The ensemble The String Company was founded around the turn of the millennium from the Thuringian folk scene. The three founding members Reinhard Schwalbe (violin), Frank Truckenbrodt (guitar), and Lev Guzman (viola) performed together with other musicians at the monthly folk gatherings. Quickly, the idea for a joint ensemble matured that brings Russian music from the Usbekistan-born violist Lev Guzman, Klezmer, as well as Celtic folk songs and American swing and jazz to the stage. The trio made its debut with concerts in churches and at private celebrations.
In 2008, experienced double bassist and orchestral musician Friedemann Seifert-Henkel joined the band. Since 2014, the band's repertoire has further evolved with the singer Marion Minkus: Numerous vocal pieces now shape the ensemble's profile, with a focus on developing multi-part singing as well. In addition, the band was able to play more and more concerts and expand their reach across Germany. Meanwhile, the ensemble has become an integral part of the Thuringian folk and Klezmer scene, performing in Jewish communities and churches throughout Germany, and is a regular guest at the ACHAVA Festival Thuringia as well as the Jazz Mile Thuringia.

Lamarotte - the audience favorites of the International Dixieland Festival Dresden are now coming to the Rödersaal for the first time.

The Brass band, founded in 1974, quickly developed its own style with a distinctive sound. The repertoire consists of a mix of Dixieland and Old style Jazz. The popular jazz band from the Netherlands presents their music excellently, which was previously arranged by them superbly. As a result of the combination of great songs and superb entertainment, Lamarotte is a sought-after jazz and Dixie band at national and international jazz festivals.

The "Flying Dutchmen" will play on 11.10.2024 from 7:30 pm for a hearty Dixie evening and will heat up the Rödersaal in Großröhrsdorf properly.

Those who miss out on the "Jazz with a twinkle in the eye" have only themselves to blame! Alongside lively Dixieland, mischievous humor is on the agenda, which is at least as well seasoned as genuine Dutch cheese.

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Doors open at 6:30 pm for the hall.

On the occasion of our anniversary "25 years House of Books", we invite you to exclusive shopping and browsing after store hours. Until 10 PM, you can make yourselves comfortable in our bookstore and spend a wonderful evening with us.

The wine tasting includes the tasting of 8 Saxon white and red wines as well as a sparkling wine. I will also serve white bread and cheese cubes.
In addition to an introduction to the individual wine varieties, you will also gain insight into the history of the Saxon wine-growing region as well as interesting facts about wine production.
You should plan about 3 hours for the wine tasting. If you would like to eat in our winery before the tasting, please arrive accordingly earlier. During the tasting, the kitchen will no longer be available.

À la carte dining is only possible until the start of the wine tasting. Please make a separate reservation for this.

Event is fully booked

Before I forget

After his 50 years at the Herkuleskeule, he is often referred to as a stalwart of cabaret, which he doesn't like because it sounds as if "I had already been there at the Big Bang". During the presentation of his book "Before I Forget", there were standing ovations. After the premiere, the DNN called him a "clairvoyant analyst and formulating artist". "Some of my texts," he says, "only come to life when they are performed." That's why he brings Birgit Schaller to his side, who is celebrated in her solo programs as a "comedic singing full-bodied woman". An evening with a rollercoaster of pure cheerfulness and quiet melancholy. The SZ called Birgit and Wolfgang Schaller the "dream couple of German cabaret. He gives her the best texts and she gilds them on stage."
"Before I Forget" has been published as a book by Eulenspiegel Verlag and is available signed at the Herkuleskeule. Dieter Hildebrandt assured him his "esteem" and wished him "the lasting trust of his followers, to which I belong." Werner Schneyder saw in him a "torn between dreamed utopia and reality, between defiance and resignation, between steadfastness and concern", and Peter Ensikat called his satire "one where the fun stops being harmless." In his 51 years as an author at the Dresdner Kabarett Herkuleskeule and 30 years as a columnist for the Sächsische Zeitung, Wolfgang Schaller became one of the most well-known authors. Some of his cabaret texts and columns have long since become cult. Awarded with the Satire Star on the Walk of Fame of Cabaret in 2009 and as Dresdner of the Year in 2018, Schaller is giving himself a gift with this book, and the publisher is confident that for the readers who buy the book, it is also one.

In celebration of our anniversary "25 Years House of Books", we invite you to an exclusive shopping and browsing event after closing time. Until 10 PM, you can make yourselves comfortable in our bookstore and spend a wonderful evening with us.

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Discover the most important highlights of Dresden in the most beautiful way during a 30-minute carriage ride.

The half-hour tour will take you from the meeting point at Dresden Castle Square (directly at the carriage) along the Elbe River, past the Brühl's Terrace and the Frauenkirche. The round ends at the starting point, passing through Schießgasse, Postplatz, and Theaterplatz. You will see the most important highlights of Dresden's city center.

Please arrive at the meeting point 10 minutes before the event starts.

Remaining tickets if available at phone 0351-8336000

Experience the unique cultural landscape of Moritzburg with the famous hunting lodge during a carriage ride. All rides take place with 2 horsepower. If there is enough snow, the ride can also be done with a sled.

The one-hour tour leads around the Moritzburg Castle, past the electoral forest inn, the pheasant castle with the cute lighthouse, and then back to the starting point. The coachman will eloquently explain the attractions to you. You can expect a wonderful tour where you will see all the highlights of Moritzburg.

Please arrive at the meeting point 10 minutes before the event starts.

For remaining tickets, please call 0351-8336000

Discover the most important highlights of Dresden in the most beautiful way
during a 60-minute carriage ride

The one-hour tour will take you from the meeting point Dresden Castle Square (right at the carriage) via the Terrassenufer, Brühl's Terrace, Frauenkirche, Schießgasse, and Postplatz. You will then enjoy a ride around the Zwinger, turn onto Ostraallee, and drive parallel to the Elbe to Theaterplatz. The tour ends at the starting point, Dresden Castle Square.

You can expect a wonderful tour where you will see all the tourist highlights of the Dresden city center.

Please arrive at the meeting point 10 minutes before the start of the event.

Remaining tickets possibly available by calling 0351-8336000

With his debut album "Who is the guy?", Batomae responded in 2023 to the question of what defines him as an artist. In addition to his own songs, which have garnered several million streams on Spotify and YouTube, the multi-instrumentalist and songwriter has collaborated with stars like Wincent Weiss ("Be Music", platinum award), Namika ("Nador", gold award), Sebastian Fitzek ("Playlist" title track for the bestselling book of the same name) and many other artists. In 2024, Batomae is "On the Search for Love". With great songs and unique arrangements, he repeatedly manages to reach the hearts of his listeners. Batomae's music generates melodies from personal experiences and paints pictures of situations he has lived or witnessed himself. His words strike straight to the soul and remain there like a glimmer of hope in the gray everyday life. In the summer of 2024, Batomae will be touring across Germany with the band PUR on their "Personal – Under the Open Sky" concerts. In October 2024, he will embark on his own headliner tour "On the Search for Love" with his band and new music, to experience unparalleled evenings together with his fans.

Doors: 7:00 PM

Unfortunately, the event has been canceled.

Want to catch a whiff of studio air? Then come to us! Paint on the easel and on canvas. Create your own colors in our color kitchen.

Duration: 2 hours | Age: from 6 years old

A journey with Nora Thiele and The Playfords from the earliest instrumental music of Europe to "hits" of the 16th and 17th centuries, to modern ambient music and improvisation.

The percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Nora Thiele constantly challenges boundaries between styles and eras in her artistic work. Highly virtuosic as a soloist or in ensemble, she consistently succeeds in making continuities and developments within a music history of rhythm palpable. Her internationally acclaimed concert and outreach projects operate on the conviction that old and new music are intimately close to each other in the moment of music-making, as sounding music always takes place in the now.
Together with The Playfords, Nora Thiele draws from the beauty and richness of European early music for her Carte Blanche concert as part of the HEINRICH SCHÜTZ MUSIKFEST 2024, which also inspired Heinrich Schütz back in the day. For over 20 years, delving into music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Early Baroque, as well as the art of historical drum accompaniment, has been a central aspect of her work. This unique program incorporates both scholarly and performance practical insights: Nora Thiele presents favorite pieces strongly influenced by rhythm and dance. In dialogue with The Playfords, she creates a continuum from early Western music through the time of Heinrich Schütz to the present - historically informed and always seeking the developmental and transformative potential of cultural heritage in the present.

Libretto by Charles Amberg and F. Maregg | Music by Nico Dostal | Text version by Peter Lund

A glamorous American film diva, an exotic location somewhere in South America, and a producer with deep pockets: Cue the start of a dazzling screen revue - all focused on Clivia! However, problems start to pile up. Not only does the lead actor mysteriously drop out, but the crew is also denied entry to Boliguay. Promptly, Clivia recruits a local as a fake husband and playing partner. But when he turns out to be an incognito revolutionary leader, the stage sets crumble, and a cinematic drama unfolds involving political intrigues and the secret feelings of the film stars.

With Clivia, Nico Dostal captures the tone of swing-inspired entertainment music of the early 1930s, which also ensured him a successful career in Nazi Germany. Amidst waltz-swirling love duets and southern color palette including Paso Doble and Tango, director Peter Lund juggles with the clichés of operetta and turns their conflicts over natural resources and abuse of power in the global South into the explosive material of his staging.

 

Fascinating circus-like figure, body, and movement theater full of profound images. The toxic plant genus Mandrake (Mandragora) was once attributed magical properties due to its special root form, which resembles the human figure. Here, it serves as the basis for an artistic exploration of discrimination, experiences of violence, and the exclusion of homosexuals.

For this production, the puppeteer Jan Jedenak collaborated for the first time with Al Seed, the renowned "King of Physical Theatre" from Scotland, thus expanding the aesthetic tools and narrative techniques of puppet theater with unique body and movement techniques of Physical Theatre.

Jan Jedenak studied puppetry at the Department of Puppet Theatre at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart and Theater, Film, and Media Studies at the University of Vienna. Since 2011, he has worked as a freelance theater director and puppeteer nationally and internationally, collaborating with artists from various fields such as music, dance, performing arts, and puppetry. Guest performances with his own productions and collaborations have taken him to international festivals in France, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Finland, Estonia, and Israel. In 2015, he won the Fritz Wortelmann Prize from Fidena and the city of Bochum for the production "SEANCE / Sequences that interpret the Invisible" (in the category of young professionals).

Concept and performance: Jan Jedenak | Director: Al Seed | Dramaturgy: Jonas Klinkenberg | Music: Julian Siffert | Set design & construction: Heinrich Hesse, Jan Jedenak | Light: Nadja Weber | Acrobatics Coaching: Andrew Scordilis | Outside Eye: Li Kemme | Co-production with FITZ Stuttgart and studiobühne Köln (studiobuehnekoeln.de) | Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Stuttgart through the State Association of Freelance Dance and Theater Artists Baden-Württemberg e.V. from resources of the Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg and the Performing Arts Fund from resources of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR.

Duration: approx. 50 mins.

The dome ascent is spatially and organizationally separated from the church tour. We would like to point out that the construction of the Frauenkirche deviates from current building regulations. Due to the dangers, children up to 12 years are only allowed to ascend the dome accompanied by adult supervisors. We recommend undertaking the dome ascent only in good health: do not do so if you suffer from fear of heights or confined spaces, limitations of the musculoskeletal system, respiratory diseases, or visual impairment, and only with sturdy footwear. Alcohol-intoxicated individuals are not allowed to ascend the dome. Smoking and open flames are prohibited both on the way to the viewing platform and on the viewing platform itself. It is strictly forbidden to throw objects from the viewing platform. It is imperative to follow the instructions of the supervisors and the church guide. Parents are liable for their children. The dome ascent is at your own risk. The dome ascent is weather-dependent. In case of icing on the viewing platform or a wind force above 6, the ascent is not possible.

Meeting point: Entrance G (northeastern entrance) of the Frauenkirche.
Please understand that participation in the tour cannot be guaranteed if you are late.
Please bring your ticket and show it to the church guide at the start of the tour.
The organizer of the tours is the Kuppelaufstieg Frauenkirche Dresden GmbH. They are your contracting party for the conduct of the tours. The Frauenkirche Foundation and the Kuppelaufstieg Frauenkirche Dresden GmbH do not assume any liability for possible damages.

Please understand that participation cannot be guaranteed in case of delays.

As a bartender and spirits expert, Norbert Ernst is frequently asked:
"What comes after the whiskey and gin craze?" He firmly believes it's rum.
So let's focus on this topic tonight and try some rum or "rum" for that matter.

Like almost every spirit, the subject of rum is extremely versatile, making it really difficult to summarize in a tasting session. However, Norbert Ernst has been running a cocktail catering business for 18 years, alongside a cocktail bar for nine years, and is well-versed in rum. He will discuss the raw materials, production techniques, and in the last two tasting samples, he will focus on barrel maturation and aging, highlighting significant differences. The goal is to gain a new awareness so that the next purchase will be the right rum, tailored to one's own taste. And who knows, maybe one of the varieties he presents will become your new favorite rum...
An entertaining evening full of information, some 'aha' moments, entertainment, and of course, rum in many facets - essentially supervised drinking.

There will be a break in between.

Small hall

"The classic among city tours with live moderation"
a 90-minute public city tour through Dresden

Traveling in a 4m high double-decker bus, you will experience the sights of Dresden in a unique way. The "Grand City Tour" is moderated live. You will see the lively Dresden East, the Blue Wonder, the Großer Garten, the baroque and the outer Neustadt, Pfund's Dairy, the three Elbe palaces, and much more.

including a visit to Pfund's Dairy (approx. 15 min)
including coffee to go
including city map of Dresden

The ticket is valid for the selected booking day. Your seats are reserved for 11:00 a.m. (departure time). If you wish to depart at a different time, please arrange the change directly with our partner "Dresdner Stadtrundfahrt - Die Roten Doppeldecker GmbH." The phone number is: 0351-4940404.

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© Dresdner Stadtrundfahrt - Die Roten Doppeldecker GmbH

Please arrive at the meeting point 10 minutes before the start of the event.

Admission: 7:00 PM