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Pet Shop Boys. Courtesy of CMP Entertainment

Pet Shop Boys

14 Dec 2009

Electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys are on an extensive tour on the back of the release of latest album, Yes. This date sees them perform at Frankfurt's Jahrhunderthalle.

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International Festhallen Riding Tournament

17 - 20 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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Frankfurt Christmas Market ©Tourismus+Congress GmbH Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt Christmas Market

25 Nov - 22 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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New Year's Eve

31 Dec 2009 (annual)

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…

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Alte Oper, Frankfurt. © Tourismus + Congress GmbH Frankfurt

German Opera Ball

27 Feb 2010 (annual)

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…

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Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Minerva and Kentaur, canvas, 207 x 148, Uffizien, Florenz, Photo: Uffizien, Florenz

Botticelli and the Medici

13 Nov 2009 - 28 Feb 2010; not Mon

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…

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Holiday on Ice

29 Oct 2009 - 21 Mar 2010 (annual)

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…

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Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival

Mar - Apr 2010 (annual)

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.

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Frankfurt's Dippemess funfair © Keute, Jochen, courtesy of the German National Tourist Board

Spring Dippemess Fair

Mar - Apr 2010 (annual)

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…

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German Film Museum, Frankfurt. Courtesy of Tourismus+Congress GmbH Frankfurt am Main

Night of the Museums

Apr 2010 (annual)

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…

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Wäldchestag

May - Jun 2010 (annual)

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…

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The Entrance Pavilion of Frankfurt's PalmenGarten. Courtesy of Tourismus+Congress GmbH Frankfurt  Gundhard Marth, fax +49 6102 534 84

Rose and Light Festival

Jun 2010 (annual)

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…

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Ironman European Championship through Frankfurt

Ironman European Championship

4 Jul 2010 (annual)

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…

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Opernplatz Festival, Frankfurt. © Party Pommer

Opernplatz Festival

Jun - Jul 2010 (annual)

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…

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Shorts at Moonlight

Jul 2010 (annual)

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…

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Christopher Street Day

Jul 2010 (annual)

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…

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Godzilla on screen at the 2002 Cinema Week. Photo by Uwe Dettmar. Courtesy of Deutsches Filmmuseum  Deutsches Filmmuseum / Uwe Dettmar

German Cinema Week

Jul 2010 (annual)

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…

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Mainfest, Frankfurt. © Tourismus+Congress GmbH Frankfurt am Main

Mainfest

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

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…

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Museumsuferfest

Aug 2010 (annual)

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…

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Restaurants on Frankfurt's Opernplatz. Courtesy of Tourismus+Congress GmbH Frankfurt  Torsten Krüger, fax +49 (0) 421 337 94 30

Rheingau Wine Festival

Sep 2010 (annual)

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…


Highlights

Pet Shop Boys

Jahrhunderthalle

14 Dec 2009

International Festhallen Riding Tournament

Festhalle

17 - 20 Dec 2009 (annual)

Frankfurt Christmas Market

Römerberg

25 Nov - 22 Dec 2009 (annual)