Festivals in Saxony-Anhalt

At the end of May, Halle (Saale) commemorates its membership in the Hanseatic League on the Saale promenade: for 200 years, from 1281 to 147...

The external venue of the Halle Handel Festival brings one of the festival's most original programming lines to Bad Lauchstädt: three Handel...

For ten days, Halle an der Saale becomes the world capital of Baroque opera and Handel scholarship. In over 80 events at 27 venues – from th...

The Hänicher Stadtfest is the annual summer city festival of Gräfenhainichen – since 2023 held every August on Gutenbergplatz and in the cit...

Three days of Hansefest in the historic old town of Gardelegen, a medieval Hanseatic city in the Altmark district of Salzwedel. Seven venues...

Every year at the end of February, Halle (Saale) celebrates the birthday of its most famous son: Georg Friedrich Händel, born locally in 168...

The Happy Hour at the Arendsee Lido transforms the beach area of the Altmark's largest lake into a relaxed open-air meeting point every summ...

For Pentecost 2026, the medieval Falkenstein Castle in the Harz mountains invites you to an unusual concert format: "In Lichter Farbe steht...

The Harz Culture Winter is the winter festival of the Harz Tourism Association — over ten days, theatre, concerts, readings, workshops, and...

Once a year, a different town in the Harz district hosts the Harz Festival — the largest citizens' festival in the region between the Brocke...

The Harzer Bergtheater Thale is one of Germany's most spectacular open-air stages — right at the Hexentanzplatz, high above the Bodetal vall...

The Harzmovienale is the short film festival of the Harz region. In its eighth edition, on August 22, 2026, it will showcase around 25 selec...

For four days in early September, the small Hanseatic town of Havelberg in the Altmark region transforms into one of Saxony-Anhalt's largest...

The Heele-Christ-Markt is Bernburg's oldest Christmas market and the only one of its name in Germany. Held on Karlsplatz, opposite the castl...

The Heidelauf is a long-established running series in Halle's Dölauer Heide city forest. Four dates per year – spring, early summer, autumn,...

On the last weekend of August, the Roßlau district of Dessau-Roßlau celebrates its shipping history. Four days of local and shanty festival...

On an August or September weekend, Laucha an der Unstrut combines three festival traditions into one big Volksfest (public festival): Heimat...

Since 1949, the Heimatfest Bornstedt has gathered hundreds of visitors annually at the foot of the medieval castle ruins 'Schweinsburg' on t...