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Events 2008

More exact dates coming soon

  Heidelberg Carnival Parade
February  Vampire Ball - Heidelberg Castle 
March 25 - April 2008 Heidelberg Fasching - Germany's answer to Mardi Gras
April 5  Long Night of the Museums
April 5  SAS Half marathon
March 29 - April  25 The Festival for classical and contemporary music offers concerts as well as numerous side programs and workshops. The combination of world-famous musicians and newcomers as well as the themes and topics offer perfect conditions for fascinating meetings of artists and audience. For orders please call +49-(0)6221-142210.



For further information, please check: www.heidelberger-fruehling.de

April 27 Heidelberg Half Marathon
March  -   Stueckemarkt Festival of Contemporary Drama 
May  Deutsche Bank - SAP Open Golf Tornament - St. Leon-Rot
May 2 - 11  HD Stückemarkt Contemporary German and European  Drama

The annual "Heidelberger Stückemarkt" is a forum for young playwrights, a theater festival hosted by the Municipal Theater and one of the most innovative and important in Germany. It presents dramatic readings, German and international guest performances, premieres and discussions with the audience as well as a competition for European Author`s Award.

Information: Heidelberg City Theatre www.theaterheidelberg.de

June 7 Castle Illumination and fireworks - Artisan Market on the Neckar River

June 11th Heidelberg Chamber Music Festival
May 29 - June 1  Heidelberger Literaturtage - Festival of Literature 
June  21- August 10 
Heidelberg Castle Festival 

As always, the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra will round off the Festival offering with Castle Concerts spanning the whole range of symphonic music.

Das Heidelberger Schloss als mittelalterliche Abtei

More informationen and program:
www.schlossfestspiele-heidelberg.de

Ticket-Hotline: ++49-(0)6221-58 20000

July 12
Castle Illumination and fireworks - Artisan Market on the Neckar River
July   20  Formula 1 Grand Prix 2008 -  Hockenheim
August  Heidelbergman Triathlon
September 6 Castle Illumination and fireworks - Artisan Market on the Neckar River

September 27 Heidelberger Herbst (Old Town Street Festival) and Medieval Market 

November 6 - 16  International Film Festival Mannheim - Heidelberg

Categories: Features, shorts, documentaries
Requirements: 16mm, 35mm comopt, commag. Entries must have been produced within one year before festival and must not have been previously screened in Germany. Films shown in some other European festivals excluded.
Awards: Various cash prizes
Fees: None
Festival and administrative address: Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival, Collini-Center-Galerie, D-68161 Mannheim, Germany
Tel: (49 621) 102 943
Fax: (49 621) 291 564;
Email address:
ifmh@mannheim-filmfestival.com
Director: Dr Michael Koetz
Website:
http://www.mannheim-filmfestival.com

November 26 - December  22 Heidelberg Christmas Market

Daily between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m., romantics, and families will be able to enjoy the flair of the Christmas market, with over 140 stalls situated on large and small squares. Everywhere in the Old Town, alongside the rich and varied handicraft selection, an array of attractions awaits guests both young and old.



Christmas on Ice
26th of November 2008 - 4th of January 2009

 

 

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