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Mainz
Wine market, 26-29 August and 2-5 September 2010
Every year on the last weekend in August and the first weekend in September, Mainz’s Rosengarten and Volkspark are the joint venues for the city's wine market. White wines and rosés from the previous year are offered along with a selection of reds and wines from earlier vintages. It’s a great chance to meet hundreds of vintners and thousands of other wine lovers, discover new wines and simply have fun on a fine summer's day.
Christmas market, 25 November - 23 December 2010
Mainz's Christmas market has been a tradition for more than 200 years and was originally known as the St Nicholas Market. During the Advent season the historical market square in front of imposing St Martin's Cathedral is transformed into a sea of lights. The air is scented with a Christmassy mixture of roast almonds, gingerbread, hot chestnuts and mulled wine. Visitors young and old are sure to be enchanted by the magical festive atmosphere.
Trier
Moselle Music Festival, 5 June - 3 October 2010
Thousands of visitors flock to this festival every year to experience classical concerts at exceptional venues.
Bread and Circuses, 13-15 August 2010
For the Bread & Circuses festival, the round stage in Trier's spectacular amphitheatre is transformed into a scene of dramatic combat. This presentation of the life led by Roman gladiators is the only one of its kind in the world. In an academically researched mixture of entertainment and athleticism, artists, acrobats and gladiators demonstrate our latest understanding of Roman combat to an arena of spectators. This year's event will include a re-enactment of 'The Battle of Hercules'.
Koblenz
Augusta Festival – The festival on World Cultural Heritage Day, 6 June 2010
Empress Augusta was held in great affection by the people of Koblenz and represents, probably more than anyone else, the positive aspect of the period of Prussian rule in the Rhineland. Koblenz remembers its favourite Empress with the Augusta Festival. Attractions include carriage rides, wine tasting and guided tours by costumed characters.
Christmas market in the historical old quarter, 19 November – 22 December 2010
www.weihnachtsmarkt-koblenz.de or www.chistmasmarket-koblenz.com
There will be more than 100 festively decorated wooden stalls offering an extensive range of hand-made goods and Christmas decorations as well as a huge range of seasonal gift ideas. Other attractions at the Christmas market include: atmospheric choral concerts, free guided tours of the Christmas market, Santa's grotto with small gifts for children during the afternoons, a nativity scene with life-size figures, warming mulled wine and sweet-smelling Christmas cookies and cakes.
Federal Horticultural Show Koblenz 2011, 15 April – 16 October 2011
Speyer
Pretzel Festival, 9-13 July 2010
The Pretzel Festival is as much part of Speyer as its cathedral and its imperial heritage - you could say it's the town's 'national holiday'. Revellers come from far and wide to be part of the biggest public festival on the Upper Rhine. The grand festival procession is on 12 July 2010.
Kaisertafel food festival, 6-8 August 2010
Fine wines, fantastic food and warm hospitality are the key elements of this festival as Speyer's restaurateurs present food fit for an emperor on a table that stretches from the cathedral to the Old Gate.
Worms
Historical Nibelung Parade, 16 May 2010
Between 24 April and 16 May, the Nibelung Parade is held along the Nibelungen-Siegfried Route through the Odenwald forest, where the Nibelungs used to hunt, from Freudenberg am Main to the town of Worms, the home of the saga of the Nibelungs. During the closing event in Worms, people from the entire region join the procession through the town with horseriders in medieval costume, covered wagons, musicians and others simply on foot.
Christmas market 2010, 22 November – 23 December 2010
The aromas of cinnamon, cloves, roasted almonds and chestnuts and sweets of every kind never fail to delight at the Christmas market in Worms. At the Christmas market in the heart of the town, the mass of colourful stalls arranged around beautiful Obermarkt square make for an inviting scene.
Kaiserslautern
Old Town Festival, 2-4 July 2010
Make sure you're there when Kaiserslautern's old quarter turns into one huge open-air party: besides delicious food and drink there will be street theatre, art and craft stands and a wide range of live music on eight stages (city centre).
Christmas and Cultural Market, 22 November - 22 December 2010
Visit Kaiserslautern during the festive season for culinary highlights, unusual gifts and a varied programme of stage entertainment. The stalls are arranged around the Gothic Collegiate Church, on Schillerplatz square and the historical Fruchthalle concert hall (town centre).
