WAS IST LOS? Cultural Highlights

EVENTS

Ramstein, Oktoberfest. Oct. 25 to 27. militaryingermany.com/event/ramstein

Finkenbach-Gersweiler, Cattle Drive Festival. Oct. 26. militaryingermany.com/event/cattle

Breunigweiler, Horror Hike. Oct. 26. militaryingermany.com/event/horror

Eberbach, Art Market at the Monastery. Oct. 26 and 27. http://militaryingermany.com/event/monastery

Rockenhausen, Arts and Crafts Market. Oct. 26 and 27. militaryingermany.com/event/art

Trippstadt, Hiking Marathon Palatinate Forest. Oct. 27. militaryingermany.com/event/hiking

Ramstein, Wendelinus Market. Oct. 27. militaryingermany.com/event/wendelinus

Deidesheim, Venison Weeks. Until Oct. 27. militaryingermany.com/event/venison

Kaiserslautern, Exhibition: LEGO. Until Oct. 31. militaryingermany.com/event/lego

Steinbach, Samhain-Festival: Celtic Halloween. Oct. 31. militaryingermany.com/event/samhain

Otterbach, Halloween Festival. Oct. 31. militaryingermany.com/event/otterbach

Wachenheim, Family Halloween at Kurpfalz-Park. Oct. 31. http://militaryingermany.com/event/kurpfalz

Kaiserslautern, Halloween Tour of the Zoo. Oct. 31. militaryingermany.com/event/zoo

Hochspeyer, Halloween Party. Oct. 31. militaryingermany.com/event/hochspeyer

Neunkirchen, 30 Years of Saarpark Center Celebrations and Offers. Until Nov. 2. militaryingermany.com/event/saarpark

Oct. 31
Kaiserslautern Zoo
On Halloween, October 31, visitors of Kaiserslautern Zoo are invited to embark on a spooky tour through the zoo between 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Who is brave enough to cross the “path of horror”? The bold ones among you will have to fight ghosts and monsters, escape from the witches’s bubbling cauldron and overcome a series of obstacles but survivors will be rewarded with Halloween-themed food and beverages at the zoo restaurant free of charge. Costumes are very welcome. Admission costs €7.50 per adult; the tour is free. For more information go to militaryingermany.com/event/zoo. Photo by Alexander Raths / Shutterstock.com

 

FLEA MARKETS

Kaiserslautern, Pfalz-Center (Real) Parking Lot. Every Saturday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bad Duerkheim, salt-works in Kurpark, Gutleutstrasse 46. Every Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Mainz, Uniparkplatz. Every Saturday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

 

Performing Arts

BALLET / DANCE

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater

Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:

For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit www.staatstheater.saarland

Prometheus: ballet by Stijn Celis with music by Ludwig van Beethoven. Oct. 27, Nov. 17, 6 p.m.; Nov. 8, 13, 23, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €21.

We Are Here: Choreography by Anna Konjetzky. Nov. 21, 22, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost €19.

 

CONCERTS

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater

Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:

For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit www.staatstheater.saarland

2nd Symphony Concert: Between Cultures. Nov. 3, 11 a.m.; Nov. 4, 8 p.m. Tickets start at €18.

Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern

For tickets, call the tourist information office at 0631-365-2317

Lust and Fairy Dance: German State Philharmonic Orchestra Rhineland Palatinate. Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Tickets start at €17.50.

A Woman of the World: Gwennyn, singer. Oct. 30, 8:15 p.m. Tickets cost €17.

Beloved Sister: casal Quartett. Oct. 31, 8 p.m. Tickets start at €14.50.

Very Classic: Mozart, Rosetti, Haydn and Beethoven. Nov. 3, 5 p.m. Admission costs €15.

Dance of the Big Peace: Kaiserslautern TU Orchestra. Nov. 10, 5 p.m. Admission costs €18.

American Dream: George Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue”. Nov. 4, 8 p.m. Admission starts at €14.50.

The Sound of Lyrics: Improvisations and Compositions. Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m. Admission costs €12.

Elias: Felix Mendelssohn “Elias op. 70”. Nov. 22, 8 p.m. Admission starts at €17.50.

Irish House Kaiserslautern

For details, visit www.irishhouse.kunstgriff-event.de

New Jersey: Bon Jovi Tribute. Oct. 26, 9 p.m. Tickets cost €15.

Larry H Soulman and Band. Nov. 1, 9 p.m. Tickets cost €10.

Ella & Louis Mannheim

For details, visit www.ellalouis.de

New Jazz Voices Trio feat. Efrat Alony. Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €20.

Susan Weinert Rainbow Trio. Oct. 28, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €18.

Markus Harm Quartet As It Is. Oct. 29, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €18.

Elisabeth Lohninger & Quartet. Nov. 2, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €22.

The Vampires. Nov. 8, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €18.

Klaus Gasteiger The Look of Love. Nov. 11, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €18.

Matthias Schriefl – Shreefpunk Trio Unplugged. Nov. 12, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €18.

Jazz with Boian Videnoff. Nov. 15, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €18.

Den Atelier Luxembourg

For details, visit www.denatelier.lu

Machine Head: Metal from the U.S. Oct. 27, 7 p.m. Tickets cost €37.

Jenifer: Singer from France. Nov. 14, 7 p.m. Tickets cost €44.

Garage Saarbruecken

For details, visit www.garage-sb.de

Baroness: European Tour 2019. Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost €29.45.

Monkey 3: Heavy Psych-Rock from Outer Space. Oct. 28, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €17.20.

Brit Floyd: The World’s Biggest Pink Floyd Show. Nov. 7, 8 p.m. Tickets start at €52.

Kammgarn Kaiserslautern

For details, visit www.kammgarn.de

Leonard Cohen Tribute: Roland Helm & Band. Nov. 21, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €20.

 

MUSICALS / OPERAS

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater

Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:

For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit www.staatstheater.saarland

Le Nozze Di Figaro: The Wedding of Figaro, an opera in Italian by W. A. Mozart. Oct. 30, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €21.

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de

Cabaret: musical by John Kander based on the narratives by Christopher Isherwood. Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €21.

Tell Me on a Sunday: musical in German by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Nov. 2, 7, 28, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €14.50.

Die Fledermaus: The Bat, an opera by Johann Strauss. Oct. 26, Nov. 6, 12, 29, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €21.

 

PLAYS

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater

Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:

For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit www.staatstheater.saarland

Hexenjagd: “Witch Hunt” by Arthur Miller, a play in German. Oct. 25, Nov. 2, 15, 28, Dec, 3, 11, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €15.

Animal Farm: a play in German based on the novel by George Orwell. Dec. 4, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €12.

Hoffnung: Hope, a play in German based on a Flamish tragedy by Stijn Devillé. Oct. 25, Nov. 2, 15, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost €21.

The Sorrows of Young Werther: a play based on the epistolary novel by Goethe in German. Oct. 26, Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. English performance on Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost €21.

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de

Roberto Zucco: play in German by Bernard-Marie Koltes. Oct. 30, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €14.50.

 

SPORTS

SAP Arena, Ice Hockey: Adler Mannheim vs. Iserlohn Roosters. Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €15.

SAP Arena, Ice Hockey: Adler Mannheim vs. Krefeld Pinguine. Nov. 3, 2 p.m. Tickets start at €15.