Kotzebue-Picnick in Weimar: Cultural highlights on July 17th!

Kotzebue-Picnick in Weimar: Cultural highlights on July 17th!

Weimar, Deutschland - In Weimar something is happening! An exciting series of events is currently underway, which offers samples of cultural highlights by July 31, 2025. The focus is on the famous playwright August von Kotzebue, whose return and work in the city are particularly recognized. Particularly noteworthy is the Kotzebue picnic, which takes place on July 17th and 18th in the Goethe and Schiller archive and begins at 3 p.m. The topic of "return" is underlined with an open entry and the possibility of online participation. So if you can't be there, you have the chance to be there. Tabularasa Magazin reports that…

art -loving people should make a note of July 23. From 3 p.m. you can expect a new edition of "Kunst & Kaffee", where exciting moments in the Bauhaus Museum Weimar can be skilled under the motto "Oskar Schlemmer: Stagebild, Don Juan and Faust '". Art and enjoyment come together with a cup of coffee in the Werkcafé in the New Weimar museum. Registration is necessary here at info@frauenzentrum-weimar.de-participation is free!

extraordinary tours by Weimar

The Duchess Anna Amalia Library also invites you to a visit that not only becomes literarily but also acoustically exciting. On July 20 at 5 p.m. there will be a telephone audio tour, which was specially designed for blind and visually impaired people. Here you can experience the library through the sound - a very special experience. Registrations can be made at bookung@beanrufkultur.de or by phone at +49 40 20940429. Every year, the rococo room, which was set up in 1766 and not only houses books, but also paintings and busts, enjoys around 100,000 visitors.

A cultural highlight for literary fans is also on May 3, 2025. On the occasion of August von Kotzebue's 264th birthday, a literary walk is held, which is under the motto "In the footsteps of August von Kotzebue". It starts at 2 p.m. in the courtyard of the Haab study center. The walk takes about 90 minutes and leads to important stations from Kotzebue's childhood and youth in Weimar, such as the yellow castle, the old riding hall and the Musäushaus. The best thing about it: participation is completely free of charge and registration is not necessary. To end, the participants can linger in the "Samocca" café and end the afternoon. [Kunstgesellschaft Weimar invites you to…] (https://www.kunstgesellschaft-weimar.de/termin/evitts/spaziergang-auf-den-frei-von-august-von-kotzebue.hmar informed about …] (Https://stadt.weimar.de/de/termine-details/event/66015,48/reminiszen-an-weimar-literarischer-Spaziergang-zum-geburttag-august-kotzebues-05-2025.html)

musical evenings on the Open Stage

and at all of these cultural events, live music does not want to be missing. The Open Stage, which takes place every Wednesday from 6 p.m. on the co-laboratory in front of the city palace, promises mild summer evenings with sounds of bands such as Jam Fruits, Alexander Wohlleben and Buck Shot Rattle. The last appearances are on July 16, 23 and 30, one more reason to look forward to the summer nights in Weimar!

In this city, art is clearly very popular - there is something for everyone here. Whether with a picnic, enjoyment of art or as part of a musical evening, it is ensured by a varied and enriching cultural experience. So if you want to experience the rich legacy and the fascinating presence of Weimar, you must not miss these events!