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HAPPENINGS IN DÜSSELDORF

Many events pop up and disappear with little or no advertising. Some activities are small or unique. Such happenings are posted in this calendar. A  source of possible surprise and discovery.

Open air concert
© Stadtklang
Actors
© Orange Planet / Ralf Eppink
Boules balls on sandy play area
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Actors
© Orange Planet / Ralf Eppink

Something special takes place throughout the year in Düsseldorf. Besides established events and exhibitions, smaller occasions can vary from a concert, theatre performance, vernissage, celebration, opening, anniversary, a spontaneous market or a small one off activity. 

Choose from expat meet ups and other happenings, some of which take place with surprisingly little publicity, yet well-informed local nationals attend. Members of the expat community of Düsseldorf and surroundings can enjoy these gatherings too.

The calendar below offers expats a quick, easy and simple way to discover current activities all on one page. Please confirm to take note of any cancellations or changes.

By Vincent Green, Jun 23 2022

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          1An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 15:00
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? Theater an der Luegallee, Düsseldorf International Dance WeeksInternational Dance WeeksTime: 20:00
The International Dance Weeks in Neuss attract outstanding performers who demonstrate an enormous variety of the expressive power of dance. Stadthalle Neuss
See more on Amazing Capitals Neuss An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 20:00
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? Theater an der Luegallee, Düsseldorf 		2An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 15:00
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? Theater an der Luegallee, Düsseldorf
3 4 5 6Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 20:00
JULIKA
Free Entrance Il Cortile, Korschenbroich 		7 8Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 18:00
LUXURY COMMUNISM
Free Entrance Stadtstrand
Tonhallenufer 2
Oberkasseler Brücke 		9
10 11 12 13 14Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00
TOEFFTE
Free Entrance Zur Alten Apotheke, Urdenbach 		15 16
17 18 19 20Düsseldorf Expat Meetup GroupDüsseldorf Expat Meetup GroupTime: 19:00
Networking over drinks with expats Fatty’s Irish Pub Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00
JELLY JANES
Free Entrance Ohme Jupp, Altstadt 		21Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00
JAMES MUM
Free Entrance Brauhof Düsseldorf, Derendorf 		22 23
24 25 26 27Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00
NILS BECKER
Free Entrance Ruby Luna, Altstadt 		28Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00
HILL
Free Entrance Rather Fass, Rath An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 19:30
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? TheaterLabor, Düsseldorf 		29An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 19:00
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? TheaterLabor, Düsseldorf Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00
FLORIAN FRANKE
Free Entrance Tersteegenkirche, Lohausen 		30Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00
KAFFE & KUCHEN DELUXE
Free Entrance Hirschchen, Pempelfort
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