Annual Congresses / Events Worldwide

Annual Congresses & Events Calendar

ABU DHABI

www.visitabudhabi.ae/en/events/

FRANCE - SOUTH

JANUARY

RALLYE MONTE-CARLO MONACO

MIDEM CANNES

FESTIVAL DU CIRQUE MONACO

RALLYE HISTORIQUE MONACO

CONGRES ORL NICE

FEBRUARY

IMAGINA MONACO

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONNANCE NICE

ITCA NICE

CARNAVAL & FETE DU CITRON NICE - MENTON

MARCH

MIPIM CANNES

BAL DE LA ROSE (Sporting) MONACO

APRIL

MIP TV CANNES

ROLEX TENNIS MASTERS MONACO

Prince William of England Weding Westminster

MAY

E-MRS NICE 1

FESTIVAL DU FILM Int'l Film Festival CANNES

MONACO F 1 GRAND PRIX MONACO

JOURNEES DENTAIRES Dental surgery congress NICE

JUNE

CONGRES DES NOTAIRES Public Notaries CANNES

FESTIVAL DE LA TELEVISION MONACO

Film Pub IAFF Cannes Lions Advertising festival CANNES

CONGRES IDEF CANNES

JULY

PRINCE ALBERT II WEDDING MONACO

SEPTEMBER

FESTIVAL DE LA PLAISANCE Boat show CANNES

RENDEZ-VOUS DES ASSUREURS Insurances MONACO

TAX FREE CANNES

YACHT SHOW MONACO

OCTOBER

MIPCOM CANNES

SPORTEL MONACO

NOVEMBER

SOMMET DU G20 Summit CANNES

MAPIC CANNES

DECEMBER

ILTM Int'l Luxury Travel market CANNES

GERMANY

The following link presents a list of top events in Germany including a photo and a short description. The website also gives a lot of useful information regarding the different regions of Germany and their cultural and natural highlights.

www.germany.travel/en/events/events/events.html

Annual highlights in Berlin

Long Night of the Museums
Numerous museums, large and small, famous and not so well-known, will open their doors Saturday night. In addition to permanent exhibitions, they will be offering concerts, readings, dance and theatre performances and special tours. Exotic buffets will fortify you for the next event. A bus shuttle service brings night owls from one museum to the next. Date: 3rd weekend in August.

Court-Festival in Potsdam
Literally musical program in the Palais-Theatre and concerts at the Palais of Sanssouci. Date: April-December

Classic Open Air
Different events with modern and classical music within the historic flair of the "Gendarmenmarkt". Date: July

Heimatklänge - Worldmusic-Festival
Each year a different theme, e.g. Soul - African - American - connection, is being presented by musicians from around the world in the new Tempodrom. Date: July/August

"The Gauklerfest"
Traditional summer event bringing together nice people, good food, fine wines and spirits, live music, street performers, clowns and surprises every day. It is held in the midst of historic Berlin between the Linden Opera and the Crown Prince's Palace, between the Hedwig Cathedral and the "Neue Wache." Date: August

International Beer-Festival
This Festival is a traditional summer event with 196 breweries from more than 72 countries. With 1,8 km, it is the longest "Beer-garden" in the heart of Berlin. Date: August

ISTAF
The "Internationales Stadion-Fest" is held at the Olympiastadium, one of the largest stadiums in Germany. A lot of world records have been established by well-known athletics from all over the world. Date: August

Berlin-Marathon
In the long history of the BERLIN-MARATHON 8 world records have been established by now. More than 34,000 participants go for their 42,
195 km long run through Berlin's city. Date: End of September

German National Day
Festival with stage performances and catering at the boulevard "Unter den Linden". Date: 03. October

Jazz Festival Berlin
Traditional festival at different locations and with different performers from all over the world. Date: October/ November

Christmas Market
Due to the structure of Berlin with many "city centres" in the 13 districts, Berlin offers a variety of Christmas Markets. To mention just a few: Alexanderplatz, Spandau and, the famous one around the "Gedächniskirche". Date: December

New Year's Eve Party at the Brandenburg Gate
Wonderful party with music and glamorous light effects along the boulevards "Unter den Linden" and "Straße des 17. Juni" up to the Victory Column. Date 31. December

Annual highlights in Dresden

Festival "Sandstone & Music"
Concerts at the most beautiful venues in Saxon and Bohemian Switzerland - perfect harmony between art and nature. Dates: March to November

Dresden Museum Summer Night
More than 35 museums await visitors with events planned especially for this night. Dates: July

Elbe Bank Movie Nights
Movies and concerts in the most beautiful open-air cinema in Germany, against the backdrop of the famous historical silhouette of the Dresden city centre. Dates: July / August

City Festival
A weekend between classical and the modern, between art and sports and with pleasures of all kinds for body and soul in the historical city centre and on the Elbe meadows. Highlight is a steamer festival with river parade. Dates: August

Dresden Festival of Contemporary Music
As a forum for contemporary compositions, the ten-day programme presents unusual multimedia art forms alongside chamber music, symphony, opera and jazz. Dates: Beginning of October

Dresden Striezelmarkt Christmas Market
The oldest Christmas market in Germany takes its name from the delicious Dresden Christstollen cake, which was originally called a "striezel". On the day of the Stollen Festival a four-metre-long Christstollen leads the festive procession of the Bakers' Guild. Dates: December

Further Christmas Markets in and around Dresden
Besides the famous Striezelmarkt Dresden and its surroundings offer a great variety of traditional and very individual Christmas Markets such as the Medieval Christmas Market in the courtyard of the Royal Palace or Christmas Markets in the different historical village centres of Dresden.
The Erzgebirge Mountains, which are called the Christmas Land due to the famous wooden Christmas decoration that is manufactured there, is situated only 80 km from Dresden. A visit to the toy workshops, museums and Christmas Markets is a unique highlight during Christmas time.

Annual highlights in Hamburg and Lübeck

Hanse Marathon in Hamburg
The marathon is divided in 3 different races. Wheelchair riders, skaters and runners have their own race in each case. The first starts at 8:30 am in the Karolinenstrasse. An After Marathon Party will begin after the race at 2:00 pm at Café Seeterrassen (located in the park Planten un Blomen). Date: End of April.

ATP Champions Race
The german tennis-Mekka is situated in Hamburg-Rothenbaum. Last year at the ATP Champions Race tennismatches of the top class, an entertaining frame program and culinary deliciousness enticed 150.000 spectators to the construction at the "Rothenbaum". Date: End of April / Beginning of May.

International Horse Jumping Derby Hamburg
This show jumping course at the derby grounds at Hamburg Klein-Flottbek is the most difficult of the world. During the show jumping competition the best jumping horseman of the world try their best to get the Blue Riband. Date: Beginning of May.

Birthday celebration of the port of Hamburg
The Port of Hamburg birthday celebrations are a really star event with the legendary large sailing ships, the attractions of the port promenade, the rock bands on music stages and the port birthday "classics", such as the tug ballet and port detective story. Date: Mid of May.

Long night of the museums
31 museums will be open until midnight and beyond. It will be offered culinary highlights, music, dance and events. A bus shuttles service will bring the people to the museums. Date: Mid of May.

Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival
This festival is celebrated with Japanese fireworks on the outer Alster Lake and the election of the new Cherry Blossom Princess. Date: End of May.

Christopher Street Day Hamburg
The world wide holiday of the Gay and Lesbian Community is celebrated in Hamburg with a fair by the river Elbe at Landungsbrücken, a big parade through the city centre and closes with a Pride Party. Date: Beginning of June.

Schlagermove - The Carnival of the North
Three days of entertainment and the biggest parade in the history of German pop music. A colourful pageant and a hip mega party.Date: Beginning of June.

Cabaret Festival
The Cabaret Festival is a joint venture of Hamburger Kammerspiele, the theatres Fliegende Bauten, Schmidts Tivoli and St. Pauli Theatre. This joint venture guarantees a light entertainment program with high quality. Date: June.

BMW Derby Meeting at the racetrack in Hamburg-Horn
The Hamburger Racing-Club invites to the big Gallop Derby in Hamburg which is sponsored by the Bayrischen Motorenwerke. It is a traditional German Derby, established in 1869. Date: End of June - Beginning of July.

The Hamburger Jedermann
The Hamburger Jedermann is a spectacular open-air theatre experience in the heart of the historic warehouse city. The actors are performing the tragedy of Hugo von Hofmannsthal about a rich man who makes a pact with the devil. Date: Beginning of July - Mid of August.

JazzPort Hamburg Festival
A Jazz Festival with international high-calibre musicians and a new location at the HafenCity, directly at the harbour. Every year the organizers try hard to create a exclusive program. Musicians as Ben Harper, Morcheeba and Robert Cray have already played at this festival. Date: July.

Schleswig Holstein Music Festival
With a total of some 130 concerts, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival is one of Europe's biggest music festivals. Each year, the festival programme focuses on a particular country. The international Orchestral Academy of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival enjoys a superb reputation world-wide and it forms the centrepiece of the great classical music festival held in the north of Germany. Date: Beginning of July - End of August.

"Fleetinsel"-Festival
This festival is in the city centre surrounded by canals. Hamburg has more canals than Venice. Comedy, artistic, street theatre and music like Jazz, World-Music, Bossa Nova, Blues and Classic are to discover. Date: Mid of July.

"Alstervergnügen"
From the city hall around the "Binnenalster" you can find music, theatre, songs, dance, sport and culinary consumption. Over 800 artists present their music. Dates: End of August.

HEW Cyclassics in Hamburg
The HEW-Cyclassics are a worldcup-race in Hamburg. It is not a race only for professionals, it is cycling for everyone. Last year over 10.000 participants started by the HEW-Cyclassics. and 9.895 finished the race. Date: Mid of August

Traveufer Festival Lübeck
Every year the "Traveufer" changes into a tremendous festival ground. Between Music and Congress Centre and Senator Hotel you can find a lot of art, culture and culinary consumption. Date: Mid of August.

Hamburger Music Festival
A high-class program featuring a broad range of works from modern classics to jazz, presented by artists and groups of international renown. Date: Mid of September

Film Festival Hamburg
This festival features a selection of current international quality films. The programme of the Film Festival Hamburg has the intention to present various cinemato-graphic views from all over the world. In addition to this the Film Festival shall present the city of Hamburg as a centre of audio-visual media production. Date: End of September.

Weeks of Bach with the St. Micheals choir
This festival is featuring the music of the Bach family with the choir of the St. Micheals Church. Date: November.

"Hamburger Dom"
Rightly described as Northern Europe's biggest fun fair, Hamburg's Dom offers high spirits, light-hearted fun and exciting entertainment which characterize the atmosphere along three kilometres of colourful stands, nostalgic merry-go-rounds or hightech fairground rides and shows. Dates: Spring, Summer and Winter

Christmas fair in Hamburg
Many historic stands and tents will offer sweetness, gingerbread, almonds, milled wine and other things. Attractions will be a 70 years old merry-go-around, a very old mirror palace and an old café from Vienna, which are normally exhibited in a circus museum. Date: December.

Traditional Christmas Fair in Lübeck
The Christmas Fair or Market has a long tradition, being first mentioned 350 years ago. A very special occasion is the Christmas fair in the Heiligen-Geist-Hospital where craftsmen are esta-blished in booth. Also a special attraction is the traditional fairyland next to the Marien-kirche. There are over 20 handmade fairyland stands with pupppets like Rapunzel, Snow White and the seven dwarfs in it. Date: December.

GERMANY - MUNICH & TYROL

The most popular Events held in Munich are as follows:

Soccer - almost any weekend we have a match at the Allianz Arena.

BMW driver's - Half day needed for training, possible any day.

Oktoberfest Dates

Oktoberfest 2013 : 21 September - 6 October

Oktoberfest 2014 : 20 September - 5 October

Oktoberfest 2015 : 19 September - 4 October

Oktoberfest 2016 : 17 September - 3 October

HOLLAND

www.holland.com/global/tourism/activities/events.htm

April 3-6, 2014

EAAS Biannual Conference 2014
The Hague, The Netherlands

MOROCCO

www.visitmorocco.com/events

MALTA

www.visitmalta.com/events

POLAND

www.poland.travel/en-gb/events

PORTUGAL

www.visitportugal.com/pturismo/Eventos/Eventos.aspx

RUSSIA

TSAR’S BALL NEW YEAR’S EVE
Saint-Petersburg, Catherine’s Palace

The Tsar’s Ball has been successfully organised annually since 1994 by DSR/Baltic Travel Company – the destination management company in Russia in cooperation with one of the most prestigious French Catering Companies Potel & Chabot. The Ball takes place in the magnificent Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo on the 31^st of December, 2012.

The main out-lines of scenario are the same each year, but the artistic performances, gala dinner menu and highlights are unique. Guests’ approach to the illuminated Palace walking through the park on a red carpet with lit candles on both sides of the carpet especially laid out for the occasion. The procession follows through the suite of beautiful baroque rooms and reaches the Grand Staircase where the cocktail is served. During the dinner serenaded by the Chambre Orchestra the guests will enjoy world famous Ballet and Opera sequences performed by the soloists from Mariinsky theatre and Russian and Cossack show. Midnight is celebrated by a Bell concert and fireworks in the park.

Guests will feel a true romance and splendor of the Tsar’s imperial traditions while they are brought back to the times of bygone era.

This all inclusive package includes Cocktail on the Grand Staircase, 6 course Gala Dinner (UNLIMITED French Champagne, French wines, Russian Vodka) and the round trip transfer to/from the Catherine's Palace.

As to block tickets and ask for package tours & costs to St. Petersburg please contact us:

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