Erlangen

Sports

sports
golf place

There is a golf place 15kms away to the east (http://www.gc-erlangen.de/).

sports
 

Anniversary charitable football tournament "Football against cancer". Last Sunday of February in the sport hall of Friedrich-Alexander University.

Events

events
Bergkirchweih
an den kellern

(http://www.der-berg-ruft.de/): held every pentecost whitsuntide for twelve days every year. similar to oktoberfest, but more german owing to the absence of tourists. in the year 2005 it marked its 250th anniversary.

events
Summer Nights Film Festival

(http://www.sommernachtfil...)

events
International Comic Salon Erlangen

(http://www.comic-salon.de/): held every two years. the paradise of comics fans.

events
International Figure Theater Festival

(http://www.figurentheater...): held every year.

events
International Film Festival for Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction and Obscure Films

(http://www.weekend-of-fea...): held every may in the manhattan (http://www.manhattankino.de/) cinema.

events
Poetry Festival

(http://www.poetenfest-erl...): held every year.

events
 

You can find a lot of cultural events running through out the year in the Stadtverband der Erlanger Kulturvereine e.V. (http://www.erlanger-kultu...)

events
Arena Festival

(http://www.arena-festival...)

events
International Jazz Workshop Erlangen

(http://www.jazzworkshops.de/)

events
Jazzband-Ball

(http://www.jazzbandball.de/)

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Classical music by the lake

(http://www.klassik-am-see.com/): held every summer.

events
Stummfilm-Musiktage

(http://www.stummfilmmusik...): germany's most beautiful silent film festival with live music.

Concerts and theaters

concerts and theaters
Stadttheater Erlangen
Glückstrasse 3

(http://www.theater-erlang...). 3 different stages, among them the markgrafentheater, which is the oldest baroque theater in southern germany - built in 1719. it is worth visiting, even if you don't understand german at all.

concerts and theaters
Gemeinnütziger Theater- und Konzertverein Erlangen e.V. (gVe)

(http://www.gve.de/). local non-profit union that organizes theater shows and classical concerts all year round.

concerts and theaters
Theaterverein Fifty-Fifty e.V.

(http://www.theaterfiftyfi...). cabaret, theater and music stage.

swimming pools
here

There are a couple of swimming pools in the city open for the public. You can find opening times and prices in German here (http://www.estw.de/Baeder/).