Upcoming events

Dated events, nearest first. Each shows its sensory profile.

Exhibitions and other ongoing offers are listed below: Exhibitions & ongoing

Tue, 14 Jul 2026

🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 19 Jul 2026

Tollwood Sommerfestival – Markt der Ideen

Free-entry open-air market at the Tollwood summer festival with international food stalls, handicraft and upcycling stands in Olympiapark Süd; closing week of the festival falls in this window.

Munich City

  • Noise: lively
  • Crowds: intense
  • Visual busyness: intense
  • Smells: intense
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 19 Jul 2026

Tollwood Sommerfestival (final week)

Munich's big summer culture festival in its last week — market, world food, theatre tents and free live music at Olympiapark Süd.

Munich City

  • Noise: lively
  • Crowds: lively
  • Visual busyness: intense
  • Smells: lively
  • Easy to leave early
🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 19 Jul 2026

Kufsteiner Weinwoche & Weinfest

Six-day wine week in Kufstein's Stadtpark culminating in two festival evenings with wine from Austrian and Italian partner-town vintners, regional snacks and live music.

Nearby Austria

  • Noise: lively
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  • Visual busyness: calm
  • Smells: calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsTue, 14 Jul 2026, 17:00

Sommerfestival der Kulturen

Free six-day world-music and street-food festival on Marktplatz and surrounding streets, with international live acts, a craft market and family programme.

Stuttgart & Region · Best in good weather

  • Noise: intense
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  • Visual busyness: intense
  • Smells: lively
  • Easy to leave early
🎪 Events & marketsTue, 14 Jul 2026, 17:30

Geführte Wanderung: Starnberg und der Starnberger See

Guided walk exploring the Starnberger See's ecology and the town's historic sites.

Five Lakes Country · Best in good weather · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: very calm
  • Crowds: very calm
  • Visual busyness: calm
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsTue, 14 Jul 2026, 18:00

Kammerkonzert im Konzertsaal, Schloss Elmau

Chamber-music/classical concert at Schloss Elmau's dedicated concert hall as part of its year-round cultural programme.

Garmisch & Werdenfels · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: calm
  • Crowds: calm
  • Visual busyness: calm
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsTue, 14 Jul 2026, 18:00

Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele: Julia Lezhneva & Il Giardino Armonico

Chamber/vocal recital in the Ordenssaal of Ludwigsburg Residence Palace: soprano Julia Lezhneva with period-instrument ensemble Il Giardino Armonico under Giovanni Antonini.

Stuttgart & Region · Indoors · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: calm
  • Crowds: calm
  • Visual busyness: calm
  • Smells: very calm
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsTue, 14 Jul 2026, 19:30

Sommertheater am Elbschloss Übigau: Die unendliche Geschichte

Open-air stage adaptation of Michael Ende's novel in the grounds of the baroque Elbschloss Übigau, running most evenings through 27 July.

Dresden & Surroundings · Best in good weather · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: calm
  • Crowds: calm
  • Visual busyness: lively
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsTue, 14 Jul 2026, 19:30

Tollwood Musik-Arena: Gerhard Polt & die Well-Brüder

Zusatzkonzert in der Tollwood Musik-Arena: Nachdem das Konzert von Haindling krankheitsbedingt abgesagt wurde, tritt Gerhard Polt gemeinsam mit den Well-Brüdern noch einmal auf.

Munich City · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: lively
  • Crowds: intense
  • Visual busyness: lively
  • Smells: calm
  • Easy to leave early
🎪 Events & marketsTue, 14 Jul 2026, 19:30

Common Ground – Bayerisches Staatsballett

Ballettabend des Bayerischen Staatsballetts im Nationaltheater mit drei Choreografien im Rahmen der Münchner Opernfestspiele: Alexander Ekmans „Cacti“, Johan Ingers „Impasse“ und Jiří Kyliáns „Bella Figura“.

Munich City · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: calm
  • Crowds: lively
  • Visual busyness: lively
  • Smells: very calm
🎪 Events & marketsTue, 14 Jul 2026, 20:00

Felix Hauptmann – PERCUSSION @ Jazz+ in der Seidlvilla

Kölner Pianist und Komponist Felix Hauptmann präsentiert mit seinem Trio PERCUSSION (Roger Kintopf, Bass; Leif Berger, Schlagzeug) durchkomponierten Jazz im Spannungsfeld zwischen Struktur und freier Improvisation.

Munich City · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: calm
  • Crowds: calm
  • Visual busyness: very calm
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available

Exhibitions & ongoing

Runs over many days — no need to catch a specific date. Ending soonest first.

🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 26 Jul 2026

Palais Sommer (Neumarkt edition)

Free open-air culture festival on the Neumarkt in front of the Frauenkirche: morning yoga, concerts, dance, talks and literature events daily through 26 July.

Dresden & Surroundings · Best in good weather

  • Noise: lively
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  • Smells: calm
  • Easy to leave early
🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 9 Aug 2026

Isar-Floßfahrt (Wolfratshausen–München)

Traditional multi-hour raft journey down the Isar from Wolfratshausen to Munich-Thalkirchen, on scheduled departures mainly on weekends throughout summer.

Tölzer Land & Tegernsee · Best in good weather · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: lively
  • Crowds: lively
  • Visual busyness: calm
  • Smells: calm
🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 9 Aug 2026

Georg Baselitz (1938–2026) — Ausstellung, Pinakothek der Moderne

Exhibition of Baselitz works from the Bavarian State Painting Collections.

Munich City

  • Noise: very calm
  • Crowds: calm
  • Visual busyness: calm
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 9 Aug 2026

"Von Turner bis Van Gogh" & Tierbronzen — Alte Pinakothek

19th-century masterworks displayed while the Neue Pinakothek is renovated, plus a sculpture show on animal bronzes.

Munich City

  • Noise: very calm
  • Crowds: calm
  • Visual busyness: calm
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 9 Aug 2026

Ausstellung: Das Kalte Herz (Kunstmuseum Stuttgart at Kunstgebäude)

Contemporary-art exhibition reinterpreting Wilhelm Hauff's fairy tale 'The Cold Heart' through the lens of identity, social status and ecological exploitation; showing at the Kunstgebäude while the main Kunstmuseum building is closed for renovation.

Stuttgart & Region · Indoors

  • Noise: very calm
  • Crowds: calm
  • Visual busyness: calm
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 9 Aug 2026

Sonderausstellung "Wunderwaffen" – Militärhistorisches Museum

A critical historical special exhibition on Nazi-era 'wonder weapon' propaganda and military technology, part of the museum's permanent programme.

Dresden & Surroundings · Indoors · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: calm
  • Crowds: calm
  • Visual busyness: lively
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 9 Aug 2026

Kino, Mond & Sterne (Westpark open-air cinema)

Munich's oldest open-air cinema — nightly film screenings on a lawn in Westpark.

Munich City · Best in good weather · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: lively
  • Crowds: lively
  • Visual busyness: lively
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available
🎪 Events & marketsOngoing · until Sun, 9 Aug 2026

Kino am Olympiasee

Lakeside open-air cinema next to the Olympic swimming hall, with a "sundowner" atmosphere before the film.

Munich City · Best in good weather · 🎟️ Book ahead

  • Noise: lively
  • Crowds: lively
  • Visual busyness: lively
  • Smells: very calm
  • Easy to leave early
  • Quiet spot available