Frankfurt/Main Events
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50.111512 8.680506 | 1 Frankfurt's Fastnachtszug carnival parade leaves the Untermainkai and works its way around the city centre, celebrating winter's end in a blaze of colour, music and festivity. Jovial court… | |
50.115525 8.671362 | 2 Get in quick and request tickets to attend Frankfurt's German Opera Ball at the grand Alte Oper opera house. Selected Cinderellas join around 2300 VIPs for gourmet food, a top line-up and… |  |
50.103253 8.673011 | 3 Frankfurt's Städel Museum presents Renaissance masterpieces by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), a leading artist of the era. The main highlights are two portraits relating to the Medici dynasty… |  |
52.5158 13.3774 | 4 Germany welcomes the latest Holiday on Ice show as it tours stadiums across the country, stopping in the major cities Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt, among others. Featuring a new theme every… | |
50.129284 8.721984 | 5 Frankfurt Lions Ice Hockey Season Frankfurt's Eissporthalle is where the German premier division Frankfurt Lions ice hockey team play their home games. Matches are held from autumn to spring every year; dates and times vary.… | |
50.11793 8.679499 | 6 Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival The Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival brings gay and lesbian cinema to the masses and travels to four major cities in Germany. This stop is at Frankfurt's Metropolis cinema. | |
50.123549 8.721814 | 7 Join half a million fellow revellers on the Festplatz am Ratsweg for Frankfurt's Frühlings Dippemess (Spring Dippe Fair), the first open-air fair after the end of winter. Highlights are the… |  |
50.105332 8.677558 | 8 CineLatino brings Latin America to Frankfurt's German Film Museum. Around 45 movie and documentary screenings showcase the film industries of countries like Argentina and Peru. Each year a… |  |
50.111512 8.680506 | 9 Frankfurt's museums stay open late to give visitors a taste of all the city's collections with one combined ticket in one night. Shuttles bus visitors between venues. Call into Goethe's house… |  |
50.111512 8.680506 | 10 The VeloTour cycle race starts and finishes in the Eschborn district of Frankfurt. In between, the cyclists cover between 40 and 110km through Frankfurt and the Taunus hills north of the city. | |
50.100103 8.545096 | 11 Nightly showings of Cuban films entertain film buffs during the Cuba in Film festival at Frankfurt's Filmforum Höchst. Founded in 1996, this has become an important date in the city's busy… |  |
50.071684 8.680915 | 12 Providing a welcome breath of fresh air, Frankfurt's Wäldchestag folk festival is set amidst the tranquillity of the Stadtwald forest. Wander the arts and crafts market or head for the… |  |
50.123302 8.65611 | 13 Frankfurt's PalmenGarten park comes to life during the Rose and Light Festival. The gardens are transformed into a wonderland of lanterns and candles, which complement a variety of music and… |  |
14 Frankfurt's Parade of Cultures aims to promote cultural diversity and quash racism, snaking through the city centre every year in a riot of bright colours, outrageous costumes, music and dancing. |  | |
50.111512 8.680506 | 15 The Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt is one of the major events on the German sporting calendar. Together with the Iron Man Triathlon in Hawaii, it is the largest iron-man challenge… |  |
50.115652 8.671621 | 16 The square in front of Frankfurt's opera house fills with people eating, chatting, watching entertainers and cabaret artists during the Opernplatz Festival. Music acts take to the stage while… |  |
50.098652 8.547811 | 17 A terrace overlooking the 16th-century Höchst Castle is the setting for the Shorts at Moonlight short film festival in Frankfurt's western Höchst district. From as little as one minute in… | |
50.111512 8.680506 | 18 Over 100,000 gays, lesbians, transsexuals and their friends live it up over the weekend of Frankfurt's Christopher Street Day. The route takes in the area around Goetheplatz and Roßmarkt… | |
50.111512 8.680506 | 19 German Cinema Week recaptures the special feeling that going to the movies had in the days before DVDs and multiplexes by imaginatively using non-cinema venues around town. The programme… |  |
50.109349 8.683848 | 20 Crowds gather at the Mainkai and Römerberg along the banks of the River Main for Frankfurt's Mainfest. Don't miss the festival's grand opening with live music or the climax when fireworks… |  |
50.123302 8.65611 | 21 Frankfurt's Mousonturm cultural centre helps fill the summer arts gap with the open-air Summer in the City festival. Jazz concerts are held in the courtyard of the History Museum and world… | |
50.111512 8.680506 | 22 Around ten stages are set up for the Museumsuferfest along Frankfurt's riverbanks. From outdoor art shows and new technology exhibitions to sacred and classical music concerts, this open-air… | |
50.114428 8.674682 | 23 Around 30 vintners from the nearby wine-producing Rheingau region present over 600 of their fine wines in Frankfurt's pedestrian-only Fressgasse area. Sample summery sparkling whites or the… |  |
50.111512 8.680506 | 24 Frankfurt's Run For More Time ties in with North America's Walk For Life, raising money for HIV and AIDS support. Recreational joggers and top-class runners gather for a 5km fundraising race… |  |
50.105332 8.677558 | 25 Lucas International Children's Film Festival Held at the German Film Museum, the Lucas International Children's Film Festival is judged by two juries, one chaired by children and the other by young people. Two films receive the… | |
50.085041 8.654179 | 26 This day of horse racing at the Niederrad Racecourse in Frankfurt is all about winning the coveted Euro Cup. International horses classed in Group III, aged three years and older, compete. |  |
50.123549 8.721814 | 27 Are you looking for some old-fashioned fun in Frankfurt? Head for the Autumn Dippemesse, a fun fair set out on Festplatz am Ratsweg square, which offers entertainment to keep the whole family happy. | |
50.115525 8.671362 | 28 Frankfurt's Alte Oper hosts the biggest Dixieland festival of the season. The Barrelhouse Jazz Party is a roadshow which brings traditional jazz to cities around Germany and Switzerland. The… | |
50.115525 8.671362 | 29 Begun as just an anniversary project, Auftakt has become a firm fixture in Frankfurt's contemporary music festival calendar. Held at Frankfurt's Alte Oper opera house, the concert series… | |
50.085041 8.654179 | 30 Niederrad Racecourse in Frankfurt hosts the Mares' Prize Race. Established in 1999, it is a list race for horses three years and up. Run over 2150 metres, it's one of the longer races in the… | |
50.111784 8.653521 | 31 Around 300,000 literature lovers visit the Messe Frankfurt for the most famous book fair in the world - the Frankfurt Book Fair. Numerous exhibitions, covering topics as diverse as art books… |  |
50.105493 8.707649 | 32 A fast and furious mass skate sets out from Frankfurt's riverside every Tuesday night. If you've skated before, join in, but if you're a beginner the organisers advise you to just watch the… | |
50.111512 8.680506 | 33 Ten thousand hardy competitors take to the streets for this 26-mile (42km) run. Up to half a million onlookers cheer them on. From professional runners to fun runners in fancy dress, inline… |  |
50.135798 8.675055 | 34 There's a touch of magic in the air as the Frankfurt Jazz Festival takes to the big top. Performances take place in the Hessicher Rundfunk Broadcast Studio and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and are… |  |
50.123302 8.65611 | 35 The PalmenGarten in Frankfurt celebrates autumn with a show devoted to Chrysanthemums. Visitors can enjoy the last blossoms before winter and escape the autumn chill in the warmth of the… | |
36 International Conductors' Competition More than 200 young conductors from 45 countries face the judgement of jury, panel and audience at the International Conductors' Competition at Frankfurt's Alte Oper, held in honour of the… |  | |
50.111512 8.680506 | 37 Every year the European Central Bank picks a new country as the focus of its Cultural Days festival in Frankfurt. All kinds of arts events, from book readings to concerts, dance performances… | |
50.135798 8.675055 | 38 The Frankfurt Weitsicht festival, held at the Hessischer Rundfunk Broadcast Studio, aims to support independent photojournalism and focuses on live slide film talks by professional journalists… | |
50.102207 8.642308 | 39 Visionale: Hessian Youth Media Festival Frankfurt's Gallus Theater hosts Visonale: Hessian Youth Media Festival, dedicated to videos and multimedia presentations from directors aged 27 or under. A selection of entrants are invited… | |
50.111784 8.653521 | 40 The Night of the Proms, a pop-classical extravaganza begun by two Antwerp students in 1984, rolls into Frankfurt's Festhalle. For more information about this year's series and complete… | |
50.111784 8.653521 | 41 International Festhallen Riding Tournament Held at Frankfurt's Festhalle every Christmas and with more than €350,000 in prize money, the International Festhallen Riding Tournament is one of the richest indoor equestrian events in… | |
50.110291 8.681844 | 42 Over 200 stalls along the river and at the Römerberg are decorated with festive fairy lights for Frankfurt's Christmas Market. Pick up traditional pastries, mulled Glühwein wine and wooden… |  |
50.111512 8.680506 | 43 Fireworks light up Frankfurt on New Year's Eve (Sylvester). The main places to see in the new year include the square in front of the Alte Oper, the Römerberg market place and any of the River… |  |
50.111784 8.653521 | 44 The international trade fair for cosmetics, Beautyworld at Messe Frankfurt caters for trade professionals, those interested in getting into the business and anyone who likes playing with… |  |
52.5158 13.3774 | 45 Germany welcomes the latest Holiday on Ice show as it tours stadiums across the country, stopping in the major cities Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt, among others. Featuring a new theme every… | |
50.129284 8.721984 | 46 Frankfurt Lions Ice Hockey Season Frankfurt's Eissporthalle is where the German premier division Frankfurt Lions ice hockey team play their home games. Matches are held from autumn to spring every year; dates and times vary.… | |
50.108964 8.681817 | 47 For views of Frankfurt's skyscraper-studded skyline, cross the Main river from the historic centre to the southern Sachsenhausen via the Eiserner Steg bridge. Halfway across the neo-gothic… |  |
50.11138 8.677816 | 48 Visitors can explore the recreated study, extensive library and puppet theatre in this bourgeois central Frankfurt townhouse of Germany's most famous literary son. The museum adjacent to… |  |
50.109267 8.678668 | 49 The foundations of some of Frankfurt's oldest buildings, including Roman baths from the first century, have been excavated at the site of the central open-air Archaeological Garden.… |  |
50.111887 8.684382 | 50 The likes of Lichtenstein and Warhol share the walls with German artists including Beuys and Ruthenbeck at the Museum of Modern Art. Dubbed the 'slice of cake', due to its triangular shape… |  |
