Hamburg not only has many parks and exciting old industrial sites that serve as festival homes, but also many side streets that invite you to countless street festivals. Whether roofed or open-air, in the city centre or further out in the countryside, Hamburg is a versatile city and we regularly put together our favourites for you here.
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The most beautiful festivals & street fairs in Hamburg
Look forward to colourful street festivals and thrilling festivals in the Hanseatic city. A visit to the city park for the Open Air Festival is just as worthwhile as the view over the colourful hustle and bustle of Hamburg's harbour birthday or a varied weekend on the MS DOCKVILLE. Throughout the year, exciting festivals and street festivals await you. Don't miss the highlights in the city on the Elbe!
Discover the largest harbour festival in the world now! All dates of the programme, detailed information and background information, tips & recommendations around the 831th HARBOUR BIRTHDAY HAMBURG 2020.
The annual altonale in Hamburg has established itself in recent years as one of the most popular events in northern Germany with over 500,000 visitors. For two weeks, everything in Altona revolves around culture.
Christopher Street Day in Hamburg annually attracts around 100,000 visitors from all over Europe, who join to set a clear signal for acceptance, diversity and love of life.
Every year the ELBJAZZ Festival in the port of Hamburg is an absolute must for all jazz lovers. In 2020, the Port of Hamburg will once again become a hub for jazz from all over the world. And this year the probably most maritime festival in the world will celebrate its tenth anniversary!
Hamburg Film Festival will take place for the 28th time in 2020. Every year in autumn it thrills over 40,000 cinema fans in ten days on ten screens with around 140 national and international feature and documentary films as world premieres, European premieres or German premieres.
Here Hamburg rocks under the open sky! The Hamburger Kultursommer is an annual open air event series on the racetrack in Bahrenfeld. Every year in summer, big concerts take place there.
At the 12th Hamburger Theater Festival all theatre lovers get their money's worth. Within the framework of the festival, numerous guest performances will be performed on Hamburg stages.
"Faith" is the motto of the 5th International Music Festival Hamburg, which will take place from 24 April to 25 May 2020. Following its four forerunners in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2019, the music festival is thus once again setting course for an annual rhythm.
Just in time for spring, Hamburg is transformed into a pink sea of flowers. Every year in May, the Japanese cherry blossom is solemnly welcomed to Hamburg with fantastic fireworks - a spectacle that attracts thousands to the Außenalster.
The Reeperbahn Festival is Germany’s largest club festival and is one of the three most important meeting places for the music and digital industries in Europe.
The Hamburg Stadtpark is not only a paradise for joggers and dog owners. Music lovers also get their money's worth here every summer at the numerous open-air concerts. In 2020 famous artists like Jamie Cullum, Sting and Max Giesinger will be on stage.
The IKFF Hamburg is rooted in the milieu of independent filmmaking. Today, the IKFF Hamburg is one of the most important and successful short film festivals for the world’s industry and public.
Hamburg's musical side is highly diverse. Great stars and orchestras from around the world feel just as good on the unique stages of the Hanseatic City just as much as (still!) unknown up-and-coming artists in the lively club scene. From classical masterworks to new musical gems - you'll find everything here.
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