I Just love Germany - we have family there, and each visit brings great music, fantastic food, and wonderful times and memories. Here's a partial list of Cultural and Musical events throughout Germany for this summer.

May 21- September 28
Maulbronn Monastery Concerts - Baden-Wurttemberg
classical music, opera, ballet, music festivals
www.klosterkonzerte.de

May 21- July 5
Ulmer Zelt - the Cultural Festival
rock, pop, jazz, open air festivals
www.ulmerzelt.de

May 30-June 29
Wurzburg Mozart Music Festival - Wurzburg
http://www.mozartfest.de/mozartfest/allgemein_aktuell.php

May 30-July 27
Ludwigsburg Schloss Festival - Baden-Wurttemberg
Classical music, opera, ballet, music festivals
www.schlossfestspiele.de

June 1- August 24
Burgfestspeile (Castle Festival) - Jagsthausen (Baden-Wurttemberg)
musicals and plays
www.jagsthausen.de

June 5-15
International Handel Festival - Halle - Saxony-Anhalt
A celebration of Handel's music
http://www.haendelfestspiele.halle.de/de

June 6-22
Musikfestspiele Postdam Sanssouci 2008 - Venedig Musica Serenissima - Postdam - Brandenburg
Classical, cultural festivals
http://www.musikfestspiele-potsdam.de

July 12
Koln Lights - Koln
www.koelner-lichter.de

June 14-August 31
83rd Open Air Festival on the Grossen Treppe - Baden-Wurttemberg
Open air festivals, all summer long!
www.freilichtspiele-hall.de

June 14- September 14
Open Air Theater Festival Breisach - Breisach am Rhein
Theater, movies, literary events
Breisach Touristik
Tel.: +49 (0) 76 67 94 01 55

June 14- August 17
Schlossfestspiele - Ettlingen
Classical music, opera, ballet, music and theater festivals
http://www.ettlingen.de

June 20-22
Idstein Jazz Festival
http://www.idstein.de

June 21 - August 30
Zinna Abbey Summer of Music
classical music/opera
http://www.kloster-zinna-sommermusiken.de

June 21 - August 10
Heidelberger Schloss Festival
medieval tournaments, open air performances
www.schlossfestspiele-heidelberg.de

June 28 - August 31
Rheingau Music Festival
http://www.rheingau-musik-festival.de

July 2- August 9
Herman Hesse Literature Festival, Calw
theater, movies, literary events
Stadtinformation
Tel.: +49 (0) 70 51 96 88-10

July 2 - 27
Stimmen Festival - Lorrach
classical music, opera, ballet, music festivals
www.stimmen.com

July 3- 20
International Marquee Music Festival - Freiburg
open air fesitvals, all typs of music
www.zmf.de

July 3-8
Classic Open Air 2008, Berlin
All sorts of music festivals
http://www.classicopenair.de

July 4-27
Heidenheim Opera Festival
Tourist-Information
Tel.: +49 (0) 73 21 3 27 49 10

July 4- 13
International Danube Festival  - Ulm
http://www.tourismus.ulm.de

July 10- 24
10th Bruchsal Theater Summer - Bruchsal
www.dieblb.de

July 11 - August 3
Festival of European Church Music - Schwabisch Gmund
www.kirchenmusik-festival.de

July 12 - August 26
International Cathedral Concerts - Sankt Blasien-Menzenschwand
Tourist-Information
Tel.: +49 (0) 76 72 4 14 30

July 15-19
32nd International Jazz Festival, Villingen-Schwenningen
www.vs-swingt.de

Jly 18-25
Isny Opera Festival - Isny im Allgau
www.isny-oper.de

July 18-23
Kinderzeche Festival - Dinkelsbuhl
www.kinderzeche.de

July 18-19
Afro Brasil - Tubingen
Europe's largest Brazil open air festival
www.viva-afro-brasil.de

July 24-August 23
Ferienzauber Festival - Rottweil
cultural festival - music, cabaret, open air
www.ferienzauber.de

July 25-August 28
Richard Wagner Festival, Bayreuth
http://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de

July 25-August 17
23rd Summer of Music in East Friesland and Groningen - Lower Saxony
http://www.musikalischersommer.net

July 30-August 17
Maschsee Festival - Hannover
town and street festival
http://www.hannover-tourism.de

August 19-24
Mozart Summer at Schloss Salem
Schloss Salem
Tel.: +49 (0) 75 53 8 14 37

August 23-September 7
European Music Festival Stuttgart 2008
www.bachakademie.de

August 30- September 28
Bonn Beethoven Festival
http://www.beethovenfest.de

August -
Munich Summer Festival
www.muenchner-volksfeste.de

August
Fall Horse Races, Baden-Baden
http://www.baden-galopp.com/en/index.php