Meissen, a town famous for both wine and porcelain, stages a wine festival every year.
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Parade marking 300 years of Meissen Porcelain
Saturday, 10-Jul-2010City Festival Dresden 2010
Tuesday, 15-Jun-2010Aug 20 – 22, 2010
The City Festival in Dresden, about two hours south of Berlin, is a colorful event with live music, ancient spectacles and activities – granting fun for the whole family.
For three days and nights various events as well as the Saxon Steam Boat Festival turn the city center of Dresden into one great party location with a
huge number of festival areas.
All concerts and events are free of charge.
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More travel information: Dresden, Saxony
International Dixieland Festival in Dresden in May 2010
Thursday, 22-Apr-2010The International Dixieland Festival in Dresden is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
From 8 to 16 May, 40 bands and solo artists from twelve countries will be entertaining the crowds. The festival‘s 60 concerts offer more than 240 hours of jazz between them, of which 100 hours will be
free of charge. Street parades, concert halls, hotels, student clubs and bars, plus famous ships on the Elbe and Dresden‘s largest open-air stage, will reverberate to singing and swing dancing.
Web: http://www.dixieland.de/
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More about Dresden: Dresden Travel
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Bach Festival Leipzig 2010
Thursday, 22-Apr-2010June 11 – 20 / Bachfest Leipzig
The 85th Bach Festival in Leipzig will take place in connection with the 200th anniversary of fellow composer Robert Schumann as well as Johannes Brahms under the motto ‘Bach,
Schumann and Brahms’.
Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms represent, in the Bach Festival program of 2010, two leading protagonists of Bach’s promotion in the 19th century. Several high-class
concerts in historic locations will highlight the works of Bach, Schumann and Brahms and their connection. Web: www.neuebachgesellschaft.de
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Travel Information: Leipzig
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