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Event Highlights in Stuttgart

Stuttgart offers a great selection of spectacular and extraordinary events throughout the year. We invite you to make your stay in Stuttgart an unforgettable experience. Enjoy your visit to the state capital!

Esslingen Medieval Market & Christmas Market, © Stadt Esslingen am Neckar — © Stadt Esslingen am Neckar

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Innenstadt Esslingen

Esslingen Medieval Market & Christmas Market

Christmas market

Today

View of Christmas Market Stuttgart, © Stuttgart Marketing GmbH — © Stuttgart Marketing GmbH

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Marktplatz Stuttgart

Stuttgart Christmas Market

Festivals & Markets

Today

Arts and crafts stall at the Ludwigsburg Baroque Christmas market, © Yakup Zeyrek — © Yakup Zeyrek

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Marktplatz Ludwigsburg

Ludwigsburg Baroque Christmas Market 2024

Christmas market

Today, 11:00 a.m.

Christian Marclay, The Clock (Still), 2010, © Christian Marclay, Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York — © Christian Marclay, Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

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Kunstmuseum

Christian Marclay: The Clock

Exhibition

Mar 14, 2025

Stuttgart Spring Festival, © Stuttgart Marketing GmbH, Sarah Schmid — © Stuttgart Marketing GmbH, Sarah Schmid

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Cannstatter Wasen

Stuttgart Spring Festival (Frühlingsfest)

Festivals & Markets

Apr 19, 2025

Open-Air at the Stuttgart Palace Square, © Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart — © Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart

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Palace Square

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2024

Festivals & Markets

May 6, 2025

jazzopen, © jazzopen stuttgart, Reiner Pfisterer — © jazzopen stuttgart, Reiner Pfisterer

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Palace Square

jazzopen stuttgart

Festivals & Markets

Jul 2, 2025

Weindorf_Prost_07167_c SMG_Martina Denker, © © Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH, Martina Denker — © © Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH, Martina Denker

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart Wine Village

Festivals & Markets

Aug 21, 2025

beer fest, © SMG, Jean-Claude Winkler — © SMG, Jean-Claude Winkler

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Cannstatter Wasen Stuttgart

Stuttgart Beer Festival

Festivals & Markets

Sep 26, 2025

free of charge

Highlight exhibitions

THL_Mastermotiv, © Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg — © Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

September 13, 2024 - January 26, 2025

THE hidden LÄND – Wir im ersten Jahrtausend

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Plakatmotiv, © StadtPalais – Museum für Stuttgart — © StadtPalais – Museum für Stuttgart

September 19, 2024 - February 2, 2025

Stuttgart - City of Kings (1718-1918)

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Staatsgalerie_This-is-Tomorrow_Pressebild_7, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery — © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery

July 19, 2024 - December 31, 2025

THIS IS TOMORROW - NEUPRÄSENTATION DER SAMMLUNG DES 20./21. JAHRHUNDERTS

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Staatsgalerie_Villa-Massimo_Pressebild_1, © Manaf Halbouni — © Manaf Halbouni

July 19, 2024 - January 26, 2025

SOMMER DER KÜNSTE

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PROTEST! From anger to movement | Admission, © Landesmuseum Württemberg — © Landesmuseum Württemberg

Today - February 5, 2025

Protest! Von der Wut zur Bewegung | Eintritt

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gestapo-court-facebook-post, © Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg — © Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg

December 7, 2023 - February 2, 2025

GESTAPO VOR GERICHT

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Anton Stankowski, SEL sign, 1958, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Donation of the Stankowski Foundation, © Stankowski-Stiftung / Foto: Frank Kleinbach, Stuttgart — © Stankowski-Stiftung / Foto: Frank Kleinbach, Stuttgart

March 8, 2025 - October 12, 2025

Doppelkäseplatte – Sammlung Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

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Christian Marclay, The Clock (Still), 2010, © Christian Marclay, Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York — © Christian Marclay, Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

March 14, 2025 - May 25, 2025

Christian Marclay: The Clock

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