Munich Events
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48.136421 11.57753 | 1 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… | |
52.5158 13.3774 | 2 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… | |
48.137052 11.564661 | 3 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 Munich's Atelier Cinema. | |
48.136852 11.696834 | 4 Avid travellers in need of a little inspiration should check out the Reisepavillon at the Neue Messe München, a three-day exhibition geared towards the alternative travel market. The focus is… |  |
48.137014 11.575436 | 5 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… |  |
48.125653 11.583623 | 6 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… |  |
48.131267 11.549592 | 7 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… |  |
48.136421 11.57753 | 8 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… | |
48.185474 11.61498 | 9 The BMW Open clay court tennis tournament at Munich's Iphitos Tennis Club offers a relaxed atmosphere and action from top ATP touring pros. Past winners include Berdych, Gonzalez and… | |
48.139644 11.578999 | 10 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… | |
48.136421 11.57753 | 11 The Munich Biennale has a reputation for discovering new talent in contemporary opera and music theatre. Started by Hans Werner Henze in 1988, it has premièred numerous works, many of which… | |
48.136421 11.57753 | 12 International Documentary Film Festival Munich hosts its International Documentary Film Festival, one of the few festivals devoted to the subject, still a living medium in the cinemas of many countries. Screenings take place at… | |
48.136421 11.57753 | 13 The Ecumenical Churches' Day is a biennial meeting which attracts 100,000 Christians from all over the world. In 2010 an enormous range of events, from discussions on issues of faith and… | |
48.173126 11.550793 | 14 The Pentecost Festival at Munich's Theatron presents young rock and pop talent from the local area, Germany and abroad. Four or five bands perform each day in a festival atmosphere and the… |  |
48.144134 11.55491 | 15 Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Bavarian broadcasting company in Munich, hosts Prix Jeunesse International, one of the world's biggest children's TV events. Prizes are awarded for fiction and… | |
48.136984 11.575938 | 16 14 June 1158 was the date of MUnich's founding by Duke Henry the Lion. The Stadtgründungsfest celebrates this birthday between Marienplatz and Odeonplatz with vast quantities of beer and… | |
48.136421 11.57753 | 17 The Rowing World Cup series is an annual competition made up of three international regattas a year. This, the second stage, is held along the Olympic-Regatta strip in Munich's northern… | |
18 Golf's elite meet at the Golfclub Munchen Nord-Eichenried for the BMW International Open. Competitors always include many Europeans from the world's Top 50. | ||
48.136984 11.575938 | 19 The Munich City Run takes runners in a circle from Marienplatz square, through the English Garden and across the Hofgarten. Events include a 5km walking route, a 2km kids' run, a 10km family… | |
48.136421 11.57753 | 20 Munich Film Festival (Filmfest München) is one of Germany's biggest, screening a huge number of premières, retrospectives, TV movies and more. Although broadly non competitive, the event does… |  |
48.136421 11.57753 | 21 Munich might be famous for Weißwurst and beer festivals, but the lederhosen crowd are not the only locals who know how to party. The two-day street party for Munich Christopher Street Day… | |
48.142902 11.57783 | 22 Classical Music on the Odeonsplatz This open-air classical concert takes place on Munich's beautiful Odeonsplatz square. The audience can enjoy music under the stars, surrounded by illuminated historical buildings, including… |  |
48.175752 11.549822 | 23 The huge Tollwood Summer Festival first took place in 1987. After a stream of summer festivals and winter events at the Olympia Park Munich, it is still hugely popular. Highlights of the 2009… |  |
48.149922 11.510709 | 24 The Magdalenenfest is a cross between a family funfair and a market and takes place in the enormous 8000-seat Hirschgarten beer garden. In 2009, 15 July is family day. For more information… | |
48.173076 11.61367 | 25 The open-air Munich Summer Theatre returns to the scenic amphitheatre in Munich's English Garden. Over the four weekends, two different plays are performed and the event attracts around 8000… |  |
48.14587 11.564934 | 26 The Kino Open Air cinema shows films on Königsplatz, Munich's striking neo-Classical square. A selection of the year's best movies are presented, along with classics and funny and eccentric… |  |
48.139644 11.578999 | 27 Held every summer since 1876, the Munich Opera Festival (Münchner Opernfestspiele) at the Nationaltheater features a vast programme of opera and ballet performances throughout late June and July. |  |
48.125653 11.583623 | 28 The second 'Auer Dult' fair of the year sets up shop on Mariahilfplatz in Munich for its summertime stint. The traditional market-cum-fair, which dates back to the Middle Ages, offers… | |
48.143739 11.585581 | 29 The Great Art Exhibition presents contemporary works from the New Munich Artists' Association, the Munich Secession and the New Group at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, providing an open forum… |  |
48.175752 11.549822 | 30 Formally known as the Olympic Park Summer Festival, Impark09 brings the Oktoberfest spirit to Munich's Olympic Park. Carnival rides, from Ferris wheels to rollercoasters, keep the kids happy.… | |
48.122716 11.511268 | 31 Enjoy a movie under the stars in the relaxing setting of Munich's Seebühne. At Movies, Moon and Stars you can bring a picnic and relax in the amphitheatre that surrounds the floating stage on… |  |
48.173004 11.550632 | 32 Theatron Music Summer showcases the best of Munich's thriving live music scene. Nearly a month of free outdoor concerts are held at Theatron, a small open-air theatre on the Olympic Lake with… |  |
48.175752 11.549822 | 33 Cinema at the Olympic Lake is a chance to catch open-air films by the lake in the Olympic Park Munich. Grab some food from the stalls and settle down in a deckchair or try out the trampoline… | |
48.136421 11.57753 | 34 Around 10,000 inline skaters roll through the streets for the Munich Blade Night. There are five routes to choose from and skaters can enjoy a pre-race beer garden, music and food at the… |  |
48.140862 11.579375 | 35 ARD International Music Competition One of the premier contests for aspiring young musicians in Germany, the ARD International Music Competition takes place in the beautiful Herkulessaal theatre of Munich's Residenz, or former… | |
48.136421 11.57753 | 36 Munich's annual free festival of world cultures, the AnderArt, is celebrated with music and performing arts from around the world at venues in the city centre. Outdoor stages host everything… | |
48.131267 11.549592 | 37 Down your share of six million litres of the finest Bavarian beer, tuck into local delicacies and party like there's no tomorrow at Munich's Oktoberfest. It's known by locals as the "Wies'n"… |  |
48.136421 11.57753 | 38 The Munich Marathon starts on Ackermannstrasse and works its way anti-clockwise around the city, taking the runners through Schwabing, around the Siegestor, through the English Garden and past… |  |
48.136421 11.57753 | 39 Munich's Long Night of Museums sees around 90 of the city's museums and galleries staying open through the evening until 2am. Buy just one ticket and you get access to all participating… |  |
48.125653 11.583623 | 40 For the third and final time in the year, junk vultures congregate at Munich's Kirchweih Dult market on Mariahilfplatz, searching for the odd gem amidst the bric-a-brac. Somewhere, hiding… | |
48.137014 11.575436 | 41 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… | |
48.175747 11.549934 | 42 The Olympiahalle in Munich hosts the Munich Six-Day Race, where top cyclists take on a leg each day on the indoor circuit. Music, entertainment and a world food fair keep spectators busy away… | |
48.134635 11.571779 | 43 Munich International Festival of Film Schools 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… | |
48.131008 11.590493 | 44 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. |  |
48.131008 11.590493 | 45 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… |  |
48.175747 11.549934 | 46 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… | |
48.175747 11.549934 | 47 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… | |
48.136984 11.575938 | 48 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… |  |
48.161992 11.586799 | 49 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… | |
48.131267 11.549592 | 50 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… |  |
