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Calendar - Whats going on in Munich in 2008?

• 2007: Beginning the last weekend of Nov - December 24
  The Christmas Markets

  Christmas Markets throughout Bavaria, the Munich Christkindl Market will be in the city center on the Marienplatz. Please ask me for more information concerning the many usual markets you will find through out Bavaria.

• 2007: Beginning Nov 29- December 31
  Winter Tollwood

  Here is something for everyone young and old. International mix of Music, Theater, and usual foods. You will find stands selling idems from around the world, great last minute Christmas shoppping.
  Located on the Theresienwiesen.

  To the Website
  

• Until 20th Januar 2008
  The Age of the Golden Griffin - Royal graves of the Scythians

  Exhibition in the Art Gallery of the Hypobank Cultural Foundation

  To the Website
  eMail

• 30th Januar - 10th Februar 2008
  Holiday on Ice

  Holiday on Ice presents the audience with an extravagant ice show experience.

  To the Website
  

• 08th Feb - 27th April 2008
  Mark Rothko

  In the choreography of Marius Petipa and Ivan Liska the ballet "Corsaire", a spectacular show of dancing on the stage of the Bavarian National Theatre, will be performed.

  To the Website
  eMail

• 07th Januar - 05th Februar 2008
  Fasching (Carnival)

  During Munich's Fasching season hundreds of balls are held - from the classical evening-dress ball to the colourful fancy-dress event.
  "Mad Munich" is celebrated on Fasching Sunday, the 3rd February 2008, on Monday, the 4th February, and on Shrove Tuesday, the 5th February, in the pedestrian precincts with music, fancy dress and dancing.
  One of the highlights of the Munich Fasching is the Dance of the Market Women at the Viktualienmarkt at 11 am on Shrove Tuesday, the 5th February.

  To the Website
  eMail

• Nearly 22nd Feb - 31st March 2008
  The Strong Beer season - Stark Bier

  (Very Strong Beer, Munichs 5th beer season) very heavy dark beer. Offered by most breweries.

• Spring 2008
  The Reopening of the BMW Museum

  The BMW Museum will present itself to the public with expanded exhibition space and a new overall concept.

  To the Website
  eMail

• 11th - 27th April 2008
  The Spring Festival on the Theresienwiese

  A funfair with over 100 showmen and various beer tents offering live music that changes every day invites you to celebrate on the Theresienwiese, the Oktoberfest grounds.

  To the Website

• 12th - 19th April 2008
  The Ballet Week 2008

  The Ballet Week opens on 12th April with the premiere of three choreographies by Martin Schläpfer, Hans van Manen and a young choreographer from the international scene.
  The sale of tickets by post begins on 19th January 2008; telephone, box office and online sales on 12th February 2008.

  To the Website
  eMail

• 07th April - 03th May 2008
  11th Münchener Biennale - International festival for new music Theater

  Gasteig, Prinzregententheater, Muffathalle and other venues.

  To the Website
  eMail

• 26th April - 04th May 2008
  The May Dult

  The May Dult - a street market-cum-funfair - starts off the Munich Dult year on Mariahilfplatz in the town district of Au. Friends of flea markets, collectors of crockery and lovers of tasty Bavarian titbits will find what they are looking for amidst all the hustle and bustle as will young and old roundabout riders.

  To the offical Website of Munich
  To the Website Auerdult
  eMail

• 26th April - 04th May 2008
  BMW Open Tennis Tournament

  93th International Tennis Championships of Bavaria Professional International Tennis Competition
  Iphitos Tennis Stadium
  MTC Iphitos

  To the Stadium Website
  To the BMW Open Website
  eMail

• Only on May 31th 2008
  Long Night of Music in Munich

  Through out the city many stages with every kind of Music can be found.
  The reliable shuttle bus service will carry visitors from one venue to the other.

  To the Website

• 29th May 2008
  Redesigning the Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum

  On the occasion of the 850th birthday of the city, the Valentin-Karlstadt Musäum will present itself - following renovation and rearrangement of its exhibits - with a new exhibition concept that will emphasise Karl Valentin, Liesl Karstadt, the Folk Singers.

  To the Website
  eMail

• The second half of 2008
  The Opening of the New Museum Building for the Brandhorst Collection

  The Brandhorst Museum focused on art forms from the twentieth- and twentieth-first-centuries.

  To the Website Pinakathek
  To the Website Brandhorst Museum
  eMail

• Probably from 04th June 2008
  The "Munich Secession" - Exhibition

  Founded in Munich in 1892, the artists' association "Munich Secession" opposed a narrow and conservative view of 19th century art and championed a pioneering liberation of art. In a very short time Secessions were formed in Darmstadt, Dresden, Vienna and Berlin in keeping with the Munich example. The exhibition stresses the standing of Munich prevailing then as it does today as an international metropolis of art and culture.
  Venue: Museum Villa Stuck

  To the Website
  eMail

• 06th June 2008
  "Typically Munich!"

  With the permanent exhibition "Typically Munich!" the history of Munich is presented anew. In the re-opened historical arsenal Munich's City Museum will put on show everything that is typical of the city and its inhabitants with the help of outstanding items from its collection.
  Venue: Stadtmuseum München

  To the Website
  eMail

• 07th & 08th June 07 and 13th & 14th Sept 2008
  Streetlife Festival

  Munich's boulevards Leopold- and Ludwigstrasse will again be transformed into a car-free mile for strollers with amusements and entertainment.

  To the Website

• June to August 2008
  Favourites II - Exhibition

  Young Munich artists are given a chance to present their work in the Kunstbau of the Lenbach House.

  To the Website
  eMail

• Summer 2008
  Munich Celebrates 850 Years

  In 2008 Munich will be celebrating its 850th birthday. Under the slogan "Building Bridges" a wide variety of events will be taking place in all town districts throughout the summer, compiled and presented by the City of Munich and by various societies, initiatives and artists.
  
  Four major programme climaxes await the public:
  08th/ 09th/ 11th June 2008
  A Commissioned Work for the City's 850th Birthday
  In her commissioned work the Russian-born composer Victoria Borisova-Ollas has explored the sounds of the city. The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the composition in three concerts.
  14th/ 15th June 2008
  The Town Foundation Festival
  In the jubilee year the Town Foundation Festival will take place between Marienplatz, Stachus and Odeonsplatz in an expanded form. Artists of all kinds will show the diversity of the town's cultural life.
  12th July 2008
  The Special Concert of the Philharmonic
  The special concert of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by Christian Thielemann.
  19th and 20th July 2008
  The Old Town Ring Road Festival
  Various stopping points and scenes played out along the Old Town Ring Road invite the spectators to a theatrical, musical and playful journey in time through the city's past and present.
  01st - 03th August 2008
  The Isar Bridges Festival
  To recall the building of a bridge across the river Isar by Heinrich the Lion in 1158, the Isar bridges will be the central venues of these summer-time celebrations.
  "Isar Bridges Nights" with music under the bridges, dancing on the beaches, bright lights on the water, eating and drinking are planned.

  To the Website
  eMail

• 14th June 2008
  The reopening of the Cuvilliés Theatre

  After the completion of the renovation work, theatrical performances at Munich's oldest existing opera house are to be resumed with Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" - on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of Munich's foundation.

  To the Website

• 19th June - 13th July 2008
  The Tollwood Summer Festival

  Here is something for everyone young and old. International mix of Music, Theater, and usual foods. You will find stands selling idems from around the world, great early Christmas shoppping.
  Located at the south end of the Olympic Park.

  To the Website

• 20th - 28th June 2008
  The 26th Munich Film Festival

  The international film scene presents itself to the public in Munich. Cineastes, international stars, young talent, representatives of the film business and journalists meet to discover current films together.

  To the Website
  eMail

• Probably: June 2008
  Munich Designparcours

  Young Design Forum - "Free Play"

  To the Website
  eMail

• 28th June - 31th July 2008
  The Opera Festival

  Some of the highlights of the Munich Opera Festival are the two Festival premieres: the premiere of Doktor Faust by Ferrucio Busoni, on 28th June (musical director: Tomás Netopil; production: Nicolas Brieger) and Ariadne on Naxos by Richard Strauss on 24th July (musical director: Kent Nagano; production: Robert Carsen).
  On 12th July the Festival Concert "Opera for All" will take place on the Marstallplatz under the musical direction of Kent Nagano (free admission): the symphony No 1, in D minor, D 944 by Charles Ives and the Symphony No 9, in C major, D 944 "The Great" by Franz Schubert will be performed.

  To the Website
  eMail

• 05th and 06th July 2008
  Classical Music at the Odeonsplatz - Open Air

  Munich's great annual open-air concert of classical music will be taking place for the seventh time. This event, mounted by the Department of Culture jointly with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, is one of Munich's cultural summer highlights.

  To the Website
  eMail

• Probably 12 th & 13th July 2008
  Munich's 28th Christopher Street Day (CSD)

  The CSD is the great celebration of the gay community worldwide. The CSD has been celebrated in Munich since 1980 and in the meantime is a major event attracting several tens of thousands of visitors.
  The street festival on Marienplatz and Rindermarkt offers a show programme and an open-air disco.

  To the Website

• 26th July - 03th August 2008
  The Jacob's Dult (Auer Dult)

  This market takes place 4 times a year for over 100 years. Here you will find a little bit of everything including a carnvel atmosphere.
  Place: Mariahilfsplatz. Close to the city center or Deutsche Museum.

  To the Website

• 01st - 19th Sept 2008
  The 57th ARD International Music Competition

  Each year some 500 musicians from all parts of the world apply to enter the International Music Competition of the ARD (the working pool of Germany's public broadcasting corporations) - it is one of the world's major classical competitions.
  Four musicians only are admitted to the finals, which are traditionally held in the Herkulessaal of the Royal Residence with the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation.

  To the Website
  

• 12th, 13th & 14th Sept 2008
  OPEN ART - The art weekend of the Munich galleries

  The 65 galleries of contemporary art are together opening the new season after the summer break with Open Art. The galleries and their exhibitions can be visited during the whole weekend.

  To the Website
  

• October 08 - March 2009
  Kandinsky Exhibition Lenbachhaus

  The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) and founding member of the expressionist group of artists called the "Blue Rider" (Blauer Reiter) is regarded as one of the great pioneers of art in the 20th century.
  Please note: after this exhibition the Lenbach House will be closed for restoration work and alterations. The London architects' office Forster and Partners is responsible for the new design. But while this work is proceeding there will still be exhibitions in the adjacent Kunstbau, located below ground at the Königsplatz underground station.
  The opening of the renovated museum is planned for 2011. At the same time 2011 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the expressionist artists' group, the "Blue Rider" (Blauer Reiter).

  To the Website
  eMail
  
  In connection with this exhibition notify my Blaue Reiter Tour

• Probably 12th Oct 2008
  Munich City Run

  The route of this popular race passes along quiet streets from the city centre through the Theatinerstrasse and the Hofgarten to the English Gardens and finishes at Marienplatz.
  There are two distances to choose from: 10 km for families and a half-marathon distance (21 km).

  To the Website
  eMail

• 20th Sept - 05th Oct 2008
  The Oktoberfest

  (Munich's traditional beer and amusement fair).
  Annually celebrated in honor of the marriage between King Ludwig the I of Bavaria to Maria Thersien von Saxon in 1810. With the traditional "Ozapft is" (the barrel is tapped) the Lord Mayor opens this popular and largest funfair event in the world at 12 noon.
  Sept 20th parade of the breweries and landlords. Sonnenstr-Schwanthalerstr begin 10:45(45 minutes)
  Sept 21th the Costumes and Marksmen's Procession begin 10:00 about 2.5 hrs over 7000 performers ask about parade route or check local papers. Very long route!
  Sept 28th Open Air Oktoberfest music. 11:00 at the foot of the Bavaria Statue, 400 Musicians.

  To the Website

• 18th - 26th Oct 2008
  The Kermis Dult (Auer Dult)

  This market takes place 4 times a year for over 100 years. Here you will find a little bit of everything including a carnvel atmosphere.
  Place: Mariahilfsplatz. Close to the city center or Deutsche Museum

  To the Website

• Probably October
  The 10th long night of museums

  Around 80 museums and collections as well as galleries, art societies and churches offer an assorted programme of conducted tours, concerts and performances. There will be shuttle buses of Munich's public transport company will take visitors to all events at ten-minute intervals.

  To the Website: Long Night of Museums
  To the Website: Münchenticket

• Beginning the last weekend of Nov - December 24 2008
  The Christmas Markets

  Christmas Markets throughout Bavaria, the Munich Christkindl Market (28th Nov - 24th Dec 2008) will be in the city center on the Marienplatz.
  Please ask me for more information concerning the many usual markets you will find through out Bavaria.

• 27th Nov - 31th Dec 2008
  The Tollwood Winterfestival

  Here is something for everyone young and old. International mix of Music, Theater, and usual foods. You will find stands selling idems from around the world, great last minute Christmas shoppping.
  Located on the Theresienwiesen.

  To the Website

Calendar - Preview of 2009

• 07th Jan - 24th Feb 2009
  Fasching (Carnival)

  During Munich's Fasching season hundreds of balls are held - from the classical evening-dress ball to the colourful fancy-dress event.
  "Mad Munich" is celebrated on Fasching Sunday, the 22th February 2009, on Monday, the 23rd February, and on Shrove Tuesday, the 24th February, in the pedestrian precincts with music, fancy dress and dancing.
  One of the highlights of the Munich Fasching is the Dance of the Market Women at the Viktualienmarkt at 11 am on Shrove Tuesday, the 24th February.

  To the Website

• 06th Feb - 30th Aug 2009
  Luxury and Decadence - Roman Life on the Gulf of Naples

  Exhibition:State Archaeological Collection

  To the Website

• Probably spring 2009
  Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) from private Munich collections

  Exhibition: Villa Stuck Museum

  To the Website

• Spring 2009
  William Eggleston Retrospective

  The American photographer William Eggleston (born in Memphis in 1939) belongs with his works to the style-setting positions in 20th century photography. On account of his psychologising use of colour he is regarded as the "inventor of colour photography".

  To the Website

• 17th April - 03rd May 2009
  Spring Festival

  An amusement park and various beer tents invite you to celebrate on the Theresienwiese.

  To the Website

• 25th April - 03rd May 2009
  The May Dult

  An amusement park and various beer tents invite you to celebrate on the Theresienwiese.

• Mid June until mid July 2009
  The Tollwood Summer Festival

  Venue: Olympiapark Süd

  To the Website

• Mid June 2009
  The town's birthday

• 04th and 05th July 2009
  Classical Music at the Odeonsplatz - Open Air

  To the Website
  

• July 2009
  The Opera Festival

  To the Website
  

• 25th July - 02nd Sept 2009
  Jacob's Dult

• 31th Aug- 18th Sept 2009
  The 58th ARD International Music Competition

  Each year some 500 musicians from all parts of the world apply to enter the International Music Competition of the ARD (the working pool of Germany's public broadcasting corporations) - it is one of the world's major classical competitions.

  To the Website

• 11th, 12th & 13th Sept 2009
  OPEN ART - The art weekend of the Munich galleries

  The 65 galleries of contemporary art are together opening the new season after the summer break with Open Art. The galleries and their exhibitions can be visited during the whole weekend.
  An initiative of the Munich galleries of contemporary art.

  To the Website

• 11th Oct 2009 2009
  Munich City Run

  To the Website

• 19th Sept - 04th Oct 2009
  The Oktoberfest

  To the Website

• 17th - 25th Oct 2009
  The Kermis Dult

• 27th Nov - 24th Dec 2009
  The Christmas Market in Munich

• Late November Early December
  The Tollwood Winterfestival

• Notice:

  No liability can be accepted for the accuracy of the information.