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The Kaiserslautern Christmas market closes Tuesday and reopens Dec. 27 to 30.
The Kaiserslautern Christmas market will end Tuesday, but for those who are not ready to let go of that special holiday atmosphere, the market will reopen Dec. 27 to 30 as a New Year’s market.
As in recent weeks, daily special events, including musical performances, the daily opening of the giant Advent calendar and the baking in the children’s bakery, will continue.
At 3 p.m. today, the Protestant youth will put on a Christmas performance after the opening of the door of the giant Advent calendar in the yard of Stiftskirche. The Kolping Brass Orchestra will play from 6 to 8 p.m. on the stage at Schillerplatz, and at 8 p.m. winter jazz can be heard inside the Stiftskirche.
Music students from Emmerich-Smola Music School will present the “Little Market Music” at noon Saturday in Stiftskirche and perform Christmas songs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Schillerplatz. Bob Mency and Julius Messemer will perform pop and soul music from 6 to 9 p.m., and Max Punstein and Luis Cardoso will present Brazilian sounds.
On Sunday, the Christmas market program will begin at 3 p.m. with a ukulele orchestra to be followed by a brass ensemble.
On Monday and Tuesday, the Advent calendar’s doors will open at 4 p.m. American singer Klyvie Live will perform the most famous American Christmas songs from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Tuesday on Schillerplatz and 7:45 to 9 p.m. in front of Stiftskirche.
The Christmas market will be closed on Christmas Eve and the following two Christmas holidays.
Visitors will get a second chance to taste another glühwein or eat a Thüringer bratwurst during the New Year’s market Dec. 27 to 30. The local radio station Antenne Kaiserslautern will present their Antenne Allstars from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 27 at the stage on Schillerplatz. A Christmas present swap meet will take place for people who don’t like their gifts. The brass ensemble Rennquintett will present a concert at 8 p.m. in the Stiftskirche.
Donovan Aston will present his program, “One Piano – One Voice,” from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 28, and the band Blinded will perform from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 29.
On Dec. 30, the New Year’s market will end with musical entertainment by Rick Cheyenne, who will perform from 6 to 7:15 p.m. on Schillerplatz and 7:45 to 9 p.m. in front of the Stiftskirche.
