Events
The interesting and lively city of Bayreuth can offer you a high-class event schedule, all year round. We, the Bayreuth Ticket Service (Luitpoldplatz 9, D-95444 Bayreuth, Tel.: 00 49 921 69 001, Fax: 00 49 921 8 85 38, E-mail: ticketservice@bayreuth-tourismus.de) will tell you what's happening in Bayreuth - whenever you are ready for a visit!
Which festival are you interested in?
Wagner Festival Bayreuth
July 25th - August 28th
For more than 125 years the annual Richard Wagner Festival has taken place in the Festival Theatre on the Green Hill. A different selection of Wagner's musical dramas is shown every year in 30 performances per season to an evening audience of 2,000 people.
To obtain tickets send a written request to the Festival's ticket office before the end of September the previous year. The Festival Theatre can be visited.
Contact:
Ticket Office
Postfach 10 02 62, 95402 Bayreuth
Tel.: 00 49 921 78 78 0
www.bayreuther-festspiele.de
Highlights
200 Years Franz Liszt: 150 Exclusive Events
2011: January - November
150 events provide friends of Liszt and those who want to become friends fascinating impressions of the world of this genius. The vast range of performances
covers symphony concerts, piano and song soirées, lectures and exhibitions and culminates in a large festive ceremony by the city that takes place on Franz Liszt's 200th birthday on 22
October 2011 at Bayreuth's city hall.
Some of the highlights are Liszt's only opera "Don Sanche" and a festival concert conducted by Christian Thielemann. The event takes place under the auspices of Horst Seehofer, the Bavarian Minister President.
Bayreuth Easter Festival
2012: 06. - 15.04.
Concerts by the International Youth Orchestra Academy, from classic to jazz, performed in the Margravial Opera House and other historic venues.
2012: 05. - 14.05.
Series of classical concerts in the Margravial Opera House, in the Civic Hall Bayreuth, in churches and various concert halls.
- www.musica-bayreuth.de
International Youth Festival Bayreuth
2012: 03. - 30.08.
International participants invite you to concerts for symphony orchestra and chamber music, new music, musicals, readings, Wagner lectures, exhibitions, and
culture management seminars.
Bayreuth Piano Festival
2012: July
Series of concerts by famous pianists, from classical to modern style, in the new E-272 concert piano by piano manufacturer Steingrabere & Söhne.
Traditional festivals
6 crazy
carnival days
2012: 16. - 21.02.
Spring Fun Fair
2012: 07. - 15.04.
Maisel's Wheat Beer Festival
2012: May
Fun Fair Bayreuth
2012: 25.05. - 04.06.
It's party time again with Bayreuth's "October fest" in May. Rides, beer tents, fireworks and music. Come and enjoy it!
City Street Festival
2012: 06. - 08.07.
In the centre of Bayreuth the City Street Festival takes place every year on the first weekend in July. Next to the Bayreuther Volksfest it is the highlight
of the Bayreuth festival season. The main attraction is the "beer street" with five Bayreuth breweries and various stages with live music. The Sunday of the Bürgerfest is traditionally
reserved for culture and arts.
Summernight's Festival
2012: 28.07.
One of the most beautiful and romantic events in Franconia is certainly the Bayreuth Summernight's Festival in the Eremitage. It takes place every year at the end
of July or the beginning of August in the extensive park of the Eremitage. The old Margravine tradition was revived in 1969: 250 years ago the Margraves invited their subjects to this splendid
summer festival. Today thousands of visitors come to enjoy the various attractions, and if the weather is fine, the festival continues until the break of dawn.
Markets
Christmas Market
2011: 25.11. - 23.12.
2012: 30.11. - 23.12.
In the historic city centre, in front of the baroque Spitalkirche, you will find Bayreuth's magnificently illuminated Christmas Market. You can discover
typical booths selling Christmas decorations and other items. There are brass bands and organ concerts to accompany it.