The year in Leipzig
The big moments of the year in Leipzig: Leipzig Christmas Market, Leipzig Book Fair, Museum Night Halle & Leipzig and more, with their dates.
Leipzig Book Fair
The book fair at the trade fair grounds, and with it Leipzig liest, Europe's largest reading festival, with readings all over the city. The guest country in 2027 is the Weimar Triangle: Poland, France and Germany.
Museum Night Halle & Leipzig
For one night about 90 museums and collections in Leipzig and Halle stay open until midnight. The ticket also covers buses, trams and the S-Bahn between the two cities.
Wave-Gotik-Treffen
The big gathering of the goth scene: concerts, parties and readings, spread across the whole city.
Leipzig Bach Festival
Eleven days of Bach in his own city: concerts in churches and halls across the city. Tickets go on sale on 24 November 2026.
Leipziger Markt Musik
Ten days of open-air concerts on the market square, with summer food from Leipzig restaurants.
Festival of Lights
On the evening of 9 October the city remembers the Monday demonstration of 1989 with its festival of light, most recently a trail of light through the city centre from the Nikolaikirche past the Thomaskirche.
Leipzig Jazz Days
A week of jazz in clubs, churches and concert halls. The festival has run since 1976.
DOK Leipzig
The festival of documentary and animated film, held every year since 1955, with premieres and talks in the city's cinemas.
