Germany is one of my very favorite countries! And, there are TONS of cultural events going on in Germany this month, August, 2009. Here is a partial list of events. For more information, please see:

http://www.germany-tourism.de/index_ENG.htm

 

   
    * Ansbach Bach Festival 31-Jul-2009 - 09-Aug-2009, Ansbach, Mittelfranken (Bavaria)

    * Nibelungen Festival 2009 31-Jul-2009 - 16-Aug-2009, Worms

    * Movie stars, the inner-German border and Stalin's Villa – the villas of Neubabelsberg 02-Aug-2009, Potsdam (Brandenburg)

    * Bauhaus exhibition - Franz Ehrlich 02-Aug-2009 - 11-Oct-2009, Weimar, Thüringen (Thuringia)

    * Maschsee Festival 29-Jul-2009 - 16-Aug-2009, Hannover (Lower-Saxony)

    * 2009 ADAC MotoClassic 05-Aug-2009 - 09-Aug-2009, Bitburg (Rhineland-Palatinate)

    * Traditional and modern Flamenco performances open-air in the Pfefferberg summergarden, workshops, family programme 06-Aug-2009 - 15-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Festival with European youth orchestras 07-Aug-2009 - 23-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Rock festival with concerts of well-known and regionally well-known bands: Deichkind, Peter Doherty, Jarvis Cocker, Saint Etienne, Dendemann, The Thermals, Kilians, Florence & The Machine, Bodi Bill, WhoMadeWho, Bonaparte and others 07-Aug-2009 - 08-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * "Otto IV - Dream of a Guelph Empire" - Lower Saxony regional exhibition 08-Aug-2009 - 08-Nov-2009, Braunschweig (Lower-Saxony)

    * Lusation opera summer 24-Jul-2009 - 02-Aug-2009, Cottbus (Brandenburg)

    * "20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall – on history's trail in Potsdam" 09-Aug-2009, Potsdam (Brandenburg)

    * Christopher Street Day Stuttgart 24-Jul-2009 - 02-Aug-2009, Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg)

    * Funfair 24-Jul-2009 - 16-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Street art and variety festival 24-Jul-2009 - 02-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * To mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus school of design, an extensive exhibition is mounted as a cooperation between the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin, the Bauhaus Foundation in Dessau and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Works by masters and 22-Jul-2009 - 04-Oct-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * The 10th Potsdam night of castles 15-Aug-2009, Potsdam (Brandenburg)

    * Opening Celebration 15-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Movie stars, the inner-German border and Stalin's Villa – the villas of Neubabelsberg 16-Aug-2009, Potsdam (Brandenburg)

    * Opening celebration 16-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Concert series with various well-known orchestras 19-Aug-2009 - 23-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Luther Festival 21-Aug-2009 - 23-Aug-2009, Eisenach, Thüringen (Thuringia)

    * A long night at Babelsberg Filmpark 22-Aug-2009, Potsdam (Brandenburg)

    * The chancellor´s office and the ministries are open for visitors 22-Aug-2009 - 23-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * "20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall – on history's trail in Potsdam" 23-Aug-2009, Potsdam (Brandenburg)

    * (En)Lighting the World. Saxony and the Beginning of Modern Scholarship 09-Jul-2009 - 26-Dec-2009, Leipzig (Saxony)

    * History festival with theatrical performances, guided city tours, lectures, discussions and an antiquated market in the Nikolaiviertel from 28-30 August24-Aug-2009 - 30-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Intercultural stage programme with music, poetry and theatre, live transmissions of organ concerts from the Berliner Dom, workshops etc. 09-Jul-2009 - 01-Oct-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Live transmission of the opera staging directed by Daniel Barenboim, free admission 29-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    *  Synagogal music 29-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    *  Exhibitions, concerts, readings, theatre and many more attractions in more than 70 museums. The focus is on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. 29-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Festival of Jewish culture with concerts, readings, exhibitions 29-Aug-2009 - 06-Sep-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Open-air concert directed by Daniel Barenboim (admission free) 30-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)
 
    *  Concert: Chanson/folk/pop 30-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

   
    * Luther/Chess 01-Jul-2009 - 31-Aug-2009, Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)

    * Dresden in Autumn 1989 01-Jul-2009 - 31-Jan-2010, Dresden (Saxony)

    * "City of Future" will be the lemma for the 2. USF World Team Championship. Visitors can admire the sand sculptures or relax at the beach bars. The area includes an "Animal Park" with sand animals for children and a digging playground. 07-Jun-2009 - 30-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * 3rd Art and Culture Festival 01-Jun-2009 - 30-Sep-2009, Gera (Thuringia)

    * "Otto IV - Emperor Year 2009" - Lower Saxony regional exhibition30-May-2009 - 08-Nov-2009, Braunschweig (Lower-Saxony)

    * The Carnival of Cultures 20-May-2009 - 20-May-2012 (Berlin)

    * 820th Birthday of Hamburg Port 08-May-2009 - 09-May-2010, Hamburg (Hamburg)

    * The Robert Havemann Society presents an Open-air exhibition to remember and honour the 20th anniversary of the peaceful revolution and the incidents of 1989/90 in Germany 07-May-2009 - 09-Nov-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Gunther von Hagen’s plastinates return to Berlin: The new exhibition shows more than 200 plastinated human organs and whole bodys, presenting our body in the cycle of beginning and aging. The focus is on the contrast of ill and healthy bodies and organs. 07-May-2009 - 30-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * A huge arrow above the skyline will mark several sites of the city, e.g. Potsdamer Platz, the Main Station, Alexanderplatz, while projections, light installations and sceneries on the buildings will show the changes of the past 20 years on that special site 07-May-2009 - 09-Nov-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Homage to a generation of founders 06-May-2009 - 23-Aug-2009, Erfurt (Thuringia)

    * The Lutheran Bible – its translation, printing and distribution04-May-2009 - 02-Aug-2009, Eisenach, Thüringen (Thuringia)

    * The exhibition shows photographs and films from the Fall of the Wall to the German Reunification, illustrating personal perspectives of people from East and West Germany as well as those of professional observers from Germany and other countries. 01-May-2009 - 09-Nov-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * The State horticultural show at Oranienburg - ”Dream landscapes of an electoral princess“ 25-Apr-2009 - 18-Oct-2009, Oranienburg (Brandenburg)

    * 2009 Federal Horticultural Exhibition in Schwerin - Seven Gardens at the Heart of it all 23-Apr-2009 - 11-Oct-2009, Schwerin, Mecklenburg

    * European Rallycross Championship Final 18-Apr-2009 - 27-Sep-2009, Buxtehude (Lower-Saxony)

    * Around 300 objects such as sculptures made of stone, reliefs, coins, etc. document the cultural heritage of the Gandhara region. The exhibition´s focus will be on a stupa and the virtual portrayal of the Buddha statues in Bamiyan which were destroyed 09-Apr-2009 - 10-Aug-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Out of this World – Wonders of the Solar System in the Gasometer 02-Apr-2009 - 31-Jan-2010, Oberhausen, Rheinland

    *  Bauhaus walks 01-Apr-2009 - 30-Nov-2009, Weimar, Thüringen (Thuringia)

    * Fast vier Jahrzehnte lang sicherte das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, auch Stasi genannt, die Einparteiendiktatur der SED ab. Die Ausstellung zeichnet anhand von beispielhaften Fällen die Vorgehensweise der Staatssicherheit nach: von den gewaltsamen Me 01-Jan-2009 - 31-Dec-2009, Berlin (Berlin)

    * Wicked - Die Hexen von Oz 01-Nov-2008 - 31-Dec-2009, Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg)

    * Guided Mozart tours in Augsburg 01-Jan-2005 - 31-Dec-2010, Augsburg, Bayern (Bavaria)

    * Fish Market  01-Jan-2002 - 31-Dec-2010, Hamburg (Hamburg)

 

For more information, please see: 

http://www.germany-tourism.de/index_ENG.htm