Festival Region
The Nuremberg Metropolitan Region offers a festival programme that no other region in Germany can match in quantity, variety and quality. The metropolitan region’s Culture Forum has selected 26 of approx. 250 events for their supra-regional relevance. The Culture Forum/ AG Festivals has agreed on the following three criteria to describe the characteristics of a festival:
- Held over several days
- Regularly recurring event
- Unique features, international reference, importance within the cultural sector
The majority of the big festivals are initiated and funded by the municipalities or financed substantially by public funds. Thanks to the sponsorship of BayernLB, a brochure describing 32 festivals was published; you can find the festival brochure (PDF file for download) here. In the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region, the festivals span a broad range of themes, touching on all of the areas described in this report. The following examples are representative of a long list of exceptional cultural events.
Stages everywhere you look
Friends of the stage are called on to experiment. Choose from the state opera and small alternative theatres. Music lovers can fill their diaries just as easily. Whilst they are still talking excitedly about the picnic at the Klassik Open Air, about Rock im Park or the Taubertal Festival, the Bardentreffen is just around the corner, with hundreds of buskers meeting in Nuremberg's city centre to perform their songs. Well-formulated texts are also appreciated here. For example, during Erlangen's annual poetry festival or at one of the numerous poetry slams that take place in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region's arts centres and pubs. Tip: With the Entdeckerpass (discovery pass), you can visit numerous leisure attractions in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region once a year for free or at substantially discounted admission charges. Find art and culture tips at www.mehrwertzone.net
Celebrating festivities
We love to celebrate events in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region. You can see this from the many yearly festivities that often have a long-standing tradition. Every season of the year has its own highlights, and every city, town, or countie has a special insider's tip: for example, Neustadt a.d. Aisch swings, Bamberg performs magic, Weiden dreams, and Kronach shines lights.
Let yourself be tempted into discovering more than 150 festivities in the region, and you will always find a reason to celebrate.
