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Baden-Württemberg is simply unbeatable when it comes to cultural offerings. The state capital itself is venue to highlight after highlight throughout the year.

The Stuttgart Baroque Days open the festival season every spring. Many bright new talents have sparkled at the ECLAT Festival Neue Musik celebrating contemporary music. The Stuttgart music festival by the International Bach Academy Stuttgart is a must for Bach lovers from all over the world. The jazzopen Stuttgart provides treats for jazz fans and many other music lovers. The extraordinary young pianist Lang Lang, who has already captivated sold-out audiences on major stages of the biggest cities of the world, also played to mass crowds at the jazzopen. Visitors stream into the capital from near and far to enjoy the International Organ Summer. The SWR New Pop Festival in Baden-Baden is known far beyond the city and state borders. An entire city rolls out the red carpet for one and all.

Lang Lang bei den Jazzopen in Stuttgart

Lang Lang at the Jazzopen in Stuttgart

Freilichtspiele in Schwäbisch Hall

Freilichtspiele in Schwäbisch Hall

SWR New Pop Festival in Baden-Baden

SWR New Pop Festival in Baden-Baden

The Schwetzinger Festspiele has been presenting classical music in a modern international framework since May 1952, and continues to attract music lovers from all regions. The Classic Open Air Concert with final reworks draws aahs and oohs from the audience on the castle grounds at the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele. This festival, founded in 1932, is one of the oldest German festivals. The annual open-air festival in Schwäbisch Hall, founded in 1925, also boasts a long tradition.The list of popular events cannot exclude the well-known staging of world literature: ‘Götz von Berlichingen’, based on the play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, performed during the Burgfestspiele in the castle fortress of Jagsthausen.

Great names of the German political cabaret such as Mathias Richling, Thomas Freitag and Christoph Sonntag celebrated their first successes on the little stage of the Renitenz theatre. Strotmanns Magic Lounge, Germany’s most exclusive address for magic shows, is the first close-up theatre where visitors are seated in a semicircle only six rows deep. Although the magician is so close, the secrets behind their astounding tricks remain a mystery. The World Christmas Circus has become a beloved and dependable winter guest performance in Stuttgart. More than 100,000 visitors have seen ‘Germany’s largest international circus event’. First-class entertainment paired with exquisite culinary delights awaits visitors in the wondrous atmosphere of the Palazzo. Prize-winning acrobatics and culinary delicacies delight visitors.

Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele

Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele

STROTMANNS Magic Lounge

STROTMANNS Magic Lounge

Mary Poppins, Stage Entertainment

Mary Poppins, Stage Entertainment