SPRING/SUMMER 2024 DREAMSCAPES
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Festival Season
LEIPZIG BACHFEST: "CHORal TOTAL"
(June 7–16, 2024)
Leipzig Bachfest celebrates its musical hometown
hero every year in June. At this year's festival, Bach
choirs from around the world will gather at the orig-
inal places where their idol worked to perform the
entire "annual cycle of choral cantatas"—exactly
300 years after the first performance.
bachfestleipzig.de/en/bachfest
OPER LEIPZIG: International Ballet Festival
(June 21–29, 2024)
Under the motto "Leipzig dances!" the Leipzig Ballet
celebrates the sinuous artform of ballet in all its
facets with performances from international
dance companies.
oper-leipzig.de/en/leipzig-tanzt
MENDELSSOHN FESTIVAL
(October 28–November 4, 2024)
The annual Mendelssohn Festival celebrates the
composer and his music with a prestigious series of
fall concerts at the Mendelssohn House and the
Gewandhaus Concert Hall.
leipzig.travel/cityofmusic
tour of St. Thomas Church where Bach was the
18
th
-century choirmaster, or catch a performance
by the renowned Gewandhausorchester at the
Gewandhaus Concert Hall.
Board a tram towards west Leipzig to visit the
Spinnerei art centre, formerly the largest cotton
mill in continental Europe, in the trendy Plagwitz
district. The red-bricked 10-hectare factory com-
plex, which was decommissioned in 1992, is
bustling with galleries, local crafts, performance
spaces and cafés. You can even rent an artist's
apartment at hotel Meisterzimmer to soak in the
creative atmosphere.
Take a city break and explore Leipzig on its
waterways. Rent a canoe or kayak and view the
city from an unusual angle along a 200-kilometre
network of canals and waterways linked to the 20
surrounding lakes. If you want to enjoy the water-
side without spending energy, then take a seat on
a guided electric motorboat tour.
Night
Admire the Renaissance-style Old Town Hall and
shopping arcade overlooking the Marktplatz.
Locals and visitors enjoy alfresco meals at shared
tables, as well as concerts and events in summer.
On the platform of the Panorama Tower, the tallest
building in Leipzig, enjoy an unrestricted view high
above city lights. Toast the view with a Saxonian
white wine or try an ice-cold glass of Leipziger
Allasch, a sweet caraway-infused liqueur.
TRAVEL PLANNER
Fly into Frankfurt or Düsseldorf to connect to
Leipzig on Lufthansa. Deutsche Bahn operates fre-
quent high-speed non-stop train service from
Berlin that takes about 75 minutes. For more travel
information about Leipzig, visit leipzig.travel/en
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