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Saxony's first July weekend: street theatre, cliff stages and a castle under siege
From the ViaThea street-theatre festival in Görlitz to a medieval spectacle in Hartenstein, eleven picks for a summer weekend of stages and town festivals in Saxony.
World music in Rudolstadt: Thuringia's big festival weekend, July 4-5
From the Rudolstadt Festival, Germany's biggest world-music gathering, to castle opera in Sondershausen and the funfair in Sonneberg, eleven picks for the first July weekend in Thuringia.
Bergstrasse wine market, Grimm fairy tales and open-air cinema: Hesse on July 4-5
From the 72nd Bergstrasse Wine Market in Heppenheim and the Brothers Grimm Festival to the open-air cinema launch in Frankfurt, twelve ideas for July 4 and 5 in Hesse.
Derby day, Helene Fischer and Schlagermove: Hamburg's weekend on July 4 and 5
From the 157th German Derby in Hamburg-Horn to the Schlagermove on the Reeperbahn, eleven things to do in the Hanseatic city this weekend of July 4 and 5.
From a 50th-birthday city festival to lakeside classics: Saarland on July 4-5
From the 50th Saarbrücken Altstadtfest to open-air classics at Lake Losheim and the Völklingen Urban Art Biennale: twelve outings for a packed summer weekend in Saarland.
Rudolstadt Festival, Challenge Roth and ten more festival picks this weekend in Germany
From the Shanty Festival Travemuende and David Garrett at the Loreley to the DATEV Challenge Roth, twelve festival picks for the first weekend of July, right across Germany.
Bremen's Breminale finale: eight open-air outings for the July 4-5 weekend
From the Breminale finale on the Osterdeich to the Speichermarkt craft market in the Überseestadt, eight open-air outings across the Bremen city-state on the July 4-5 weekend.
Schleswig-Holstein on the last June weekend: Kiel Week finale, jazz and kites on the beach
From the grand finale of Kiel Week to JazzBaltica at Timmendorfer Strand, twelve picks for the weekend of June 27 and 28 between the North and Baltic Seas, from a sky full of kites to a Wild West premiere.
Saxony-Anhalt on the last June weekend: from techno in Magdeburg to Dixieland in Quedlinburg
From the electronic open air in Magdeburg's Elbauenpark to Dixieland among Quedlinburg's half-timbered houses and 50 years of chanson at Michaelstein Abbey: twelve picks for the last weekend of June.
Brandenburg, June 27-28: from dragon boats to a monastery ruin, eleven picks
From the Wukensee lake festival in Biesenthal to the Swedish Days in Rathenow and the finale of the Sanssouci Music Festival, eleven picks for the last June weekend in the Mark.
Rhineland-Palatinate, June 27-28: from Chanticleer in Andernach to the Black Cat of Zell
Chanticleer in Andernach, the Trier Old Town Festival and the wine festival of the Black Cat of Zell: twelve ideas for a summer weekend between Moselle, Nahe and the Palatinate.
Weekend of June 27-28 in MV: from the Fusion airfield to a Darß horseback custom
From the legendary Fusion Festival on the Lärz airfield to the beach festival on Lake Schwerin, twelve very different outings for the last June weekend between the Baltic coast and the lake district.