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Leipzig Christmas Market | Leipzig 24 Nov - 22 Dec 2009 (annual) Leipzig is full of the joys of Christmas, with festive entertainment and a mammoth market to vie with Germany's best. Hundreds of trees and fairy lights illuminate the Market Square for the Leipzig Christmas Market. |
Leipzig Book Fair | Messe 18 - 21 Mar 2010 (annual) Publishers from Germany and abroad present their newest releases and introduce the authors at the city's Messe during the Leipzig Book Fair. Readings, lectures, discussions and awards celebrations provide bookworms with plenty to do. |
Leipzig Beer Fair | Leipzig Jun 2010 (annual) Fans of the amber liquid can drink to their hearts' content at the annual Leipzig Beer Fair (Leipziger Bierbörse), when the space in front of the Völkerschlachtdenkmal is transformed into Saxony's largest open-air beer festival. |
Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta | Leipzig Jul - Aug 2010 (annual) Almost 100,000 spectators head to Leipzig to check out the silent spectacle of a sky filled with beautiful balloons at the Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta. One of the highlights of the event is an amazing night-flight over the nearby lake. |
Games Convention Online | Messe Jul - Aug 2010 (annual) Have you ever wondered what the next big breakthrough in computer games will be? Find out at the Games Convention Online at the Leipzig Messe. Meet the people behind your favourite games and play new ones before they're even released. |
International Leipzig Festival For Documentary And Animated Film | Leipzig Oct - Nov 2010 (annual) The International Leipzig Festival For Documentary And Animated Film focuses on Africa in 2009. It features a special programme on the 20th anniversary of the peaceful revolution and a retrospective of the great documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens. |
Leipzig on the Way to a Peaceful Revolution | Museum in the "Runde Ecke" 15 Jan - 31 Dec 2009 Leipzig's Museum in the "Runde Ecke" commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall that split Germany into East and West. Leipzig on the Way to a Peaceful Revolution reflects on 45 years of opposition against Communist dictatorship. |
Leipzig City Festival | Leipzig Jun 2010 (annual) Leipzig City Festival entertains with a host of street artists, musicians and performers. Stages are set up all over town, but the main action takes place on the central Marktplatz square, which also has a beer garden and local specialities. |
Leipzig Bach Festival | Leipzig 10 - 20 Jun 2010 (annual) Leipzig celebrates its adopted son with concerts of Bach pieces at the Leipzig Bach Festival. This was where the composer spent the last 27 years of his life (from 1723 to 1750) as organist, choirmaster and director of music at St Thomas Church. |
Leipzig Jazz Days | Leipzig Aug 2010 (annual) The Leipzig Jazz Days bring together artists from many genres in a festival that mirrors the diversity of the jazz scene. A meeting point for musicians from eastern and western Europe and beyond, concerts take place at venues across the city. |
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