Guided tours of Bonn in English with StattReisen: to sign up and for more details go to http://www.stattreisen-bonn.de/tours_in_english.htm

Friday, September 16

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Bad Godesberg Stadtfest (City fest): Annual fest in Bad Godesberg runs Friday - Sunday, a family friendly event with live music, street food, circus performances, puppet shows and a French market on Alten Bahnhofstraße. Official opening is at 4:30 p.m., Friday at Theaterplatz. Other days it will open at 11 a.m. Many shops will be open on Sunday.

Intercultural week: starts in Migrapolis - Haus der Vielfalt (House of Diversity), Brüdergasse 16-18. At 4 pm, organizations will introduce themselves, at 4:30 pm visitors will sing songs in different languages. Registration at (0228) 29 80 96 with Elsa Funk-Schlör. 4 euros. More information at: www.migrapolis-deutschland.de

Orbis-Quartett: Works from Mozart, Beethoven und Schubert, Augustinum, Römerstr. 118, 7:30 pm

Beethovenfest: Ensemble 2012 of the Russian-German Music Academy, Kammermusiksaal Beethoven-Haus, Bonngasse 24-26, 8 pm, (0228) 981750

Beethovenfest: Christian Zacharias (piano), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (Director), Beethovenhalle, Wachsbleiche 16, 8 pm, (0228) 72220

Calum Graham & Peter Kroll-Ploeger: Canadian "Fingerstyle-Champion" meets German "Steelstring"-Specialist, Harmonie, Frongasse 28-30, 8 pm, (0228) 614042

Orchestra - Südstadt Tango: Benefit concert for Ecumenical Migration and Refugee Work Bonn, Trinitatiskirche, Brahmsstr. 14, 8 pm, (0228) 9784011

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Ahrweiler: The wine festival season continues with many festivals, this weekend in Rech and Bachem. More info. featured in: http://www.ga.de/ga-english/It%E2%80%99s-wine-festival-time-article3346362.html

Eifelperlen: "Unplugged through the Rock and Pop landscape", Drehwerk 17|19, Wachtberg, Töpferstr. 17-19, 8 pm, (02225) 7081719

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KölnKlang Open Air: Live open air stage on Schildergasse from 10 a.m., featuring classic ensembles, small and larger rock, pop and jazz bands and choirs. “Lucky Kids” will play with guest Maxim Noise, a Youtube star.

Antiquariat: German acoustic ensemble (violin, two guitars, double bass)- a cross of gypsy, swing, chanson and European folk music with new album "Vida de Carrusel", Hinterhofsalon, Aachener Str. 68, 8 pm, (0221) 1397116

Barrenstein and Kompass Nord: IndieRock and Pop, Tsunami Club, Im Ferkulum 9, 8 pm, (0221) 8016334

Johan Hörlen Quartet: Jazz, Altes Pfandhaus, Kartäuserwall 20, 8 pm, (0221) 2783685

Broken sound 22 with Razen and Werner Burand: Minimal Music, Drone, Stadtgarten, Venloer Str. 40, 8:30 pm, (0221) 9529940

Shred Kelly: Folk, Kulturcafé Lichtung, Ubierring 13, 9 pm (0221) 801 484 50

Poplife: Live Music Hall, Lichtstr. 30, 10 pm, (0221) 9542990

We trip you up!: Shoegaze, Indie and Dreampop, Lotta, Kartäuserwall 12, 10 pm

Saturday, September 17

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Bad Godesberg Stadtfest (City fest): Annual fest in Bad Godesberg runs Friday - Sunday, a family friendly event with live music, street food, circus performances, puppet shows and a French market on Alten Bahnhofstraße. Official opening is at 4:30 p.m., Friday at Theaterplatz. Other days it will open at 11 a.m. Many shops will be open on Sunday.

Street fest in Poppelsdorf: More than 50 exhibitors and clubs offer a colorful entertainment program on two stages, 11 am start and at 8 pm the band “Sunny Skies” will play, on Clemens-August-Straße between Poppelsdorfer Platz and the Botanic Gardens.

"12th Bonn Open Feis" -- Irish Dance Championships: World Irish Dance Association; around 180 participants ages 4 - 50 dancing in the disciplines: Solo, Group, Show Dance, Jupp-Gassen-Halle, Bonn-Beuel, Kastellstr. 24, 9 am - 6 pm, (0228) 254612

Flea market in the Rheinaue: Rheinaue, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee, 8 am - 6 pm

Children’s flea market: with baby and kids’ clothing, toys and bikes. At Juco in Muffendorf (Am Helpert 36) from 2 - 5 p.m. There will be a cake buffet with all proceeds going to the youth association Juco.

Comic sketching for kids: Workshop on the theme "Magic and Fairytales", for Kids 8 - 15-years old; Registration at (0228) 9093477, Kunstverein Bad Godesberg, Bad Godesberg, im Glaskarree, Burgstr. 85, 3-6 pm, (0228) 314516

The Vegetable Orchestra: Bundeskunsthalle, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4, 6 pm, (0228) 91710

Beethovenfest: Andrei Korobeinikov (piano), Symphonischer Choir of the Philharmonic Ekaterinburg, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Liss (Director), Beethovenhalle, Wachsbleiche 16, 8 pm, (0228) 72220

Night concert: "Amerika -- Russland: Ein kalter heißer Krieg" (America - Russia: A cold hot war); with Konstanze Jarczyk (Harp) and the church choir of Kreuzkirche, Kreuzkirche, Kaiserplatz, 9 pm

+++REGION+++

Beethovenfest: Marialy Pacheco Trio, (Joo Kraus Trumpet), WDR Funkhaus Orchestra, Wayne Marshall (Director), Rhein-Sieg-Halle, Siegburg, Bachstr. 1, 8 pm, (02241) 239190

+++COLOGNE+++

Adam Rafferty: Guitar concert, Hinterhofsalon, Aachener Str. 68, 8 pm, (0221) 1397116

Boppin'B: Underground, Vogelsanger Str. 200, 8 pm, (0221) 542326

John Scofield: Country Songs, Philharmonie Köln, Bischofsgartenstr. 1, 8 pm, (0221) 204080

The Moriartees and guests: Mersey Beat, Sonic Ballroom, Oscar-Jäger-Str. 190, 9:30 pm, (0221) 16918894

90s Reloaded: Rock-Pop-Grunge-Euro Dance-RnB-Soul-Indie-Britpop-Electro-Trance-HipHop, Live Music Hall, Lichtstr. 30, 10 pm (0221) 9542990

Beat Down Babylon: Reggae, Dancehall, Studio 672, Venloer Str. 40, 11 pm, (0221) 952994

Sunday, September 18

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Bad Godesberg Stadtfest (City fest): Annual fest in Bad Godesberg runs Friday - Sunday, a family friendly event with live music, street food, circus performances, puppet shows and a French market on Alten Bahnhofstraße. Official opening is at 4:30 p.m., Friday at Theaterplatz. Other days it will open at 11 a.m. Many shops will be open on Sunday.

Model toy market: miniature trains, cars, accessories and old tin model toys, Stadthalle Bad Godesberg, Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Str. 80, 11 am- 4pm, (0228) 528810

Weltkindertag (World Children’s Day): celebrated in Bonn city center at Marktplatz from 12 noon - 5 p.m. with many participating organizations, a stage and lots of action, including music, dance and a circus show. Stage show begins at 12 noon. www.bonn.de/@weltkindertag

Family atelier on Sunday: "The Body Know"; in English, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 11 am - bis 1 pm, (0228) 776260

Organ concert for kids: Heilig Kreuz Church, Limperich, Bonn-Beuel, Kreuzherrenstraße 55, 3 pm, (0228) 976110

Roberta -- Lernen mit Robotern (Learning with robots) in German: For Kids 8 - 11; Registration at: (0228) 302256, Deutsches Museum Bonn, Bad Godesberg, Ahrstr. 45, 3-5 pm (0228) 302255

Children’s flea market: with toys and clothes and other items for babies and children. At the St. Sebastian parish hall in Poppelsdorf, Sternenburgstraße 27, 10:45 am - 1:45 pm.

Beethovenfest: Discussion round with Music, Siegfried Mauser (piano, moderation), Thomas Wypior, Hanna Bachmann, Ben Cruchley (piano), 11 am; Ben Cruchley (piano), Siegfried Mauser (piano, moderation); 2 pm, Chamber music room, Beethoven-Haus, Bonngasse 24-26, (0228) 981750

Bonner Meisterkonzert classic guitar: Lorenzo Micheli, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 3:30 pm, (0228) 776260

Ittenbacher Brass Band: Concert on the outdoor terrace of the Stadthalle Bad Godesberg, Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Str. 80, 4-6pm

Beethovenfest: Seda Röder (piano), Ekkehard Windrich (violin), Kristina Quintabà (Mezzo soprano), Laurenz Leky (reciting), Schauspiel Bonn, Kammerspiele, Bad Godesberg, Am Michaelshof 9, 6 pm, (0228) 778008

Beethovenfest: Boris Berezowsky (piano), Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Liss (Director), Beethovenhalle, Wachsbleiche 16, 6 pm, (0228) 72220

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Beethovenfest: Symphonic Choir of the Philharmonic Ekaterinburg, Andrei Petrenko (Director), Stadthalle Troisdorf, Troisdorf, Kölner Straße 167, 6 pm

+++COLOGNE+++

Sl!ns Straßenköter: Acoustic Set in Beer garden, Sonic Ballroom, Oscar-Jäger-Str. 190, 3 pm, (0221) 16918894

Changing Colours: Singer-Songwriter, Kulturcafé Lichtung, Ubierring 13, 5 pm, (0221) 801 484 50

Young German Philharmonic: Works from Joseph Haydn, György Ligeti and Ludwig van Beethoven, Philharmonie Köln, Bischofsgartenstr. 1, 6 pm, (0221) 204080

Justin Bieber: Lanxess-Arena, Willy-Brandt-Platz 3, 7:30 pm, (0221) 8021

Familiar wild: Alternative Folk, Kulturcafé Lichtung, Ubierring 13, 8 pm, (0221) 801 484 50

Martin Schulte Quartett feat. Frederick Köster: Jazz, Altes Pfandhaus, Kartäuserwall 20, 8 pm, (0221) 2783685

Colonel Petrov's Good Judgement: Moral Machine Release concert, Stadtgarten, Venloer Str. 40, 8:30 pm, (0221) 9529940

A sampling of Exhibitions in Bonn:

Bundeskunsthalle exhibitions: Enjoy Your Life (Jürgen Teller), Parkomania: Garden on the roof, The Landscaped Gardens of Prince Pückler, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4., (0228) 91710, more dates and times on website (English) http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de/en/home.html

Kunstmuseum Bonn: movement artist Simone Forti with “sound move”, Dorothea von Stetten Art prize 2016: Young art from the Netherlands, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 11am-6pm, (0228) 776260, more dates and times on the website (English)http://www.kunstmuseum-bonn.de/en/information/news/

LVR Landesmuseum: From Neandertal Man to the present, The Celts in the Rhineland, Colmanstr. 14-16, (0228) 2070351, dates and times on website (English) http://www.landesmuseum-bonn.lvr.de/en/startseite.html

Arp Museum: for the Dada Year 2016, new exhibition “Other Realities” focussing on art that comes about beyond the established structures of the art system; Arp Museum, Bahnhof Rolandseck; English, French and Dutch tours can be arranged. http://arpmuseum.org/en/home.html

Marie Goslich -- Pioneer of Photojournalism: Frauenmuseum, Im Krausfeld 10, 2 - 6 pm, (0228) 691344

BY THE WAY: community exhibition, Research center CAESAR, Bad Godesberg, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 9-4 pm, (0228) 96560

Cinema Listings (English)

+++Kinopolis, Moltkestr. 7-9, Bad Godesberg+++

The Purge - Election Year: Fri., Sat. 11 pm

Nerve: Fri. 2pm, Sat. 4:20 pm, Sun. 8:50 pm

The Light Between Oceans: Fri. & Sun. 4:50 pm, Sat. 4:50 & 7:50 pm

The Secret Life of Pets: Sun 11:30 am

Pete’s Dragon: Sun 12 noon

+++Metropolis, Ebertplatz 19, Cologne+++

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years: Sat. 8:50 pm

The Purge - Election Year: Fri., Sat., Sun. 4:20 & 6:50 pm

Absolutely Fabulous: Fri., Sat., Sun. 8:35 pm

Captain Fantastic: Fri, Sat, Sun 6:15 p.m. (with German subtitles)

Don’t Breathe: Fri., Sat., Sun. 10:20 pm

Suicide Squad: Fri, Sat, Sun 9 pm

Jason Bourne: Fri & Sun 8:50 pm (with German subtitles)

The Light Between Oceans: Fri., Sat., Sun. 6:25 pm

Coming up:

Photokina: Photography and Imaging Exhibition 2016 in Cologne with around 1,000 exhibitors from 40 different countries. It’s the world’s leading trade fair for photo and video, runs September 20 - 25 at the Köln Messe. For more information and tickets, see English language website: http://www.photokina.com/photokina/index-9.php

Bonn English Comedy Nights: at Fiddler’s Pub on the third Thursday of every month. Featuring international top acts from the UK, US and rest of Europe. Frongasse 9 (in the Endenich area of Bonn. Next show Sept. 22 at 8:30 pm. Tickets 10 euro in advance, 15 euro at the door. Limited space. Tickets can be reserved at: bonn@internationalcomedians.com

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