Extra Tip for the weekend: Radebeul Autumn & Wine Festival Viva la Fantasia! This is the theme for this year’s Autumn & Wine Festival in Dresden’s neighbouring city of Radebeul. The city is known for its beautiful wineries and small castles on the hilltops, boasting some of the best wines in Germany. This idyllic city on the banks of the river Elbe is definitely worth a visit at any time of the year but this weekend it hosts a magical festival which will most certainly amuse guests of all ages. From Friday until Sunday, the city’s festival grounds welcome visitors […]

Friday, 17 August: Canaletto – Dresden’s City Festival This Friday, Dresden welcomes all of its residents and visitors for the opening of the 20th edition of its city festival, named after the Italian artist Canaletto. Bernardo Bellotto, known in Germany and Poland by the nickname of his uncle, Canaletto, lived in Dresden from 1747 to 1758, following an invitation from King August III of Poland. During his stay in the Saxon capital, Canaletto painted numerous scenes of Dresden, thereby immortalizing the beauty of this baroque city as it was prior to its destruction at the end of the Second World […]

Friday, 22 June: The Johnny Cash ‘Summer2018’ Show Johnny Cash is without a doubt one of the most recognizable voices of the 20th century. Today, nearly 15 years after his passing, the legacy of the “Man in Black” lives on through The Cashbags, Europe’s most successful Johnny Cash revival act with frontman US singer Robert Tyson. The Dresden-based band doesn’t only look similar to the iconic “Johnny/June/Tennessee Three” quintet line-up; they also sound incredibly authentic, as if the original band were on stage. The band’s repertoire also includes hits by June Carter Cash, Carl Perkins, Bob Dylan, and The Carter […]

Friday, 2 March: Jason Miles’ Kind of New ft. Theo Croker Start off your weekend with this concert by an all-star electric jazz band, which manages to connect past and present. By all-star this is not meant to be taken as an understatement, as Jason Miles has worked with many important names from Jazz, Rock, and Pop, including but not limited to Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and David Sandborn. No wonder he is considered as one of the best and most well-known keyboard players in the electro-jazz scene, currently considered to be the Quincy Jones of modern music. […]

Thursday, 25 January: Anne Clark – I’ll Walk Out Into Tomorrow (Film) Anne Clark, the English poet and spoken word-artist, has been celebrated worldwide on stage for more than 30 years. As a pioneer in electronic music, she set standards as an iconic eloquent, yet modest rebel shaped by the punk scene. Her poetry work with experimental musicians occupies a region bounded roughly by electronic, dance and avant-garde genres, with varying hard as well as orchestral styles. Her lyrics deal mainly with the imperfections of humanity, everyday life and politics. All in all, she has been highly idolized over the […]