Festivals in Saxony-Anhalt

The Love Music Festival is Magdeburg's major summer open-air event for electronic music. Three stages – Mainstage, Hardcore & Hardtekk Stage...

For one day, the Merseburg House of Generations transforms into an open space for queerfeminist education, networking, and discussion: The l...

On the second weekend of November, the market square of Lutherstadt Eisleben transforms into a colorful stage from the late Middle Ages. Kni...

Luther's Wedding is the historic city festival of the Lutherstadt Wittenberg and one of Germany's largest Reformation reenactments. For thre...

The Lützen Carnival is the traditional carnival season of the town of Lützen in Burgenlandkreis. In 2026, the Carnival Club invites you to f...

In 2026, the Magdeburg Autumn Fair will celebrate its 1,016th edition – it is considered the demonstrably oldest folk festival in Germany. F...

For one week, Germany's oldest Gothic cathedral becomes a stage for vocal art, chamber music, and literary-musical encounters. Every spring,...

From November 19 to December 29, 2026, Magdeburg's city center will transform into one of the largest Christmas markets in Central Germany....

Pentecost in Magdeburg belongs to the City Festival. Four days of open air on the Alter Markt with the Magdeburger Reiter in the background,...

Since 2000, up to 50 teams have been paddling across Salbker See II in the south of Magdeburg at the end of July. The Dragon Boat Festival c...

In March, Magdeburg's Irish Folk scene celebrates its big annual festival under the brick vaults of Festung Mark. Ten international and Germ...

Three summer evenings at Festung Mark: four comedians from Germany — known from TV, NightWash, and social media — provide the 2026 edition o...

The Magdeburg Marathon is the largest running event in the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt. Around 6,000 participants start at Elbauenpark fo...

The 27th Magdeburg Telemann Festival 2026 is themed "Music – Power – Telemann" and runs from March 13th to 22nd. Over 50 events across ten f...

On a summer evening in the historic Festung Mark, Luise's Garden transforms into an open-air stage: the Magdeburger Jazz-Nacht brings tradit...

The Magdeburger Jazztage "JETZT" is a four-day festival for contemporary jazz at the Bauhaus-inspired venues Forum Gestaltung and Gesellscha...

A summer evening as from another time: In the baroque-style Goethe Theater Bad Lauchstädt — built in 1802 under Goethe's direction — the Vie...

The Magical Worlds of Light transform the Bergzoo Halle from mid-December to early March into an open-air light spectacle — 2025/26 under th...