Whether it is a major event like the Potsdam night of castles, stunt shows at Babelsberg Film Park or festivals and classical concerts – Brandenburg offers an abundance of cultural events, which inspire tourists from all over the world year after year. Use our event search (in English) to find current events to suit you.

5th-15th March
The German-Polish music festival days on the River Oder are the most significant music festival of East Brandenburg and the richest in tradition. In the course of the festival, which is dedicated in 2010 to Frédéric Chopin’s 200th birthday in a special focus, a total of 32 cross-genre events move between dream worlds and imagination, flights of fancy of artistic imagination and far-reaching vision.

7th February - 25th April
Painting, objects, graphics from the collection of the Frankfurt (Oder) Museum Junge Kunst (museum of modern art)
From 1990, the collection had its focus on art from the Federal Republic of Germany and from Poland. The works are of different styles, including works of constructive, tangible, abstract, minimalist or informal art. Since 1991, the museum no longer presents a permanent exhibition, but a new exhibition is conceived from a different aspect every year - this year it is on abstract trends.

13th March
Robert Schumann’s Second Symphony connects with Beethoven’s symphonic work. It is a dramatic composition that is based on a never decreasing impetus. Arnold Schönberg was also a great admirer of Beethoven. The expressiveness of his music, which is developed to its utmost, caused him to introduce a singing voice into the instrumental genre of the string quartet – as Beethoven had once concluded his Ninth Symphony with a vocal movement.

19th March
The former industrial building in Cottbus "Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk" is an attractive location for a quite special night of salsa. Then, there is salsa music for dancing, watching and enjoying, from 20.00 hours with a “taster hour” for the inexperienced and, from 21.00 hours, a big salsa party with a show programme.

19th March
The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra presents its new CD ”Evergreens in Swing“ in Potsdam. In addition to the renowned pieces of music by Glenn Miller, it also comprises unforgettable melodies of the big band era and film melodies of that time. Absolutely rocking and rhythmic pieces of music alternate with romantic titles and this in the unique style of the forties - the style of the great traditional big bands.

20th March
Potsdam’s jungle landscape invites anyone who wishes to experience the inimitable nocturnal aura of this little paradise. Visitors stroll through the rain forest on paths illuminated by candlelight and experience the incomparable atmosphere of a tropical night. Let yourself be enchanted by the sounds, the fragrances and colours of the exotic primeval forest and enjoy this unique atmosphere in agreeable temperatures of 23°C to 28°C.

26th March
You quite certainly imagine a typical accordionist to be different. The violent and unleashed way of playing of the exceptional Finnish artist Kimmo Pohjonen has an effect on highly sensitive dispositions, as if he would strangle his instrument before their eyes. He does not just play the accordion, he celebrates it like no other person. And thus the catchphrase of the “Jimi Hendrix of the accordion” also inadequately describes Pohjonen, the phenomenon. With live loops and sample effects, he and his musicians mix usual sounds of the accordion and string quartet to be spectacular sound characteristics reinforced by light effects, whose fascination you cannot evade.

27th March
One of the quietest instruments from the family of keyboard instruments - the clavichord - invites you to listen meticulously in the hall of mirrors of Schloss Rheinsberg (castle). It is one of the oldest stringed keyboard instruments and emerged from the monochord, which was a measuring and demonstration instrument during ancient times.

Until 31st October 2010
In countless families, the Sandman is still one of the most important figures in a toddler’s life. Every evening, the television figure brings back from its journeys a story and sand (for the toddlers’ eyes) for the sake of sweet dreams and a good sleep. In the extensive Sandman exhibition on the occasion of its 50th birthday, all generations will find their own “very personal” Sandman again in the Film Museum Potsdam and start a conversation with each other.