CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS IN SAXONY CONCERTS| EXHIBITIONS | FESTIVALS 2020 to 2021
1 Leipzig Bach Festival| Nikolaikirche| © Gert Mothes 2020 to 2021 2020 bis 2021 CULTURAL HIGH LIGHTS IN SAXONY
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1 DRESDEN ELBELAND 8
2 LEIPZIG REGION 30
3 CHEMNITZ ZWICKAU REGION 54
4 SAXON SWITZERLAND 64
5 UPPER LUSATIA 70
6 ORE MOUNTAINS 80
7 VOGTLAND 88
3 Radebeul | Schloss Wackerbarth | © Heinz-Dieter Schulz
SAXONY | 2020 SAXONY | 2021
15 May to 26 June 2020 May 2021 29th Saxony Mozart Festival 30th Saxony Mozart Festival The Mozart festival hosted by the Mozart Society is an annually recurring The Mozart festival hosted by the Mozart Society is an annually recurring musical highlight in central Germany. musical highlight in central Germany. > www.mozartfest-sachsen.de > www.mozartfest-sachsen.de
06 June to 29 August 2020 June to August 2021 MDR Music Summer MDR Music Summer Once again, this famous music festival in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Once again, this famous music festival in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia will feature an exciting concert programme. Thuringia will feature an exciting concert programme. > www.mdr.de > www.mdr.de
13 September 2020 12 September 2021 Monument Open House Day Monument Open House Day Glamorous monuments that are usually closed open their doors to the Glamorous monuments that are usually closed open their doors to the public. public. > www.denkmalschutz.de > www.denkmalschutz.de
17 October to 01 November 2020 16 to 31 October 2021 Holiday Fun for Royal Kids Holiday Fun for Royal Kids Alternating daily participation events and unique special tours for royal Alternating daily participation events and unique special tours for royal kids kids > www.schloesserland-sachsen.de > www.schloesserland-sachsen.de
4 5 Dresden’s Elbe meadows in the evening | © Sven Döring (DML-BY)
DAVE Festival | © Reinhard Spunkner/Authentik Basti Rathen mountain stage | © Martin Krok (DML-BY) SemperOpernball | © Michael Schmidt (DML-BY) Steamboat parade | © Frank Exß (DML-BY)
6 7 Dresden | Frauenkirche | © Katja Fouad Vollmer DRESDEN ELBELAND 2020
Starting November 2019 | Dresden Dresden Xperience "Celebrations. Dramas. Catastrophes. As close as never." In the ancient vaults beneath Brühlsche Terrasse, a new exhibition revives 450 years of Dresden's history in multimedia, spectacularly orchestrated installations. Dresden Fortress > www.festung-dresden.de
23 November 2019 to 02 June 2020 | Meissen "You are art! – Fascinating participation illusions from China" Albrechtsburg Meissen castle presents 18 large-format 3D paintings with different subjects. However, the most important is always missing: that's you! Albrechtsburg Meissen > www.albrechtsburg-meissen.de
Until probably September 2020 | Dresden Zwinger Xperience "The Wedding of the Century in 1719" In the middle of Dresden's Zwinger, a fascinating 270° panoramic projection (30m x 4m) of the horse ballet of the Four Elements takes you back in time to the most sumptuous wedding celebration of European Baroque. Inner courtyard of Dresden Zwinger > www.zwinger-xperience.de
10 to 26 January 2020 | Dresden Karussell – Contemporary Positions of Russian Art Theme festival showing the variety of contemporary Russian theatre, dance, and music productions HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts > www.hellerau.org
12 to 14 January 2020 | Dresden 6th Symphony concert by Staatskapelle Dresden Ludwig van Beethoven; Conductor: Christian Thielemann Semperoper Dresden > www.semperoper.de
Starting 26 January 2020 | Dresden The Mastersingers of Nuremberg Richard Wagner's opera under musical direction of Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann; Semperoper Dresden > www.semperoper.de
8 9 Small ballroom at Dresden Castle | © SKD, Foto: David Brandt 08 February 2020 | Dresden Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Oratory "Paulus", op. 36 With the Dresden Kreuzchor choir; Kreuzkirche Dresden > www.kreuzkirche-dresden.de
08 February 2020 | Radebeul White Night at Schloss Wackerbarth Palace > www.schloss-wackerbarth.de
14 and 15 February 2020 | Dresden Bandstand – Good Music! Largest indoor festival of Dresden, a stage for representatives of the local bands scene presenting their latest sets HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts > www.hellerau.org
29 February 2020 | Dresden Reopening of Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Gallery) and Skulpturensammlung (Sculpture Collection) Semperbau am Zwinger > www.skd.museum
29 February 2020 | Dresden More performances: 03/03, 06/03, 14/03, 20/03, 24/03, 26/03, 01/07, 07/07/2020 Premiere: Jacques Offenbach "La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein" (The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein) Musical direction: Jonathan Darlington Semperoper Dresden > www.semperoper.de
March to October 2020 | Moritzburg "Myth Augustus" An exhibition on the personality and the continuous reinvention of "Augustus the Strong", and on the historic mentalities of Saxony chang- ing over time; Schloss Moritzburg castle > www.schloss-moritzburg.de
04 and 05 March 2020 | Radebeul Hoflössnitz Easter Pleasures Vineyard Hoflössnitz > www.hofloessnitz.de
06 to 08 March 2020 | Dresden ARTISTS FAIR DRESDEN About 80 professional artists present more than 1,000 works of all artistic genres; Deutsches Hygiene-Museum > www.kuenstlermesse-dresden.de
10 11 11 to 15 March 2020 | Dresden 04 and 05 April 2020 | Nossen Humorzone Dresden Medieval Festival Dresden's humorous festival with more than 100 artists and At the Altzella monastery park 50 events, under the patronage of Olaf Schubert > www.kloster-altzella.de Various venues > www.humorzone.de 09 April 2020 to 31 January 2021 | Dresden War Victory Nation – How the German Empire came into being 14 March 2020 | Dresden The exhibition explores different hopes and ambitions people associated Long Night of Dresden's Theatres (4pm-12 pm) with the idea of a nation, questions being still up-to-date and pressing. Enjoy samples from the fields of theatre, dance, opera, operetta, dramatic Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr reading, puppet theatre, cabaret, and concert on more than 30 stages. > www.mhmbw.de > www.lange-nacht-der-dresdner-theater.de 11 to 13 April 2020 | Freital 19 to 23 March 2020 | Dresden Medieval Easter Festival film festival dresdner schmalfilmtage - festival for 8 and 16 mm films Handcraft, knights, music & fun at Schloss Burgk castle Motorenhalle. Project centre for contemporary art > www.schmalfilmtage.de 17 to 19 April 2020 | Dresden Dresden Steam Locomotive Meeting 21 March 2020 | Dresden At Railway Museum Dresden | Zwickauer Strasse Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John's Passion, BWV 245 > www.dresdner-dampfloktreffen.de | www.igbwdresdenaltstadt.de Dresden Kreuzchor choir, Dresdner Philharmonie orchestra, Cantores Minores, Kreuzkirche Dresden 19 to 29 April 2020 | Dresden > www.kreuzkirche-dresden.de Tanzwoche Dresden Dance Festival Motto: "Mergers"; various venues 21 March to 06 December 2020 | Saxony > www.tanzwoche.de Sandstone and Music Festival "Freedom and Venture" Various venues 19 April 2020 | Proschwitz > www.sandstein-musik.de Wine Fair at Proschwitz Palace Elegant wines, sparkling wines, distillates, and balsamic vinegars, 21 March 2020 to 21 February 2021 | Dresden sophisticated food, and a unique palace atmosphere Future Food. Food for Tomorrow’s World Schloss Proschwitz The exhibition addresses one the most pressing questions of the 21st > www.schloss-proschwitz.de century. Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden > www.dhmd.de 21 to 26 April 2020 | Dresden Filmfest Dresden 03 April to 19 July 2020 | Dresden International short film festival, attracting more than 20,000 visitors Tapestries following Raffael – Inspiration and Representation per year Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Gallery), Semperbau am Various venues Zwinger > www.filmfest-dresden.de > www.skd.museum 24 April 2020 | Pirna 04 and 05 April 2020 | Radebeul A Living Canaletto Painting Easter Arts Market at Schloss Wackerbarth palace A reproduction of the famous painting by Canaletto on the original Schloss Wackerbarth Radebeul scenery, the Pirna market square > www.schloss-wackerbarth.de > www.pirna.de
12 13 Radebeul | Schloss Wackerbarth | © Katja Fouad Vollmer 24 to 26 April 2020 | Torgau ELBE DAY Torgau Music festival in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the historic encounter of the Allies in April 1945 > www.elbeday.de
24 and 25 April 2020 | Meissen "Open House" At the Production Department of the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory > www.erlebniswelt-meissen.com
25 April 2020 | Dresden Dresden Satire Prize 2020 Finals with six candidates, all artists present themselves with a 15 minutes show to a jury and the audience. Dresdner FriedrichstaTT Palast > www.dresdner-friedrichstatt-palast.de
25 April to 14 September 2020 | Dresden 300 Years of Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett. Collecting in the Present 09 May 2020 | Radebeul Residenzschloss, Kupferstich-Kabinett German Day of Sparkling Wine at Schloss Wackerbarth Palace > www.skd.museum > www.schloss-wackerbarth.de
Starting 26 April 2020 | Dresden 12 May to 12 June 2020 | Dresden Madame Butterfly Dresden Music Festival 2020 – Motto "Inspiration Nature" Giacomo Puccini's tragic love story, staged by the Japanese director Top-class, multi-faceted festival with international artists, including the Miyamoto, with costumes by star designer Kenzo; New York Philharmonic, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the Semperoper Dresden Danish National Symphony Orchestra > www.semperoper.de > www.musikfestspiele.com
27 April to 04 May 2020 | Dresden 14 to 25 May 2020 | Dresden International Children's Choir Festival Erbstücke – Festival on heritage and tradition in contemporary art Five children's choirs from all continents will perform in Dresden at the HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts invitation of the Dresdner Philharmonie's children choir. > www.hellerau.org Kulturpalast Dresden, Frauenkirche > www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de 16 May to 30 August 2020 | Dresden Ernst Barlach on his 150th Birthday 01 May 2020 | Dresden Down to the present, Ernst Barlach's works address the existential Fleet Parade of Saxony’s Steamships questions of mankind in the modern world. The exhibition shows an With live bands on board (10 am-1.30 pm) extensive retrospective in celebration of his 150th birthday. Start/End: Terrassenufer Dresden Albertinum > www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de > www.skd.museum
01 to 03 May 2020 | Proschwitz 17 to 24 May 2020 | Dresden Proschwitz Rosé Festival 50th International Dixieland Festival Music, wine, and finest food at the vineyard's house in Proschwitz Europe’s longest-running old-time jazz festival; Various venues > www.schloss-proschwitz.de > www.dixielandfestival-dresden.de
14 15 21 and 22 May 2020 | Nossen 13 and 14 June 2020 | Radebeul International Blues & Rock Festival Altzella Open Vineyard Day of Radebeul's Vintners Germany's most relaxed Blues festival > www.radebeuler-winzer.de Monastery park Altzella > www.bluesandrock-altzella.de 13 to 28 June 2020 | Meissen New Meissen Castle Festival 22 to 24 May 2020 | Dresden Diverse artistic and cultural experiences in a unique atmosphere In Celebration of the 250th Birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven: Meissen Castle courtyard Cycle of all String Quartets > www.neue-burgfestspiele-meissen.de Palace in Grosser Garten park > www.musikfestspiele.com 19 June 2020 | Dresden Dresden Science Night 22 to 24 May 2020 | Radebeul From 6 pm to 1 am, science is the centre stage. Karl May Festival Institutes and universities of the city of Dresden Lössnitzgrund, Radebeul > www.wissenschaftsnacht-dresden.de > www.karl-may-fest.de 19 to 21 June 2020 | Pirna Starting 23 May 2020 | Dresden Pirna City Festival Giuseppe Verdi – Don Carlo > www.pirna.de Anna Netrebko as Elisabetta and Ildar Abdrazakov as Filippo II under musical direction of Christian Thielemann 19 to 21 June 2020 | Dresden Semperoper Dresden BRN – Bunte Republik Neustadt > www.semperoper.de Colourful neighbourhood festival in the popular Neustadt area of Dresden > www.brn-dresden.de 23 May 2020 | Dresden The Oranges' Return 25 June to 30 August 2020 | Dresden An annual historical parade celebrates the orange trees' return to Dresden Film Nights on the Elbe Riverbank Zwinger. Open-air stage with cinema and concerts > www.der-dresdner-zwinger.de Dresden Königsufer > www.filmnaechte-am-elbufer.de 05 to 07 June 2020 | Radebeul
XJAZZ Edition Radebeul Dresden| BRN – Bunte Republik Neustadt | © Moritz Schlieb (DML-BY) Top-class musicians transform Radebeul into an attraction for all Jazz fans and music enthusiasts. Lutherkirche Radebeul | Weingut Karl Friedrich Aust | Radebeuler Kultur-Bahnhof > www.dynamitekonzerte.com
11 to 13 June 2020 | Dresden Christopher Street Day Dresden Various venues > www.csd-dresden.de
11 to 14 June 2020 | Meissen Meissen Literature Festival Germany’s largest open-air reading festival in the historic old city centre > www.literaturfest-meissen.de
16 17 26 June 2020 | Dresden 18 July 2020 | Dresden More performances: 28/06, 02/07, 04/07, 08/07, 11/07/2020 Dresden Castle Night Premiere: George Balanchine, Hans van Manen, David Dawson Castles on the bank of the Elbe river Elbschlösser Dresden "Vier letzte Lieder" (Four last songs) > www.dresdner-schloessernacht.de Ballet evening in three parts Music: Igor Strawinsky, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Richard Strauss 18 and 19 July 2020 Semperoper Dresden Narrow-gauge Railway Festival in the Weisseritztal valley > www.semperoper.de This railway and family festival takes place along the entire 26 kilometres from Freital-Hainsberg to the spa town of Kipsdorf. 26 to 28 June 2020 | Dresden > www.weisseritztalbahn.com 30th Dresden Elbhangfest An exciting, colourful festival of art and culture is celebrated on a route 25 July 2020 to 10 January 2021 | Dresden of seven kilometres. The Key to Life. 500 Years of Mechanical Automatons From Loschwitz to Pillnitz Mechanical models of the world and automatons, automated tools and > www.elbhangfest.de calculation aids, drinking games and kinetic arts, toys and music boxes. These exhibits from Renaissance times to the present are presented to the 28 June to 03 July 2020 | Torgau public for the first time. Torgau Festival Week of Protestant Church Music Japanisches Palais Town church Stadtkirche Torgau > www.skd.museum > www.evkirchetorgau.de 26 July to 08 August 2020 | Dresden July to August 2020 | Dresden International Dresden Summer Academy for Visual Arts Palais Sommer Small groups, a high artistic level, and intensive support for beginners Festival for arts, culture and education with free entrance and advanced participants; Park in front of the Japanese Palace Motorenhalle. Project hall for temporary art | riesa efau. Kultur Forum > www.palaissommer.de Dresden > www.sommerakademie-dresden.de 04 July 2020 | Dresden Dresden Museum Night 01 August 2020 | Pirna 50 museums open their doors from 6 pm to 1 am. Pirna Courtyards Night Shuttle buses and trams provide the connection. Cosy courtyards open their doors for wine and good music. > www.dresden.de/museumsnacht Town centre of Pirna > www.pirna.de 11 July 2020 | Dresden Johann Sebastian Bach – Complete Motets 08 to 23 August 2020 | Moritzburg Frauenkirche Chamber Choir – Chemnitz Baroque Orchestra Moritzburg Festival 2020 Frauenkirche Dresden International chamber music > www.frauenkirche-dresden.de Various venues > www.moritzburgfestival.de 16 to 26 July 2020 | Torgau International Saxon Singers’ Academy at Hartenfels Palace 14 to 16 August 2020 | Dresden Students from international universities and young singers play under the CANALETTO – Dresden City Festival direction of renowned instructors. City centre of Dresden Historical old city of Torgau > www.dresdner-stadtfest.com > www.saengerakademie-schloss-hartenfels.de
18 19 Moritzburg | Moritzburg Festival | © Oliver Killig September 2020 | Dresden Park Railway Grosser Garten: Lighted Journeys Special trips at night through the illuminated park > www.grosser-garten-dresden.de
12 September 2020 to 21 February 2021 | Dresden Children's Biennale 2020 It is not only allowed here to be loud, it is part of the game. The artworks exhibited here are interactive and invite visitors to partici- pate and get involved. Japanisches Palais > www.skd.museum
12 & 20 & 26 September 2020 | Moritzburg Moritzburg Stallion Parade Selected stallions from the Moritzburg State Stud are presented through- out a diverse four-hour programme. Stallion Parade Station in Moritzburg > www.saechsische-gestuetsverwaltung.de
12 and 13 September 2020 | Radebeul Federweisser New Wine Festival Schloss Wackerbarth Radebeul 15 August 2020 | Dresden > www.schloss-wackerbarth.de Steamboat Parade With live bands on board (7.30-11 pm) 12 and 13 September 2020 | Diesbar-Seusslitz Start/End: Terrassenufer Dresden Federweisser New Wine Mall > www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de The programme includes wine tastings and wine walks, a delicious food market offering regional specialties, live music and, on Sunday, impressive 22 and 23 August 2020 | Moritzburg fireworks. Diesbar-Seusslitz Music and Stallions > www.weindoerfer.de Classical music combined with the presentation of valuable stallions in the torch-lit courtyard of the historical stud farm 12 and 13 September 2020 | Pirna Historical stables at the State Stud in Moritzburg Theatre Play The Rescuer > www.saechsische-gestuetsverwaltung.de Historical theatre piece treating the rescue of the city of Pirna from de- struction during the Thirty Years War; Town centre of Pirna 29 and 30 August 2020 | Saxon wine route > www.pirna.de Open House Vineyard Days in Saxony More than 40 vineyards and vintners open their doors. 19 and 20 September 2020 > www.dresden-elbland.de Narrow Gauge Rail Festival in the Lössnitz Valley Young and old railway fans can discover many things along the route. Starting probably in September 2020 | Dresden Moritzburg railway station Zwinger Xperience > www.loessnitzgrundbahn.de "Power. Eras. Dimensions. A Journey through Time." The new 3D experience museum tells the story of Dresden Zwinger since 20 September to 11 October 2020 | Dresden 1719 with fascinating panoramic projections and virtual reality features. Intercultural Days in Dresden > www.zwinger-xperience.de Various venues > www.dresden.de/interkulturelletage
20 21 25 to 27 September 2020 | Radebeul 27 September 2020 | Grossenhain 30th Autumn and Wine Festival Hubertus Festival Zabeltitz with International Travelling Theatre Festival Hunting dogs and falconry presentation, trophy and mushroom exhibi- Historical village green of Radebeul-Altkoetzschenbroda tion, culinary game delicacies and regional specialties > www.weinfest-radebeul.de | www.radebeul.de Barockgarten Zabeltitz > www.grossenhain.de 25 to 27 September 2020 | Meissen Meissen Wine Festival 03 to 05 October 2020 | Radebeul Wine festival with big parade; Town centre of Meissen 5th Electoral Vineyard Festival with Market of Organic Delights > www.meissner-weinfest.de Vintners, hunters, and princes parade with baroque folk music, wine and drinking songs 26 September 2020 to 31 May 2021 | Dresden Weingut Hoflössnitz In Jail. On the Deprivation of Freedom > www.hofloessnitz.de The exhibition documents the history of the prison system and addresses current questions: Does a modern society still need institutions such as 10 and 11 October 2020 | Saxony prisons? Or are there other, more effective means of dealing with crime Heinrich Schütz Music Festival and punishment? Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden Unique inter-regional festival dedicated to Dresden’s royal conductor of > www.dhmd.de many years and the first internationally renowned German composer throughout history Various venues > www.schuetz-musikfest.de Dresden | DAVE Festival | © Christin Nitzsche | Fall Apart Photography 16 to 18 October 2020 | Dresden CYNETART Unique festival in Germany showing how computers and arts intertwine HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts > www.cynetart.org
18 October 2020 | Dresden "Let Off Some Steam" With live bands on board of the steamboats (2-4 pm) Start/End: Terrassenufer Dresden > www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de
21 October to 22 November 2020 | Dresden 20th Dresden Jazz Days 33 days – 40,000 visitors – 500 artists – 30 nations Celebrated with artists such as Gregory Porter, among others Various venues > www.jazztage-dresden.de
23 October to 01 November 2020 | Dresden DAVE – Festival for Club Culture Presentation of the varied electronic subculture scene of Dresden Various venues > www.dave-festival.de
22 23 Moritzburg |Exhibition Cinderella | © Schlösserland Sachsen/Claudia Hübschmann November 2020 to February 2021 | Moritzburg Exhibition "Three Nuts for Cinderella" A winter exhibition on this German-Czech classic film Schloss Moritzburg > www.schloss-moritzburg.de
07 November 2020 | Dresden Israel in Egypt – from Slavery to Freedom Georg Friedrich Händel Choir Vox Bona, The Al Ol Ensemble, l´arte del mondo Trialogue on the roots of the three monotheistic world religions Frauenkirche Dresden > www.frauenkirche-dresden.de
15 November 2020 | Dresden Open Artists' Workrooms Artists open their workrooms and studios; across the city of Dresden > www.offene-ateliers-dresden.de
21 and 22 November 2020 | Dresden Salvatore Sciarrino: New Work for Baritone and Orchestra Commissioned composition on the occasion of the anniversary, premiere Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 C major Conductor: Marek Janowski Kulturpalast Dresden > www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de
21 to 29 November 2020 | Dresden Festival Week "150th Anniversary of Philharmonie" Including concerts at Kulturpalast 29 October to 08 November 2020 | Dresden > www.kulturpalast-dresden.de Jewish Music and Theatre Week Various venues 25 November 2020 | Dresden > www.juedische-woche-dresden.de Richard Strauss: "Der Bürger als Edelmann", Orchestral suite Richard Wagner: "Siegfried", Final scene of act 3 29 October to 01 November 2020 | Dresden Concert performance Cantate Dresden Conductor: Marek Janowski Choir festival Cantate Dresden with international choirs Kulturpalast Dresden Various venues > www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de > www.cantate-dresden.de | www.musicandfriends.com 26 November to 24 December 2020 30 October to 01 November 2020 | Moritzburg The Christmas Region Dresden Elbeland Fish and Forest Festival … opens the season with the 586th Striezelmarkt Moritzburg fish harvest at the castle pond with public live harvesting and other Christmas markets. > www.kulturlandschaft-moritzburg.de > www.dresden-weihnachten.info
24 25 Dresden | Christmas market at Neumarkt square | © Prof. Jörg Schöner (DML-BY) 29 November 2020 | Dresden Ceremonial Act on the Anniversary Carl Maria von Weber: Overture of "Der Freischütz" Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 E flat major Conductor: Marek Janowski Kulturpalast Dresden > www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de
17 December 2020 (under reserve) | Dresden The Big Advent Concert With the Dresden Kreuzchor choir, among others; Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion > www.adventskonzert.de
21 December 2020 | Dresden Short Film Day 2020 Like every year, on the shortest day of the year; Various venues > www.kurzfilmtag.com
23 December 2020 | Dresden Christmas Vesper in front of Frauenkirche Neumarkt Dresden square > www.frauenkirche-dresden.de
DRESDEN ELBELAND 2021
01 May 2021 | Dresden Traditional Fleet Parade of Saxony’s Steamships Starting and ending at Terrassenufer > www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de
13 May to 13 June 2021 | Dresden 44th Dresden Music Festival Various venues > www.musikfestspiele.com
25 to 27 June 2021 | Dresden 30th Dresden Elbhangfest An exciting, colourful festival of art and culture is celebrated on a route of seven kilometres. From Loschwitz to Pillnitz > www.elbhangfest.de
08 to 22 August 2021 | Moritzburg Moritzburg Festival 2020 International chamber music; Various venues > www.moritzburgfestival.de
26 27 Leipzig Festival of Lights 2019 | © PUNCTUM Bertram Kober
Schumann-Haus Leipzig | © Christian Kern Battle of Leipzig anniversary | © LTM-Andreas Schmidt Spinnerei tour | © LTM Philipp Kirschner Wave Gothic Meeting | © LTM Andreas Schmidt
28 29 Leipzig | Concerts at Bach monument | © Baumann LEIPZIG REGION 2020
All year 2020 | Leipzig Motets and Cantatas with the St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig St. Thomas Choir performs at St. Thomas Church on Fridays at 6 pm and Saturdays 3 pm, except for holidays and concert tour times. > www.thomanerchor.de
All year 2020 | Leipzig Concerts at Mendelssohn-House Every Sunday at 11 am, the museum invites guests to concerts follow- ing the tradition of Mendelssohn, including baroque, classical, and romantic music. > www.mendelssohn-haus.de
All year 2020 | Leipzig Carola’s Garden – A Paradise on Earth Asisi’s 360° panorama in the Leipzig Panometer places a calyx at the centre of the panorama. Like a grain of pollen on the edge of a blossom, the viewer floats above the fascinating, unknown scenery. > www.panometer.de
Until 16 February 2020 | Leipzig Impressionism in Leipzig, 1900–1914, Part 1: Max Liebermann Liebermann, Slevogt and Corinth – pioneers of impressionism in Germa- ny – had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Visual Arts even before the outbreak of World War I. Those forgotten exhibitions are reconstructed for the first time with loans and contextualised with Leipzig's emergence into becoming a modern metropolitan. > www.mdbk.de
Until 29 February 2020 | Leipzig The Optimised Human Being. Industrial Heritage as Reflected in Visual Arts An exhibition of the association Industriekultur Leipzig e.V. at the Mu- seum of Visual Arts reflects the man-machine-relationship, focussing on the region of Leipzig/Halle. > www.mdbk.de
Until 29 March 2020 | Leipzig HISTORY IN FASHION – 1,500 Years of Fashion Embroidery The GRASSI Museum for Applied Art presents a selection of examples from its own collection illustrating the recurring importance of embroidery in fashion over the centuries and a tour through the history of fashion. > www.grassimuseum.de
30 31 Until 11 October 2020 | Leipzig 01 February to December 2020 | Leipzig TOPS OF ART DÉCO – Porcelain in Jagged Style (Zackenstil) "Van Gogh" – Van Gogh's World of Colours and Images as a The exhibition of the GRASSI Museum for Applied Art focusses on the Digital Experience extravagant shapes, surprising ornaments and wealth of colour of the por- 24 laser beamers project van Gogh's works onto up to eight metres high celain manufactures' products in the years between the two world wars. walls, the ceiling and the floor of the former power plant, today the > www.grassimuseum.de Kunstkraftwerk. > www.kunstkraftwerk-leipzig.com 11 January 2020 | Leipzig Operetta Premiere: "Neumond (The New Moon)" 08 February 2020 | Leipzig – Sigmund Romberg Ballet Premiere: "Lamento" – Mario Schröder "Neumond" from the year 1928 as a concert performance at Musikalis- Love, grief, farewell and longing for freedom – a ballet evening in two che Komödie im Westbad tells an adventure and love story from the parts with the pieces "Blühende Landschaft" (Flourishing landscapes) times of the French Revolution. and "Sinfonie der Klagelieder" (Symphony of elegies) at Leipzig's opera > www.oper-leipzig.de > www.oper-leipzig.de
11 January 2020 | Leipzig 14 February 2020 | Leipzig Winter Tour of the Spinnerei Galleries Premiere of the Scenic Choir Project: The premises of continental Europe’s formerly largest cotton spinning "ÜBER.LEBEN!" (Sur.Vive) mill present 13 galleries and numerous exhibition areas and their latest In cooperation with Schaubühne Lindenfels, the opera choir Leipzig exhibitions. deals with the remembrance and commemoration culture regarding the > www.spinnerei.de Holocaust, based on the novel "Monster" by the Israeli author Yishai Sarid. A performance at Schaubühne Lindenfels with music by 15 to 19 January 2020 | Leipzig J. S. Bach, F. Poulenc, D. Shostakovich, and others "The Ring of the Nibelungs" – Richard Wagner > www.oper-leipzig.de Leipzig's opera invites its audience to a cyclical performance of The Ring ("The Rhinegold", "The Valkyrie", "Siegfried", and "Twilight of 04 March to 27 June 2020 | Leipzig the Gods"). Strong Nerves Needed – Adrenaline and Comedy > www.oper-leipzig.de Flying knives, entangled bodies and ultra-precise trick shooters at Krys- tallpalast Varieté? Definitely nothing for the fainthearted. 31 January to 02 February 2020 | Leipzig > www.krystallpalastvariete.de Puccini Weekend Three of Puccini’s prettiest and most tragic female characters can be 06 March to 14 June 2020 | Leipzig experienced on three sequential evenings at Leipzig’s opera: "La Fanciulla "Klinger 2020" – Max Klinger del West", "Tosca", and "La Bohème". The Museum of Visual Arts owns a comprehensive collection of Klinger's > www.oper-leipzig.de works and dedicates an anniversary exhibition to this important pioneer of modernity on the occasion of his death anniversary. 01 February 2020 | Leipzig > www.mdbk.de Musical Premiere: "Kiss of the Spider Woman" – John Kander / Fred Ebb 06 March to 28 June 2020 | Leipzig A Musical about the power of love, humanity, and imagination with The Photographer's Eye – Industrial Heritage in German Pho- vibrating Latin American rhythms and one of the biggest hits of the duo tography since 1900 Kander / Ebb, presented at Musikalische Komödie im Westbad. The wide variety of industrial heritage is reflected very well in photogra- > www.oper-leipzig.de phy. The Museum for Printing Art presents a journey through pho- tography from the rich photography collections of Saxon museums and libraries with many unknown pictures. > www.druckkunst-museum.de
32 33 07 March 2020 | Leipzig April to December 2020 | Leipzig Theatre Premiere: "The Master and Margarita" Digital Art meets Industrial History – based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov An immersive 360° video show at Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig discussing "The Master and Margarita" is the best-known work of the Russian Leipzig's industrial history; Authentic footage, showing the city's history, author Mikhail Bulgakov and is one of the masterpieces of the 20th the way of life of workers and entrepreneurs or the development of pro- century's literature. fessions, is accompanied by music and staged elaborately. > www.schauspiel-leipzig.de > www.kunstkraftwerk-leipzig.com
12 to 15 March 2020 | Leipzig 04 April 2020 | Leipzig Leipzig Book Fair and Literature Festival "Leipzig Reads" Operetta Premiere: "The Mock Marriage" – Franz Lehár The Leipzig book fair is a real magnet for visitors. This produces a The relationship between man and woman, gender roles and clichés are unique connection between the fair and the literature festival – an experi- being examined and taken for a ride in a humorous manner at the venue ence for young and old. Musikalische Komödie im Westbad. > www.leipziger-buchmesse.de > www.oper-leipzig.de
21 March 2020 | Leipzig 08 April 2020 | Leipzig Opera Premiere: "Der Sturz des Antichrist" (The Antichrist's Ballet Premiere: "Triple Bill" – Veldman | Pérez | Harriague Fall) – Viktor Ullmann This cooperation between Leipzig Theatre and Leipzig Ballet makes The stage dedication performance at Leipzig's opera researches the ques- current trends and motion languages in contemporary dance come alive tion: What sphere of influence does an individual person have fighting at Schauspiel Leipzig. against a dictatorial regime? > www.oper-leipzig.de > www.oper-leipzig.de 08 to 13 April 2020 | Leipzig 28 March 2020 | Leipzig Historical Leipzig Easter Fair Theatre Premiere: "Medea" – Euripides Every year, an Easter market is presented to visitors as it was centuries Her name and the myth are fascinating to date. Euripides confronts us ago at Leipzig’s old city hall. with a character that appears drastically and radically modern, even 2400 > www.leipzig.de years later. Medea represents the abysses in humans, the subject which is not closed in itself. 09 and 10 April 2020 | Leipzig > www.schauspiel-leipzig.de "St. Matthew's Passion" BWV 244 – J. S. Bach A performance with the St. Thomas Choir, soloists, and members of the 29 March 2020 | Wermsdorf, Schloss Hubertusburg Gewandhaus orchestra at St. Thomas church AnKlang Concert 2020 - Fascination Organ in the Catholic > www.gewandhausorchester.de Chapel Extraordinary sound from the Schramm organ 12 April 2020 | Kriebstein, Burg Kriebstein > www.faszination-orgel.de Easter Concert with Joachim Schäfer and the Dresden Bach Soloists April/May 2020 | Leipzig > www.burg-kriebstein.eu Spring Tour of the Spinnerei Galleries The premises of continental Europe’s formerly largest cotton spinning 12 and 13 April 2020 | Rochlitz, Schloss Rochlitz mill present 13 galleries and numerous exhibition areas and their latest Artisans Market exhibitions. > www.schloss-rochlitz.de > www.spinnerei.de |
34 35 St. Thomas choir members & St. Thomas church Leipzig | © LTM Dirk Bzroska 30 April and 01 May 2020 | Leipzig Grand Concert as part of the Boston Week in Leipzig In the course of the Boston Week from 28 April to 01 May 2020, the Gewandhaus orchestra performs under the direction of Andris Nelsons. > www.gewandhausorchester.de
30 April to 03 May 2020 | Leipzig German Choir Festival 2020 From 30 April to 03 May 2020, Leipzig becomes the new capital of singing: tens of thousands of choir singers will fill the city with music for four days. > www.chorfest.de
01 to 09 May 2020 | Leipzig "a cappella" – International Festival of Vocal Music In numerous concert halls in Leipzig, the International Festival of Vocal Music offers an unforgettable impression of what is possible with the human voice. > www.a-cappella-festival.de
02 May 2020 | Leipzig Opera Premiere: "The Magic Flute" – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart's "Magic Flute" combines practical wisdom with high philoso- phy, the lightness of being with the existential crises of the human soul, 24 to 26 April 2020 | Torgau and is about the harmonising power of music, simultaneously. Elbe Day Music Festival > www.oper-leipzig.de Festival offering much in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the historic encounter between American and Soviet soldiers in April 1945 08 May 2020 | Leipzig on the Elbe river Faust I and II – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > www.elbeday.de The dualism of contradicting, counteracting impulses: Accepted and forbidden, suppressed and socially desirable, normative standards and the 25 April 2020 | Leipzig individual, with deep insights into the past and the future. Theatre Premiere: > www.schauspiel-leipzig.de "The Castle" – based on the novel by Franz Kafka Performance with an installation-atmosphere approach and a strong 09 May 2020 | Leipzig, Halle visual language as well as a protagonist who is characterised by Kafka's Museum Night in Leipzig and Halle own initials From 6 pm to 12 am, museums offer a diverse programme that ranges > www.schauspiel-leipzig.de from a look behind the scenes to workshops and readings, music and dancing in the exhibition rooms. 29 April to 27 September 2020 | Leipzig > www.museumsnacht-halle-leipzig.de 6UL – Lust and Desire in Art and Design This exhibition at GRASSI Museum for Applied Arts shows the vast 09 and 10 May 2020 | Leisnig, Burg Mildenstein diversity of erotic and sexual themes in works from the last 20 years. Knights Spectaculum > www.grassimuseum.de > www.burg-mildenstein.de
36 37 10 May to 01 November 2020 | Leipzig 05 to 07 June 2020 | Leipzig Industry. City. Human Being. Leipzig City Festival Time aisles in Leipzig's Industrial Culture The Leipzig city festival attracts over 250,000 visitors every year and The exhibition at the Museum for Urban History tells stories about reflects the lively character of the city with numerous cultural highlights dynamic growth, the diversity of Leipzig's industrial tradition and the and a diverse programme of entertainment events. transformation of former industrial premises into cultural and dwelling > www.leipzigerstadtfest.de places. > www.stadtgeschichtliches-museum-leipzig.de 06 June 2020 | Leipzig Ballet Premiere: 15 May 2020 | Leipzig Soto / Scholz / Schröder Theatre Premiere: "Der Vater" (The Father) – Florian Zeller This ballet evening in 3 parts at Leipzig's opera house is a dynamic ride "How do we want to live old age in our society?" is the central question through 150 years of music history; from symphonic ballet, via a ballet of this theatre premiere at Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig, a venue blending old premiere to a contemporary music piece. industrial architecture and state-of-the-art media equipment. > www.oper-leipzig.de > www.schauspiel-leipzig.com 06 June to 29 August 2020 | Leipzig, among other places 20 to 24 May 2020 | Leipzig MDR Music Summer 2020 Richard Wagner Festival Leipzig Concerts at picturesque palaces, on open-air stages or in concert stables: In 2020, the Richard Wagner Festival invites its audience to a cyclical All of this is offered by the MDR music summer. Enjoy high-level music, performance of "The Ring of the Nibelungs" ("The Rhinegold", from classical to Crossover. "The Valkyrie", "Siegfried", and "Twilight of the Gods") > www.mdr.de at Leipzig's opera house. > www.oper-leipzig.de 11 to 21 June 2020 | Leipzig Leipzig Bach Festival 2020 – "Bach – We are Family" 29 May to 01 June 2020 | Leipzig In 2020, the Bach Festival is going to become the biggest family cele- Wave Gothic Meeting bration of the worldwide Bach community; all Bach associations on the The Wave Gothic Treffen (WGT) is the world’s largest meeting of the globe were invited – more than 250 in total. 30 Bach ensembles from so called "gothic scene" with concerts in a variety of music styles and six continents will perform all 66 cantatas from Bach's "Choralkantat- a broad cultural programme. en-Jahrgang" in concerts and services at "his" churches in Leipzig. > www.wave-gotik-treffen.de > www.bachfestleipzig.de
June to September 2020 | Schkeuditz, Biedermeierstrand 12 June 2020 | Leipzig Biedermeier Cultural Festival Musical Premiere: "Jesus Christ Superstar" Open-air musicals and concerts presented on the Biedermeier beach – Andrew Lloyd Webber at Schladitz Lake Webber's musical classic will be performed at Musikalische Komödie im > www.biedermeierstrand.de Westbad with big orchestra and Jesus as a pop star, the apostles as hippies with long hair and Maria Magdalena as a prostitute. It was perfectly clear June to September 2020 | Kriebstein, lake stage the Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" would trig- Music theatre on Lake Stage Kriebstein ger a scandal. Nevertheless, it has been on top of musical charts to date. > www.mittelsaechsisches-theater.de > www.oper-leipzig.de
05 and 06 June 2020 | Leipzig 19 June 2020 | Rochlitz Faust I and II – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Performance at the Stone Quarry – The Pink Floyd Night Faust I and II: The dualism of contradicting, counteracting impulses: Ac- The Austrian Pink Floyd Show at the stone quarry on Rochlitzer Berg cepted and forbidden, suppressed and socially desirable, normative stand- mountain ards and the individual, with deep insights into the past and the future. > www.miskus.de > www.schauspiel-leipzig.de
38 39 Leipzig | Gewandhaus | Experience Classics | © Jens Gerber 26 and 27 June 2020 | Leipzig "Experience Classics" at the Rosental The "Experience Classics" open-air concerts, a summer highlight and the conclusion to the season of the Gewandhaus orchestra, invite guests to enjoy the unique flair of the Rosental in Leipzig. > www.gewandhausorchester.de
26 June to 11 October 2020 | Leipzig "Neo Rauch" On the artist's 60th birthday, the Museum for Visual Arts exhibits about 60 of his works, some of which will be presented to the public for the first time. > www.mdbk.de
28 June 2020 | Leipzig Opera Premiere: "Capriccio" – Richard Strauss "Capriccio" is a colourful, funny chamber play and a sophisticated retro- spective to 300 years of music theatre by the composer. > www.oper-leipzig.de
28 June to 03 July 2020 | Torgau 10 to 12 July 2020 | Zwenkau, Kap Zwenkau 38th Torgau Festival Week of Church Music NeuSeenLand Music Festival High-quality concerts at the city and castle church featuring high-pro- Open-air concerts with the Leipzig Symphonic Orchestra at the city port file artists; 03 July 2020 Torgau Organ Night with Ensemble Amacord, of lake Zwenkau Vogler Quartett, Matthias Eisenberg > www.neuseenlandmusikfest.de > www.evkirchetorgau.de 10 to 12 July 2020 | Leipzig July to August 2020 | Leipzig Strauss Weekend Monday Concerts at the Bach Monument Richard Strauss Weekend at Leipzig's opera house – to be performed: On Mondays at 7 pm, at the St. Thomas Church courtyard (or in the "Arabella", "Capriccio", and "Die Frau ohne Schatten" (The woman church in case of rain), soloists, groups, and orchestras present a summer without a shadow). programme ranging from Bach to blues. > www.oper-leipzig.de > www.bachkonzerte.eu 14 July to 06 August 2020 | Leipzig 02 to 12 July 2020 | Leipzig Girlpower! 100% female Newcomer Show 2020 – The International Variety Festival A Krystallpalast Varieté show with enviable multi-talents, they are not Every year, Krystallpalast Varieté selects the best newcomer artists gradu- only top acrobats, they also dance perfectly. ating from circus schools all over the world and presents them in a show. > www.krystallpalastvariete.de > www.krystallpalastvariete.de 16 to 26 July 2020 | Torgau 05 July 2020 | Torgau 8th International Saxon Singers’ Academy at Hartenfels Palace St. Thomas Choir Leipzig, Direction: Gotthold Schwarz, Cantor Students from international universities and young singers play at of St. Thomas Church Hartenfels Palace and in the historical old city of Torgau under the direc- Final concert at St. Mary's city church Torgau tion of renowned instructors. > www.evkirchetorgau.de > www.saengerakademie-schloss-hartenfels.de
40 41 August 2020 | Torgau 04 September 2020 | Leipzig 15th Torgau Cultural Summer at Schloss Hartenfels palace Leipzig Passages Festival Open-air music and theatre experiences against the backdrop of According to the motto "Leipzig passes here", the 11th Leipzig passages Torgau's castle festival invites guests from Leipzig and beyond from 6 pm to 12 am to > www.kulturhaus-torgau.de enjoy art, culture, and action in the numerous big and small passages of the city centre. August 2020 | Wurzen > www.passagenfest-leipzig.com Ringelnatz Summer Readings of strange, expressionistic, humoristic, and thoughtful texts by 04 September to 25 October 2020 | Leipzig Joachim Ringelnatz Golden Age – Variety of the 1920ies > www.ringelnatzverein-wurzen.de The period between the two world wars was an era of glamorous variety theatres. Entertainment deep into the night; this feeling is being trans- 07 to 16 August 2020 | Leipzig mitted by the new show at Krystallpalast Varieté. Leipzig Market Music 2020 > www.krystallpalastvariete.de This summer music festival's programme offers an exciting mix of pop- ular classical music and classic popular music. Concert recordings and 12 September 2020 | Leipzig music films are accompanied by live music, including duos, a-cappella Grand Concert on the Inauguration of the 240th Gewandhaus and Rock bands, as well as a big orchestra. Season > www.leipziger-markt-musik.de | [email protected] Under the direction of Andris Nelsons, the Gewandhaus orchestra hosts the opening of the 240th season at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig with a 14 to 16 August 2020 | Grosspösna grand concert. Highfield – Festival > www.gewandhausorchester.de The largest Indie Rock festival of Eastern Germany takes place on Störmthaler lake near Leipzig in the middle of August. 12 September 2020 | Leipzig > www.highfield.de Gewandhaus Day Ensembles consisting of Gewandhaus orchestra members play in Middle of August to beginning of September 2020 | Torgau Leipzig's city centre. Torgau Organ Summer > www.gewandhausorchester.de On Fridays, small organ concerts can be enjoyed in one of the churches Stadtkirche or Schlosskirche. 12 September 2020 | Markkleeberg, agra-Park > www.evkirchetorgau.de Festival of 25,000 Lights > www.markkleeberg.de 29 August 2020 | Kriebstein Long Night of Classical Eroticism 12 to 20 September 2020 | Leipzig Countess Cosel invites to a lush festival of sensuous delights about love, Schumann Festival Week desire, and passion. The Schumann festival week takes place every year on the wedding > www.miskus.de anniversary of Robert and Clara Schumann and illuminates the life and works of this artist couple in Leipzig. September 2020 | Leipzig > www.schumann-haus.de Autumn Tour of the Spinnerei Galleries The premises of continental Europe’s formerly largest cotton spinning 02 to 05 October 2020 | Torgau mill present 13 galleries and numerous exhibition areas and their latest TORGAU IS LIGHT exhibitions. Parish fair, light art, concerts and historical market, museum night > www.spinnerei.de > www.tic-torgau.de
42 43 09 October 2020 | Leipzig 25 October to 01 November 2020 | Leipzig Autumn '89 – Advent of Democracy, Day of Peaceful Revolution DOK Leipzig – 63rd International Festival for Documentary and Numerous events will commemorate and present autumn '89 for visitors Animated Film to experience. The highlight in Leipzig will be on 9th October 2020, the The International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film "Day of the Peaceful Revolution". is the largest German and one of the leading international festivals of > www.leipzig.travel artistic documentary and animated films. > www.dok-leipzig.de 16 to 18 October 2020 | Leipzig 207th Anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig 30 October to 01 November 2020 | Leipzig Every year in October, military history clubs from all over Europe meet Organ Festival in Memory of the Reformation here in the spirit of reconciliation and understanding in order to com- An organ gala, compiled by the Gewandhaus' organist Michael Schön- memorate the Battle of Nations in 1813. heit, during the Organ Festival of the Reformation presents various facets > www.leipzig1813.com of this instrument. > www.gewandhausorchester.de 18 to 25 October 2020 | Leipzig Lachmesse festival - Laughter Fair The 30th laughter fair; Germany’s largest international cabaret and Leipzig | Designer´s Open | © Designer´s Open theatre festival, presents the finest satire and humour. > www.lachmesse.de
23 to 25 October 2020 | Leipzig Designers' Open The festival for design at the Zoo Conference Hall is a marketplace of fresh ideas and a place for exciting encounters among the national and international design scene. > www.designersopen.de
23 to 25 October 2020 | Leipzig GRASSIMESSE EXHIBITION The GRASSI Museum for Applied Arts is once again a meeting place for fans of design and anyone interested in the discipline, who would like to learn more about ceramic, jewellery, metal, glass, furniture, wood, textiles, accessories, graphic art, and toys. > www.grassimesse.de
23 October 2020 to 21 February 2021 | Leipzig Andreas Gursky The Leipzig-born artist celebrates his 65th birthday in 2020. He is one of the world's most successful photographers and presents his unique works in his home city at the Museum for Visual Arts. > www.mdbk.de
44 45 Leipzig | Bach Festival Leipzig | © Gerd Mothes November/December 2020 | Leipzig Gans Ganz Anders (Goose completely different) – The extrava- gant Dinner Show 2020 Krystallpalast Varieté presents an extravagant dinner show with top acts from the fields of international acrobatics, live music and dance on two floors in the world's largest mirror palace. > www.gansganzanders.de
03 to 08 November 2020 | Leipzig euro-scene Leipzig – 30th Festival of Contemporary European Theatre and Dance The euro-scene Leipzig is one of the most important festivals for experi- mental theatre and innovative dance in Europe. > www.euro-scene.de
24 November to 23 December 2020 | Leipzig Leipzig Christmas Market The tradition of the Leipzig Christmas market reaches back to the year 1458, which makes it the second-oldest in Germany. Thanks to its unique cultural and culinary offerings, it enjoys a legendary reputation. > www.leipzig.de
26 November 2020 to 09 May 2021 | Leipzig ADVERTISING! – Temptation on Metal Sheets The exhibition at GRASSI Museum for Applied Arts shows how colourful enamel panels on house walls and shop entrances with catchy subjects and remarkable slogans encouraged encouraged customers to buy products at the end of the 19th century. > www.grassimuseum.de
11 to 13 December 2020 | Leipzig "Christmas Oratory" BWV 248 – J. S. Bach LEIPZIG REGION 2021 A performance with the St. Thomas Choir and the Gewandhaus or- chestra at St. Thomas Church January 2021 | Leipzig > www.gewandhausorchester.de Winter Tour of the Spinnerei Galleries The premises of continental Europe’s formerly largest cotton spinning 29 to 31 December 2020 | Leipzig mill present 13 galleries and numerous exhibition areas and their latest Grand Concert on New Year’s Eve exhibitions. The Gewandhaus orchestra plays the 9th symphony by Ludwig van > www.spinnerei.de Beethoven. > www.gewandhausorchester.de 18 to 21 March 2021 | Leipzig Leipzig Book Fair and Literature Festival "Leipzig Reads" The Leipzig book fair is a real magnet for visitors. This produces a unique connection between the fair and the literature festival – an experience for young and old. > www.leipziger-buchmesse.de
46 47 April/May 2021 | Leipzig, Halle 13 to 24 May 2021 | Leipzig Museum Night in Leipzig und Halle Mahler Festival in Leipzig From 6 pm to 12 am, museums offer a diverse programme that ranges The Gewandhaus orchestra invites its guests to the Mahler Festival in from a look behind the scenes to workshops and readings, music and Leipzig. Experience all symphonies and other orchestral works, per- dancing in the exhibition rooms. formed by 10 world-class orchestras in only 12 days in the city where > www.museumsnacht-halle-leipzig.de Mahler became a symphonic composer. > www.gewandhausorchester.de April/May 2021 | Leipzig Spring Tour of the Spinnerei Galleries 21 to 24 May 2021 | Leipzig The premises of continental Europe’s formerly largest cotton spinning Wave Gothic Meeting mill present 13 galleries and numerous exhibition areas and their latest The Wave Gothic Treffen (WGT) is the world’s largest meeting of the exhibitions. so called "gothic scene" with concerts in a variety of music styles and a > www.spinnerei.de broad cultural programme. > www.wave-gotik-treffen.de 01 and 02 April 2021 | Leipzig "St. John's Passion" BWV 245 – J. S. Bach 04 to 06 June 2021 | Leipzig A performance with the St. Thomas Choir, soloists, and members of Leipzig City Festival the Gewandhaus orchestra at St. Thomas church The Leipzig city festival attracts over 250,000 visitors every year and re- > www.gewandhausorchester.de flects the lively character of the city with numerous cultural highlights and a diverse programme of entertainment events. 01 to 05 April 2021 | Leipzig > www.leipzigerstadtfest.de Historical Leipzig Easter Fair Every year, an Easter market is presented to visitors as it was centuries 11 to 20 June 2021 | Leipzig ago at Leipzig’s old city hall. Leipzig Bach Festival 2021 > www.leipzig.de Internationally renowned artists can be experienced at over 100 events at authentic venues. 23 to 25 April 2021 | Torgau > www.bachfestleipzig.de ELBE DAY Big music festival offering much in celebration of the 76th anniversary July to August 2021 | Leipzig of the historic encounter between American and Soviet soldiers in April Monday Concerts at the Bach Monument 1945 on the Elbe river On Mondays at 7 pm, at the St. Thomas Church courtyard (or in the > www.elbeday.de church in case of rain), soloists, groups, and orchestras present a sum- mer programme ranging from Bach to blues. 30 April to 09 May 2021 | Leipzig > www.bachkonzerte.eu "a cappella" – International Festival of Vocal Music In numerous concert halls in Leipzig, the International Festival of Vocal 23 and 24 July 2021 | Leipzig Music offers an unforgettable impression of what is possible with the "Experience Classics" at the Rosental human voice. The "Experience Classics" open-air concerts, a summer highlight and > www.a-cappella-festival.de the conclusion to the season of the Gewandhaus orchestra, invite guests to enjoy the unique flair of the Rosental in Leipzig. May 2021 | Leipzig > www.gewandhausorchester.de Richard Wagner Festival Days Leipzig 2021 Richard Wagner was born in 1813 in Leipzig. He received his musical training, completed his first compositions, and developed into a musi- cian and composer here. > www.oper-leipzig.de
48 49 24 July to 01 August 2021 | Torgau 03 September 2021 | Leipzig 9th International Saxon Singers’ Academy Leipzig Passages Festival Daily concerts by students from international universities and young According to the motto "Leipzig passes here", the 10th Leipzig passages singers in the historical old city of Torgau under the direction of festival invites guests from Leipzig and beyond from 6 pm to 12 am to renowned instructors at Hartenfels palace enjoy art, culture, and action in the numerous big and small passages of > www.saengerakademie-schloss-hartenfels.de the city centre. > www.passagenfest-leipzig.com August 2021 | Grosspösna Highfield – Festival October 2021 | Leipzig The largest Indie Rock festival of Eastern Germany takes place on 31st Lachmesse festival - Laughter Fair Störmthaler lake near Leipzig in the middle of August. The 31th laughter fair; Germany’s largest international cabaret and > www.highfield.de theatre festival, presents the finest satire and humour. > www.lachmesse.de August/September 2021 | Leipzig Grand Concert on the Opening of the 241st Gewandhaus Season October 2021 | Leipzig Under the direction of Andris Nelsons, the Gewandhaus orchestra GRASSIMESSE EXHIBITION hosts the opening of the 241st season at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig The GRASSI Museum for Applied Arts is once again a meeting place with a grand concert. for fans of design and anyone interested in the discipline, who would > www.gewandhausorchester.de like to learn more about current trends. > www.grassimesse.de 01 to 28 August 2021 | Leipzig Leipzig Piano Summer 2021 – Songs without Words October 2021 | Leipzig Summer piano festival right in the heart of the city of music Leipzig; Designers‘ Open during the summer break of the big concert houses, select piano con- The festival for design is a marketplace of fresh ideas and a place for certs are performed at Mendelssohn-Haus on Sundays in August. encounters among the national and international design scene. > www.mendelssohn-stiftung.de > www.designersopen.de
06 to 15 August 2021 | Leipzig October/November 2021 | Leipzig Leipzig Market Music 2020 DOK Leipzig – 64th International Festival for Documentary and This summer music festival's programme offers an exciting mix of pop- Animated Film ular classical music and classic popular music. Concert recordings and The International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated music films are accompanied by live music, including duos, a-cappella Film is the largest German and one of the leading international festivals and Rock bands, as well as a big orchestra. of artistic documentary and animated films. > www.leipziger-markt-musik.de | [email protected] > www.dok-leipzig.de
September 2021 | Leipzig 08 to 10 October 2021 | Torgau Autumn Tour of the Spinnerei Galleries TORGAU IS LIGHT The premises of continental Europe’s formerly largest cotton spinning Parish fair, light art, concerts and historical market, museum night mill present 13 galleries and numerous exhibition areas and their latest > www.tic-torgau.de exhibitions. > www.spinnerei.de 09 October 2021 | Leipzig Autumn '89 – Advent of Democracy, Day of Peaceful Revolution September 2021 | Leipzig Numerous events will commemorate and present autumn '89 for Schumann Festival Week visitors to experience. The highlight in Leipzig will be on 9th October The Schumann festival week takes place every year on the wedding 2021, the "Day of the Peaceful Revolution". anniversary of Robert and Clara Schumann and illuminates the life and > www.leipzig.travel works of this artist couple in Leipzig. > www.schumann-haus.de
50 51 Leipzig | Christmas market | © LTM PUNCTUM 22 to 24 October 2021 | Leipzig 208th Anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig Every year in October, military history clubs from all over Europe meet here in the spirit of reconciliation and understanding in order to commemorate the Battle of Nations in 1813. > www.leipzig1813.com
02 to 07 November 2021 | Leipzig euro-scene Leipzig – 31st Festival of Contemporary European Theatre and Dance The euro-scene Leipzig is one of the most important festivals for exper- imental theatre and innovative dance in Europe. > www.euro-scene.de
23 November to 23 December 2021 | Leipzig Leipzig Christmas Market The tradition of the Leipzig Christmas market reaches back to the year 1458, which makes it the second-oldest in Germany. Thanks to its unique cultural and culinary offerings, it enjoys a legendary reputation. > www.leipzig.de
December 2021 | Leipzig "Christmas Oratory" BWV 248 – J. S. Bach A performance with the St. Thomas Choir and the Gewandhaus or- chestra at the St. Thomas Church > www.gewandhausorchester.de
29 to 31 December 2021 | Leipzig Grand Concert on New Year’s Eve The Gewandhaus orchestra plays the 9th symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven. > www.gewandhausorchester.de
52 53 Zwickau | Schumann competition | © mattrose.de CHEMNITZ ZWICKAU REGION 2020
Until 05 January 2020 | Chemnitz Jetzt³ – Junge Malerei in Deutschland (Now – Young painting in Germany) The exhibition is designed as some kind of a field research project, offering insights into the questions of a young generation of painters. Museum Gunzenhauser > www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de
Until 12 January 2020 | Chemnitz André Masson, Zwischen Welten – Entremondes Metamorphosis, struggle, eroticism, and murder: The exhibition follows the thematic priorities of the artist through his entire creative period. Chemnitz Art Collections, Museum am Theaterplatz > www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de
Until 02 February 2020 | Chemnitz On a green Background. Abstract Painting after 1945 Chemnitz Art Collections, Museum am Theaterplatz > www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de
Until 03 February 2020 | Chemnitz Steffen Volmer – PASSION First solo exhibition of the artist resident in Chemnitz at Chemnitz| Theaterplatz | © Ernesto Uhlmann Chemnitz Art Collections, Museum am Theaterplatz > www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de
Until 29 March 2020 | Chemnitz Life on the Dead Sea Archaeology from the Holy Land – a world premiere > www.smac.sachsen.de
14 March 2020 | Chemnitz Premiere Carmen – Opéra comique in four acts by Georges Bizet Opera Chemnitz > www.theater-chemnitz.de
28 and 29 March 2020 | Chemnitz Maker Faire Sachsen THE platform for makers to present their projects, from hobby projects to prototypes > www.maker-faire-sachsen.de
54 55 29 March 2020 | Zwickau 25 April to 01 November 2020 | Chemnitz Time leap day in the museums Machine Boom and Railway Boom of the Zwickau tourism region – Special Exhibitions of Showplaces on the 4th Saxon State Experience unique time leaps in the museums of the region. Exhibition Industrial Culture > www.zeitsprungland.de Industry Museum Chemnitz and showplace railway station Chemnitz Hilbersdorf 09 April 2020 | Chemnitz > www.chemnitz-tourismus.de Ring Cycle at Easter 2020 The Ring of the Nibelungs "The Rhinegold" 15 May to 01 June 2020 | Chemnitz A stage festival play for three days and an eve Saxony Mozart Festival by Richard Wagner The 29th Saxony Mozart Festival with numerous concerts and events > www.theater-chemnitz.de > www.mozartfest-sachsen.de
10 April 2020 | Chemnitz 16 May 2020 | Chemnitz Ring Cycle at Easter 2020 Chemnitz Museum Night The Ring of the Nibelungs "The Valkyrie" A real magnet for visitors: a great programme and first-class special A stage festival play for three days and an eve exhibitions by Richard Wagner > www.chemnitz-tourismus.de > www.theater-chemnitz.de 20 May 2020 | Chemnitz 11 April 2020 | Chemnitz Ring Cycle around Ascension Day 2020 Ring Cycle at Easter 2020 The Ring of the Nibelungs "The Rhinegold" The Ring of the Nibelungs "Siegfried" A stage festival play for three days and an eve A stage festival play for three days and an eve by Richard Wagner by Richard Wagner > www.theater-chemnitz.de > www.theater-chemnitz.de 21 May 2020 | Chemnitz 13 April 2020 | Chemnitz Ring Cycle around Ascension Day 2020 Ring Cycle at Easter 2020 The Ring of the Nibelungs "The Valkyrie" The Ring of the Nibelungs "Twilight of the Gods" A stage festival play for three days and an eve A stage festival play for three days and an eve by Richard Wagner by Richard Wagner > www.theater-chemnitz.de > www.theater-chemnitz.de 22 May 2020 | Chemnitz 24 April to 01 November 2020 | Zwickau, Chemnitz Ring Cycle around Ascension Day 2020 4th Saxon State Exhibition "Industrial Culture 2020" The Ring of the Nibelungs "Siegfried" The focus is placed on "People, Culture, and Industry", and a large A stage festival play for three days and an eve central exhibition in Zwickau and additional exhibitions in six regional by Richard Wagner museums examine exciting topics and objects at authentic venues. > www.theater-chemnitz.de > www.zwickau.de 24 May 2020 | Chemnitz Ring Cycle around Ascension Day 2020 The Ring of the Nibelungs "Twilight of the Gods" A stage festival play for three days and an eve by Richard Wagner > www.theater-chemnitz.de
56 57 Zwickau | Zwickau Saxony Classic | © mattrose.de 22 to 24 May 2020 | Chemnitz Hat Festival: Street Art Festival in Chemnitz Listen, dance, be surprised, and enjoy at the "Hat Festival" with some of Germany's best street artists. > www.hutfestival.de
June to November 2020 | Chemnitz The Colourful needs to get Into the Dirty "Celebrations" or "Knocking": slightly different festival holidays! > www.dbmid.de
04 to 14 June 2020 | Zwickau International Robert Schumann Competition The international Robert Schumann Competition is one of the world's most traditional music competitions. It takes place in two categories: piano and singing. > www.zwickau.de
26 June 2020 | Chemnitz 26 July 2020 | Zwickau Opera Premiere Evita – Lyrics by Tim Rice, 9th August Horch Classic Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber The classics feature numerous vehicles and motorcycles. Chemnitz Opera House Public viewing along the route is a unique experience. > www.theater-chemnitz.de > www.horch-museum.de
26 and 27 June 2020 | Zwickau 13 to 15 August 2020 | Zwickau summer swing at schumann's Saxony Classic The Jazz & Swing open air concert next to the Robert Schumann The classics feature numerous vehicles and motorcycles. Public viewing monument along the route is a unique experience. > www.kultour-z.de > www.horch-museum.de
26 to 28 June 2020 | Chemnitz 21 to 23 August 2020 | Chemnitz Heavy24 – The 24-Hour Mountain Bike Race Chemnitz Heizhaus Festival The 24-hour race counts as one of the toughest races in Germany. The 29th Heizhaus Festival invites to automobile parades, a model > www.mtb-chemnitz.de railway exchange, and exhibitions. > www.sem-chemnitz.de 16 July to 16 August 2020 | Chemnitz Park Summer – Festival for Culture and Arts 29 August 2020 | Zwickau The open-air cultural festival: numerous artists and participants 20th Night of Palaces in the Zwickau tourism region perform a diverse programme of concerts, poetry slams, children's – Your time-leap land and neighbouring regions programme, yoga, and Qi Gong every day (except Mondays) Perfect entertainment and unparalleled programmes against the back- in the open air. drop of palaces make this night a very special moment. > www.parksommer.de > www.nachtderschloesser-zwickau.de
58 59 Chemnitz | RAW Festival | © Ernesto Uhlmann Starting in autumn 2020 | Chemnitz City – An Exhibition Hands-on Different perspectives of the topic "City" in a special exhibition by the State Museum for Archaeology Chemnitz > www.smac.sachsen.de
14 to 27 September 2020 | Chemnitz, Zwickau Industrial Culture Days & RAW Festival of Industrial Culture The region of Chemnitz and Zwickau celebrates industrial culture between the past and the future: morning shift, night shift, and the RAW festival. > www.industriekultur-chemnitz.de
26 September 2020 | Zwickau Time leap day in the museums of the Zwickau tourism region Experience unique time leaps in the museums of the region. > www.zeitsprungland.de
12 to 18 October 2020 | Chemnitz Schlingel Film Festival, Roter Turm Gallery A must for thousands of young and old film fans: The 26th SCHLINGEL international film festival for children and young people. > www.ff-schlingel.de
09 to 15 October 2020 | Zwickau International Puppet Theatre Puppeteers from a variety of different countries come to the city on the Mulde to provide insights into the diversity of figurine theatre. CHEMNITZ ZWICKAU REGION 2021 > www.puppentheater-zwickau.de May 2021 | Chemnitz 24 November to 23 December 2020 | Zwickau 30th Saxony Mozart Festival Christmas Market in Zwickau With numerous concerts and events This richly traditional Christmas market sets the mood of the prettiest > www.mozartfest-sachsen.de time of year with the sounds of Christmas and the smells of sweet and hearty delicacies. May 2021 | Chemnitz > www.zwickauer-weihnachtsmarkt.de Chemnitz Museum Night A real magnet for visitors: a great programme and first-class special 27 November to 23 December 2020 | Chemnitz exhibitions Christmas Market in Chemnitz > www.chemnitz-tourismus.de With Mountain Parade on Saturday of 1st Advent Ore Mountains Christmas ambience meets cultural offerings of modern May 2021 | Chemnitz industry and culture. Hat Festival: Street Art Festival in Chemnitz > www.weihnachten-chemnitz.de Street art at its best! The "Hat Festival" with some of Germany's best street artists > www.hutfestival.de
60 61 Zwickau | summerswing at schumann‘s | © mattrose.de
03 to 13 June 2021 | Zwickau 23 November to 23 December 2021 | Zwickau Schumann Festival Christmas Market in Zwickau > www.schumannzwickau.de This richly traditional Christmas market sets the mood of the prettiest time of year with the sounds of Christmas and the smells July 2021 | Zwickau of sweet and hearty delicacies. 10th August Horch Classic > www.zwickauer-weihnachtsmarkt.de The classics feature numerous vehicles and motorcycles. Public view- ing along the route is a unique experience. 26 November to 23 December 2021 | Chemnitz > www.horch-museum.de Christmas Market in Chemnitz With Mountain Parade on Saturday of 1st Advent September 2021 | Chemnitz, Zwickau Ore Mountains Christmas ambience meets cultural offerings of Industrial Culture Days & RAW Festival of Industrial Culture modern industry and culture. The region of Chemnitz and Zwickau celebrates industrial culture > www.weihnachten-chemnitz.de between the past and the future: morning shift, night shift, and the RAW festival. > www.industriekultur-chemnitz.de
62 63 Pirna | The living Canaletto painting | © Achim Meurer SAXON SWITZERLAND 2020
21 March to 06 December 2020 28th Sandstone and Music Festival Classical concerts at special venues in Saxon Switzerland and the Eastern Ore Mountains > www.sandstein-musik.de
29 February to 01 June 2020 | Pirna In Flames. Valkyrie Paintings by Daniel Sambo Richter. Exhibition in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Wagner's opera "The Valkyrie"; Hunting Lodge Graupa > www.wagnerstaetten.de
03 April to 01 November 2020 | Königstein Special Exhibition: "High-ranking visitors to Saxony's most beautiful Fortress" > www.festung-koenigstein.de
04 April to 04 October 2020 | Weesenstein Special Exhibition "The right tone – Amalia of Saxony. Princess, Composer, Poet" > www.schloss-weesenstein.de
24 April 2020 | Pirna A Living Canaletto Painting A reproduction of the famous painting by Canaletto on the Pirna market square > www.der-retter.de
May to August 2020 | Saxon Switzerland Musical theatre and drama in the National Park Saxon Switzerland Musicals, musical theatre and drama plays Alternative venues of Felsenbühne Rathen > www.landesbuehnen-sachsen.de
10 May to 27 September 2020 | Pirna Pirna Sculpture Summer 2020 "Dresden Sculptors School" > www.sandstein.pirna.de
64 65 15 to 17 May 2020 | Hohnstein 10 to 12 July 2020 | Graupa 36th Hohnstein Puppetry Festival Richard Wagner Festival Festival with groups from all over Germany: A broad spectrum of Open-air performance involving the life and works of the composer puppet theatre > www.richard-wagner-spiele.de > www.hohnsteiner-puppenspielfest.de 12 July 2020 | Königstein 30 May to 01 June 2020 | Weesenstein Once upon a time... − A Fairy Tale Festival 29th Weesenstein Medieval Festival > www.festung-koenigstein.de Pentecostal tournament with falconry > www.schloss-weesenstein.de 18 and 19 July 2020 | Stolpen Historical festival at Stolpen castle 30 May to 25 September 2020 | Bad Schandau "The Stolpen people lay siege to the castle" 25th International Bad Schandau Organ and Music Summer > www.stolpen.de Concert series at St. John Church in Bad Schandau and Reinhardtsdorf baroque church 12 and 13 September 2020 | Pirna > www.kirche-bad-schandau.de/musiksommer.html Historical Regional Theatre "The Rescuer" 12 June to 10 October 2020 | Pirna Open-air performance of the historical regional theatre piece treating Myth Swan. the rescue of the city of Pirna from destruction during the Thirty Years Games of Deception on a Symbol in Wagner's World War; Market Square In celebration of the 170th Anniversary of the Premiere > www.der-retter.de of Wagner's Opera "Lohengrin" Hunting Lodge Graupa 03 October to 01 November 2020 | Königstein > www.wagnerstaetten.de Holiday Fun for Royal Kids in Schlösserland Sachsen Alternating daily participation events 13 June to 13 September 2020 | Barockgarten Grosssedlitz > www.festung-koenigstein.de "Kaiserschmarrn – The Venus Celebration in Big Garden park in 1719" 17 October 2020 to 28 February 2021 | Graupa Special exhibition in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Tannhäuser – An Exhibition in Celebration of the Prince's wedding 175th Anniversary of the Premiere of Wagner's Opera > www.barockgarten-grosssedlitz.de > www.wagnerstaetten.de
13 and 14 June 2020 | Königstein 26 November to 23 December 2020 | Pirna The Swedes Conquer Königstein Additional opening: 27 to 30/12/2020 A large camp of historically uniformed groups at the time of the Thirty Canaletto Market Years War Christmas market with romantic illumination of the market square > www.festung-koenigstein.de > www.canalettomarkt.de
26 and 27 June 2020 | Stolpen At all four Advent weekends 2020 | Königstein Burgtheater Festival "Königstein: A Winter Fairy Tale" > www.stolpen.de Historical romantic Christmas market > www.festung-koenigstein.de 02 to 05 July 2020 | Kurort Gohrisch 11th International Shostakovich Days The world’s only regularly occurring Shostakovich festival > www.schostakowitsch-tage.de
66 67 Gohrisch| Shostakovich Days | © Oliver Killig
SAXON SWITZERLAND 2021
March to December 2021 May to September 2021 | Saxon Switzerland 29th Sandstone and Music Festival Musical theatre and Drama in the National Park Classical concerts at special venues in Saxon Switzerland and the East- Musicals, musical theatre and drama plays ern Ore Mountains in the National Park Saxon Switzerland > www.sandstein-musik.de > www.landesbuehnen-sachsen.de
April 2021 | Pirna June to September 2021 | Bad Schandau A Living Canaletto Painting 26th International Bad Schandau Organ and Music Summer A reproduction of the famous painting by Canaletto on the Pirna Concert series at St. John Church in Bad Schandau and Reinhardtsdorf market square baroque church > www.der-retter.de > www.kirche-bad-schandau.de/musiksommer.html
May 2021 | Hohnstein June 2021 | Kurort Gohrisch 37th Hohnstein Puppetry Festival 12th International Shostakovich Days Festival with groups from all over Germany: A broad spectrum of The world’s only regularly occurring Shostakovich festival puppet theatre > www.schostakowitsch-tage.de > www.hohnsteiner-puppenspielfest.de December 2021 | Pirna May to August 2021 | Pirna Canaletto Market Pirna Sculpture Summer 2021 Christmas market with romantic illumination of the market square In cooperation with the twin city Děčín > www.canalettomarkt.de > www.sandstein.pirna.de At all four Advent weekends 2021 | Königstein "Königstein: A Winter Fairy Tale" Historical romantic Christmas market > www.festung-koenigstein.de
68 69 Görlitz| ViaThea| © Luise Bergmann UPPER LUSATIA 2020
15 to 19 January 2020 | Görlitz-Zgorzelec International MESSIAEN DAYS This young festival commemorates the French composer Olivier Messiaen, who was interned at the prisoner of war camp Stalag VIII A in Görlitz (today Zgorzelec) > www.meetingpoint-music-messiaen.net
22 January to 04 February 2020 | Kamenz 52nd Lessing Accents A series of events in honour of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s birthday and the anniversary of his death, including a diverse programme of entertaining performances, lectures, and readings > www.lessingmuseum.de
07 and 08 March 2020 | Bautzen 29th Colourful Sorbian Easter Egg Market with Exhibition "Most Beautiful Sorbian Easter Egg" Visitors can watch and learn Sorbian decorating techniques and the "Most Beautiful Sorbian Easter Egg" will be chosen in the House of the Sorbs. > www.ski.sorben.com
21 and 22 March 2020 | Hoyerswerda Easter Market in Hoyerswerda’s Lausitzhalle More than 20 Easter egg decorators show their work here, including scratching, waxing, and etching techniques. But visitors also find florists, basket weaving and textile art, pottery and blue dye art, as well as liqueurs and elegant chocolates. > www.hoyerswerda.de
April to October 2020 | Görlitz Exhibition "Merchants' Palaces on Via Regia" Brüderstrasse 9, 02826 Görlitz The exhibition in an un-refurbished hall house includes photographs, a movie and a high-precision 3D print on the subject. > www.goerlitz.de
03 to 05 April 2020 | various venues European Handcraft Days Numerous handcrafts and designers present their fantastic ideas, high-quality objects, and experimental works. > www.kunsthandwerkstage.de
70 71 10 to 13 April 2020 | various venues 03 to 14 June 2020 | Görlitz Berthelsdorf, Löbau, Bad Muskau, Horka Easter in Upper Lusatia 25th Görlitz Jazz Days Upper Lusatia invites guests to enjoy a diverse programme of events. A quarter of a century sweeping jazz in Görlitz, plus concerts at four Highlights include the Easter riding processions and more Easter "unheard places" and other venues traditions. > www.jazztage-goerlitz.de > www.oberlausitz.com 07 June 2020 | Zittau 19 April to 10 May 2020 | Hoyerswerda MDR Music Summer 55th Hoyerswerda Music Festival Guided tour around Zittau City Hall, afterwards champagne reception; Richly traditional music festival of classical music in Upper Lusatia classical music played by well-known soloists and choirs > www.musikfesttage-hoyerswerda.de > www.zittau.de
12 to 17 May 2020 | Görlitz, festival locations along the Neisse river 21 June 2020 | Kamenz, Löbau 17th Neisse Film Festival Fête de la Musique Since 2004, the tri-national film festival has offered both young and A music festival on the longest day of the year featuring multiple stages established filmmakers from Germany, Poland, and Czech Republic and numerous artists and bands in Kamenz’ and Löbau's city centres a forum featuring about 100 films and numerous events. > www.kamenz.de/fetedelamusique.html > www.neissefilmfestival.net 25 June to 02 August 2020 | Bautzen 20 May 2020 | Zittau 26th Bautzen Theatre Summer Spectaculum Citaviae "Holmes and the Beast of Bautzen" On the evening before Ascension, Zittau submerses itself in history, The German-Sorbian popular theatre is the only professional and the historical spectacle turns night to day. bi-cultural theatre of Germany. > www.zittau.de > www.theater-bautzen.de
27 to 30 May 2020 | Zittau 02 to 04 July 2020 | Görlitz Tri-national Theatre Festival J-O-Ś 26th "ViaThea" International Street Theatre Festival Dramatic arts from the neighbouring countries Czech Republic and From mask and puppet theatre via Walk Acts to Cirque Niveau as well Poland at first hand as medium-sized to big performances on public places – the entire > www.zittau.de range of art in public space is present here. > www.viathea.de 29 May to 01 June 2020 | Bautzen 1018th Bautzen Spring 18 and 19 July 2020 | Görlitz The traditional city festival offers a colourful cultural programme 22th Silesian Tippelmarkt featuring a crafts and flea market, street theatre, live music, Potters from around Germany and abroad meet annually in kids’ festival, catering, and much more. Görlitz' old city. In addition to the handicrafts presented, visitors will > www.bautzen.de experience a diverse programme of events showcasing Silesian lifestyle and traditions. 31 May 2020 | various venues > www.tippelmarkt.de Half-Timber Home Open House Day Private owners, companies and clubs invite guests to look, listen, 31 July to 02 August 2020 | various venues and discuss in half-timbered houses. 13th Mobile History > www.stiftung-umgebindehaus.de The festival combines nostalgic experiences on the rails of Zittau’s narrow gauge railway and on the roads of the Zittau mountain range. > www.zittauer-schmalspurbahn.de
72 73 Bautzen adventure night Romantica | © lausitznews.de 13 September 2020 | various venues Monument Open House Day Monuments that are normally closed to the public are opened today. At the same time, “Bautzen: A Living Monument” also takes place. Old buildings are filled with life again! > www.bautzen.de
30 September to 04 October 2020 | Görlitz Görlitz Bach Week In addition to the opening concert, visitors can experience cantata masses and a radio broadcasting thanksgiving service as well as the performance of a cantata at Peter's Church. In the Görlitz churches of the protestant city centre parish > www.innenstadtgemeinde-goerlitz.de
06 to 08 November 2020 | Pulsnitz Pulsnitz Gingerbread Market All eight gingerbread manufacturers of the city and Pulsnitzer Leb- kuchenfabrik GmbH are present at the Pulsnitz Gingerbread Market. 14 to 30 August 2020 | various venues > www.pfefferkuchenmarkt.de Lusatian Music Summer In addition to international musical literature, regional works by 07 November 2021 | Bautzen composers from Germany and Sorbia will be performed, and music Romantica from Bohemian and Silesian neighbours also plays a role. A shopping and entertainment night in Bautzen’s romantic city centre > www.lausitzer-musiksommer.de with many highlights and surprises > www.bautzenerleben.de 24 August 2020 | Zittau MDR Music Summer Open Air on Zittau Market Square 27 November to 22 December 2020 | Bautzen > www.zittau.de 637th Bautzen Wenceslaus Market Christmas market with extensive cultural programme against the 28 to 30 August 2020 | Görlitz romantic backdrop of Bautzen's old city centre 26th Görlitz Old City Festival / Jakuby Festival > www.bautzen.de The European city Görlitz-Zgorzelec celebrates on both banks of the Neisse river one of most beautiful and biggest public festivals of the region. 04 to 20 December 2020 | Görlitz > www.altstadtfest-goerlitz.de Silesian Christmas Market in Görlitz Romantic Christmas market with a dedicated programme right in 28 to 30 August 2020 | Bautzen Görlitz' old city centre 3rd Old City Festival "Water, Art, Light" > www.schlesischer-christkindelmarkt.de Thousand years of history are presented in the Upper Lusatian city as an impressive event. 12 and 13 December 2020 | Kamenz > www.bautzen.info Fairy-tale Advent Spectaculum At this family Christmas market, experience fairy-tales and the Middle 29 and 30 August 2020 | Rammenau Ages according to the motto "see, touch, and taste". Rammenau International Linen Days > www.kamenz.de/advents-spectaculum.html With many events involving linen, old handicraft arts, and demonstrations > www.barockschloss-rammenau.de
74 75 Bautzen | Bautzen Spring | © Robert Michalk UPPER LUSATIA 2021
January to February 2021 | Kamenz Lessing Days A series of events in honour of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s birthday and the anniversary of his death, including a diverse programme of entertaining performances, lectures, and readings > www.lessingmuseum.de
March 2021 | Hoyerswerda Easter Market in Hoyerswerda’s Lausitzhalle More than 20 Easter egg decorators show their work here, including scratching, waxing, and etching techniques. But visitors also find flo- rists, basket weaving and textile art, pottery and blue dye art, as well as liqueurs and elegant chocolates. > www.hoyerswerda.de
April to May 2021 | Hoyerswerda 56th Hoyerswerda Music Festival Richly traditional music festival of classical music in Upper Lusatia > www.musikfesttage-hoyerswerda.de 21 June 2021 | Kamenz Fête de la Musique Kamenz 02 to 05 April 2021 | various venues A music festival on the longest day of the year featuring multiple stages Easter in Upper Lusatia and numerous artists and bands in Kamenz’ city centre Upper Lusatia invites guests during the Easter season to enjoy a diverse > www.kamenz.de/fetedelamusique.html programme of events. Highlights include the Easter riding procession on Easter Sunday and more Easter traditions. 08 July to 15 August 2021 | Bautzen > www.oberlausitz.com 27th Bautzen Theatre Summer > www.theater-bautzen.de 12 May 2021 | Zittau Spectaculum Citaviae 17 and 18 July 2021 | Görlitz On the evening before Ascension, Zittau submerses itself in history, 23rd Silesian Tippelmarkt and the historical spectacle turns night to day. Potters from around Germany and abroad meet annually in > www.zittau.de Görlitz' old city. In addition to the handicrafts presented, visitors will experience a diverse programme of events showcasing Silesian lifestyle 28 to 30 May 2021 | Bautzen and traditions. 1019th Bautzen Spring > www.tippelmarkt.de The traditional city festival offers a colourful cultural programme featuring a crafts and flea market, street theatre, live music, 22 to 25 July 2021 | Bautzen and various places kids’ festival, catering, and much more. International Folk Festival „Łužica/Lausitz“ > www.bautzen.de Dance and folk groups from all over the world offer a varied and colourful programme to the audience. Last Sunday in May 2021 | various venues > www.domowina.de Half-Timber Home Open House Day Private owners, companies and clubs invite guests to look, listen, and discuss in half-timbered houses. > www.stiftung-umgebindehaus.de
76 77 Upper Lusatia | Easter riders | © PeterWilhelm Bautzen | Wenceslaus market | © Joerg Stephan
1st weekend in August 2021 | Nature park Zittau mountain range 05 to 07 November 2021 | Pulsnitz 14th Mobile History Pulsnitz Gingerbread Market The festival combines nostalgic experiences on the rails of Zittau’s All eight gingerbread manufacturers of the city and Pulsnitzer Leb- narrow gauge railway and on the roads of the Zittau mountain range. kuchenfabrik GmbH are present at the Pulsnitz Gingerbread Market. > www.zittauer-schmalspurbahn.de > www.pfefferkuchenmarkt.de
27 to 29 August 2021 | Görlitz 06 November 2021 | Bautzen 26th Goerlitz Old City Festival / Jakuby Festival Romantica Largest city festival in the region of eastern Saxony A shopping and entertainment night in Bautzen’s romantic city centre > www.altstadtfest-goerlitz.de with many highlights and surprises > www.bautzenerleben.de 28 and 29 August 2021 | Rammenau Rammenau International Linen Days 03 to 19 December 2021 | Görlitz With many events involving linen, old handicraft arts, Silesian Christmas Market in Görlitz and demonstrations > www.schlesischer-christkindelmarkt.de > www.barockschloss-rammenau.de December 2021 | Kamenz 12 September 2021 | various venues Fairy-tale Advent Spectaculum Monument Open House Day At this family Christmas market, experience fairy-tales and the Middle Monuments that are normally closed to the public are opened today. At Ages according to the motto "see, touch, and taste". the same time, “Bautzen: A Living Monument” also takes place. > www.kamenz.de/advents-spectaculum.html Old buildings are filled with life again! > www.bautzen.de 26 November to 19 December 2021 | Bautzen 638th Bautzen Wenceslaus Market Christmas market with extensive cultural programme against the romantic backdrop of Bautzen's old city centre > www.bautzen.de
78 79 Ore Mountains| artmontan | © Weigel SZB ORE MOUNTAINS 2020
All year 2020 | various venues artmontan Cultural Days Extraordinary events at unusual places > www.artmontan.de
11 January 2020 | Augustusburg 49th Winter Motorcyclists’ Meeting On 11 January 2020, motorcyclists and motorcycle enthusiasts from all over Germany and neighbouring European countries meet at Schloss Augustusburg. > www.die-sehenswerten-drei.de
11 January to 02 February 2020 | Annaberg-Buchholz Big January Exhibition Folk Art meets Folk Festival Big annual special exhibition of private collector's treasures, presented with love on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the folk festival Annaberger KÄT at the House of Guests "Erzhammer" > www.annaberg-buchholz.de
07 and 08 March 2020 | Annaberg-Buchholz Ore Mountains Carving Days Works from the areas of figure and relief carving, woodcut carving, and inlays at the "Erzhammer" House of Guests > www.annaberg-buchholz.de/schnitzertage
April to November 2020 | various venues 4th Saxon State Exhibition "Industrial Culture 2020" Under the subject "People, Culture, and Industry", the central exhibi- tion in Zwickau and additional exhibitions are presented in Oelsnitz and Freiberg, among others. > www.boom-sachsen.de
10 to 19 April 2020 | Zschorlau Zschorlau Passion Plays Every five years in Zschorlau, the largest evangelical passion play in Germany takes place. This event demands a lot from the performers, the main character in particular. Guests can watch the 4-hours play on 8 days in total. > www.passionsspiel-zschorlau.de
80 81 25 April to 01 November 2020 | Freiberg 26 July 2020 | Zwickau 4th Saxon State Exhibition August Horch Classic Showplace exhibition "Ore" in the silver mine Reiche Zeche A rolling museum with approximately 140 classics Fuchsmühlenweg, Freiberg > www.horch-museum.de > www.silberbergwerk–freiberg.de 04 to 06 September 2020 | Aue – Bad Schlema May to October 2020 | Freiberg Day of the Saxon People in Aue – Bad Schlema Evening of Music at St. Mary's Cathedral The Free State's largest popular festival Every Thursday at 8 pm, the sounds of the famous Silbermann organ > www.aue-badschlema.de can be heard at St. Mary's cathedral. > www.freiberg-service.de 04 to 13 September 2020 | various venues Ore Mountains Music Festival June to September 2020 | various venues High-level music festival at unusual venues in the Ore Mountains Greifenstein Festival & Theatre on Kriebstein Lake Stage under direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann Festival for theatre fans against the breath-taking backdrop of Greifen- > www.musikfest-erzgebirge.de stein mountain stage and Kriebstein lake stage > www.winterstein-theater.de | www.mittelsaechsisches-theater.de 18 to 20 September 2020 | Bad Schlema International Brass Music Festival 06 and 07 June 2020 | various venues The international brass music festival in Bad Schlema puts the spa Mining Experience Days: town in a state of brass music frenzy every year. On the way to UNESCO World Heritage > www.bergmannsblasorchester.de In the entire Saxon-Bohemian Ore Mountains, mines, mining muse- ums, and mining landscapes host special events on this weekend. 19 and 20 September 2020 | Annaberg-Buchholz > www.erzgebirge-tourismus.de Annaberg Lace Days A wide-ranging spectrum of the art of lace: The diversity of delicate 12 to 21 June 2020 | Annaberg-Buchholz threads in thousands of patterns at the "Erzhammer" House of Guests 500 Years and not quiet at all: Annaberger KÄT invites guests to be impressed, to learn, to participate and to discuss. The most richly traditional folk festival in the Ore Mountains > www.annaberg-buchholz.de/kloeppeltage was once a catholic pilgrimage, the KÄT is now the largest folk festival in the region. October 2020 | Bärenfels and surroundings > www.annaberg-buchholz.de Eastern Ore Mountains Puppet Theatre Festival Every year in autumn, the Eastern Ore Mountains puppet theatre 25 to 28 June 2020 | Freiberg festival takes place in and around Bärenfels. Freiberg Mountain City Festival > www.puppentheaterfest.de Every year, Freiberg celebrates with living tradition and unique culture against the enchanting background of the mountain city festival. 18 October 2020 | various venues > www.freiberg-service.de 21st Traditional Craftsmanship Day Workshops open their doors to present their trades. 22 July 2020 | Schneeberg > www.erzgebirge-tourismus.de Schneeberg Mountain Dispute Day This day commemorates one of the first salary strikes over 500 years Advent 2020 | various venues ago. The highlight is a mountain parade that includes 600 participants Christmasland and transitions into a mountain mass at St. Wolfgang church. Starting on the 1st day of Advent, around 500 Christmas events take > www.schneeberg.de place in the region. Centuries-old traditions and customs like the last mining shift before Christmas, mountain parades, get-togethers, and night rides along lit trails are still deeply rooted. > www.erzgebirge-tourismus.de
82 83 St. Mary‘s Marienberg | Ore Mountains singers’ festival | © Mathias Marx All year 2021 | Marienberg 500th Anniversary of Marienberg Festival weekends take place from 30 April to 02 May 2021 and from 02 July to 04 August 2021. > www.marienberg.de
09 January 2021 | Augustusburg 50th Winter Motorcyclists’ Meeting On 09 January 2021, motorcyclists and motorcycle enthusiasts from all over Germany and neighbouring European countries meet at Schloss Augustusburg. > www.die-sehenswerten-drei.de
09 to 31 January 2021 | Annaberg-Buchholz Big January Exhibition at Cultural Centre Erzhammer Masterpieces Big annual special exhibition of private collector's treasures, presented with love in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the carving school Paul-Schneider > www.annaberg-buchholz.de
06 and 07 March 2021 | Annaberg-Buchholz Ore Mountains Carving Days Works from the areas of figure and relief carving, woodcut carving, and inlays at the "Erzhammer" House of Guests > www.annaberg-buchholz.de/schnitzertage
May to October 2021 | Freiberg Evening of Music at St. Mary's Cathedral Every Thursday at 8 pm, the sounds of the famous Silbermann organ ORE MOUNTAINS 2021 can be heard at St. Mary's cathedral. > www.freiberg-service.de All year 2021 | various venues artmontan Cultural Days June to September 2021 | various venues Extraordinary events at unusual places Greifenstein Festival & Theatre on Kriebstein Lake Stage > www.artmontan.de Festival for theatre fans against the breath-taking backdrop of Greifen- stein mountain stage and Kriebstein lake stage All year 2021 | Schneeberg > www.winterstein-theater.de | www.mittelsaechsisches-theater.de 550th Anniversary of Schneeberg: The anniversary year will be celebrated with varied events and projects 04 to 13 June 2021 | Annaberg-Buchholz Festival week around the 525th Mountain Dispute Day on 22 July 2021 501st Annaberger KÄT Everything comes from the mining! The charm of golden ages of min- The largest and most richly traditional folk festival in the Ore Moun- ing can be sensed everywhere, popular arts including carving and laces tains was once a catholic pilgrimage and is now the most important are almost omnipresent and baroque buildings are also witnesses of rich folk festival in the region. cobalt ore reserves. > www.annaberg-buchholz.de > www.schneeberg.de
84 85 05 and 06 June 2021 | various venues October 2021 | Bärenfels and surroundings Mining Experience Days: Eastern Ore Mountains Puppet Theatre Festival On the way to UNESCO World Heritage Every year in autumn, the Eastern Ore Mountains puppet theatre In the entire Saxon-Bohemian Ore Mountains, mines, mining muse- festival takes place in and around Bärenfels. ums, and mining landscapes host special events on this weekend. > www.puppentheaterfest.de > www.erzgebirge-tourismus.de 18 October 2021 | various venues 24 to 27 June 2021 | Freiberg Traditional Craftsmanship Day Freiberg Mountain City Festival Workshops open their doors to present their trades. Every year, Freiberg celebrates with living tradition and unique culture > www.erzgebirge-tourismus.de against the enchanting background of the mountain city festival. > www.freiberg-service.de Advent 2021 | various venues Christmasland July 2021 | Zwickau Starting on the 1st day of Advent, around 500 Christmas events take August Horch Classic place in the region. Centuries-old traditions and customs like the last A rolling museum with approximately 140 classics mining shift before Christmas, mountain parades, get-togethers, and > www.horch-museum.de night rides along lit trails are still deeply rooted. > www.erzgebirge-tourismus.de 22 July 2021 | Schneeberg Schneeberg Mountain Dispute Day This day commemorates one of the first salary strikes over 500 years ago. The highlight is a mountain parade that includes 600 participants and transitions into a mountain mass at St. Wolfgang church. > www.schneeberg.de Annaberg-Buchholz |Mountain parade | © Wolfgang Schmidt 01 to 12 September 2021 | various venues 24th Silbermann Days in the Ore Mountains Once again, the most important organ and music festival enchants guests and music lovers from far and wide. > www.silbermann.org
17 to 19 September 2021 | Bad Schlema International Brass Music Festival The international brass music festival in Bad Schlema puts the spa town in a state of brass music frenzy every year. > www.bergmannsblasorchester.de
18 and 19 September 2021 | Annaberg-Buchholz Annaberg Lace Days A wide-ranging spectrum of the art of lace: The diversity of delicate threads in thousands of patterns at the "Erzhammer" House of Guests > www.annaberg-buchholz.de/kloeppeltage
86 87 King Albert Theatre Bad Elster | © Archiv CVG / D. Otto VOGTLAND 2020
Until 29 February 2020 | Bad Elster 19th Chursächsische Winter Dreams The cultural festival in the music and winter sports region Upper Vogtland! > www.chursaechsische.de
Until 30 March 2020 | Plauen e.o.plauen – Children's Friend & Master Draughtsman Exhibition on Erich Ohser's oeuvre: His funny stories about the father with moustache and the mischievous son are world-famous. > www.e.o.plauen.de
Until 17 December 2020 | Bad Elster "Beethoven 250 – Anniversary Season Bad Elster 2019/2020“ The Beethoven anniversary in Bad Elster > www.chursaechsische.de
02 to 08 March 2020 | Bad Elster 7th Chursächsische Master Classes Violin / chamber music (Heime Müller), viola (Pauline Sachse), violoncello (Peter Bruns) > www.chursaechsische.de
07 March 2020 | Plauen 18th Theatre Ball – Charleston, Bob, and Knickerbocker Vogtland Theatre > www.theater-plauen-zwickau.de
24 March to 05 April 2020 | Bad Elster 15 Chursächsische Mozart Weeks "Mozart and … Beethoven!" with the Frauenkirche choir, Günther Maria Halmer, etc. > www.chursaechsische.de
27 to 29 March 2020 | Plauen 6th Free Dreamer’s Festival Adventure – Freedom – Adrenaline! Allow yourself to be enchanted by something new. Dreamlike images and thrilling live reports show popular holiday destinations from unusual perspectives and invite to immerse into the world of adventure. You can look forward to work- shops, live music, and culinary delicacies. New in 2020: the "world inside - Adventure Arena" as a generous outdoor area in front of the festival hall in Plauen. > www.freitraeumer.de
88 89 09 to 13 April 2020 | Bad Elster 21 May to 06 September 2020 | Bad Elster Royal Easter in Bad Elster Nature Theatre Bad Elster Season 2020 Cultural Holidays with sand art performance, Fantasy music & operetta! Comprehensive open-air season, including "Aida", > www.chursaechsische.de Münchener Freiheit, Semino Rossi, Gregor Meyle, etc. > www.naturtheater-badelster.de 24 to 26 April 2020 | Bad Elster 10th Art Festival Bad Elster: "Hertz-Sounds" 30 May 2020 | Netzschkau Bad Elster celebrates the arts in the Saxon Year of Industrial Culture! ROCK Classics at Göltzschtal Bridge > www.chursaechsische.de The summer night highlight for fans of all ages offers an extraordinary concert evening with a broad range: temperamental rock rhythms, 30 April to 30 May 2020 | Bad Elster romantic ballades, jazz and musical sounds as well as popular classical 150th Franz Lehár Days Bad Elster melodies are being surrounded by powerful-voiced soloists, the The royal spa celebrates the 150th birthday of the silver king of operetta. energetic sound of a rock band, the symphonic sounds of Vogtland > www.chursaechsische.de Philharmonie and an impressive light show. A breath-taking experience! > www.vogtland-philharmonie.de 01 May to 04 October 2020 | Bad Elster 25th "Chursächsischer Summer" 31 May 2020 | Bad Elster The largest cultural festival in the European spa region celebrates its 17th EQUIPAGE BAD ELSTER anniversary! Until 04 October, around 300 outstanding cultural events Noble horses & historic coaches in the royal spa town in different genres take place in Bad Elster, Bad Brambach and another > www.chursaechsische.de 40 select venues in the four-border region. > www.chursaechsische.de
03 to 09 May 2020 | Klingenthal Rock Classics at Göltzschtal bridge | © Archiv Vogtland-Philharmonie / Kristin Schmidt International Accordion Competition Klingenthal "Global level that is worth listening" is the motto of this elite competition which is always accompanied by an enticing framework programme. > www.accordion-competition.de
07 to 16 May 2020 | Markneukirchen 55th International Instrumental Competition The competition is held at the world-famous orchestral instrument building centre. Here, in the "music corner", masters' instruments have been built for 350 years in famously high quality; the roots of this com- petition are based in this long, lively tradition. Under the patronage of Christian Thielemann, Principal Conductor of Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra > www.instrumental-competition.de
12 to 17 May 2020 | Bad Elster "Prince Elector, King, Convert!" Bad Elster celebrates the 350th birthday of Augustus the Strong. > www.chursaechsische.de
90 91 05 June 2020 | Plauen 04 September to 04 October 2020 | Bad Elster Sounds of Hollywood 20 Chursächsische Festival: "The Golden Twenties" Famous soundtracks with large-format screen Bad Elster celebrates the festival's 20th anniversary! The musical trip through the world of movies will be unforgettable to > www.chursaechsische.de music and to cinema enthusiasts alike, with immortal melodies of the most beautiful cinema and TV highlights and the fascinating orchestral 12 and 13 September 2020 | Klingenthal sound of the Vogtland Philharmonie orchestra; at Park Theatre. "Klingenthal Harmonica Meeting" > www.vogtland-philharmonie.de The rustic and family-like meeting of the accordion players was named after his founder: "Hans-Jürgen Deutschmann". 19 to 21 June 2020 | Plauen > www.klingenthal.de 61st Plauen Lace Festival Plauen is the city of lace. The Saxon brand product is world-famous. 16 to 20 September 2020 | Klingenthal The traditional city festival is much influenced by this filigree textile. Live Harmonica Festival > www.plauen.de/spitzenfest This traditional festival transforms the musical city of Klingenthal into a seething cauldron. Its highlight with workshops and concerts is the ulti- 26 June 2020 | Plauen mate live night with shuttle transport between venues. The idea for the 15th Museum and Muses Night project "Live harmonica festival" was born in summer 2000 and not by The museum night is the annual unique opportunity to discover over accident: Klingenthal is deemed to have been the heartland of harmon- 20 cultural institutions in the city of lace. The programme includes ica production for more than 150 years and is the location of the oldest exhibitions with guided tours and lectures, readings, dance, fashion mouth organ factory of the world (C. A. Seydel Söhne) today. shows, and delicacies, as well as trips with the historical tram. > www.mandharmonika-live.de > www.museumsnacht-plauen.de 19 September 2020 | Plauen 26 to 28 June 2020 | Stelzen e.o.plauen Advancement Award and, starting on 20/09, Prize Stelzen Festival Winner Exhibition The festival "STELZENFESTSPIELE BEI REUTH", celebrated since Award to a young artist to commemorate the famed artist Erich Ohser 1993, have become an important music festival in the Vogtland region > www.e.o.plauen.de and beyond over the course of the years. It was initiated and is directed by a musician of the Gewandhaus orchestra, Henry Schneider. 29 October 2020 | Plauen > www.stelzenfestspiele.de Operetta Gala Cheerful operetta melodies by Johann Strauss, 14 to 16 August 2020 | Bad Elster Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán, etc. at Festival Hall 17th International Jazz Days Bad Elster > www.vogtland-philharmonie.de "Jazzy feelings" in the royal spa town, with Herbert Pixner and the New Orleans Shakers, among others 13 to 17 November 2020 | Plauen > www.chursaechsische.de Inter-German Film Festival Comprising documentaries and feature films on subjects of latest September to November 2020 | Plauen history, the festival takes place in Hof and Plauen, twin cities and close FolkHerbst (FolkAutumn) partners since 1987. In the dreamiest corner of the old city centre, in Malzhaus cultural Kino Capitol centre, the only European Folk Music Price of Germany is awarded, the > www.hof-plauen-89.de "Eiserne Eversteiner". Several voting concerts of artists from all over the world take place. > www.malzhaus.de/programm/folkherbst
92 93 Chursächsische Philharmonie | © Danny Otto VOGTLAND 2021
01 to 07 March 2021 | Bad Elster 8th Chursächsische Master Classes Violin / chamber music · viola · violoncello > www.chursaechsische.de
19 March to 25 April 2021 | Bad Elster 1st Chursächsischer Magic Spring Cultural spring fever in the royal spa town > www.chursaechsische.de
01 to 05 April 2021 | Bad Elster Royal Easter Bad Elster The culture and festival city of Bad Elster, Saxony's most richly tradi- tional state spa, always glitters in the holidays with a special quality of light. "Royal Easter" will be celebrated this year, as well, and appropri- 24 November to 22 December 2020 | Plauen ate cultural surprises will be presented out of the "Easter egg". Enjoy Plauen Christmas Market the spring holidays in the culture and festival city! Opening and cultural highlight is the traditional light parade. Christ- > www.chursaechsische.de mas figures from the Vogtland region bring the Christmas light with the Steyrer Christkindl out of the mountain and to the market square 23 to 25 April 2021 | Bad Elster where pieces of craftsmanship, regional wood carvings and traditional 11th Art Festival Bad Elster Plauen lace are offered during the Holidays. Bad Elster celebrates the arts! > www.plauen.de/weihnachten > www.chursaechsische.de
27 November 2020 to 28 February 2021 | various venues 01 May to 03 October 2021 | various venues 20th Chursächsische Winter Dreams 26th „Chursächsischer Summer“ The cultural festival in the music and winter sports region Upper The largest cultural festival in the European spa region Vogtland! > www.chursaechsische.de > www.chursaechsische.de 13 May to 05 September 2021 | Bad Elster 04 to 06 December 2020 | Plauen Nature Theatre Bad Elster Season 2021 Sounds of Hollywood Big open-air season Famous soundtracks with large-format screen > www.naturtheater-badelster.de The musical trip through the world of movies will be unforgettable to music and to cinema enthusiasts alike, with immortal melodies of the 23 May 2021 | Bad Elster most beautiful cinema and TV highlights and the fascinating orchestral 18th EQUIPAGE BAD ELSTER sound of the Vogtland Philharmonie orchestra. Noble horses & historic coaches in the royal spa town > www.vogtland-philharmonie.de > www.chursaechsische.de
18 to 20 June 2021 | Plauen 62th Plauen Lace Festival Plauen is the city of lace. The Saxon brand product is world-famous. The traditional city festival is much influenced by this filigree textile. > www.plauen.de/spitzenfest
94 95 Nature theatre Bad Elster | Nabucco | © Jan Bräuer 27 June 2021 | Plauen 16th Museum and Muses Night A night for art and culture lovers, cultural venues attract visitors with unique concerts, readings, activities, discussions and guided tours above and below ground from 6 pm to 1 am. > www.museumsnacht-plauen.de
14 August 2021 | Auerbach i. V. Johnny Logan & Vogtland Philharmonie Symphony for Ireland World star Johnny Logan won the Grand Prix in the 1980ies and composed another awarded title in 1992. Now he presents with Vogtland Philharmonie his best-known world hits as well as Irish classics and folk songs. > www.vogtland-philharmonie.de
20 to 22 August 2021 | Bad Elster 18th International Jazz Days Bad Elster "Jazzy feelings" in the royal spa! > www.chursaechsische.de
10 September to 03 October 2021 | Bad Elster 21st Chursächsische Festival Bad Elster celebrates the festival season! > www.chursaechsische.de
18 and 19 September 2021 | Bad Elster Autumn & Wine Festival Bad Elster The golden city festival in the royal spa town > www.badelster.de
26 November 2021 to 27 February 2022 | various venues 21st Chursächsische Winter Dreams The cultural festival in the music and winter sports region Upper Vogtland! > www.chursaechsische.de
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