1 Jun– 13 Sep
Concert
Künstlergarten
Next date to be announced
June to mid-September, every summer
A summer-long garden bar of live music and readings, in the lee of the Theaterplatz.
Weimarer Sommer
The city's summer season — an umbrella over the open-air concerts, theatre, markets and street festivals held between June and September.
June to September, every yearAbout Weimarer Sommer
Not a festival but a season. The city's own words are "Von Juni bis September wird Weimar zur Bühne – ein Fest der Künste": from June to September Weimar becomes a stage. Under it sit the Künstlergarten and the open-air cabaret across the whole summer, the markets and celebrations of late August and early September, and the Kunstfest, which the city describes as the season's climax and close.
Events in this programme
3 Jun– 29 Aug
Theatre
Weimarer Kabarett Open Air
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June to late August, every summer
The city's cabaret stage moves outdoors for the summer.
27 Aug– 12 Sep
Festival
Kunstfest Weimar
27 August – 12 September 2027
Late August into early September
Central Germany's largest festival of contemporary arts, closing the city's summer at the turn from August into September.
27–30Aug
Theatre
Trickster, Trickster
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A few evenings at the end of August
Open-air theatre about the pleasure of chaos, played in the garden of the bee museum.
28Aug
City celebration
Weimar feiert Goethe
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28 August, every year
The city's public celebration of Goethe's birthday, on 28 August.
27–30Aug
Food & drink
Weinfest
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Four days around 28 August, every year
Four days of wine on the Frauenplan, timed so the toast falls on Goethe's birthday.
11–13Sep
FestivalFree
Genius Loci Weimar
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Three nights in September
Three September nights in which artists project onto the city's historic facades — free, outdoors, and gone by morning.
2–3Sep
Festival
NEW bauhaus
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A weekend in early September
Two September days for people rethinking how we build and live together — congress, fair and meeting place in one.
12Sep
Theatre
Theaterfest
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One day in September, opening the season
The DNT opens its season with a day-long party across the house — opera gala, One-Minute-Show, new formats.
5Sep
Market
Töpfermarkt
Next date to be announced
The first weekend of September, every year
Potters from across Thuringia on the Marktplatz for a September weekend — selling, and showing how the work is done.