Spring Fairs
Augsburg, Munster, Nuremberg, Hamburg and Stuttgart : Spring
Dates vary when it comes to spring fairs all over Germany.
Berlinale
Berlin : February
This international film festival gives you over 150 films a night to choose from at reasonable prices.
Love Parade
Berlin : mid-July
The streets of Berlin thump when this dance party takes the city by storm.
Berliner Festwochen
Berlin : early September-mid-October
Art and symphonies are waiting to entertain you throughout Berlin.
Jazz-Fest Berlin
Berlin : early November
Hear all kinds of jazz at the Philharmonie during the annual festival. br>
Mayday Music Festival
Dortmund : April 30th
Taking as its inspiration the concept of a worldwide party in the twilight of world peace, this is the original electronic music festival.
Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt : mid-October
Bookworms unite for this international meeting of the penned minds.
Hamburg Summer
Hamburg : Throughout Summer
Concerts, plays and festivals happen throughout the summer. Check in with the tourist bureau for places and times.
Winter Dom
Hamburg : early November
Get your amusement at this annual happening at the Heiligengeistfeld with all the usual fair fare.
Fasching
Munich : Jan-March
Five words: German Mardi Gras with donuts.
Oktoberfest
Munich : mid-September-mid-October
What better way to celebrate October than a humongous Bierfest (beer drinking) and great German oompah bands? Then again, get here earlier because most of the festival happens in September.