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German Festivals.• New Year's Day Germany Jan 6
• Holy Three Kings' Day (Epiphany, 12th day after Christmas) Bavaria & Black Forest• Jan-Feb Fasching (Mardi Gras carnival season) Germany
• Feb 10-20 Berlin International Film Festival Berlin• April 22 Good Friday Germany • April 24 Easter Sunday Germany
• April-May Spring Festival ("Frühlingsfest" — carnival rides, beer tents) Munich • May 1 May Day (maypole dances, beer drinking) Germany
• June 2 Ascension Day (religious festival) Germany• June 10-13 Meistertrunk Show (medieval costumes, parties in the Biergartens) Rothenburg
• June 13 Pentecost Monday Southern Germany• June 23 Corpus Christi (religious festival) Southern Germany
• Late June City Festival Dresden• June-Sept Wine Fests (weekends) Mosel River region
• July 9 Lichter Festival (fireworks, music) Köln • July 15-24 Kinderzeche Festival Dinkelsbühl
• Aug 5-7 Berlin International Beer Festival Berlin • Aug 15 Assumption (religious festival, closures) Bavaria
• Sept Berlin Festwochen (arts festival,) Berlin • Sept 3-5 Reichsstadt Festival (historical celebration, fireworks) Rothenburg
• Sept-Oct Various Wine Festivals (weekends) Rhine River region, including Bacharach & St. Goar • Sept 17-Oct 3 Oktoberfest (beer tents, parade, carnival games, and rides ) Munich
• Oct 3 German Unification Day (national holiday, closures) Germany • Oct 31 Reformation Day (celebrates Martin Luther) Germany
• Nov 1 All Saints' Day (religious festival, some closures) Southern Germany • Nov 3-6 JazzFest Berlin Berlin Dec Christmas Markets Nürnberg, Berlin, Köln, Frankfurt, Rothenburg, Munich, Würzburg & more
• Dec 25 Christmas Germany • Dec 26 St. Stephen's Day (religious festival) Germany