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Its tradition dates back to 1458. The approximately 300 stalls invite visitors to linger in five market areas. The range of goods is accompanied by concerts by the St. Thomas Boys Choir, performances by the tower musicians on the balcony of the Old Town Hall, Santa Claus's office hours and a festive program of activities.

To mark the founding of Auerbachs Keller, the restaurant is celebrating a three-year anniversary, with events throughout the year. The highlight of the triennium is Easter 2025, the 500th anniversary of Auerbachs Keller.

The Leipzig Book Fair and the largest European reading festival "Leipzig Reads" are the spring event for the book and media industry. Fans of comics, manga, etc. can visit the Manga Comic Convention at the same time. The Leipzig Antiquarian Book Fair is also taking place at the same time. At the last event, over 2.000 exhibitors from over 40 countries presented the spring novelties and delighted 274.000 visitors at the exhibition center and throughout the city. Norway will be the partner country in 2025.

In May 2025, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig will be dedicated to Dmitri Shostakovich and will honor him with an extensive retrospective. Under the direction of Andris Nelsons and Anna Rakitina, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a specially founded festival orchestra will perform all of Shostakovich's symphonies and solo concertos. World-class artists such as Daniil Trifonov and Baiba Skride will be performing the chamber music series. Two performances of the opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" as well as song recitals, night music, film screenings and lectures will round off the festival. The Gewandhaus Orchestra has had Shostakovich in its repertoire since 1929 and has played numerous German premieres.

Since 1997, "a cappella" has turned the city into the sound center of the vocal music scene every year. For more than a week, there are concerts with vocal groups from all corners of the a cappella world. Whether it's a genre big name, an insider tip or a young ensemble - everything that is possible with the human voice gets a stage at "a cappella". Because the festival, led by the Leipzig vocal ensemble amarcord, is just like its music: lively, exciting, diverse and with a lot of heart.

A wide variety of sporting competitions, spectacular shows, participatory activities and demonstrations will be taking place at various locations in Leipzig as part of the gymnastics festival.

The region's most popular open-air event attracts over 250.000 visitors every year. Around 150 hours of live programming on several stages, regional specialties, musical entertainment, a colorful adventure land for the youngest Leipzig fans and much more await visitors in the city center.

The Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT) has fascinated thousands of fans of the "Gothic scene" from all over the world since 1992. During the four days of the festival, visitors are offered concerts as well as a wide range of parties, performances, exhibitions and medieval markets. A highlight of the WGT is the Victorian picnic in Clara Zetkin Park.

With the Bach Festival, the city of Leipzig honors its important Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach every June. In doing so, it follows a tradition of Bach preservation that was already started by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. At the Bach Festival 2025, which takes place under the motto "Transformation", the measures for climate neutrality will be further intensified in many areas of the festival organization, including with the new price category "Climate Ticket".

Summer temperatures, a large park and good music. These are the ingredients for a successful open-air concert. The Gewandhaus Orchestra invites everyone to a free concert in Leipzig's Rosental at the end of the season. Visitors can listen to the Gewandhaus Orchestra under the open sky for two consecutive days while enjoying a relaxed picnic. This year the focus will be on Strauss.

In 2025, the wine festival will once again invite you to taste and linger at the market. Winemakers from the various wine-growing regions of Germany, but also from Austria, Hungary and Italy, will offer their wine and sparkling wine products. A stage program with music and entertainment as well as refreshments will be provided.

As part of the chamber music series, concerts will take place in the historic homes and places of work of those composers who had a decisive influence on Leipzig's musical tradition. These include Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg, Richard Wagner, and Clara and Robert Schumann.

With the peace prayer, the speech on democracy, the Leipzig Festival of Lights and other events, the first large Monday demonstration in Leipzig is commemorated every year on October 9th, which is considered the beginning of the Peaceful Revolution in the GDR.

The European Humor and Satire Festival is unique: International artists will tickle your funny bone and provide the best entertainment with their excellent humor and biting satire. The festival offers a mix of political satire, cabaret, music and sophisticated comedy.

Every year in October, military history societies from Europe gather in Leipzig and Markkleeberg to commemorate the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig. Around 2.000 participants in historical uniforms are expected to take part, who will, among other things, create bivouacs, a battle reenactment and civilian scenes.