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.

16th/17th July
Two evenings for great emotions – four internationally experienced pyrotechnicians will turn the nocturnal sky above the State capital into an unforgettable sea of colours and sound impressions. Accompanied by enthralling songs of musical history, you will be able to experience breathtaking and spectacular pyrotechnical effects - with a guarantee of fascination and goose-flesh. It is its unparalleled atmosphere that makes Potsdam’s symphony of pyrotechnicians so unique.

25th June - 1st August
On the occasion of the World Championship of Marching Show Bands, the preliminary battles initially take place in the show and parade competition. On 31st July, all the participating bands will march through the town centre in a large parade, before the grand final follows on 1st August. The list of confirmed participants so far reads like a little journey around the world. In addition to the local hero, Fanfarenzug Potsdam, teams are expected from Denmark, Brazil, Italy, Taiwan, Poland, Thailand, Malaysia and Ireland.

23rd May- 8th August
Experience musical treasures in the historic walls of Chorin Monastery as highlights for lovers of classical music performed by the Brandenburg Konzertorchester Eberswalde (a concert orchestra) and by soloists. The fabulous backdrop with the unique acoustics in the midst of water and forests will delight anyone’s heart and will get you completely in the mood for enjoyment and for being spoilt.

22nd July- 8th August
The summer opera performances in the late Gothic cloister of Kloster Neuzelle (monastery), in the castle in Beeskow as well as on Ziegenwerder, an island in Frankfurt (Oder), have been some of the highlights of the Brandenburger Kulturjahr (year of culture) for many years. The international festival “Musiktheaterfestival OperOderSpree” supports young artists from Germany and the East European countries in their education and provides possibilities to them for encounters as well as for practical experience on stage.

26th June-14th August
Opera under the open sky and in the restored castle theatre. Enchanting young voices. The fascinating atmosphere of Rheinsberg Castle and castle park with the hedge theatre. The festival presents new, promising talent every year. Up to 20,000 visitors now come to the performances and concerts of the young singers each summer - the winners of the international singing contest.

26th June-19th August
The Wustrau lakeside festival has developed to a familiar and popular size in the festival scene in the past five years. It fulfils the expectation for passionate open-air theatre with inspiring music, professional and outstanding artists in the natural backdrop and on the unique lakeside stage on Ruppiner See (a lake). The lakeside festival attracts thousands of spectators every year to an unforgettable theatre experience.

21th May- 21th August
Light, water and magnificently illuminated castles have always fascinated people. On five weekends during the year, castles, buildings and churches on the banks of the river Havel are aglow with a blaze of lights. In the evening, the boats of the Potsdam White Fleet and the river Havel steamships put to sea for their three-hour parade trip. The crowning conclusion of the trip is a baroque rain of fire from the Glienicker Brücke (a bridge), illuminated by Bengal lights.

26th June-28th August
This year also, the Liebenberg summer of music invites you to concerts at Schloss & Gut Liebenberg (a castle and estate). Idyllically located in the Löwenberger Land community, you can combine a concert visit here with an extended walk, a coffee on the castle terrace and sunbathing by the Große Lanke See (a lake). For the first time, the castle courtyard is the backdrop for a musical summer’s night.

24th July - 29th August
Four select concert tours lead renowned musicians and lovers of concerts over water and land through the picturesque natural backdrop of Spreewald. The musicians of great German orchestras accompany you on your way to Lehde via the picturesque Spreewald waterways, while the artists introduce themselves in a unique way on the banks of the River Spree. After arriving in Lehde, you stop at Gasthaus Hirschwinkel (an inn), where a typical Spreewald buffet awaits you before the event lasting approximately three hours concludes.

Until 30th August
Life-size models of primeval animals, such as sabre-toothed tigers, mammoths or dinosaurs, populate the tropical world of the Potsdam Biosphere in the State capital. The exhibition takes visitors on a voyage back in time through the history of life. The history starts where everything began: with the big bang. The first part of the exhibition, before you enter the tropical hall, initially leads through the primeval time of Earth.

16th April - 2nd October
The three-hour evening trip by the comfortable saloon boat “Fridericus Rex” entices you to the green south of Berlin. The kitchen aboard the ship serves an evening buffet with culinary delights. In the light of the setting sun, the trip goes across the “Kleine und Große Wannsee” (a small lake and its adjoining larger one of the same name), past the nocturnal Potsdam backdrop and back to the harbour near Lange Brücke (long bridge).

23th April- 2nd October
The nostalgic “Gustav” steam tugboat casts off for the trip into the sunset. The steamer passes the small branches of the River Havel to the south of Berlin unhurriedly and almost without a sound. Castles, parks and gardens sink into the romantic light of the evening sun and, on deck, you can smell all sorts of delicacies from the charcoal barbecue.

Until 31st October
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.

Until 31st December
Tropical Islands celebrates a new show event with “MAGIC OF THE SENSES”! Fascinating illusions, amazing magic and enchanting dances are the heart of the new show event. The new evening show is presented by Germany’s most charming illusionist, AMILA, who already demonstrated her ability with “The next Uri Geller”. Immerse yourself into a world full of magic, surrounded by the unique atmosphere of the tropics.