Was ist los? Cultural highlights — April 26, 2019

May Fest Wachenheim
April 30 – May 1
Wachenheim, city center
Dance into May with the witches at midnight or simply enjoy some regional wine and regional delicacies with friends at Wachenheim’s traditional May Fest in the city center on April 30. May 1 will begin with a traditional Weißwurst (‘white sausage’) and pretzel breakfast on market square. Admission is free. For more information go to militaryingermany.com/event/wachenheim

EVENTS

Ramstein, Street Food Event. April 27 and 28. militaryingermany.com/event/street

Wolfstein, Culinary Spring Hike. April 27 and 28. militaryingermany.com/event/hike

Zellertal-Zell, Oliandi-Olive Oil Festival. April 27 and 28. militaryingermany.com/event/oil

Trippstadt, Outdoor Sports Opening in Johnniskreuz. April 28.
militaryingermany.com/event/sports

Bad Dürkheim, May Wine Fair at Weingut Raßkopf-Hofmann. April 27 and 28.
militaryingermany.com/event/may-2

Bad Dürkheim, Spring Market. April 28. militaryingermany.com/event/spring-3

Steinwenden, May Tree Fest. April 30. militaryingermany.com/event/may

Miesau, Traditional “Schlachtfest”. April 30. militaryingermany.com/event/miesau

Wachenheim, Witches’ Dance around the Witch Stone. April 30.
militaryingermany.com/event/witches

Dackenheim, May Pole Setup at the Picnic Garden. May 1. militaryingermany.com/event/

FLEA MARKETS

Kaiserslautern, Pfalz-Center (Real) Parking Lot. Every Saturday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bad Duerkheim, salt-works in Kurpark, Gutleutstrasse 46. Every Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Mainz, Uniparkplatz. Every Saturday,
7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Zweibrücken, Schlossplatz. May 5,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PERFORMING ARTS

BALLET / DANCE

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater

Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:

For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit

www.theater-saarbruecken.de.

Extravaganzas: State Ballet with choreographies by Celis, Dawson and Preljocaj. May 10, 7:30 p.m., May 19, 6 p.m. Tickets start at €20.

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit

www.pfalztheater.de

Othello. Choreographed by James Sutherland, based on the play by Shakespeare. May 10, 17, 25, June 21, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €18.

CONCERTS

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit

www.pfalztheater.de

4th Chamber Concert: Trilogy. May 12, 11 a.m. Tickets cost €12.

Children’s Chamber Concert. May 26, 11 a.m. Tickets cost €12.

Den Atelier Luxembourg

For details, visit www.denatelier.lu

Walking On Cars: Indie Pop from Ireland. May 2, 7 p.m. Tickets cost €29.

Anne-Marie: Pop from the UK. May 9, 7 p.m. Tickets cost €33.

Bonnie Tyler: Rock from the UK. May 19, 7 p.m. Tickets cost €49.

Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern

For tickets, call the tourist information office at 0631-365-2317.

Enchanted Russia: Tschaikowski, Glinka and Mussorgski. May 5, 5 p.m. Tickets start at €17.

Jazz Stage meets Jazz Guitar Masters. May 10, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €15.

The Golden Twenties: German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. May 17, 8 p.m.
Tickets start at €17.

The Story of the Soldier: works by Igor Strawinski. May 19, 5 p.m. Tickets start at €14.

Ella & Louis Mannheim

For details, visit www.ellalouis.de

Phil Donkin: Masterfrown, European all star quartet. April 30, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €16.

Rieke Katz: Happy Pop Vocal Jazz. May 6, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €16.

Classic affairs. May 13, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €16.

Antonio Garcia. May 16, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €16.

Flo & Fauna. May 17, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €16.

Rosengarten Mannheim

For details, visit www.rosengarten-mannheim.de

Mannheim Master Concerts: 5th Symphony Concert. May 17, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €15.

Mannheim Philharmonics with Lars Vogt: 4th Orchestra Concert. May 19, 7 p.m.
Tickets start at €26.

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater

Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:

For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit

www.theater-saarbruecken.de.

6th Symphony Concert. April 28, 11 a.m. and 29, 8 p.m. Tickets start at €18.

7th Symphony Concert. May 19, 11 a.m. and 20, 8 p.m. Tickets start at €18.

Kammgarn Kaiserslautern

For details, visit www.kammgarn.de.

San2 & His Soul Patrol: Rhythm’n’BluesSoul. May 2, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €21.

Aynsley Lister & Band: BluesRock. May 8,
8 p.m. Tickets cost €20.

Lulu Weiss Ensemble: JazzSinti. May 14, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €18.

Nuit Spéciale: “Charles Aznavour”. May 18,
8 p.m. Tickets cost €17.

MUSICALS / OPERA

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater

Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:

For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit

www.staatstheater.saarland.

Medea Senecae, French and Latin opera by Luigi Cherubini with German subtitles. April 27, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €16.

Shakespeare in Love: play with music based on the screenplay by Marc Norman. May 30, 6 p.m. June 1, 13, 22 7: 30 p.m. Tickets start at €22.

My Fair Lady: a musical in German by Frederick Loewe. May 9, 17, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at €25.

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit

www.pfalztheater.de.

Cabaret: musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb. May 3, 9, 31, 7:30 p.m., April 28, 3 p.m.

Rienzi: an opera by Richard Wagner. May 4, 11, 19, June 2, 6 p.m. Tickets start at €18.

PLAYS

Saarlaendisches Staatstheater

Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:

For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit

www.staatstheater.saarland.

Your Fathers, Where are they? The Prophets, Do they Live Forever? Chamber play in German by Dave Eggers. May 3, 19, 23, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €11.

Der Rosenkavalier: The Rose Cavalier, a comedy in German with music and German and French subtitles. May 3, 11, 6:30 p.m. Tickets start at €20.

Werwolf: mythical grotesque. April 30, May 3, 4, June 5, 19, 27, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost €18.

I, Icon: a play based in German on Joan of Arc. April 27, May 11, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost €11.

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit

www.pfalztheater.de.

Ein Volksfeind: State Enemy, a play in German by Henrik Ibsen. April 27, June 1, 14, 7:30 p.m., May 5, 6 p.m. Tickets start at €12.

Mein ziemlich seltsamer Freund Walter: My very Weird Friend Walter, a play in German by Sibylle Berg. May 10, 16, 21, 23, 29, 8 p.m. Tickets cost €14.50.

Die Wiedervereinigung der beiden Koreas: The Reunion of the Two Koreas, in German. May 18, 22, 28, June 4, 7, 7:30 p.m. June 30, 6 p.m.

English Theatre

Frankfurt, Gallusanlage 7

For more information, visit

www.english-theatre.org.

Apologia: darkly funny and haunting new play Alexi Kaye Campbell. March 22 to May 5, 2019. Performances are Tuesdays to Sundays, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 6 p.m. Tickets start at €31.

SPORTS

Handball: Rhein Neckar Löwen vs. SG BBM Bietigheim. May 5, 4 p.m. Tickets start at €10.

Handball: Rhein Neckar Löwen vs. Frisch Auf! Göppingen. May 23, 7 p.m. Tickets start at €10.