Festivals in North Rhine-Westphalia

Music, theatre and literature

Festival in NRW are ever-present, international and up to date. Music, theater and literature are celebrated in an unconventional and straightforward manner.

Art Cologne

View, enjoy, marvel, buy: The Art Cologne art fair is an event for international art lovers, collectors and gallery owners that is not to be missed.

Beethovenfest in Bonn

Bonn celebrates its most famous son for one month each year. The Beethovenfest has long since become a world-renowned festival.

lit.COLOGNE in Cologne

Every spring, the who's who of contemporary literature comes together at lit.COLOGNE. There’s a wide-ranging children's programme as well.

Ruhr Piano Festival

A steady stream of stars enthrals audiences: the Ruhr Piano Festival has become the largest piano festival in the world.

Altenberger Kultursommer festival in Bergisches Land

Classical, jazz and even traditional songs in the Cologne dialect in an extraordinary setting: the Altenberg Summer of Culture combines music with architectural gems, such as Altenberg Cathedral.

Ruhrfestspiele theatre festival in Recklinghausen

Stars from film and television and an international programme that ranges from the traditional to the provocative: Europe’s oldest theatre festival is a real magnet for the public in the Ruhr Area.

Ruhrtriennale

Just as unconventional as its industrial heritage venues, this emerging festival, which is held in the Ruhr Area every three years, is not to be missed

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The Tower, a walk-in sculpture by Erwin Heerich in the Museum Insel Hombroich, © Tomas Riehle/Arturimages

from € 95.00

A day at Museum insel Hombroich & a night at the rocket station

Stiftung Insel Hombroich

One of the pavilions for temporary exhibitions by international artists, © Süleyman Kayaalp / Cragg Foundation

from € 195.00

Combining art with nature: Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden in Wuppertal

Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden

Moyland Castle has the world's largest collection of Joseph Beuys’ works, © Dominik Ketz, Tourismus NRW e.V.

from € 809.00

Footsteps of Joseph Beuys on the Lower Rhine

Niederrhein Tourismus GmbH

Fest­ivals in North Rhine-West­phalia

Art Co­logne

Beeth­oven­fest in Bonn

lit.CO­LOGNE in Co­logne

Ruhr Pi­ano Fest­iv­al

Al­ten­ber­ger Kul­tursom­mer fest­iv­al in Ber­gisches Land

Ruhr­fest­spiele theatre fest­iv­al in Reck­ling­hausen

Ruhrtri­en­nale

Want to dis­cov­er the cul­tur­al site of NRW?

A day at Mu­seum in­sel Hom­broi­ch & a night at the rock­et sta­tion

Com­bin­ing art with nature: Skulp­turen­park Wald­frieden in Wup­per­tal

Foot­steps of Joseph Beuys on the Lower Rhine