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Personal service on the spot Culture is close to
Heidelberg’s heart
Tourist Information at the Main Station
April – October
Mondays – Saturdays 9am – 7pm,
Sundays and public holidays 10am – 6pm The city on the Neckar River is one of Germany’s cities with the
November – March highest expenditure pro capita on cultural events – which translates
Mondays – Saturdays 9am – 6pm, to an impressive and broad spectrum of cultural events on offer
closed on Sundays and public holidays for residents and visitors alike.
Tourist Information at City Hall
The Christmas Market and the Castle Illuminations are famous
April – October
around the world, the festivals such as the Heidelberger Frühling
Mondays – Fridays 8am – 5pm,
(Heidelberg’s Spring Festival), the Castle Concert Series or Enjoy
closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
Jazz are outstanding, the small intimate stages of the Karlstorbahnhof
November – March
Arts Center, the halle02 or the DAI (German-American Institute)
Mondays – Fridays 8am – 5pm,
are rousing, the exhibitions in the numerous museums are unique:
closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
whatever the season, Heidelberg serves up cultural tidbits to
Tourist Information at the Neckarmünzplatz tempt the palette.
April – October Jubilee events such as the “Queer Festival” (10 years), the “Heidelberg
Mondays – Saturdays 9am – 6pm, Piano Week” (30 years), the “On-the-way Theater” (30 years) and
Sundays and public holidays 10am – 5pm the “Enjoy Jazz” festival (20 years) are the cherry on top of the 2018
November – March Heidelberg Event Calendar.
Mondays – Saturdays 9am – 5pm,
closed on Sundays and public holidays Come and discover your personal highlight in this flyer or on
www.heidelberg-marketing.com
Further information about sights, city map and tips on what to see in
Heidelberg can be found in our HeidelbergGUIDE, available in our Tourist
Information Centers or online for download on www.heidelberg-marketing.com
January 2 – April 15, 2018 January 18 – 28, 2018
Special Exhibition “The Team Mediterranean Film Festival
as Curator– new and as yet Recently produced films and
unknown from the Prinzhorn documentaries from various
Collection” countries in the Mediterranean
All the members of the museum region will be shown at the
team will be presenting newly Karlstor cinema and Montpellier
acquired pieces as well as some House. The films give deep
never before shown works from insights into the cultures sur
the Prinzhorn Collection which rounding this mythical part of Film excerpt from ”Le ruisseau, le
they hold dear to their hearts. This the world. Directors are also pré vert et le doux visage“ (“The
stream, the green meadow and the
subjective, heterogeneous selec- invited to present their films. sweet face”) by Yousri Nasrallah
tion provides an opportunity to www.filmtage-mittelmeer.de Photo Pyramide
discover extraordinary works as Alexandra Galinova,
„Krebs/Krebsaugen“, 1985
well as a look behind the scenes. Photo Prinzhorn Collection, January 25 – 28, 2018
www.sammlung-prinzhorn.de University Hospital Heidelberg
Heidelberg String
Quartet Festival
January 3 – 13, 2018 Renowned ensembles from the USA,
30th Heidelberg Piano Week Great Britain, France, the Czech
In co-operation with the Turn-of- Republic and Germany will be per-
the-Century Society, the German- forming famous and not yet famous
American Institute (DAI) is hosting works in the quartet repertoire in
the Heidelberg Piano Week. You a series of16 concerts. Zemlinsky Quartet
can hear guest performances by www.streichquartettfest.de Photo Ilona Sochorová
both acclaimed pianists and emer-
ging talents . This year you can
February 10, 2018
hear Emre Yavuz, Massimilliano
Vampire Ball
Genot, Mario Häring and Hiraku
Mario Häring plays works by Hot – hotter – Vampire Ball! Nothing
Kanki. Claude Debussy on Jan 5,2018 is more cult than this extravagant
www.dai-heidelberg.de Photo Stephan Rohl
masked event in the Stadthalle Con-
vention Center Heidelberg with
January 10 – 31, 2018 several dance floors.
Carambolage Festival – Cabaret www.flamme-konzerte.de Photo Flamme Konzerte
and Light Entertainment Festival
Comedy, cabaret, music and stand-
February 13, 2018
up – the spotlight is on intelligent
Heidelberg Carnival Parade
entertainment at the 15th. Cabaret
The big Heidelberg Carnival Parade
and Light Entertainment Festival
with performers from numerous
“Carambolage“. Alongside the many
clubs in the region will snake its
debut artists, you can see stars
way through along the main street
such as Katie Freundschuss, Axel
Willy Nachdenklich is coming on through the historic Old Town
Hacke and Christian Ehring. January 13, 2018 Start: 2.11am, Bergheimer Strasse.
www.karlstorbahnhof.de Photo Karlstorbahnhof
www.heidelberg.de Photo Heidelberg Marketing
Among the guests you will hear
February 24 – March 4, 2018 pianist Igor Levit as soloist and as
Dance Biennale Heidelberg conductor of the Chamber Music
The independent Unterwegs Academy, the cellist Jean-Guihen
Theater together with the Theater Queyras, and the Mahler Chamber
and Orchestra of Heidelberg are Orchestra.
jointly presenting a host of cont- www.heidelberger-fruehling.de
emporary dance works, with
national and international perfor-
April 20 – 29, 2018
mers, as well as original produc-
Heidelberg Play Week – host
tions. The curtain-opener is the
country South Korea
premiere of the Youth Dance
There will be a variety of top-notch
Project, produced by Gary Joplin. Poster Theater und Orchester guest performances and produc-
www.theaterheidelberg.de Heidelberg
tions from all over Germany,
including the German Theater
March 15 – June 24, 2018 Berlin which regularly comes to
Special Exhibition “People“. Heidelberg. A particular high-
Photographic Art from the light will be a weekend hosted
Braus Collection by South Korea. Here the artists
200 selected pieces present a cross- give audiences insights into their
section of national and international country and their theatrical
photographic work. The collection traditions. Poster Theater and Orchestra
is an homage to the genre of artistic www.heidelberger-stueckemarkt.de Heidelberg
photography. Whether it is a por
trait, a staging or artistic erotica,
May 1 – 31, 2018
eminent artists in the photographic
10th Queer Festival Heidelberg
scene will be showing works from
The first international Queer
their world of art at the Kurpfälzi-
Martin Grothmaak, La Traviata Festival is celebrating its 10th
sches Museum. for Pudenz, 2012 anniversary at Karlstorbahnhof.
www.museum-heidelberg.de Photo Kurpfälzisches Museum
Every year in springtime this
house of culture is presenting a
March 17 – April 21, 2018 varied program about the sub-
International Music Festival jects of sexual variety, gender
“Heidelberg Spring Festival“ equality and discrimination. For
The Heidelberg Spring Festival an entire month there will be
ranks in the” premiere league of concerts, club nights, films,
classical music festivals” (ZEIT) exhibitions, performances, work
and offers in its over 100 events shops and political talks refer-
star-studded classical concerts as ring to these topics. Highlights
well as innovative and genre- of the last ten years were artists
fringe productions . On the pro- like Woodkid, Hercules & Love
gram are Thomas Hampson’s Affair, Anne Clark, Rampig,
Girl Ray is coming from London
Song Academy as well as “Pioneer Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras Vanessa Carlton or Ariel Pink. on May 11, 2018
Song”, a four-day song festival. Photo Thomas Dorn www.queer-festival.de Photo Karlstorbahnhof
June 1 – July 15, 2018
30 years of Unterwegs Theater
To commemorate the 30 years of
Unterwegs Theater, the founders,
along with choreographer Jai
Gonzalez and artist Bernhard
Fauser, have put together a pro-
gram celebrating dance. The
pioneers of contemporary free
dance are sure to enthuse and
excite audiences with their pro-
jects and festival ideas.
www.unterwegstheater.de Photo Thomas Kaufmann
June 2, July 14 & September 1, 2018
Heidelberg Castle
Illumination with Fireworks
The legendary castle illuminations
draw crowds of thousands every
year – Bengal Fire slowly bathes
the castle in a mysterious red
glow. Reminiscent of 1693, when
the troops of the sun-king, Louis
XIV, burnt the castle and the town
to the ground, leaving behind
only the now famous ruin. The
fireworks to follow light up the
Fascination with light and
Neckar Valley. Romanticism
www.heidelberg-marketing.com Photo Tobias Schwerdt
June 8 – July 29, 2018
Heidelberger Schlossfestspiele
(Castle Festival)
The theater and orchestra of Heidel-
berg fills the famous Heidelberg
castle ruin with the sounds of music,
as well as sometimes comic, some
times dramatic theatrical produc-
tions. Two new productions are
being shown – the musical, “Fiddler
on the roof” and Carlo Goldoni’s “Fiddler on the roof “ and Carlos
Goldoni’s “ The servant with two
comedy “The servant with two masters” in the castle courtyard.
masters”. Young audiences can Photo Konrad Gös
visit “Heidi” in the English Building.
Music under the stars – Come and July 13, 2018
listen to a wonderful program with ADAC Historic Heidelberg
world-class international star The traditional Vintage Car Rally held
soloists in an open-air concert from July 12 – 14 will see around 190
under the stars of the Milky Way. historic vehicles drive the 540 km
www.heidelberger-schlossfestspiele.de long course, stopping in Heidelberg
at the Market Square where you can
take a closer look at the vintage cars. Oldtimerparade auf dem Markt-
June 15 – 19, 2018
www.heidelberg-historic.de platz Photo Luca Siermann
Heidelberger Literature Week
Literature in all its facets is cele-
brated in Heidelberg, the “UNESCO July 14 – 22, 2018
City of Literature “. There will be State Fire Brigade Day
a rich and varied program of rea- Baden-Württemberg
dings by international authors, This is a big event where fans of
children’s events, chats with the The heart of the festival beats all ages can see first- hand some
strongly in the mirror tent in
authors and musical interludes. Heidelberg’s Old Town
of the many jobs and activities the
www.heidelberger-literaturtage.de Photo Konrad Gös fire fighters are involved in. With
historic fire trucks, exciting compe-
titions and numerous exhibitions,
June 17, 2018
presentations and music performan-
Day of Action: “Neckar Alive!“
ces by the local fire brigade bands
During the “Neckar Alive 2018“, Come and meet the Brigade’s
all over greater Heidelberg, the Fire
visitors can expect a varied stage brave men and women at the Fire
Brigade opens its doors to the public. Brigade Day
program with show, dance and
www.landesfeuerwehrtag-bw.de Photo Fire Brigade, Heidelberg
musical acts as well as a colorful
array of activities for young and old.
www.lebendigerneckar.de Photo Tobias Dittmer July 21 – 28, 2018
Heidelberg Bach Week
Every year, in the week before the
July 13 – 28, 2018
anniversary of Bach’s death, the
Metropolink – Festival of
Bach Week, works from the great
Urban Art
Johann Sebastian Bach are per-
The Metropolink Festival showcases
formed. This year’s motto: “Bach
expansive wall paintings by inter-
Through the Ages “. Heidelberger Studentenkantorei
nationally acclaimed practitioners
www.kirchenmusik-heidelberg.de Photo Sabine Hebbelmann
of urban art. Cabrio-Bus tours take
visitors to the various decorated
houses and facades (Public tours July 29, 2018
during the festival and tours for HeidelbergMan Triathlon
groups are available all year.) The The triathlon is considered one of
city becomes a public art space and the toughest yet most attractive
Heidelberg shows that it has truly short distance competitions in
earned the title of “UNESCO One of the largest wall paintings Germany. Against the panorama
in the world by street-artist
Creative City“. Hendrik Beikirch, alias ECB of Heidelberg Castle, around 1200
www.metropolink-festival.net Photo Thilo Ross athletes leave the starting gates to Photo HeidelbergMan GbR
compete over this Olympic distance.
Amateur sportsmen and women
run side by side with many world-
class athletes, enthusiastically
cheered on by over 5000 spectators.
www.heidelbergman.de
September 29 – 30, 2018
Old Town Festival – Heidelberg
Fall Festival
Live Music, artisanal market, flea
market, cultural and regional speci-
alties – at Heidelberg’s biggest
festival the historic Old Town trans-
forms into a colorful party and
entertainment mile.
www.heidelberg-marketing.com Photo Heidelberg Marketing
October 2 – November 17, 2018
20th Enjoy Jazz Festival
20 years of Enjoy Jazz! The inter-
national festival for Jazz and More
runs for seven weeks every Fall,
featuring world-class concerts and
a spectacular supporting program.
During its history, it has seen the
rise of a Pullitzer prizewinner –
Ornette Coleman. Music fans can
look forward to the best the music
world has to offer at Germany’s
SOMI – Enjoy Jazz
biggest Jazz festival 2018! Eröffnungskonzert 2017
www.enjoyjazz.de Photo Manfred Rinderspacher
October 3 – 7, 2018
Children’s Theater Festival
The Kulturfenster again invites
children to the Children’s Theater
Festival in the big circus tent on
the banks of the Neckar. Theater
groups from around Germany will
perform a number of plays. The
program will be accompanied by
the Kulturfenster’s Game Bus. KinderTheaterFestival
www.kulturfenster.de Photo Kulturfenster Heidelberg
October 14, 2018 – February 17, 2019 November 15 – 25, 2018
“Unrealities“ – from the dream International Film Festival
of Romanticism to the imagina- Mannheim-Heidelberg
tings of the modern era Exciting, promising, young – the
Around 1900, artists of the Avant- festival of newcomers offers
garde movement made a radical talented film-makers an inspiratio-
break: they turned their backs on nal environment and each year
imitating nature and created presents up-an-coming directing
instead “unrealities”. Color and talents, all of whom are intent on
form went out of control and at following their dreams. Of the over
the same time gained a symbolic 1000 films submitted, the festival
character. The exhibition in the shows 30 – 40 selected films by
Kurpfälzisches Museum spans the new film-makers making their
period from the 19th century until public debut and presenting them
the close of the 20th century. to the 60.000 visitors.
Famous representatives of this www.iffmh.de Photo Ben Pakalski
movement include Caspar David
Friedrich, Carl Rottmann, Edvard
November 15 – December 15, 2018
Munch, Max Ernst and Ernst
Constantin von Kügelgen, Die Prêt à écouter – Ready-to-listen
Ludwig Kirchner. Blaue Grotte von Capri, 1833 Festival for Music Discoveries
www.museum-heidelberg.de Photo Kurpfälzisches Museum
Each November for the past 10
years, Karlstorbahnhof has presen-
October 12 – 21, 2018 ted its new music collection for
French Week in Heidelberg the coming year. The focus here is
French Week promises cultural on international discoveries – acts
enjoyment for everyone and which, only a few short years later,
every taste, from cooking to can only be seen on stages at big- Benjamin Clementine was one
of the greatest discoveries of
language courses and scientific name locations. the festival
lectures to music, literature, www.karlstorbahnhof.de Photo Karlstorbahnhof
“Des cailloux sous la peau“
theater, film and art. der Compagnie Vilcanota
www.franzoesische-woche.de Photo Eric Boudet
November – End of December 2018
Winter Variety Show
October 19 – December 9, 2018 The curtain in the Königssaal of
“Denke.schön“ – Think you Heidelberg Castle goes up in
very much. November for a month of flam-
Cabaretists performing at the boyant and seductive concoc-
numerous locations as part of the tions of illusion, dance, acrobatics,
Kulturfenster’s cabaret festival music and cabaret. Star chef
will take their audiences on a satire Martin Scharff, responsible for the
safari. Artists include: Florian Heidelberg Castle Gastronomy,
Schroeder, Martina Brandl, Martin will serve a three course meal as
Zingsheim, Andrea Bongers and a culinary highlight to accompany
Max Uthoff. Max Uthoff the show.
www.kulturfenster.de Photo Michael Neumeister www.winter-variete-heidelberg.de Photo WinterVarieté Heidelberg
November 26 – December 22, 2018 Heidelberg Christmas Market Nestled in the Old Town, basking in the splendor of the world -famous castle above, the 140 decorated booths are abuzz with a multiplicity of languages from Christmas market visitors. The atmosphere is glorious – the little huts snuggle into the idyllic historical nooks around the Old Town and their sparkling glow lights up Europe’s longest pedestrian mall. www.heidelberg-marketing.com Photo Tobias Schwerdt November 26 – January 6, 2019 Ice Rink at the Karlsplatz Whoever is looking for something sporty to do or simply wants to hold hands with a loved one and glide around the ice against the romantic castle backdrop should go to the Karlsplatz. One of the most beautiful ice rinks in Germany offers you wintery delights on ice. www.heidelberg-marketing.com Photo Tobias Schwerdt November 26 – January 1, 2019 Heidelberg Winter Forest at the Kornmarkt Where do the kids want to go at the Christmas Market? The nativity scene and the children’s railway at the beautifully decorated Korn- markt (Corn Market) where the “Winter Forest”, with over 100 fir trees and an exquisitely decorated pagoda tent, invites you to soak up the atmosphere and pamper your palette. Don’t forget to look up at the illuminated castle towe- ring above. www.heidelberg-marketing.com Photo Tobias Schwerdt
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