Regular Events in Leipzig

Music and Theatre

Mendelssohn Monument (1898), today. Reconstruction as compared to the old Bach memorial in front of the St. Thomas Church

The Leipzig Bach Festival is a music festival that first took place in 1908. Since 1999 it is held annually and is entirely dedicated to the care of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. In addition, the Mendelssohn Festival Leipzig annually organized, take care of the legacy of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in the city. The Richard Wagner Gesellschaft Leipzig 2013 e. V. organized since 2006 by the birthday of the composer Richard Wagner around the Wagner Festival Leipzig days. With the event the memory is to be improved to the composer in his hometown. The Robert and Clara Schumann-Club organized in commemoration of the two year the Schumann week.

The International Chamber Music Festival Leipzig is performed in cooperation with the Gewandhaus since 1996 in November. Within the Classic Open Leipzig outdoor concerts and video broadcasts of concerts in Leipzig city center will take place in August 1995. When held since 1997 concert week International Festival of Vocal Music "a cappella" occur each May internationally renowned and emerging artists on the genre. In October, the Leipzig Jazz Festival are aligned since 1976. They are dedicated to the contemporary jazz and hosted by jazz club leipzig e. V..

The Pop-Up is a spring annual fair since 2001 to the indie-pop culture, which also includes discussion forums and a music festival in Leipzig clubs belong.

Since 2004, the radio station Energy Saxony held twice a year, the Energy Club Zone. Courage is a show since 1998 on the 30th of April-find rock concert in front of the Leipzig Battle Monument, which was created in response to the neo-Nazi marches on May 1.

Wave-Gotik-Treffen (2005)

Since 1991, every year in November, the festival euro-scene Leipzig. It is devoted to the experimental theater and modern dance. The Lachmesse is a European humor and satire Festival, held annually since 1991 in October in Leipzig. It awards endowed with 3500 Euro Kleinkunstpreis Leipzig dandelion.

Festivals and markets


Classic Open on the Augustus Platz (2010)


Spring Klein Exhibition (2006)
About Pentecost Leipzig is annually hosted the four-day Wave Gothic Meeting (WGT), held since 1992, currently regularly attracts up to 30,000 visitors from the black scene in the city and even scene foreign Leipzig and visitors with "less black" events such as the "Viking Camp", the "Pagan village" and several medieval markets pleased.

Every year directed the Leipzig Tourist Service Leipzig city hard from that counts events in Germany with more than 300,000 visitors to the ten largest open air. The Leipziger Messe is a small three times now (twice before) taking place every year folk festival which originated in 1907 as an offshoot of the Leipzig Fair. Until 1935 it was held on the so-called "bird meadow" at the Old Magpie. 1936 the company moved to the Cottaweg, west of the Elster basin. Early 2009, the small exhibition space, however, was renewed, there was a round, paved space for circus and small fair. The Leipzig Christmas market is one of the largest in the eastern states and is aligned since 1767. In autumn, the Intercultural Week takes place here numerous readings, discussions, concerts, etc. organized. The opening concert will be held at St. Nicholas Church and at the same time marks the beginning of Saxony-wide action weeks.

The Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta is a popular balloon festival with European participation. It takes place annually in late July in Leipzig and is visited by more than 130,000 people. The first Fiesta was in 1995 with 5,000 visitors and 100 hot air balloons in the small Saxon town Mügeln instead. In 1996 the event was moved to Leipzig in the recreation area of the Silver Lake, as this is outside of the official flight corridors. The Silver Lake Park is located between the urban areas Lößnigs and lignite landscape of Leipzig Südraumes, currently (as of 2010) revegetated and is transformed. At the event, fighting the hot air balloons in the categories fox hunting, Wide flight and Keygrab.

Since 2009 is intended annually with the Festival of Lights Leipzig Monday demonstration on October 9, 1989. At the first event, 150,000 people took part.

The carnival plays only a minor role in Protestant Leipzig. Since the 1950s emerged with the Leipzig students Carnival, an annual event series. 1992, founded the organizing committee Leipzig Carnival e. V. and directed an annual Rose Sunday procession under the motto Leila helau from.