There is a great artistic tradition in classical Jewish music. This includes great names like Mendelssohn, Mahler, or Offenbach. In addition, there are wonderful works by lesser-known composers.
Helene Liebmann, the namesake of the trio, is a discovery from around 1800. Ernst Bloch, Erwin Schulhoff, and Paul Schönfield create a new musical language of modernity from the Jewish tradition. Works by the young violinist and composer Roman Padlewski, who was murdered in the Warsaw Ghetto, as well as the composer Anna Segal and the composer Don Jaffé are now heard in major concert halls.
With works by the mentioned composers, the Liebmann Trio, featuring Monica Gutman, Ramón Jaffé, and Gernot Süsmuth, will present an exciting concert evening.

Photo: © WestfalenClassics e.V.

Doors open: 19:30.

Fireman Sam LIVE! - Adventure on Dino Island

Children's hero Fireman Sam returns with a brand-new show: Adventure on Dino Island. Recently, ancient dinosaur bones were found on the island of Pontypandy. The mischievous Norman is thrilled: it means that real dinosaurs lived on the island! Together with his best friend Mandy, he sets out to find more evidence and risks his own life in the process. Fireman Sam and his friends Elvis, Jenny, and Commander Steel must take action to ensure that the young adventurers are safe.

Fireman Sam Live: Adventure on Dino Island is an exhilarating show full of singing, dancing, and exciting rescue missions!

Doors open at 3:30 pm.

Monster beauty: In its musical highlight "Beauty and the Beast," the Theater Liberi impressively tells the touching story of true love. Emotional original compositions and lots of poetry, together with wit and emotion, take the audience into the world of this enchanting fairy tale - a live experience for the whole family!

Romantic musical show in a fairytale setting
The Theater Liberi, known for its imaginative musicals, presents the French folk tale in a contemporary and entertaining version. A well-trained ensemble captivates the audience with diverse choreographies set to romantic ballads and catchy songs with hit potential. A fairytale setting is created on stage: the versatile stage design alternates between Belle's home and the enchanted castle, which sparkles in competition with the dreamy costumes.

When love defeats the curse
For centuries, people have been telling the tale of Beauty and the Beast and the power of their love, which is so strong that it can even break a curse. A curse that has transformed the prince into a terrifying beast. When one day a poor merchant wanders into the castle garden and picks a rose, the Beast demands a high price for it. From then on, the youngest daughter Belle must live in the enchanted castle. Belle's initial fear quickly gives way to curiosity when she discovers that behind the Beast's tough exterior lies a soft core, and that she can even laugh and dance with him. Yet Belle is torn because she has many questions: What is the deal with the mysterious prince in the mirror? And why are these enchanted beings in the castle? Belle embarks on a search for answers...

Age: from 4 years
Duration: 2 hours including a 20-minute intermission

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As a teenager, he already had something up his sleeve and became German Champion of Card Magic for the first time at the age of 18. After 6 more titles and various international awards, Helge Thun successfully distracted himself with comedy for two decades from the art of wonders. But no matter if it was Theatersport, Helge & das Udo, Comedy Stube, Reim gewinnt! or TauschRausch - secretly the magic magician, trickster, and keeper of secrets continued to work on his own trick creations.

And now he is close! And indeed close to the audience! Because the more direct it is in front of the nose, the more the geThunten Trix lead the audience around exactly this! Casually chatting and shaken out of his sleeve with a light hand, it’s finally Staunemann & Sons again! Here you will find honest, homemade nonsense and guaranteed no mentalist bullshit!

So: on your fingers, ready, go! Let the dice fall and the cup games begin! Let the seven money miracles arise! Let us not trust our eyes, but rub them skeptically! Let us laugh, be amazed, and curse with joy! Let us fold the marked gambling cards and be as free as a magician! And if it helps, we can talk about it afterwards.

Doors open: 7:00 PM

The main building of the State Kunsthalle Karlsruhe is closed for extensive renovation. However, significant parts of the collection are now visible to the public again – as guests at the ZKM | Karlsruhe.

The Kunsthalle showcases paintings and sculptures spanning from the late Middle Ages to the present on around 2000 sqm – a cross-section of the collection featuring popular masterpieces by Matthias Grünewald and Hans Baldung Grien, by Rembrandt, Rubens, and Chardin, by Cézanne, Gauguin, and Beckmann, Max Ernst, René Magritte, and Joan Miró, as well as works by Gerhard Richter, Pia Fries, and Karin Sander.

It has never been so cool to have a "makke": The quartet from Kassel delights its audience with an exciting mix of sparkling acoustic pop, groovy beats, captivating melancholy, and unconventional soundscapes full of surprises. Sometimes the bass sounds distorted, before a homemade kazoo cheekily and melodiously heralds the next song, which will certainly get heads and feet swaying along.

But even with calm songs where the multi-part vocals float over the sounds of cello, acoustic guitar, and percussions, makke captivates the audience. The German lyrics speak their own language - full of personal stories, insights, and life experiences.

Thus, every concert becomes an exciting journey, from which one returns happy and with many new images in mind...

Lineup:
Martina Braun: drums, percussions
Christian Löck: bass, cello, vocals
Martin Frobel-Akar: guitar, vocals
Dierk Püster: vocals, keyboard, percussions

Doors open one hour before the start

We are the AGENCY FOR NEW UTOPIAS and we appear where architecturally conceived utopias are threatened by demolition or decay. Here in Mannheim, we have been accompanying the Collini Center since summer, gathering remnants of stone-built visions and sampling them in bites and offerings. The results will be sold over the counter in December. We invite you to a market. A trade with Collini souvenirs, a clearance of greeting cards, and drinks infused with utopia.

Explore with us the dark side of Osnabrück and learn all about executioners, knackers, and other night creatures. On this city tour, you will travel through the dark past of Osnabrück's history and discover historical cases that once truly occurred in the city along the Hase River. Accompany the gravedigger over the oldest cemetery in the city and uncover the scenes of some dark crimes. From crooks and rogues to murderers and serious criminals…

The tour lasts 2 hours and ends at Vitischanze (Vitihof 15A, 49074 Osnabrück).

Our tours take place in any wind and weather. Sturdy footwear and bringing a flashlight is highly recommended, as the tour leads through uneven terrain and some dark passages!

No tickets available here

Event information for ticket buyers:

- Seating: Please take your seats at least 15 minutes before the game starts
- Mobile phones: Please set your mobile phones to silent and do not use flash
- Access to the hall: Access to the hall is prohibited during a played set
- Bringing food and drinks to the event is prohibited

Additional information for the VIP area:

Opening hours of the VIP area:
- 90 minutes before the game starts
- During the 20-minute break
- After the game ends
- Important: The VIP area remains closed during the game time

These guidelines are intended to ensure that all guests can enjoy the event in a pleasant and disturbance-free atmosphere. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Hall entrance: 90 minutes before the game starts

Eight Classical Concerts

Tickets may still be available at local box offices or at the door.

The Christmas Edition
Hit songs & fun
with Andy Borg during the Christmas season!

Hit songs and fun with Andy Borg, the latest successful tour from THOMANN Management, will continue with new guests not only in 2024. Also during the Christmas season, Andy Borg presents three special editions: Hit songs & fun with Andy Borg during the Christmas season. Together with his guests, he brings the fun to the halls of Germany and celebrates hits from another world - and this time in a Christmas spirit. His guests for the Christmas edition: Olaf, the Flipper, and Pia Malo.
Countless hits like "The famous three words", "Adios Amor", or "The fishermen from San Juan" are the soundtrack of a unique musical career that distinguishes Andy Borg as the personified Evergreen on the European music stage. Quick-witted, witty, and rarely at a loss for words, Andy Borg is celebrating his 40th stage anniversary this year.
Olaf, the Flipper, represents German music history. With his band "Die Flippers", he filled halls and arenas across the country for almost five decades. Over 250,000 people alone saw the farewell tour of the three exceptional artists. Since 2012, Olaf, the Flipper, has been thrilling his fans as a solo artist. With hits such as "Lotus Flower", "Mona Lisa", "The Red Sun of Barbados", "Thousand Red Roses", etc., the entertainer knows how to get his audience on their feet.
What is very important at Christmas? Of course, family. That is why Andy also invites Pia Malo. The daughter of Olaf, the Flipper, has stepped out of the shadow of her famous father and recently celebrated the anniversaries of 30 years on stage and 10 years as a solo artist in her successful career. Perhaps there will also be some duets with her father during the Christmas season? We would say: not unlikely.
A concentrated dose of hit songs and a large portion of atmospheric Christmas vibes, promising one thing above all: fun and pre-Christmas spirit!
Secure your tickets for this special evening.

Doors open: 5:00 pm

Christmas - actually a birthday like any other, only the birthday child rarely comes by to buy a round. In his successful program "Krippenblues," Frank Goosen deals with the contemplative, but above all with the less contemplative sides of this holiday.

When does Christmas actually start?
Isn't the pre-Christmas period always being pulled further towards late summer?
Is decorating the Christmas tree really a man's job?
Isn't Brussels sprouts as a side dish for the Christmas roulades covered by the ban on biological weapons?

Drawing from his extensive wealth of experience after five decades as someone traumatized by Christmas: formerly the center of attention at the festival as an only child, now just the man who gets to operate the camera while his own children unwrap the rich gifts. Previously Christmas with grandma, grandpa, Uncle Paul, and Aunt Anni, today a "Party for Jesus" in the modern children's service. Perhaps after this evening, you will see Christmas decorations in living room windows in a different light or show more understanding towards your stressed bookseller during the Christmas season.

Entry into the venue: 7:00 PM

Staged reading with Irene Christ and Johannes Hallervorden

Ruthlessness and arrogance are attributed to Scrooge - a successful businessman in the financial sector - in London’s city. He has only disdain for his poorer fellow human beings. But then, on a lonely Christmas night, three spirits appear to him… and teach him not just about fear. Dickens’ beautiful Christmas story about responsibility and compassion as a staged reading filled with suspense, humor, and enchanting moments!!

As a wonderful understanding of human nature, Charles Dickens created a
classic in the 19th century.

Johannes Hallervorden and Irene Christ tell the famous Christmas story
excitingly and humorously as a staged reading with music – and enchanting moments.

Welcome to the realm of knowledge in the Baroque era: Stepping onto creaking floorboards into the quiet grandeur of our historical library hall, one is immediately enveloped by the collective knowledge of the Early Modern period. Like stage sets in a Baroque theater, the original bookshelves jut into the space, housing around 50,000 books from all fields of knowledge. Behind unassuming book spines lie remarkable treasures, such as the first German Bible printed in America.

At the end of the 17th century, the orphanage's library was established as one of the first public libraries in Germany. Primarily through donations, book exchanges, and their own publications, the library grew so rapidly that within a few years, it was comparable to significant German university libraries. In 1728, it received its own building, which is considered the oldest surviving secular library structure in Germany. Not only in recent times has the library been visited by guests and researchers from around the world: Albrecht von Haller, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe all admired its bibliophilic treasures. We present a selection of them for you in rotating cabinet exhibitions in the former reading room of the library.

10 am - 5 pm

The Art and Natural History Chamber is considered the oldest German museum room. It was established by August Hermann Francke for educational purposes and is now once again set up according to the original museum concept of the 18th century in its historical location in the attic of the Historical Orphanage.

Eighteen richly decorated collection cabinets house approximately 3000 natural specimens, curiosities, and artifacts. They provide a unique impression of a Baroque cabinet of curiosities. Unlike modern museums, the chamber follows an encyclopedic collecting approach. A distinction is made between natural specimens and artifacts. The natural specimens are divided into rocks, plants, and animals, while the artifacts are categorized into visual arts, calligraphy, coins, everyday culture, and clothing. The goal was to create a mirror image of the world: a microcosm that made the macrocosm as the wonderful creation of God tangible.

In a series of events, art projects take place around the Art and Natural History Chamber. In the so-called "Contemporary Reflections on the Art and Natural History Chamber," foundations invite artists to engage in an artistic dialogue with the chamber.

Detailed information

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm

Palace-like, the orphanage rises on Franckeplatz. Then as now, it is the centerpiece of the Francke Foundations. Erected in 1698 as the first building of the school city, it represents a new facet of European Baroque, combining confident representation without extravagant ornamentation and setting the tone for orphanage architecture.

Today, the orphanage is our museum and cultural center. Right from the start, two permanent exhibitions guide you through the history of the foundation and the global impact of Pietism. On the first floor, the former prayer and singing hall surprises with its bright architecture. Today, it enjoys an excellent reputation as a concert hall due to its fantastic acoustics. In the adjacent conference rooms, a photo exhibition showcases the impressive renovation work since the foundations were reestablished in 1991. The second floor is reserved for our changing special exhibitions, which provide insight into important themes of the foundation's history from both a historical and contemporary perspective. Passing through the art and natural history collections in the attic, you reach the balcony via a narrow wooden staircase. Here, a wide view opens up over the impressive ensemble with school buildings from three centuries. There is also a splendid panorama of the Old Town of Halle from here. In the basement, children can explore their own paths in the Krokoseum.

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM