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WEILERBACHER WEINDORF (WINE VILLAGE)
AUG. 18 – 20, ALTER BAHNHOF, WEILERBACH
Get into the mood and join in the fun at the wine village at the old railroad station. Wine booths, regional specialties, live music, meet Wine Queen Sophia and enjoy a swinging weekend.
WEIN & MUSIK
AUG. 18 AND 19, 5 – 11 P.M., PEDESTRIAN ZONE, KAISERSLAUTERN
Wine lovers delight at various bistros and restaurants with live music throughout the pedestrian zone.
KERWE (VILLAGE FEST)
AUG. 18 – 22, TOWN CENTER, MEHLINGEN
Join in a typical village fest with food and drink, live music, rides and fun for the whole family. Parade on Sunday afternoon and fireworks display on Monday evening 9.30 p.m.
KERWE/VILLAGE FESTIVALS
AUG./SEP.VILLAGE/TOWN SQUARES
Enjoy a typical German village fest with music, rides, vendors, activities for kids, regional specialties and beverages. The following fests are coming up soon: Miesenbach on Aug. 25, Kindsbach on Aug. 25, Erfenbach and Sembach on Aug. 26. Alsenborn and Otterberg both on Sept. 2. Also check your local “Amtsblatt” for individual towns.
ALSTADTFEST (CITY FESTIVAL)
AUG. 25 – 27, CITY CENTER, BAUMHOLDER
Enjoy a traditional city festival in the historic district and Kennedy Allee in Baumholder. Live music, dance, food and drinks, as well as family fun in a swinging atmposphere await you on the last weekend in August.
MAINZER WEINMARKT (WINE MARKET)
AUG. 24-27 + SEP. 1-4, STADTPARK, MAINZ
The city of Mainz invites you to a dazzling wine fest with local wineries and regional displays. Visitors can stroll around the fest ground and taste wines. Colorful musical entertainment, arts and crafts display, ceramics, jewelry and wooden crafts along with regional dishes. For details see: mainzer-weinmarkt.de
XXL KERWE (VILLAGE FEST XXL)
AUG. 26 – 28, VILLAGE CENTER, SEMBACH
Don’t miss out on swinging Sembach on an exciting weekend with live music on Sat with a USAREUR Band formation and a pop group, live music on Sunday, rides, food and drinks, and coffee and cake. The fest rounds off with a rock performance and a German-American guest singer on Monday evening, followed by fireworks.
SWINGING LAUTERN
AUG. 31 – SEP. 2, CITY CENTER, KAISERSLAUTERN
It’s high time to celebrate and swing into fall. Swing, jazz, soul and salsa invite you to swing along. During the three-day event downtown Kaiserslautern will turn into one large music stage, food and drinks galore and marching bands strolling around the pedestrian zone. USAFE Band formations among the musicians. Full schedule to be posted shortly, stay tuned!
WEINFEST DER MITTELMOSEL (MID MOSELLE WINE FEST)
AUG. 31 – SEP. 4, MOSELLE PROMENADE, BERNKASTEL-KUES
Enjoy a typical wine fest at the largest festival along the Moselle River, with vendors, handcraft, rides, regional specialties and lots of wine. Live music on all five days on various stages. Parade on Sunday at 2 p.m. For details visit: www.bernkastel.de
FLEA MARKETS IN/NEAR KMC
- KL Gelterswoog, Flea Market every Saturday in the summer
- Idar-Oberstein, Flea Market, Globus Parking Lot, Aug. 20
- Trier, Flea and Antique Market, Messepark, Aug. 26
- Sembach, Flea and Antique Market, Williams Road (commercial area), Aug. 27
- Otterberg, Flea and Antique Market, Lager Reich, Im Althütterhof 4a, Sep. 1
OPEN-AIR CONCERTS AT GELTERSWOOG
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, KAISERSLAUTERN
The minigolf park at Gelterswoog offers concerts in varying styles every Saturday and Sunday during the summer. Some concerts are also planned on Friday evenings, check their Facebook page for details and times.
800 YEARS CITY RIGHTS/MEDIEVAL FEST
SEP. 2 – 3, OLD TOWN, ZELL/MOSELLE
The city of Zell is celebrating 800 years of city rights with a spectacular medieval festival. Enjoy jugglers, historic music and dance, a medieval market with vendors, handcraft, food and drink. Lukas of Manderscheid conquered the city, watch fencing challenges and fire shows and get a good laugh with Curiositas the fool. There will be plenty of hands-on activities for kids, such as “welding” small items or trying out a knight’s armor, and a bouncy castle. The band Spectaculatius will entertain visitors and a theater performance, depicting awarding of city rights, takes place at 2 p.m. Sat and Sun. For details visit: www.stadt-zell-mosel.de
STADTFEST LANDSTUHL
SEP. 8 – 10, CITY CENTER, LANDSTUHL
Visit a traditional city festival with food and drink booths, vendors, live music and lots of fun all around the city center of Landstuhl.
DÜRKHEIMER WURSTMARKT (WINE FEST)
SEP. 8-12 + 15-18, FESTPLATZ, BAD DÜRKHEIM
Experience Germany’s largest wine fest with rides, vendors, food and drink and lots of wine next to the world’s largest wine barrel. Varying musical entertainment. Visitors are advised that special trains will be offered on both weekends leaving from Kaiserslautern/Landstuhl. For details see: https://www.bad-duerkheim.de/kultur-tourismus/veranstaltungen-feste/duerkheimer-wurstmarkt/
IONTACH: IRISH MUSIC UNLIMITED
SEP. 22, 8 – 10 P.M., STIFTSKIRCHE, KAISERSLAUTERN
The band consisting of three renowned musicians from Ireland are not only great vocalists, but offer an array of instruments such as flutes, violins, Irish bagpipes, guitars, bouzouki, cello, keyboards and bodhran. The group is one of the most popular and humoristic formations of the Irish music scene.
KERWE (VILLAGE FEST)
SEP. 22 – 24, TOWN CENTER, WEILERBACH
Experience a typical village festival with live music, food and drink, live music and Sunday shopping on Sep. 24.
SLEEPING BEAUTY AWAKENING
SAT UND SUN at 4.00 P.M., ALL SUMMER, FREILICHTBÜHNE, KATZWEILER
Help Sleeping Beauty arise from her century long sleep with old and news friends and, of course, a gallant prince to kiss her awake. Enjoy family fun at the open-air stage in the middle of the forest in Katzweiler. For details, dates and tickets, visit: https://katzweiler.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/433425
BUNDESGARTENSCHAU 2023 (BUGA 23)
UNTIL OCTOBER 8, LUISENPARK/SPINELLI PARK, MANNHEIM
The German National Garden Show is at Luisenpark/Spinelli Park in Mannheim this year. For details, see: https://www.buga23.de/englisch
CANNSTADTER WASEN (BEER FEST)
SEP. 22 – OCT. 8, FESTPLATZ, STUTTGART/CANNSTADT
Enjoy Germany’s second largest beer fest with exciting rides, giant beer tents, vendors, food and drink. The fest is somewhat smaller than Oktoberfest in Munich and more relaxed. Trains will be available from Kaiserslautern and transfer to the fairgrounds in Cannstadt. For details see: https://www.cannstatter-volksfest.de
