.de/zentralredaktion/epd-zentralredaktion/dresdner-kreuzkirche- kreuzchor-und-kreuzschule-feiern-2016-jub June 25 June - 6 August Summer organ recitals, all at 3pm Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf 2016 August 19 August 2016 Open-air concert with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra 'The sound of Dresden www.sachsen- Dresden' tourismus.de/service/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsdetails/event/800- jahre-dresdner-kreuzchor 19-21 August 2016 Dresden Festival: 'Kreuzgang' procession, ecumenical service, traditional folk Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf singing, Theaterplatz square and elsewhere

September 24 September 2016 Bach: Mass in B minor, Kreuzchor choir concert, opening event of the New Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf Bach Society's 91st Bach Festival November 15 November 2016 Night of Lights Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf 26 November - 26 Advent and Christmas at the Kreuzkirche Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf December 2016 December 16 December 2016 'This is Advent' - three churches, three choirs, one city Dresden www.sachsen- tourismus.de/service/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsdetails/event/800- jahre-dresdner-kreuzchor 17-18 December 2016 Festive Christmas concerts with the Dresden Kreuzchor boys' choir Dresden www.sachsen- tourismus.de/service/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsdetails/event/800- jahre-dresdner-kreuzchor/ 31 December 2016 New Year's Eve party with the Kreuzchor boys' choir, New Year's Eve organ Dresden www.evlks.de/doc/DR_Faltblatt800.pdf recital

2 Event highlights Anniversaries in 2016 2016 all year round 200 years of Rheinhessen Rheinhessen www.rheinhessen.de/200-jahre-rheinhessen 2014-2018 600th anniversary of the Council of Constance Constance www.konstanzer-konzil.de/en February 20-21 February 2016 125 years of skiing in the Black Forest Hinterzarten www.hochschwarzwald.de/Media/Veranstaltungen/125-Jahre-Skilauf- Grosses-Jubilaeums-Wochenende-125-Jahre-Skilauf-im- Schwarzwald?value=2016-02-20 60 years of the Stuttgart TV tower Stuttgart www.fernsehturmstuttgart.com 10 years of the Mercedes-Benz Museum Stuttgart www.mercedes-benz.com/de/mercedes-benz/classic/museum/neunter- geburtstag-im-museum 500 years of the German Beer Purity Law Bavaria 500jahre-reinheitsgebot.com/bier-in-bayern/reinheitsgebot

22-24 July 2016 Festival celebrating 500 years of the German Beer Purity Law Munich

225 years of the Rothaus State Brewery - 60 years of Tannenzäpfle beer Grafenhausen- www.rothaus.de/en Rothaus 50 years of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route Upper Swabia www.barockstrasse.org 26 February - 300 years of Duisburg river port Duisburg www.duisburger-akzente.de/de/index.php 13 March 2016 August 70 years of North Rhine-Westphalia – 70 years of Düsseldorf as state capital - Düsseldorf land.nrw/de/70-jahre-nrw-70-jahre-landeshauptstadt-duesseldorf-werden- 26-28 August 2016 ceremony with Minister President Kraft vom-26-bis-28-august-gefeiert

September 9-13 and 600 years of the Wurstmarkt wine festival in Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim www.bad-duerkheim.com/duerkheimer-wurstmarkt.html 16-19 September 2016

3 Event highlights Art exhibitions in 2016 2016 January 21 May 2015 - 22 Between Venus and Luther. Cranach's Media of Seduction Nuremberg www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/between-venus-and-luther- May 2016 cranach-s-media-of-seduction

30 May 2015 - 16 Chocolate! exhibition Koblenz landesmuseum-koblenz.de/index.php?id=42980 May 2016

11 October 2015 - Detectives, agents and spies Speyer www.museum.speyer.de/Deutsch/Sonderausstellungen/Vorschau/Detektive_Ag 31 July 2016 enten_amp_Spione.htm

12 October 2015 - I got rhythm – Art and jazz since 1920 Stuttgart www.kunstmuseum-stuttgart.de 6 March 2016 30 October 2015 - Storm Women. Women artists of the avant-garde in Berlin 1910-1932 Frankfurt am Main www.schirn.de/en/exhibitions/2015/sturm_frauen 7 February 2016

26 November Mainz – one glance, many views Mainz www.landesmuseum-mainz.de/en/ausstellungen/ausstellungsvorschau/mainz- 2015 - 6 ein-blick-viele-ansichten November 2016

February 6 February -16 Picasso. Window to the World Hamburg www.buceriuskunstforum.de/en/exhibition/picasso-fenster-zur-welt May 2016 6 February - Gerhard Richter: The great abstraction Baden-Baden www.museum-frieder-burda.de/2015-2016.1041.0.html?&L=1 29 May 2016 7 February - 5 Per Kirkeby Bremen www.museen-boettcherstrasse.de/ausstellungen/per-kirkeby June 2016

18-21 February art KARLSRUHE 2016 Karlsruhe www.art-karlsruhe.de/en/home/homepage.jsp 2016

19 February - 24 Beer. The art of brewing and 500 years of the German Beer Purity Law Mannheim www.technoseum.de July 2016 March 5 March 2016 - Major state exhibition: Good money and bad money Baden-Baden www.kunsthalle-baden-baden.de 19 June 2016 6 March - 5 June Exhibition: The urge to travel. From pilgrims to package holidays Heidelberg www.museum-heidelberg.de 2016 11-13 March HanseArt Lübeck www.kunstmesse- 2016 hanseart.de/index.php?ausstellung=2016_luebeck&site=2016_luebeck&lang=en

20 March - 30 Ice age safari Koblenz landesmuseum-koblenz.de/index.php?id=43047 October 2016

April 9-10 April 2016 Museums Night Hamburg www.langenachtdermuseen-hamburg.de

14-17 April 2016 Art Cologne Cologne www.artcologne.com/ART-COLOGNE/index-2.php

16 April - 9 Major state exhibition: 4,000 years of pile dwellings Bad Schussenried pfahlbauten2016.de October 2016 and Bad Buchau 24 April - 28 Thuringia state exhibition: The Ernestines. A Dynasty Shapes Europe Gotha/Weimar www.ernestiner2016.de/index_en.html August 2016 29 April - 30 Bavarian state exhibition 2016: Beer in Bavaria Augsburg www.hdbg.de/bier/index_e.php October 2016 May May - October Expressionism: A patch of North German sky Mainz www.landesmuseum- 2016 mainz.de/ausstellungen/ausstellungsvorschau/expressionismus-ein-stueck- norddeutscher-himmel 4 May 2016 - 6 Great plans! Modern types, dreamers, inventors Dessau www.bauhaus-dessau.de January 2017 7 May 2016 Blue Night 2015 – Late Night of Art and Culture Nuremberg www.blauenacht.nuernberg.de

14 May - 16 Exhibition: Emperor Nero Trier www.landesmuseum-trier.de/en/home/sonderausstellung/vorschau-nero-kaiser- October 2016 kuenstler-und-tyrann.html

19 May 2016 Museums Night Berlin www.berlin.de/en/events/2091757-2842498-long-night-of-museums.en.html

20-22 May 2016 Darmstadt Art Nouveau Festival Darmstadt www.darmstadt-tourismus.de/en/events/days-of-art-nouveau.html

June 4 June - 11 Joseph Beuys. The sculpted images Hamburg www.buceriuskunstforum.de September 2016 4 June - 18 Emscherkunst: Discover art Ruhr region www.emscherkunst.de/press/aktuelles/100-tage-kunst-entdecken-an-den-ufern- September 2016 der-emscher-von-holzwickede-bis-herne.html?L=1

4 10 June - 11 Nothing against men Saarlouis www.museum-haus-ludwig.saarlouis.de September 2016

20 June - 30 Textile art walking trail Much www.patchworkgilde.de/Detailseite.66+M55f4d70a877.0.html September 2016

August

End of August 5th Homburg ARTmosphere Homburg /www.homburg.de/content/pages/ARTmosphaere.htm 2016 September 10 September Hamburg Theatre Night Hamburg www.verein-theaternacht.de 2016 11 September Baroque. Just a beautiful illusion? Mannheim (Reiss www.barock2016.de 2016 - 19 Engelhorn February 2017 Museums) October October/Novemb 11th Sulzbach Glass Art Festival Sulzbach kunstvereinsulzbach.wordpress.com er 2016 1 October 2016 - Venice. City of artists Hamburg www.buceriuskunstforum.de/en/exhibition/venedig-die-stadt-der-kuenstler 8 January 2017 2 October 2016 - Maya Speyer www.museum.speyer.de/Deutsch/Sonderausstellungen/Vorschau/Maya.htm 23 April 2017

7 October 2016 - Francis Bacon – Invisible Rooms Stuttgart www.staatsgalerie.de 8 January 2017 12 October 2016 - Oishii! Japan's Food Culture Stuttgart www.lindenmuseum.de/en/see/exhibitions/oishii 23 April 2017 12 October 2016 - Major state exhibition: The Swabians. Between myth and brand Stuttgart www.landesmuseum-stuttgart.de 23 April 2017

20 October 2016 - The uncanny home – Rooms from Edvard Munch to Max Beckmann Bonn www.aewb-nds.de/uploads/media/Geplante_Ausstellungen_2015-16.pdf 29 January 2017

22 October 2016 - Max Liebermann – Horseback Riding, Tennis, Polo Bremen www.kunsthalle-bremen.de 27 February 2017

December 16 December Rameses – Divine Ruler on the Nile Karlsruhe www.landesmuseum.de/website/Deutsch/Sonderausstellungen/Vorschau/Rams 2016 - 18 June es.htm 2017

5 Event highlights Music in 2016 2016 January 14 January 2016 Homburg Master Concerts Homburg www.homburger-meisterkonzerte.de/index.php?id=10 29 January 2016 Semper Opera Ball/Semper Open Air Ball Dresden www.semperopernball.de/en 29-30 January 2016 Bremen Carnival Bremen www.bremer-karneval.de 29-31 January 2016 52th Music Show of the Nations Bremen www.musikschau.de February 12-29 February 2016 39th International Handel Festival Karlsruhe www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/programm/haendel-festspiele 18 February 2016 Homburg Master Concerts Homburg www.homburger-meisterkonzerte.de/index.php?id=10 28 February - Kurt Weill Festival in Dessau Dessau-Rosslau www.kurt-weill.de/indexen.html 16 March 2016 March 6 March 2016 International Music Parade Stuttgart www.stuttgart-tourist.de/ suchen-buchen/e-internationale-musikparade-2015 8-13 March 2016 47th International Jazz Week in Burghausen Burghausen/ visit.burghausen.de/inform/events/jazz/international-jazz-week.html Altötting 10 March 2016 Homburg Master Concerts Homburg www.homburger-meisterkonzerte.de/index.php?id=10 11-20 March 2016 Telemann Festival in Magdeburg Magdeburg www.telemann.org/home.html 11-20 March 2016 2016 MaerzMusik Festival in Berlin Berlin www.berlinerfestspiele.de 15-21 March 2016 Stuttgart Bach Festival 2016 Stuttgart www.bachakademie.de 17-19 March 2016 Mr. M's Jazz Club Baden-Baden www.badenbadenevents.de 18-27 March 2016 Arnstadt Bach Festival Arnstadt www.bachfestival.arnstadt.de 18-28 March 2016 Berlin State Opera Festival Berlin www.staatsoper-berlin.de/en_EN/festtage-kalender-2015-2016 18 March - Thuringian Bach Festival Thuringia www.thueringer-bachwochen.de/en 10 April 2016 19-28 March 2016 Easter Festival with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Baden-Baden www.festspielhaus.de/en April 2-30 April 2016 Heidelberg International Spring Music Festival Heidelberg www.heidelberger-fruehling.de/en 2 April - Sandstone & Music Festival Saxon Switzerland sandstein-musik.de/home.html 11 December 2016 6-10 April 2016 International Jazz Festival St. Ingbert experience-jazz.de 14 April 2016 Homburg Master Concerts Homburg www.homburger-meisterkonzerte.de/index.php?id=10 21-24 April 2016 Jazzahead! Bremen www.jazzahead.de 29 April - Ludwigsburg Palace Festival Ludwigsburg www.schlossfestspiele.de/en/index.htm 23 July 2016 May provisionally May 2016 65th German Mozart Festival Augsburg www.deutsche-mozart-gesellschaft.de May to September 2016 Garden Kingdom Summer Wörlitz www.gartenreichsommer.de

1 May - Colourful water and light shows Hamburg www.plantenunblomen.hamburg.de 31 September 2016 5 May - Dresden Music Festival Dresden www.musikfestspiele.com/en/music-festival 5 June 2016 5-8 May 2016 XJazz Berlin www.xjazzfestival.wordpress.com 7-8 May, 21-22 May 2016 Brühl Palace Concerts Brühl www.schlosskonzerte.de

12 May 2016 Homburg Master Concerts Homburg www.homburger-meisterkonzerte.de/index.php?id=10 12-16 May 2016 KulturPur – International Culture and Theatre Festival On Mount Giller in www.siwikultur.de the Rothaargebirge Hills Nature Park 13-22 May 2016 May Festival Osnabrück www.maiwoche.info 13-19 May 2016 Whitsun Festival Baden-Baden www.festspielhaus.de/en 15-22 May 2016 Dresden International Dixieland Festival Dresden www.dixielandfestival-dresden.com 27-29 May 2016 Elbe Jazz Festival Hamburg www.elbjazz.de/en 27 May - Handel Festival Halle www.handel-festival.com/en/index.html 12 June 2016 June 1 June - MDR Summer of Music (in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) throughout www.cultural-heart-of- 31 August 2016 Saxony, Saxony- germany.com/events/?length=month&date=1465682400 Anhalt and Thuringia

3 June - Würzburg Mozart Festival Würzburg www.mozartfest.de 3 July 2016 3-12 June 2016 International Organ Week Nuremberg tourismus.nuernberg.de/en/erleben- geniessen/events/jahreshighlights/d/internationale-orgelwoche-2012-in- nuernberg.html 4-5 June, 18-19 June Brühl Palace Concerts Brühl www.schlosskonzerte.de 2016 4 June - Hohenlohe Summer of Culture Hohenlohe www.hohenloher-kultursommer.de 25 September 2016 5-8 June 2016 30th Rock am Ring festival Mendig airfield in www.rock-am-ring.com the Eifel 8 June - Rheingau Music Festival Rheingau and www.rheingau-musik-festival.de end of August Wiesbaden 9 June 2016 Homburg Master Concerts Homburg www.homburger-meisterkonzerte.de/index.php?id=10 10-26 June 2016 Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival, theme for 2016: Bonjour France! Potsdam, UNESCO www.musikfestspiele-potsdam.de/en.html World Heritage palaces and parks 10-19 June 2016 Leipzig Bach Festival Leipzig www.bachfestleipzig.de/en/bachfest 10-26 June 2016 Potsdam Music Festival Potsdam www.musikfestspiele-potsdam.de/en/programme-2016/preview.html

17-19 June 2016 Traumzeit music festival Duisburg-Nord traumzeit-festival.de Industrial Landscape Park 17 June - Musical Summer in Fulda Fulda www.musicalsommer-fulda.de 28 August 2016 17 June - Thuringian Palace Theatre Festival in Sondershausen: Anatevka (Fiddler on Sondershausen www.schlossfestspiele-sondershausen.de/anatevka.html 9 July 2016 the Roof) 19 June - Central Europe Festival Plauen/Hof/Cheb www.festival-mitte-europa.com 7 August 2016 21 June 2016 Fête de la Musique Homburg www.homburg.de 21 June 2016 Fête de la Musique Berlin www.fetedelamusique.de/berlin

6 24-26 June 2016 Swingin' in Bingen – jazz festival Bingen www.bingen.de/en/tourism/events/highlights/bingen-swingt 24-26 June 2016 23rd Bergmannstrasse Festival – jazztime in Kreuzberg Berlin www.kiez-und-kultur.de 24 June - 30 years of the Bad Kissingen Summer Festival Bad Kissingen www.kissingersommer.de/karten-- 24 July 2016 gutscheinbestellung/programmvorschau- 2016/23226.Ausblick_auf_den_KISSINGER_SOMMER_.html 26 June 2016 The Berlin Philharmonic's final concert of the season at the Waldbühne Berlin www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en

July 1-17 July 2016 Altonale Hamburg www.altonale.de 2 July 2016 Music festival Hohenlohe, www.weikersheim.de/gaeste/kunst-und-kultur/hohenloher- Weikersheim Palace kultursommer.html

2-3 July, 16-17 July 2016 Brühl Palace Concerts Brühl www.schlosskonzerte.de

7-10 July 2016 Summer music festival with Valery Gergiev Baden-Baden www.festspielhaus.de/en 8-17 July 2016 JazzOpen Stuttgart www.jazzopen.com 12 July - Norderney Summer of Classical Music Norderney www.norderney.de/klassiksommer2015/ob_2f70be33_b94c_7cdf_48d67 26 August 2016 9fc16c5556d 15-23 July 2016 Hohentwiel Festival Singen www.hohentwielfestival.de 15-16 July 2016 Philharmonic concerts at Schloss Neuweier Baden-Baden www.badenbadenevents.de/en 17 July - Moselle Music Festival Trier www.moselmusikfestival.de 3 October 2016 21-25 July 2016 2016: 25 years of the Classics Open Air Festival Berlin www.classicopenair.de/en 28-31 July 2016 Burg Herzberg Festival - hippie music festival Burg Herzberg www.burgherzberg-festival.de 29-30 July 2016 Juicy Beats Festival - music festival Dortmund www.juicybeats.net/en 30 July - 21st Wernigerode Castle Festival Wernigerode www.wernigerode.de 3 September 2016 August 5 August 2016 Classics Night, part of the Norderney Summer of Classical Music Norderney www.norderney.de/klassiksommer2015/ob_2f70be33_b94c_7cdf_48d67 9fc16c5556d 5-7 August 2016 Nature One Kastellaun www.nature-one.de/home 5-14 August 2016 Open-Air Classics 2016 Leipzig www.leipzig- im.de/index.php?section=details&auswahl=veranstaltungen&auswahl2= 54045 6-21 August 2016 Moritzburg Festival Moritzburg www.moritzburgfestival.de/english/index.html Palace/Dresden 10-14 August 2016 Eschwege Open-Air Festival Eschwege www.open-flair.de 11-13 August 2016 Haldern Pop Festival Haldern haldernpop.com/en 17 August - Young Euro Classic Berlin www.young-euro-classic.de/en 4 September 2016 19 August - Ruhr Marquee Festival Ruhr region www.zeltfestivalruhr.de 4 September 2016 20 August - Bremen Music Festival Bremen www.bremen-tourism.de/bremen-music-festival 10 September 2016 31 August - Köthen Bach Festival Köthen www.bach-in-koethen.de 4 September 2016 September 1-16 September 2016 Berlin Music Festival Berlin www.berliner-festspiele.de 3 September 2016 Rock am See festival (30th anniversary) Constance www.rock-am-see.de 9 September - Beethoven Festival Bonn en.beethovenfest.de 9 October 2016 provisionally Stuttgart Music Festival Stuttgart www.musikfest.de 2-11 September 2016 16-18 September 2016 26th St. Wendel International Jazz Festival St. Wendel www.wndjazz.de October October 2016 Sinti Jazz Festival Saarbrücken www.jazz-syndikat.de 2 October - Enjoy Jazz Heidelberg www.enjoyjazz.de 15 November 2016 November November 2016 Saarbrücken Jazz Festival Saarbrücken www.jazz-syndicat.de 8 November - International Film Festival Braunschweig www.filmfest-braunschweig.de/en/home 13 November 2016

7 Event highlights Festivals in 2016 2016 January January/ 29th Schleswig-Holstein Gourmet Festival Schleswig-Holstein www.gourmetfestival.de/mitgliedshaeuser.html#anchorc13 February 2016 18-24 January 2016 Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, German films by new directors Saarbrücken www.max-ophüls-preis.de

22-31 January 2016 Heidelberg Dance Biennial Heidelberg www.theaterheidelberg.de/festival/tanzbiennale-heidelberg

February 4 February 2016 'Maschkera' carnival procession in Mittenwald Mittenwald www.alpenwelt-karwendel.de/fasching 11-21 February Berlin's 66th international film festival – Berlinale 2016 Berlin www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html 2016 26 February - 27th Eppelborn Puppet Theatre Festival Eppelborn www.eppelborn.de 4 March 2016 March March 2016 GrAFiTi Festival (regional student theatre festival) Saarbrücken www.grafiti2015.com 1 March 2016 Almond Blossom Festival Gimmeldingen mandelbluetenfest.de 8-19 March 2016 lit.Cologne Cologne www.lit-cologne.de/en/home 18 March - Hamburger DOM funfair 2016 - spring edition Hamburg www.hamburg.de/dom 17 April 2016 19 March 2016 'Strong Beer' festivals www.bayern.by/ 48fa81f6-bf0d-99f3-8ef2-c26ee8bd5275.html 28 March 2016 St. George's Ride on Easter Monday Traunstein www.bayern.by/e6f0a070-4951-6d10-a3b8-d6b4764b0e19.html

29 March - Lichter Film Festival in Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main www.lichter-filmfest.de 3 April 2016 April tba Movimentos Festival of Dance and Culture at Autostadt in Wolfsburg Wolfsburg www.movimentos.de/en 12-17 April 2016 28th Dresden Film Festival/International Short Film Festival Dresden www.filmfest-dresden.de/english/home.html 16 April 2016 Wineries open day Ahr valley www.ahrwein.de/de/events/tag-der-offenen-weinkeller 16 April - 78th Stuttgart Spring Festival (Cannstatter Wasen) Stuttgart - Cannstatter www.stuttgart-tourist.de/suchen-buchen/e-stuttgarter- 8 May 2016 Wasen fruehlingsfest-2016 22-24 April 2016 Federal Nature Film Festival Blieskastel www.afw- blieskastel.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id= 13&Itemid=11 24-26 April 2016 Pure Beer Festival (500 Years of the Bavarian Beer Purity Law) Ingolstadt www.1516-ingolstadt.de 26 April - 23rd Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart www.itfs.de 1 May 2016 27-30 April 2016 43rd Ilmenau Jazz Festival Ilmenau www.jazzclub-ilmenau.de/Aktuell.jazzclub.0.html 30 April - Wine Culture Festival Württemberg www.hohenlohe.de/showpage.php?SiteID=76 31 May 2016 May tba 6th Africa Festival in Moers Moers www.moers-stadtportal.de/festivals-a-moerser-feste/festivals-a- moerser-feste/164-festivals/34-afrika-festival

1 May 2016 Raising the maypole Bavaria www.bayern.by/d9a14a17-2bac-346d-304b-b22139ac43c4.html

1 May - Ruhr Theatre Festival - one of the largest theatre festivals in Europe Ruhr region www.ruhrfestspiele.de/en/index.php 19 June 2016 3 May - Rhineland-Palatinate Festival Alzey www.rlp.de/de/unser-land/rheinland-pfalz-tag 5 June 2016 5-8 May 2016 Hamburg's Port Anniversary Hamburg www.hamburg.de/hafengeburtstag-english 5-10 May 2016 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen www.kurzfilmtage.de/en 6-22 May 2016 Theatre Festival Berlin www.berlinerfestspiele.de 12-16 May 2016 KulturPur 26 – International Culture and Theatre Festival On Mount Giller in the www.siwikultur.de Rothaargebirge Hills Nature Park 12-21 May 2016 Perspectives – Festival of Franco-German Performing Arts Saarbrücken www.festival-perspectives.de 13-16 May 2016 Carnival of Cultures 2016 Berlin www.karneval-berlin.de/en/english.175.html 14-15 May 2016 HannoverPride 2016 Hannover www.csd-hannover.de/csd-hannover-2014 16-31 May 2016 Poetry on the road - literature festival Bremen bremen.de/poetry-on-the-road-35548891 20-22 May 2016 Darmstadt Art Nouveau Festival Darmstadt www.darmstadt-tourismus.de/en/events/days-of-art- nouveau.html 20-28 May 2016 Street Food Festival in Munich Munich walhallastreetfoodfestivals.de 20-29 May 2016 56th Hessentag festival in Herborn Herborn www.hessentag2016.de 21 May 2016 Japan Day, Düsseldorf / North Rhine-Westphalia Düsseldorf www.japantag-duesseldorf-nrw.de/en 26 May 2016 Corpus Christi procession Seehausen am Staffelsee www.seehausen-am-staffelsee.de/brauchtum-feste- traditionen.html 26-29 May 2016 18th Schlossgrabenfest music festival in Darmstadt Darmstadt www.schlossgrabenfest.de 27-29 May 2016 Rockavaria Festival Munich www.ringrocker.com/festivals.php?op=showf&rockavaria- festival-2016&fid=2754 27-29 May 2016 Festival of Traditional German Costumes Hohenlohe, Öhringen www.swdgv.de/downloads/Veranstaltungen/Vorlaeufiges_Progr amm_Deutsches_Trachtenfest_2016.pdf June tba Montalbâne Festival Neuenburg Castle www.montalbane.de 3-5 June 2016 Rock im Park festival Nuremberg www.rock-im-park.com 3-5 June 2016 Jazz Weekend Arnstadt www.ig-jazz-arnstadt.de/category/jazzweekend 4 June 2016 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art Berlin www.berlinbiennale.de 4 June 2016 Heidelberg Castle Illuminations and Fireworks Heidelberg www.heidelberg-event.com 5 June 2016 UNESCO World Heritage Day throughout Germany www.unesco.de/en/kultur/welterbe/welterbetag.html 5-8 June 2016 30th Rock am Ring festival Mending www.rock-am-ring.com 9-12 June 2016 La Strada - street performance festival Bremen www.lastrada-bremen.de/en 11-17 June 2016 Richard Strauss Festival Garmisch-Partenkirchen www.richard-strauss-festival.de 15-31 July 2016 Heidelberg Castle Festival Heidelberg www.schlossfestspiele-heidelberg.de 17-19 June 2016 41st Merchants' Bridge Festival Erfurt www.thueringen-tourismus.de/urlaub-hotel- reisen/kraemerbrueckenfest-erfurt-141863.html 17-19 June 2016 Traumzeit music festival Duisburg-Nord Industrial traumzeit-festival.de Landscape Park

18-26 June 2016 Kiel Week regatta Kiel www.kieler-woche.de/english 24-26 June 2016 18th Arts Festival '48 hours in Neukölln' Berlin www.48-stunden-neukoelln.de/en 24-26 June 2016 Harley Days in Hamburg Hamburg www.hamburgharleydays.de

8 24-26 June 2016 Hurricane Festival Scheessel www. hurricane.de/e 25 June 2016 ExtraSchicht - late-night industrial heritage Ruhr region www.extraschicht.de 25 June - Elspe Festival - Karl May festival Elspe www.elspe.de 11 September 2016

27-29 May 2016 Münster Port Festival Münster www.ms-hafenfest.de 28 June - Berlin Fashion Week Berlin www.fashion-week-berlin.de/en 1 July 2016 30 June - Hohenlohe Wine Festival Hohenlohe, Öhringen www.hohenloher-weindorf.de 4 July 2016 2-5 June 2016 DMY - International Design Festival Berlin dmy-berlin.com/en July tba European Folk Festival Bitburg www.folklore-bitburg.de 1 July - 17th Telemann Festival Eisenach www.eisenach.info/de 28 August 2016 1-10 July 2016 Schützenfest fair in Hannover Hannover www.hannover.de/Kultur-Freizeit/Freizeit-Sport/Feste- Saisonales/Sch%C3%BCtzenfest-Hannover 1-17 July 2016 Altonale 18 Hamburg www.altonale.de

1 July - 21st Ekhof Festival Gotha www.ekhof-festival.de 28 August 2016 5 July - Maritime Festival in Bremen Vegesack Bremen www.bremen-tourism.de/maritime-festival 7 August 2016 5-17 July 2016 Foreign Affairs festival Berlin www.berlinerfestspiele.de 7-10 July 2016 26th Dance and Folk Festival in Rudolstadt Rudolstadt tff-rudolstadt.de/en 7-12 July 2016 Freiburg Wine Festival Münsterplatz square in www.weinfest.freiburg.de Freiburg 7 July - 25th Cultural Arena Jena www.kulturarena.de 21 August 2016 8-10 July 2016 Splash! - festival Ferropolis www.splash-festival.de 8-10 July 2016 Saarbrücken Old Town Festival Saarbrücken www.altstadtfest-saarbruecken.de 8-11 July 2016 European Folk Festival Bitburg www.folklore-bitburg.de 9 July 2016 Heidelberg Castle Illuminations and Fireworks Heidelberg www.heidelberg-event.com 13-17 July 2016 Breminale - music, theatre, markets Bremen - banks of the www.bremen-tourism.de/breminale Weser on Osterdeich 15-16 July 2016 Schlagermove 2016 festival Hamburg www.schlagermove.de 15-17 July 2016 MELT! festival Ferropolis www.meltfestival.de 15-31 July 2016 Nibelung Festival Worms www.nibelungenfestspiele.de/nibelungenfestspiele/Autorenwet tbewerb/1Startseite.php 15-31 July 2016 Kaltenberg medieval tournament Kaltenberg Castle www.ritterturnier.de/en/ticketsdates 16 July 2016 Palaces Night in Dresden Dresden www.dresdner-schlössern acht.de/start.html 16 July 2016 Cologne Lights Cologne www.koelner-lichter.de 22-24 July 2016 DAS FEST music festival Karlsruhe www.dasfest.de 22-31 July 2016 Travemünde Week Travemünde www.travemuender-woche.com 23 July 2016 Christopher Street Day Berlin, Cologne and other www.csd-berlin.de locations 23 July 2016 Blech im Bruch - music and entertainment Steinbruch Arweiler www.beckingen.de 28-31 July 2016 Burg Herzberg Festival Burg Herzberg www.burgherzberg-festival.de 29 July - Hamburger DOM funfair Hamburg www.hamburg.de/dom 28 August 2016 Hummel summer festival 29-30 July 2016 Juicy Beats Festival Dortmund www.juicybeats.net/en 29 July - Kulturufer Festival in Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen www.kulturufer.de 7 August 2016 31 July - Christopher Street Day Hamburg www.hamburg-pride.de/en/home 3 August 2016 9 July 2016 Stuttgart Festival of Lights Stuttgart lichterfest-stuttgart.de/de/home August tba Stuttgart Summer Festival Stuttgart stuttgarter-sommerfest.de/de/home/ tba Reformation Festival tba www.reformationsfest2015.de 4-6 August 2016 W.O.A./ Wacken Open-Air Wacken www.wacken.com 5-7 August 2016 Reichenau Wine and Fish Festival Reichenau www.reichenau- tourismus.de/untersee/event/detail/356828/2015-08-01 5-21 August 2016 Dragon-slaying pageant Furth im Wald www.drachenstich.de 6-7 August 2016 Hagnau Wine Festival Hagnau www.hagnauer-weinfest.de 10-28 August 2016 International Summer Festival Hamburg www.kampnagel.de/en/festivals

11-14 August 2016 Rocco del Schlacko - the rock festival in the south west Püttlingen-Köllerbach www.rocco-del-schlacko.de

11-28 August 2016 Cathedral Steps Theatre Festival Erfurt www.domstufen.de/eng/?

12 August - Ruhrtriennale - international arts festival Ruhr region www.ruhrtriennale.de/en/festival-arts 25 September 2016

18 August 2016 Rhine in Flames Koblenz www.rhein-in-flammen.com/spay-koblenz/terminvorschau- spay.html 18 August 2016 Lake Night Festival in Constance Constance www.seenachtfest.de 19-21 August 2016 Dockville Festival Hamburg en.msdockville.de

24-28 August 2016 Bremen Summer Theatre Festival: Bremen www.bremen-tourism.de/top-events-in-bremen

24 August - 40th Stuttgart Wine Festival Stuttgart www.stuttgarter-weindorf.de/english 4 September 2016 24 August - 4 Stuttgart Wine Festival in Hamburg Hamburg www.stuttgarter-weindorf.de/weindorf-abc/weindorf-in- September 2016 hamburg 25-28 August 2016 Literature Festival: 36th Erlangen Poetry Festival Erlangen www.erlangen- marketing.de/va/2047192/36_erlanger_poetenfest_2016.html

27-28 August 2016 16th Baroque Festival Gotha www.stiftungfriedenstein.de/en/calendar/baroque-fest

28 August 2016 Flower parade and St. Bartholomew's Market Bad Ems www.blumenkorso.de 26-28 August 2016 Museum Embankment Festival Frankfurt am Main www.museumsuferfest.de

9 September 1-4 September Alstervergnügen festival Hamburg www.alstervergnuegen.info 2016 2-4 September Bauhaus Festival Dessau www.bauhaus-dessau.de 2016 3 September 2016 Heidelberg Castle Illuminations and Fireworks Heidelberg www.heidelberg-event.com 8-10 September SWR3 New Pop Festival Baden-Baden www.swr.de 2016 9-18 September 46th Heilbronn Wine Festival Heilbronn www.heilbronn- 2016 marketing.de/hn_content.asp?hmg=25xx387xx0xx0xx0&lang=02

9-13 September 600 years of the Wurstmarkt wine festival in Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim www.bad-duerkheim.com/duerkheimer-wurstmarkt.html and 16-19 September 2016 17-18 September Rose and Garden Festival Kronach www.kronach.de/en/rose-garden-festival-music-art-bavaria- 2016 franconia.html 17 September - Oktoberfest Munich www.oktoberfest2016.de 3 October 2016 22-24 September Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg www.reeperbahnfestival.com 2016 22-25 September Comedy Arts Festival – Germany's biggest and longest-running comedy festival Moers www.comedyarts.de 2016 23 September - 171st Cannstatter Wasen funfair & beer festival Stuttgart www.cannstatter-volksfest.de/en 9 October 2016 provisionally Lüneburg Sülfmeister Festival Lüneburg www.lueneburg.info/de/lueneburger- 30 September - 3 suelfmeistertage/?utm_source=lmg&utm_medium=lmg&utm_c October 2016 ampaign=suelfmeistertage.de

30 September - 24th Hamburg Film Festival Hamburg www.filmfesthamburg.de/en 9 October 2016 30 September - German Grape Harvest Festival Neustadt an der www.neustadt.eu/Wein-Tourismus/Deutsches-Weinlesefest 10 October 2016 Weinstrasse 30 September - Festival of Lights Berlin festival-of-lights.de/en 16 October 2016 October tba German Touring Car Masters Nürburgring racetrack www.nuerburgring.de/en tba Hamburg Theatre Festival Hamburg www.hamburger-theaterfestival.de tba 22nd Thuringia Jazz Mile Thuringia www.jazzmeile.org 2 October 2016 swb marathon Bremen www.swb-marathon.de 7-9 October 2016 363rd Onion Market Weimar www.weimar.de/en/tourismus/culture-leisure/markets- festivals/onion-market 14-31 October 2016 Bremen Freimarkt Bremen www.freimarkt.de/index.php/en/

21-23 October 2016 Designers' Open Leipzig www.designersopen.com/?language=en

18-23 October 2016 27th Hamburg Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Hamburg www.lsf-hamburg.de/english-info.html

23-31 October 2016 11th Renaissance Music Festival Lutherstadt Wittenberg www.lutherstadt- wittenberg.de/renaissancemusikfestival.html?&L=1 November tba 27th Berlin Fairytale Festival Berlin www.visitberlin.de/en/event/11-23-2014/25th-berlin-fairy-tale- days-unicorn-lion-firedrake-fairy-tales-from-great-britain tba Mannheim/Heidelberg International Film Festival Heidelberg www.iffmh.de/en 4 November 2016 2016 Günther Rohrbach Film Award Neunkirchen www.neunkirchen.de 4 November - 4 Hamburger DOM funfair Hamburg www.hamburg.de/dom December 2016 22 November - 22 166th Erfurt Christmas market Erfurt www.erfurter-weihnachtsmarkt.eu December 2016 26-27 November 16th Wartburg Castle historical Christmas market and concert Wartburg Castle, Eisenach www.visit-thuringia.com/travel-hotel-holiday-tour/index.html 2016 29 November - 4 11th chocolArt international chocolate festival Tübingen www.chocolart.de/en December 2016 End of November Hamburg Christmas markets 2016 Hamburg www.hamburg-travel.com/experience/events/christmas to 23 December 2016 December 3-4 December, 10- 16th Wartburg Castle historical Christmas market and concert Wartburg Castle, Eisenach www.visit-thuringia.com/travel-hotel-holiday-tour/index.html 11 December, 17-18 December 2016

21 December 2016 - Rauhnächte – 'Grim Nights' Bavaria www.bavaria.by/selection-bavarian-chrismas-customs 6 January 2017

31 December 2016 New Year's Eve party at Brandenburg Gate Berlin www. silvesterparty.in/silvester-am-brandenburger-tor.html

10 Event highlights Trade and consumer fairs in 2016 2016 January 15-24 January 2016 International Green Week Berlin 2016 Berlin www.messe-berlin.de/en

16-24 January 2016 CMT travel fair Stuttgart www.messe-stuttgart.de/en/cmt

18-22 January 2016 Fashion Week Berlin www.berlin.de/en/events/2852092-2842498-berlin-fashion-week-in- january.en.html 18-24 January 2016 PASSAGEN - Interior Design Week Cologne Cologne www.voggenreiter.com/passagen2015/?lang=en 23-31 January 2016 'boot Düsseldorf' boat fair Düsseldorf www.boat-duesseldorf.com

February 5-7 February 2016 Bremen Classic Motorshow Bremen www.classicmotorshow.de/home-2 10-14 February 2016 f.re.e travel and leisure exhibition Munich www.free-muenchen.de

March 9-13 March 2016 ITB Berlin www.messe-berlin.de/en

14-18 March 2016 CeBIT Hannover www.cebit.de/home 17-20 March 2016 Leipzig Book Fair Leipzig www.leipziger-buchmesse.com/?language=en April 5-7 April 2016 Aircraft Interiors Expo Hamburg www.hamburg-messe.de/en

May 5-8 May 2016 Tuning World Bodensee - Friedrichshafen, www.tuningworldbodensee.de/twb-en/ international car customisation show Lake Constance 19-22 May 2016 16th European Children's Book Fair - 'Books Build Bridges' Saarbrücken www.buchmesse-saarbruecken.eu/english-version July 8-10 July 2016 YOU – Europe's Youth Fair Berlin www.you.de

August 17-21 August 2016 gamescom Cologne www.gamescom-cologne.com September tba TourNatur Düsseldorf www.tournatur.com 2-7 September 2016 IFA Berlin 2016 - Consumer Electronics Unlimited Berlin b2b.ifa-berlin.com

17-27 September 66th IAA motor show for commercial vehicles Frankfurt/Hannover www.iaa.de/en/about-the-iaa/iaa-dates 2016/ 22-29 September 2016 October tba Grassimesse - international trade fair for applied art and product design Leipzig www.grassimesse.de/en tba Hamburg International Boat Show Hamburg www.hamburg-messe.de/en 5-10 October 2016 IKA – International Culinary Olympics Erfurt www.olympiade-der-koeche.com/en.html 19-23 October 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair Frankfurt www.buchmesse.de/en

11 Event highlights Sporting events in 2016 2016 January tba 64th Four Hills tournament Oberstdorf, Garmisch- vierschanzentournee.com Partenkirchen 7-10 January Biathlon World Cup Oberhof m.thueringen-tourismus.de/urlaub-hotel-reisen/biathlon-weltcup-oberhof- 2016 132106.html 8-10 January Ski-Jumping World Cup Willingen www.skispringen-willingen 2016 -live.de 14-19 January Sixdays Bremen Bremen www.sixdaysbremen.de 2016 19-24 January Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup Winterberg www.veltins-eisarena.de/bob-skeleton-wm-2015.html 2016 27-31 January Table Tennis German Open 2016 Berlin www.tischtennis.de/aktuelles/meldung/16696 2016 28 January - 104th Berlin Six-Day Cycle Race Berlin www.sechstagerennen-berlin.de 2 February 2016 29 January - Montgolfiade hot air balloon fiesta Bad Wiessee www.montgolfiade.de 7 February 2016 February 6 February Indoor Meeting cycle tournament Karlsruhe www.meeting-karlsruhe.de 2016 16-21 February Luge World Cup Winterberg www.wintersport-arena.de/en/service-news/aktuelles/eventkalender 2016 March 6 March 2016 Snowboarding World Cup Winterberg www.wintersport-arena.de/en/service-news/aktuelles/eventkalender

11-13 March Ski Jumping World Cup Titisee-Neustadt www.weltcupskispringen.de 2016 12 March 2016 Braveheart Battle assault course run Bischofsheim/Rhön hills www.braveheartbattle.de/en

April 16-24 April Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart www.porsche-tennis.de/prod/pag/tennis.nsf/web/english-home 2016 17 April 2016 Haspa Marathon Hamburg Hamburg www.haspa-marathon-hamburg.de/en May 1 May 2016 14th River Elbe Cycling Day Elbe Cycle Route www.elberadweg.de/start/aktuelles.html 4-8 May 2016 147th German Derby Hamburg www.galopp-hamburg.de

13-16 May ixs Dirtmasters Festival Winterberg www.dirtmasters-festival.de/?lang=en 2016 21 May 2016 44th GutsMuths Rennsteig cross-country race Schmiedefeld/Rennsteig www.rennsteiglauf.de trail 21 May 2016 German Football Association Cup Final (men) Berlin www.dfb.de/en 25-29 May International horse racing Baden-Baden www.baden-racing.com/en 2016 Spring meeting 26-29 May International Classic Car Rally Wiesbaden www.hmsc-wd.de 2016 28 May 2016 26th Emden Matjeslauf Run Emden www.emder-lg.de/matjeslauf June tba Kitesurf World Cup St. Peter-Ording kitesurfworldcup.org tba RuhrGames Ruhr region www.ruhrgames.de/en tba Kitesurf Cup on Sylt Island Sylt www.sylt-surfcup.de/surfcups-auf-sylt/kitesurf-cup-sylt 4-5 June 2016 57th International Ratzeburg Rowing Regatt1a Ratzeburg www.sh-tourismus.de/de/veranstaltungen-suchen/e-56-internationale- ratzeburger-ruderregatta-34154 4-12 June 2016 MercedesCup tennis tournament Stuttgart www.mercedescup.de/ENG/News/Startpage

5 June 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Kraichgau www.ironman.com 8 June 2016 16th Heilbronn Trollinger Marathon Heilbronn www.trollinger-marathon.de/en

19-26 June Kiel Week sailing regatta Kiel www.kieler-woche.de/english 2016 26-29 May 11th Ahr Valley Peak Festival Ahr valley www.rotweinwanderweg.de/feste/ahrtaler-gipfelfest-26-2952016 2016 July 3 July 2016 Ironman Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main eu.ironman.com/triathlon/events/emea/ironman/frankfurt#axzz3q2nYQY bJ 8-10 July 2016 International vintage vehicle festival Baden-Baden www.oldtimer-meeting.de/en

8-17 July 2016 CHIO Aachen World Equestrian Festival Aachen www.chioaachen.de/en/tickets 15-24 July 2016 Biggest funfair on the Rhine Düsseldorf www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/en/our-top-events/biggest-fun-fair-on- the-rhine 16-17 July 2016 Ziehl-Abegg Triathlon Hohenlohe, Waldenburg www.hohenlohe.de/showpage.php?Veranstaltungen&SiteID=70

22-31 July 2016 126th Travemünde Week Travemünde www.travemuender-woche.com/news/en/index.html

23-24 July 2016 Lake Schluchsee Triathlon Festival Lake Schluchsee www.triathlon-schluchsee.de/info

August tba International Stadium Festival (athletics) Berlin www.istaf.de/en/0/index.html 5-14 August Cranger Kirmes funfair Herne www.kleiner-kalender.de/rubrik/00755-cranger-kirmes.html 2016 11-14 August Hanse Sail sailing regatta Rostock www.hansesail.com/en.html 2016 13-14 August NordseeMan international triathlon Wilhelmshaven www.nordseeman.de 2016 27 August - International horse racing Baden-Baden www.baden-racing.com/en 4 September Great Festival Week 2016

12 September tba Solheim Cup 2016 – Women's golf tournament St. Leon-Rot www.solheimcup.de/en/home 10 September ebm-papst Marathon Hohenlohe, Niedernhall www.ebmpapst-marathon.de/en 2016 30 September - Windsurf World Cup Sylt Westerland, Sylt windsurfworldcup.com 9 October 2016

October tba JadeWeserPort Cup Wilhelmshaven www.jadeweserport-cup.de/jwpc/DE/index.php 39th Brocken Marathon 8 October 2016 Wernigerode www.harz-gebirgslauf.de November 16-20 Stuttgart German Masters (equestrian) Stuttgart stuttgart-german-masters.de/en November 2016 December 24-30 October 2016 Bitburger Open Badminton Saarbrücken www.bitburger-open.de/index.php?id=1&L=1