December 27 – 30 Event tips between Christmas and New Year's Eve

Bonn/Region · In the time between Christmas and New Year's Eve, you will often have leisure time that you do not have in everyday life. We have put together some tips to fill this free time.

 Artists from all over the world perform in the Bonn Christmas Circus in Beuel.

Artists from all over the world perform in the Bonn Christmas Circus in Beuel.

Foto: Westhoff

Bonn Christmas Circus

Every year the Christmas Circus returns to Beuel with a new programme. Artists, clowns and animal acts await the guests in numerous afternoon and evening performances.

  • Info: 20 December to 5 January, Monday - Saturday, 3 and 7 pm, Sundays and holidays 2 & 6 pm, fairground at the Siegburger Straße, Bonn-Beuel, motorway exit Beuel-Pützchen, 3 and 7 pm
  • Price: from 20 Euro, reduced from 15 Euro at ga.de/tickets

Bonn On Ice

In the Stadtgarten, ice skating fans can go curling or normal ice skating on 1300 square metres. There are also skating courses for inexperienced skaters. Those who still prefer to stay on non-slippery ground or take a break can warm up at the ice bar/grill hut.

  • Info: Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, until Sunday, 19 January 2020: 10 am to 9 pm
  • Price: Day ticket 5 Euro, 3,50 Euro reduced, box office 4 Euro, 2,50 Euro reduced, skate course 6,50 Euro, skate rental 5 Euro, 3,50 Euro reduced

Children's theatre: Ronia robber's daughter

Exciting, touching and funny at the same time, "Ronja Räubertochter" by Astrid Lindgren tells the story of the friendship between two children who belong to hostile robber gangs and who have to assert their love for each other against the stubbornness of the adults. The book is very popular amongst German children and is well worth seeing performed as a play even if you and your kids don’t speak fluent German. Trust us!

  • Info: Thursday, 26 December at 3 pm, Friday, 27 December at 11 and 3 pm, Junges Theater Bonn, Bonn-Beuel, Hermannstr. 50 (0228) 463672
  • Price: from 11,55 Euro, from 9,35 Euro reduced at ga.de/tickets

Children's theatre: Michel from Lönneberga

Five-year-old Michel may look like an angel, but everyone knows that he is wild and stubborn and does more mischief than there are days in the year. He lives with his parents, his sister little Ida, the maid Lina and the farmhand Alfred on the Katthult farm in Lönneberga, a small village in Sweden. He is talented, but has more mischief in his head than any other boy in all of Lönneberga. But Michel is a thoroughly loving boy who basically always means well. Just as the Ronia story mentioned above, the book by Astrid Lindgren is very popular amongst German children and is also well worth seeing performed as a play even if you and your kids don’t speak fluent German. Trust us!

  • Info: Saturday, 28 December and Sunday, 29 December at 11 am and 3 pm, Junges Theater Bonn, Bonn-Beuel, Hermannstr. 50, (0228) 778008
  • Price: Adults from 11,55 Euro, reduced from 9,35 Euro under ga.de/tickets

Children's theatre: Emil and the detectives

For the first time, 12-year-old Emil is allowed to go to Berlin alone. He wears his fine Sunday suit and brings 140 marks for his grandmother in Berlin. He has securely fastened it to the suit lining with a pin, he thinks. His grandmother and his cousin Pony Hütchen are waiting for him at the flower stall in Friedrichstraße station as agreed. But Emil simply doesn't come. When he slept a little during the train ride, someone must have stolen his money. Emil already suspects something and goes after the alleged thief… The story was written by Erich Kästner and is one of many great kids stories by the German author. They are part of Germany’s literary history and you can be sure this play is very enjoyable.

  • Info: Monday, 30 December at 3 pm and 6.30 pm, Young Theatre Bonn, Bonn-Beuel, Hermannstr. 50, (0228) 778008
  • Price: from 11,55 Euro under ga.de/tickets

Banklights

In the spa gardens of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, guests can marvel at the light atmosphere and decorations by master florist Gregor Lersch between the years. Regional specialities as well as art, handicrafts and jewellery are also on offer.

  • Info: 27th to 30th December from 4 pm to 9.30 pm - Sundays from 14 hrs,Kurpark, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Kurgartenstr. 1, (02641) 8010

Stunksitzung

Away from Christmas and New Year's Eve, towards carnival. Also in the current session there is the Stunksitzung at the Cologne E-Werk. According to their own statement, "cheeky and groovy numbers with a good shot of critical cabaret" will be brought on stage. If you have ever felt you needed to experience some truly German carnival stuff – this is the stuff you gotta do.

  • Info: Friday, 27 December at 7.30 pm, Saturday, 28 December and Sunday, 29 December at 6 pm, Monday, 30 December at 7.30 pm at E-Werk Cologne, Schanzenstraße 37, 51063 Cologne
  • Price: from 27 Euro, reduced from 15 Euro at ga.de/tickets

Romeo and Juliet at the Musical Dome

The greatest love story of all time provides a lot of romance with a new choreography and a mix of classical music up to chart hits by David Guetta, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. Here ballet meets hip-hop, acrobatics and jazz dance.

  • Info: Friday, 27 December at 19.30, Saturday, 28 December and Sunday, 29 December at 14.30 and 19.30, Monday, 30 December at 19.30 in the Musical Dome, Goldgasse 1, 50668 Cologne
  • Price: from 35,5 Euro, reduced from 20 Euro under ga.de/tickets

Die Verwandlung according to Franz Kafka

Stefan Herrmann brought Kafka's famous nightmare story in a stage version to the Schauspielhaus Zurich with great linguistic precision and at the same time as a physical challenge.

  • Info: Thursday, 30 December at 6 pm at the Euro Theater Central Bonn, Münsterplatz 30/Entrance Mauspfad
  • Price: from 15 Euro, concessions 9 Euro, premieres 20 Euro

Bonn city walk

The Association for Bonn City History invites its guests to a historical tour with Rainer Selmann through the former workers' and craftsmen's quarter of Bonn.

  • Info: Monday, 30 December from 11.30 am to 2 pm, meeting point: Old Town Hall, Markt 2
  • Price: 9 Euro

Cultural cinema in the art museum: Effi Briest by Fontane

In cooperation with the Bonner Kinemathek, the Kunstmuseum Bonn shows selected Arthaus films in the auditorium every Sunday. This Sunday, Theodor Fontane's novel will be shown, which tells of the failure of a marriage in an oppressive tangle of social constraints.

  • Info: Sunday, 29 December at 2.30 pm, ticket sale from 14 h
  • Price: 7 Euro, reduced 6 Euro

Holiday On Ice

The ice show has been on the road with changing programmes for 76 years. Between the holidays it also comes to Cologne in the Lanxess-Arena. The current production of Holiday on Ice is called "Supernova" and includes five shows on two days.

  • Info: Lanxess-Arena, Willy-Brandt-Platz 3, 50679 Cologne, Saturday, 28 December, 1 p.m., 4.30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday, 29 December, 1 p.m. and 4.30 p.m.
  • Price: from 28 Euro under ga.de/tickets

The truth about Dinner for One at the Contra-Kreis-Theater

The cult sketch about butler James and Miss Sophie is simply one of most-watched tv moments on New Year’s Eve, by Germany anyway. In the comedy by Jan-Ferdinand Haas, a theatre director has to stage the sketch "Dinner for One" five times on New Year's Eve. Of course a lot of things go wrong…

  • Info: The truth about Dinner for One at the Contra-Kreis-Theater, Am Hof 3-5, 53113 Bonn, Sunday, 29 December at 6 pm
  • Price: from 20.90 Euro under ga.de/tickets

Kollegen III - End of the closed season in the Springmaus

For a long time the comedy trio Andreas Etienne, Michael Müller and Cosima Seitz have been rehearsing for the third part of their "colleagues" series. Since the beginning of November, they have been presenting the programme on stage at the Springmaus house, taking everyday office life for a ride.

  • Info: "Kollegen III - End of the closed season" in the House of Springmaus, 30 December at 8 pm
  • Price: from 22,80 Euro under ga.de/tickets

Night watchman torch tour through Bonn

The two-hour tour through the federal city brings the 2000-year history to life. The costumed night watchman tells of wars and the plague, the witch hunt and the fee structure for the executioner.

  • Info: Friday, 27 December at 21 h

Meeting point: Stairs Old City Hall, Bonn market place, 9 pm

  • Price: 15 Euro per person, 10 Euro reduced, tickets at ga.de/tickets

Sông Trang - Show at the GOP Varieté-Theater Bonn

The show at the GOP Varieté-Theater Bonn "Sông Trang - When the moon is reflected in the river" was created in cooperation with the Vietnam Circus Federation and presents spectacular acrobatics from the Southeast Asian country. Flexible elements made of bamboo play a central role.

  • Info: Performances Wednesdays to Sundays until 5 January; Tickets from 34 Euro under ga.de/tickets

Jetzt! Young Painting in Germany

In the exhibition project "Jetzt!" 53 artists present a current cross-section of young painting with their works. Since September, the show has been on view in Chemnitz and Wiesbaden in addition to the Kunstmuseum Bonn. The opening hours of the Kunstmuseum Bonn apply to the exhibition.

  • Info: 27 to 31 December from 11 am to 6 pm, museum admission 7 Euro, 3.50 reduced

Art exhibition EXCELLENT #4

Every year in autumn the former scholarship holders of the Kunstfonds can exhibit their works at the Kunstmuseum Bonn. Agnes Meyer-Brandis from Aachen developed a tiny sign system for her project, so that her works can only be viewed under a microscope. Minimalist art - in the true sense of the word. The opening hours of the Kunstmuseum Bonn apply to the exhibition.

  • Info: 27 to 31 December from 11 am to 6 pm, museum admission 7 Euro, 3.50 reduced

This article is a list which does not claim to be exhaustive or to have followed objective criteria. It is also not a ranking. The order is arbitrary. Is an event missing in the listing? Please send us an e-mail to online@ga.de.

(Original text: ga.de/Translation: Mareike Graepel)

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