Various locations - Asparagus Festivals
Asparagus is Germany's "King of Vegetables" and its harvest is an eagerly anticipated sign of spring. Every year the asparagus season is celebrated with the asparagus festivals where creative and traditional asparagus treats will be presented by local and international exhibitors. Two of the most popular are the festivals held in Schweztingen and Buechenau. Apr 06 - Apr 15
Bayreuth - Bayreuth Easter Festival
Concerts by the International Young Orchestra Academy from classic to jazz performed in the Margravial Opera House and other historic venues.
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Apr 18 - Apr 22
Cologne - Art Cologne
Germany's leading art fair on the Cologne exhibition ground showing a comprehensive overview of 20th and 21st-century art - from classical modernism to the very latest contemporary works now becomes a spring fair. It serves as international market where artists and connoisseurs from all over the world meet to inform themselves about the latest art movements and to by and sell.
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Apr 21 - May 23
Stuttgart - Spring Beer Festival
Stuttgart Spring Beer Festival is by far the largest and most popular festival of its kind in Europe. Every year large numbers of visitors flock to this mammoth 23-day event.
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Apr 27 - Oct 14
Gera/ Ronneburg - Federal State Garden Exhibition
For the first time ever, the garden show is presenting two contrasting areas: Courtly Meadow Park (Hofwiesenpark) in Gera and New Landscape (Neue Landschaft) in Ronneburg. The program offers magnificent floral displays and fantastic landscapes as well as music, dance, opera and operetta.
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Apr 27 - May 20
Cologne - MusikTriennale
Every three years, Cologne opens its doors for weeks of concerts as wide-ranging and eclectic in taste as you could wish for. Between Easter and Whitsuntide, the entire city of Cologne will celebrate the MusikTriennale, which will showcase the astonishing richness and diversity of music supported by an illustrious array of highly acclaimed artists. Contemporary, classical, world music, chamber and song recitals, children's concerts, musicals, opera and music theatre are all included in over 150 events which fill the city with music all day, every day!
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Apr 28 - May 28
Lake Bodensee - International Bodensee Festival
The International Bodensee Festival takes place for a month around the Bodensee lake in south-west Germany and offers a colorful range of concerts, literary events, exhibitions and theatre performances. This year's theme is 'Fairy tails, Myths und Legends'.
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