Was ist Los? KMC Cultural Highlights – Sept. 04, 2015

The following is a list of performances and events happening in the KMC and nearby locations. Dates are subject to change.

Performing arts:

Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern:

• An open house and theater fest under the motto, “Happy Birthday,” starts the new play season, 2 to 6 p.m. Sept. 12.

• “Nur noch kurz die Welt retten,” a Europe revue, 8 p.m. Sept. 13 and 27.

• “Herzog Blaubarts Burg” and “Der Zwerg,” two operas in German, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19, 27 and 30.

• “Everyman,” a rock mystery with the progressive metal band Vanden Plas, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 and Oct. 1.

For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de.

Kammgarn Kaiserslautern:

• “K-town’s Most Wanted — Rapisode II,” hip-hop by several performers from the region, 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost €9.

• Party: “I love ’90s,” ’90s music non-stop, 11 p.m. Sept. 11. Tickets cost €5.

• NoM: Raw, Blike, Jaemmerlappen, Aylin Mueller with rock and pop, 8 p.m. Sept. 12. Tickets cost €12.

• Guitar player Thomas Blug & Band perform songs by Jimi Hendrix, 8 p.m. Sept. 17. Tickets cost €17.

For more information, visit www.kammgarn.de.

Kaiserslautern, Volkspark (duck pond at the corner of Entersweiler- and Donnersberger Strasse):

• Summer season’s last outdoor concert with Music Association Schwarze Husaren Kleinsteinhausen presenting a mix of traditional and modern brass music, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 13. Admission is free. Snacks and beverages are available in bistro. Children’s adventure playground is next to music pavilion.

Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern:

• Sixty musicians from the Symphonic Orchestra of the Moosalb-tal Brass Music present a charity concert, 7 p.m. Sept. 12. Proceeds go to the German War Graves Commission.

For tickets, call Kaiserslautern Tourist-Info at 0631-365-2317.

Ramstein-Miesenbach, stage in front of Haus des Buergers:

• Cuban Night with Cuban Affairs, 8 p.m. today. Admission is free.

For more information, visit www.hausdesbuergers.de or call 06371-592-220.

Otterberg, Abbey Church:

• Ensemble Peregrina from Switzerland presents “Miracula,” music of the Middle Ages for Saint Nicholas, 5 p.m. Sept. 13. Tickets cost €17.

For details, call Otterberg Tourist Info at 06301-31504.

Bildhaus Musikclub Ventil, Hahnbacherhof 2, 67701 Schallodenbach:

• The band Boys Named Sue presents rock ‘n’ roll, country, bluegrass and blues, 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

For details, visit bildhaus.info.

English Theatre, Gallusanlage 7, Frankfurt:

• “The Glass Menagerie,” a memory play by Tennessee Williams, Saturday to Oct. 24. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, and 6 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, visit www.english-theatre.org.

Miscellaneous:

• Kaiserslautern Gartenschau, through Oct. 31. Special events: Sunday, Protestant worship service, 11 a.m. in willow church; music in the park with Music Association Otterbach, 2:30 p.m.; pumpkin display under the motto, “sports,” through Oct. 31.; flower show, “Four Seasons,” in flower hall, through Sunday; Lego display, through Oct. 31. Opening hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets cost €7 for adults and €3 for children.

For more information, visit www.gartenschau-kl.de.

• Kaiserslautern, Japanese Garden open through Oct. 31. Opening hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information, visit www.japanischergarten.de.

• Kaiserslautern, St. Martin’s church (bottom of Steinstrasse), carnival, 10:45 a.m. Sunday.

• Moelschbach, village carnival, today to Monday.

• Otterberg, village carnival, Saturday to Monday.

• Mehlbach, village carnival, Sunday.

• Rodenbach, village carnival, today through Monday.

• Sambach, village carnival, Sunday.

• Hauptstuhl next to fire station, village carnival, Saturday through Tuesday.

• Mittelbrunn, village carnival, today through Tuesday.

• Bruchmuehlbach-Miesau, Glanstrasse, Viking fest with show fights, competitions, food specialities, live music, 2 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday.

• Doernbach (near Rockenhausen), village carnival, today through Tuesday.

• Winnweiler, Jewish museum, Schlosstrasse 37, European Day of Jewish culture with guided tours, klezmer concert, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

For details, visit www.juedisches-museum-winnweiler.de.

• Kirrweiler, Am Schlossweiher (zip code 67489, south of Neustadt), wineland games and medieval market, today, Saturday and Sunday.

For more information, visit www.winelandgames.de.

• Neustadt-Haardt, wine carnival, today to Tuesday.

• Landau, State Garden Fair, to Oct. 18.

For details, visit www.lgs-landau.de.

• Voelklingen, Voelklinger Huette (former ironworks), “The Skull. Icon. Myth. Cult,” showcases about 150 human skulls from stone age until today, through April 3, 2016. Opening hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information, visit www.voelklinger-huette.org.

• Worms, carnival and wine fest, today to Sunday.
   

• Winningen/Mosel, Germany’s oldest vintage festival, today to Sunday.

• Bernkastel-Kues/Mosel, wine fest, today to Monday.

Flea markets:

• Kaiserslautern, Pfalz-Center (across from Daenner Kaserne), 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

• Kaiserslautern, Toom Baumarkt, Hohenecker Strasse 10, Fridays.

• Sembach, industrial park Am Tower, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

• Mehlingen, Abtstrasse 25a, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

• Lohnsfeld, Schmitterhof, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

• Homburg, Am Forum (near town hall), 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

• Bad Duerkheim, Saline (saltworks in Kurpark, Gutleutstrasse 48), 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.