Event Highlights / Markets / Business-open Sundays
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| February 23rd | Carnival parade (Along Neundorfer Straße towards Altmarkt) With confetti flying, candy raining and music blasting through the streets – the highlight of the fifth season of carnival is approaching. Plauen transforms into the carnival capitol of the Vogtland region with its parade on February 23rd starting at 2pm. |
| Carnival parade | |
| March 27th to March 29th | Freiträumer Festival (free dreamer’s festival) (Festhalle Plauen) Nine very renown live-reports attract audiences for the 5th Freiträumer Festival from March 27th to March 29th 2020 in Plauen’s Festhalle. Experience an unforgetable weekend filled with adventure, freedom and adrenaline. |
| Freiträumer Festival (free dreamer’s festival) | |
| May 8th to May 10th | City Festival „Plauener Frühling“ | „Plauen Spring“ (city centre) The 25th Plauen Spring which will take place from May 8th to May 10th is the annual start of the city festival season. |
| City Festival „Plauener Frühling“ - „Plauen Spring“ | |
| June 19th to June 21st | 61st Plauener Spitzenfest | Plauen Lace Festival (city centre) From June 19th to June 21st the city centre of Plauen will offer a variety of activities and festivities. Live music of all kinds, culinary delights and sportive highlights frame the festive progamme. This city festival is the biggest of its kind and is focused on the name giver: the Plauener Spitze (Plauen Lace). |
| Plauen Lace Festival | |
| June 26th | 15th Night of the Museums (cultural institutions in the city area) The "Long Night of the Museums" has been a regular feature of the beginning summer for many years now. A sophisticated program awaits you at a rather unusal time for museum and gallery visitors. Concerts, book readings, dance performances, fashion shows, exhibitions, cheerful and contemplative moments: something of interest for everyone. |
| Night of the Museums | |
| 10th to 18th of July | "Rock of Ages" (Summer open-air in the Park Theater) Musical comedy with the biggest hits from the 80ies The open-air-performance of the theatre Plauen-Zwickau amazes thousands of spectators every year. |
| “Rock of Ages” | |
| 24th to 29th of August | "SpitzenGenuss" Week (week of delicious food) (Throughout the city) SpitzenGenuss - healthy, regional, sustainable. In August 2020, Plauen is experiencing a new edition of the "SpitzenGenuss" Week. Thanks to the support of many regional partners, there will be once again a large number of lectures, exhibitions and workshops. |
| August 30th | 5. Spitzenbrunch (lace brunch) (Theaterplatz - theatre square) Plauen’s hotels turn the Theaterplatz into a „mile of pleasure“. Under the theme of „Taste the world“ the Spitzenbrunch invites you to enjoy. |
| September 11th to September 13th | City Festival „Plauener Herbst“ | „Plauen Fall“ (city centre) This city festival is organized annually by the Initiative Plauen e.V.. The registered commerce association invites you to celebrate for three full days from September 11th to September 13th. |
| City Festival „Plauener Herbst“ | „Plauen Fall“ | |
| September 13th | Day of open Monuments (Throughout the city) Theme: "Chance monument: Remembering. Maintaining. New thinking." |
| Day of open Monuments | |
| 18th of September / 20th of September | 5. SCHAU AUF DESIGN (Look at design) SCHAU AUF DESIGN provides a wide range of events for exhibitors and visitors. The trade fair is targeted in particular to the next generation and the specialists of tomorrow with special offers such as a Children’s University. |
| September 19th | Award of the e.o.plauen prize (Erich Ohser House) Michael Sowa – e.o.plauen award winner of 2020 This year for the 9th time the city of Plauen and the e.o.plauen association awards the e.o.plauen prize. For the first time the genre painting is honoured. Since the studies of art pedagogy Michael Sowa works as freelance painter and illustrator. He published in the satire magazine “Titanic”, illustrated numerous magazines, books and book covers. |
| September – November | 29th Folkherbst | Festival of Folk Music (Malzhaus) The FolkHerbst held since 1991 in the Plauen Malzhaus is a series of musical events always taking place between the end of September to the end of November. It results in an award ceremony with the only Folk music prize throughout Germany – the „Eiserne Eversteiner“. It owes its name to the founding fathers of Plauen, the earl of Everstein. Patron of this cultural event has always been the mayor of Plauen. |
| Folkherbst | Festival of Folk Music | |
| November 13rd to 17th | 11. German-German Film Festival “From division to unity” (Capitol cinema Plauen and Central cinema Hof) The German-German Film Festival “From division to unity” is a joint project of the partner towns Hof and Plauen. The documentaries and films deal with topics from recent history, for instance the Berlin Wall, the division of Germany, the peaceful revolution, the opening of borders and the German unity. Following there are discussion groups with film directors and contemporary witnesses. |
| Markets in Plauen: | |
| March 7th to 14th | 25th European Farmers Market (Function Hall at Furniture Store „Biller“) Europe visits the Vogtland. At the 25th European Farmers Market held in the Biller event hall vendors will offer their products directly to the public. From March 7th to March 14th delicacies will be presented inside the indoor marketplace. Plauen and the Vogtland have been hosting this event annually since the market first took place back in 1996. |
| European Farmers Market | |
| November 24th to December 22nd | Plauen Christmas Market (city centre) For more than 300 years the Plauen Christmas Market has been the pre-Christmas gathering place. Sweet scents, Christmas sounds and a cosy atmosphere invite you to stroll until the 4th Advent. More than 60 festive booths tempt you to shop and enjoy the Christmas season. |
| Plauen Christmas Market | |
| April 25th May 30th September 26th | Markets on Saturdays at the Altmarkt in Plauen The popular Saturday markets will also be held this year. Produce and mainly regional products are offered from 9am to 2pm. The typical market assortment is also featured: handbags, table cloths, baked goods, herbs, teas and spices and lots more. Come and see it for yourself! |
| Every Monday and Thursday | weekly market with extended product range excluding public holidays |
| Every Wednesday | weekly market excluding public holidays |