April 11 – 20, 2008
Classic con brio
Osnabrücker days of chamber music festival with concerts of the highest standard. Master classes and public rehearsals ensure the principle of close up artists.
www.osnabruecker-kammermusiktage.de

May 01 – 12, 2008
Osnabrücker Maiwoche (May Week Festival)
Northern Germany’s unique city festival. 12 days of music, comedy and show in the open air. Be there – admission free.

May 21 – 25, 2008
97th German Catholic Assembly
“You lead us into a large place”: For five days in the middle of the city, people will confer and discuss, pray and celebrate. Whoever wishes to experience the Church live should visit the City of peace during this time.

June 07 – August 30, 2008
Osnabrücker Saturdays
Pure street culture every Saturday from the beginning  of June to the end of August: clowns and jesters, acrobats and jugglers, musicians and pavement artists.

June 07 – August 30, 2008
Summer in the city
Open-air cabaret, film showings in open air swimming baths, salsa party under the tarry sky – a summer cultural program with that extra bit of class.

June 22 – 26, 2008
UNESCO Geo Park Conference
The international UNESCO Geo Park Conference will take place in Germany for the first time. As Osnabrück is the only large city in Germany situated in a natural park – the UNESCO Geo Park TERRA vita.

July 17 – 20, 2008
Winegrower’s Festival
Winemakers from Rhineland-Palatinate are the guests and they present their red and white wines.

August 02, 2008
Street Music Festival “Die Goldene Säge”
One Saturday in summer the city is turned upside down – street musicians from all over the world play music here.
www.fokus-os.de

August 14 – 17, 2008
Osnabrück Wine Days
In vino veritas – a local tasting for wine buffs in the shadow of the historic Town Hall.

August 20 – 24, 2008
Osnabrück Eats Well
Osnabrück gastronomes and other serve regional and international treats and specialities around the Nikolaitor

September 06, 2008
Cultur Night
Experience the cultural variety of the city! A night of open cultural institutions awaits culture enthusiasts, together with plenty of street culture and open air action until early morning.

September 19 – October 05, 2008
Orientfestival (Morgenlandfestival)
Enthusiastic visitors, sold out concerts and an echo in the international media. The festival builds a cultural bridge between the Orient and the West.
www.morgenland-festival.de

October 18 – 19, 2008
Medieval spectacular
It smells like pitch and sulphur: the Medieval market with its craftsmen, knights, jugglers and knaves sets up camp

October 31 – December 06, 2008
19. Osnabrücker Kabarett Festival
Fans of irony, satire, cynicism and sarcasm laught their heads off with the best cabaret artists Germany has to offer.
www.lagerhalle-osnabrueck.de

November 26 – December 22, 2008
Historic Christmas Market
Surveys prove it is the most beautiful in the north of Germany and number three in Germany. Worth seeing: The six meter high nutcracker and  the biggest musical clock of the world.