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Munich International Festival of Film Schools

15 - 21 Nov 2009 (annual)

The Munich International Festival of Film Schools features short films, documentaries and animation from international film schools at the Munich Film Museum. The festival gives young…

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Logo of the Jüdische Kulturtage München. © Jüdische Kulturtage München

Jewish Culture Days Munich

14 - 24 Nov 2009 (annual)

The Jewish Culture Days Munich showcase Jewish traditions through concerts, theatre, film and exhibitions. Events take place at the Gasteig and other venues around the city.

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Books. Photo by Ben Evans, © Whatsonwhen

Munich Book Show

12 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)

The Munich Book Show, held at the Gasteig cultural centre, has been taking place every autumn for 50 years and attracts over 150,000 visitors. See newly released books from Germany and…

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World Aids Day Candle-Light-Walk

Dec 2009 (annual)

On World Aids Day in Munich, around 1000 people join the Candle-Light-Walk from Odeonsplatz to St Lukas church on Mariannenplatz. At around 8pm, an ecumenical service features meditations and…

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Why Don't You Dance? asks Hamburg's theatre group SheShePop at the Spielart Theatre Festival, Munich. © SheShePop SheShePop SheShePop

Spielart Theatre Festival

19 Nov - 5 Dec 2009 (biennial)

The biennial Spielart Theatre Festival fills Munich's stages with the latest in contemporary theatre. Performances place real emphasis on marginal and experimental work, and are often both…

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Munich Indoors

3 - 6 Dec 2009 (annual)

The Munich Indoors equestrian event, held at the Olympiahalle, is the finale of the nationwide Riders Tour. On Friday and Saturday a programme of additional activities includes fancy dress…

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Nokia Night of the Proms

10 - 13 Dec 2009 (annual)

The Night of the Proms, a pop-classical extravaganza begun by two Antwerp students in 1984, rolls into Munich's Olympiahalle. For more information about this year's series and complete…

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Munich Christkindlmarkt in front of the town hall, Munich. © Messerschmidt, Joachim, courtesy of the German National Tourist Board

Munich Christkindlmarkt

27 Nov - 24 Dec 2009 (annual)

The smell of gingerbread, mulled wine and roasted chestnuts fills the air at the Munich Christkindlmarkt, the Christmas market where colourful stalls line Munich's Marienplatz. Steeped in…

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Schwabing Christmas Market

28 Nov - 24 Dec 2009 (annual)

The Schwabing Christmas Market is a festive art market right next to the Münchener Freiheit U-Bahn station in the Schwabing neighbourhood north of Munich's centre. Artists' stalls sell juried…

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New Year's Eve at the Winter Tollwood Festival in Munich. Courtesy of Tollwood GmbH

Tollwood New Year's Eve Party

31 Dec 2009 (annual)

On top of beer halls and Christmas markets, a prime reason to spend New Year in Munich is the Tollwood New Year's Eve Party on the Theresienwiese. The event is organised by the Tollwood…

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Winter Tollwood Festival, Munich. © Markus Dlouhy, courtesy of Tollwood Gesellschaft für Kulturveranstaltungen und Umweltaktivitäten

Winter Tollwood Festival

25 Nov - 31 Dec 2009 (annual)

From humble beginnings in 1988, the unconventional Winter Tollwood Festival now draws a million visitors each year to its festival tents on the Theresienwiese. With a focus on cabaret, circus…

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Alfons Mucha, Princess Hyacinth, 1911. © Mucha Trust 2009, VG-Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009

Alfons Mucha - Master of Art Nouveau

9 Oct 2009 - 24 Jan 2010; not Mon

Master of Art Nouveau at Munich's Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung showcases more than 200 works by Alfons Mucha from both public and private collections. Organised by theme, the collection…

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Fasching

11 Nov 2009 - 16 Feb 2010 (annual)

Fasching is all about huge street parties all over Munich, with what seems like the entire population in fancy dress. Prepare for lots of dancing and partying in the streets, and plenty of…

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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 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 Munich's Atelier Cinema.

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Neues Rathaus, Munich. Photo by Friedrich Zenz, © Landeshauptstadt Muenchen  Landeshauptstadt Muenchen

Neues Rathaus

1 Nov 2009 - 30 Apr 2010; Weekdays only (various dates)

Munich's Neues Rathaus, or new town hall, is a grand, neo-gothic building on Marienplatz in the city centre. Climb its imposing tower for city views or visit when the world-famous glockenspiel…

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An antiques stall at the May Dult fair, Munich. Courtesy of Munich Tourist Office, © Robert Hetz

May Dult

24 Apr - 2 May 2010 (annual)

The traditional May Dult market-cum-fair on Munich's Mariahilfplatz square, which dates back to the Middle Ages, is still relatively free of tourists. Local junk vultures congregate in the Au…

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The Munich skyline, with the Alps in the distance. © Munich Tourist Office Munich Tourist Office

Spring Festival

16 Apr - 2 May 2010 (annual)

The Frühlingsfest (Spring Festival) fills Munich's Theresienwiese with over 100 fairground rides, beer tents and live music for more than two weeks of enjoyment. Ride on the rollercoasters and…

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Long Night of Music

8 May 2010 (annual)

During Munich's Long Night of Music, around 100 locations offer everything from church music to blues, flamenco and hip-hop, with special buses to shuttle you between gigs. Around 400 live…

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Munich Ballet Weeks

25 Apr - 9 May 2010 (annual)

The annual Munich Ballet Weeks showcase the talents of the Bavarian State Ballet. Performances take place at the Nationaltheater. Each year the festival tends to première a new work, sometimes…


Highlights

Jewish Culture Days Munich

Gasteig

14 - 24 Nov 2009 (annual)

Munich Book Show

Gasteig

12 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)

Spielart Theatre Festival

Munich

19 Nov - 5 Dec 2009 (biennial)