Long Night of the Dresden Theatres | 01st - 04th 2017
Around 30 venues will be staging high art in a reduced format. The 30-minute extracts start punctually on the hour. The event continues after midnight with dancing on the stage of the
Staatsschauspiel theatre.

www.lange-nacht-der-dresdner-theater.de

Official opening of the first floor in the Royal Palace | 07th April 2017
Two new permanent exhibitions are being held in the East and North Wings: ‘Auf dem Weg zur Kurfürstenmacht’ depicts the rise to power of the Royal House of Wettin and ‘Die Kurfürstliche Garderobe’ shows what the Prince Electors wore.

www.skd.museum

29th Filmfest Dresden | International Short Film Festival | 04th - 09th April 2017
Short films from around the world at different venues. Competing for the eight prestigious Golden Rider awards are the best 80 feature and animated films from more than 20 countries, a shortlist whittled down from more than 2,000 entries. In a special supplementary programme, the festival week examines a variety of contemporary themes and country-specific issues, also screening retrospectives and children’s films.

www.filmfest-dresden.de

Gala concerts to celebrate the Kulturpalast reopening | 14th - 28th April 2017
Featuring the Dresden Philharmonic, Roland Kaiser and other star performers.

www.kulturpalast-dresden.de

Fleet Parade of the Saxon Paddle Steamer Fleet | 01st May 2017
Full steam ahead! On May Day, the nine historic paddle steamers and the two saloon ships will set off in line astern formation on their traditional parade from the Dresden embankment to Pillnitz Palace.

www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de

47th International Dixieland Festival | 14th - 21st May 2017
Europe’s most senior old-time jazz festival, with its ‘Jazz Mile’, Riverboat Shuffle, Dixie Ball, Dixieland Parade and much more besides. Various venues will be used, but the highlight will surely be the jazz gala at the Semper Opera House.

www.dixieland.de

40th Dresden Music Festival | 18th May - 18th June 2017
Festival of classical music featuring soloists and orchestras from Dresden and around the world.

www.musikfestspiele.com

The return of the oranges | 19th May 2017
Under Augustus the Strong, hundreds of citrus trees adorned the grounds of the Zwinger Palace.
80 Italian bitter orange trees are now to return there, welcomed by a parade and a grand picnic.
For the past three years, they have been in a nursery in the nearby Baroque garden of Grosssedlitz;
costs have been covered by a sponsorship scheme.

www.schloesserland-sachsen.de

15th Long Night of Science | 16th June 2017
Toy robots, gingerbread clothes, fabrics made by a 3D printer were previous highlights. Find out this night’s agenda strolling around Dresden’s university, colleges and research institutes!

www.wissenschaftsnacht-dresden.de

27th Bunte Republik Neustadt | 16th - 18th June 2017
Bunte Republik Neustadt is held in Dresden’s ‘alternative quarter’, across the river in Neustadt. What started off in 1990 as the locals’ concept of a ‘micronation’ taking a critical view of the political situation at the time has turned into the weirdest and flashiest district festival in the city.

www.brn-dresden.de

27th Elbhangfest Dresden (Riverside Festival) | 23rd - 25th June 2017
This festival extends along the Elbe from Loschwitz to Pillnitz. Around 200 events are scheduled over the seven kilometre stretch of the Elbe that links five hospitable villages. Copious amounts of delicious and exquisite wines will be consumed.

www.elbhangfest.de

‘The Time When We Knew Nothing of Each Other’ | June 2017
Performance of the play by Peter Handke acted by local people and staged by the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. Not a coincidence that Monday was chosen, nor Theaterplatz as the location.

www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de

Filmnächte am Elbufer (Film Nights on the Elbe Embankment) | 29th June - 27th August 2017
Film Nights takes place on the embankment of the River Elbe against the stunning night-time silhouette of Dresden’s Old Town. It must surely be the most beautiful open-air cinema and concert festival in Europe.

www.filmnaechte-am-elbufer.de

US CAR Convention | 07th - 09th July 2017
Epitomising the ‘American way of life’: US cars of all vintages are lined up by their proud owners for the public to admire.
Venue: Ostragehege / Messe Dresden

www.us-car-convention.de

9th Dresdner Schlössernacht (Night of the Palaces) | 15th July 2017
What a romantic spectacle! The three Elbe Palaces (Schloss Albrechtsberg, Schloss Lingner and Schloss Eckberg) are transformed into a fascinating cultural landscape.

www.dresdner-schloessernacht.de

OSTRALE´O17 | 28th July - 09th October 2017
International Exhibition of Contemporary Art

http://www.ostrale.de

Palais Summer | July - August 2017
Piano recitals and radio play nights, outdoor painting and open-air yoga – these are the elements of this festival for refined tastes: relaxed, charming, and there’s even free admission to the events in the grounds of the Japanese Palace.

www.palaissommer.de

LackStreicheKleber – Urban Art Festival | 01st - 12th August 2017
Dresden Neustadt becomes a canvas for artists; street artists take over the galleries, creative
types and art connoisseurs debate the merits of street art.

www.lackstreichekleber.de

Moritzburg Festival 2017 | 5th - 20th August 2017
This international festival of chamber music is a mix of family concerts, picnic performances, gala events and star-studded chamber music evenings.

www.moritzburgfestival.de

CANALETTO – 19th Dresden City Festival | 18th - 25th August 2017
In thirteen different ‘worlds of experience’ and on eight stages, more than 1,000 artists lay on a diverse programme of music, variety, theatre, family events and sporting activities. Rounding off the festival in style is the grand fireworks display on Sunday evening..

www.Dresdner-Stadtfest.com

19th DRESDEN MUSEUMS NIGHT | 16th September 2017
Nearly 50 museums, galleries and memorials stay open to the public till late.

www.dresden.de/museumsnacht

Heinrich Schütz Music Festival | 06th - 15th October 2017
This series of events in honour of Heinrich Schütz is themed as ‘For love of truth – Re-formation’.
The former Dresden Kapellmeister is the first German composer of European standing.

www.schütz-musikfest.de

DAVE – Festival of Club Culture | 20th - 29th October 2017
Concerts, parties and workshops in 25 clubs across the river in Neustadt.
The acronym DAVE stands for DRESDEN AUDIO VISUAL EXPERIENCE and is essentially an opportunity for the city’s clubs to showcase what they have to offer. DAVE was instituted to raise the profile of the local scene within the city and beyond. It is also intended to provide scope for the next generation of artists and DJs to emerge.

www.dave-dresden.net

Quincentenary! 500 years of the Reformation | 31st October 2017
Dresden’s churches are organising a festival of celebration, remembrance, blessing and prayer on the Neumarkt centred on the Martin Luther monument which was sculpted by Ernst Rietschel in 1885.

www.evlks.de

Dresden Jazz Days 2017 | 03rd - 12th November 2017
Jazztage Dresden is an international festival devoted to top-quality jazz in its full diversity and bandwidth.

www.jazztage-dresden.de

Dresden, the Christmas city | 29th November - 24th December 2017
Featuring the 583rd Striezelmarkt and ten other Christmas markets

Every year, the various Christmas markets are strung out along the streets of the city centre. The
Striezelmarkt is by far the oldest – this year will be the 583rd. Which is the market with the most
appeal? Best come and decide for yourself.

www.dresden.de/striezelmarkt | www.dresden.de/weihnachten

Advent concert | 21st December 2017
The Dresden Kreuzchor traditionally sings the Christmas Oratorio in the Kreuzkirche, but you stand a better chance of obtaining a ticket for their performance at the Dresden Stadium.

www.kreuzchor.de

New Year’s Eve Open-Air Ball | 31st December 2017
Are we done celebrating? Not quite yet! Theaterplatz is the scene for the biggest party in the city
to ring out the old and ring in the new. Live music, dance, food and drink aplenty.

www.silvesterstadt.de