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.
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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| 1Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 18:00 Fabian Haupt Free Entrance Stadtstrand Tonhallenufer 2 Oberkasseler Brücke | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 18:00 DANNY Free Entrance Stadtstrand Tonhallenufer 2 Oberkasseler Brücke | 8Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 18:00 Misty Boyce Free Entrance Stadtstrand Tonhallenufer 2 Oberkasseler Brücke | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00 Jan Röttger Free Entrance Ven Bar, Derendorf | 14Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 18:00 Max Scheer Free Entrance Stadtstrand Tonhallenufer 2 Oberkasseler Brücke | 15Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 18:00 DÉMIRA Free Entrance Stadtstrand Tonhallenufer 2 Oberkasseler Brücke | 16Long Live the Short Story!Long Live the Short Story!Time: 17:00 Orange Planet Theatre perform dramatised readings of five of the best-loved classic short stories ever written.
Anton Chekhov’s “Oh! The Public”
Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”
Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace”
Katherine Mansfield’s “The Singing Lesson”
William Wymark Jacob’s “The Monkey’s Paw”
Kulturbanausen, Düsseldorf
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| 17 | 18 | 19Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00 BB Thomaz Free Entrance The View, Hafen | 20Düsseldorf Expat Meetup GroupDüsseldorf Expat Meetup GroupTime: 19:00 Networking over drinks with expats Fatty’s Irish Pub Educating RitaEducating RitaTime: 19:30 Performed by the English Theatre Düsseldorf Educating Rita by Willy Russell follows the relationship between Rita, a young working-class hairdresser from Liverpool and Dr. Frank Bryant, a middle-aged University lecturer, during the course of a year. Brash, straight-talking Rita bursts into University night classes determined to change her life. Her tutor Frank is a jaded lecturer, a failed poet and a self-acknowledged ‘appalling teacher of appalling students’ who has just about given up. In need of some extra cash, he agrees to tutor Rita, totally unaware of the whirlwind that’s about to enter his world.... Theatermuseum Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 20:00 MISTY BOYCE Free Entrance Il Cortile, Korschenbroich | 21Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 18:00 Neuser Free Entrance Stadtstrand Tonhallenufer 2 Oberkasseler Brücke Educating RitaEducating RitaTime: 19:30 Performed by the English Theatre Düsseldorf Educating Rita by Willy Russell follows the relationship between Rita, a young working-class hairdresser from Liverpool and Dr. Frank Bryant, a middle-aged University lecturer, during the course of a year. Brash, straight-talking Rita bursts into University night classes determined to change her life. Her tutor Frank is a jaded lecturer, a failed poet and a self-acknowledged ‘appalling teacher of appalling students’ who has just about given up. In need of some extra cash, he agrees to tutor Rita, totally unaware of the whirlwind that’s about to enter his world.... Theatermuseum | 22Book SaleBook SaleTime: 10:00 - 16:00 Discover pre-loved books and DVDs at the library's next book sale and enjoy the coffee corner with homemade refreshments.
Use the chance to also meet with other book lovers and experience the international atmosphere.
International LibraryMecumstrasse 10 40223 Düsseldorf Educating RitaEducating RitaTime: 14:30 Performed by the English Theatre Düsseldorf Educating Rita by Willy Russell follows the relationship between Rita, a young working-class hairdresser from Liverpool and Dr. Frank Bryant, a middle-aged University lecturer, during the course of a year. Brash, straight-talking Rita bursts into University night classes determined to change her life. Her tutor Frank is a jaded lecturer, a failed poet and a self-acknowledged ‘appalling teacher of appalling students’ who has just about given up. In need of some extra cash, he agrees to tutor Rita, totally unaware of the whirlwind that’s about to enter his world.... Theatermuseum Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 18:00 Mike Edel Free Entrance Stadtstrand Tonhallenufer 2 Oberkasseler Brücke Educating RitaEducating RitaTime: 19:30 Performed by the English Theatre Düsseldorf Educating Rita by Willy Russell follows the relationship between Rita, a young working-class hairdresser from Liverpool and Dr. Frank Bryant, a middle-aged University lecturer, during the course of a year. Brash, straight-talking Rita bursts into University night classes determined to change her life. Her tutor Frank is a jaded lecturer, a failed poet and a self-acknowledged ‘appalling teacher of appalling students’ who has just about given up. In need of some extra cash, he agrees to tutor Rita, totally unaware of the whirlwind that’s about to enter his world.... Theatermuseum | 23Educating RitaEducating RitaTime: 17:00 Performed by the English Theatre Düsseldorf Educating Rita by Willy Russell follows the relationship between Rita, a young working-class hairdresser from Liverpool and Dr. Frank Bryant, a middle-aged University lecturer, during the course of a year. Brash, straight-talking Rita bursts into University night classes determined to change her life. Her tutor Frank is a jaded lecturer, a failed poet and a self-acknowledged ‘appalling teacher of appalling students’ who has just about given up. In need of some extra cash, he agrees to tutor Rita, totally unaware of the whirlwind that’s about to enter his world.... Theatermuseum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 25 | 26Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00 Lenny Pojarov Free Entrance Bite Box, Seestern 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 NeussSee more on Amazing Capitals Neuss | 27Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 19:00 JOERG KEMP & PAULA ENGELS Free Entrance Haus Massenberg, Bilk | 28Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 18:00 Siri Svegler Free Entrance Stadtstrand Tonhallenufer 2 Oberkasseler Brücke | 29Stadtklang ConcertStadtklang ConcertTime: 16:00 DANNY & FRIENDS Free Entrance Stadtstrand Tonhallenufer 2 Oberkasseler Brücke | 30Happy Days are Here Again!Happy Days are Here Again!Time: 16:30A Sing Along Event with U.S. actor and musician Joel Handley and other actors from the Orange Planet Theatre Company
TheaterLabor, Düsseldorf
Expat Meetup Halloween SpecialExpat Meetup Halloween SpecialTime: 19:00 - 01:00 Networking over drinks with expats Fatty’s Irish Pub | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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EVENTS IN DÜSSELDORF
Events and activities large and small happen in Düsseldorf throughout the year, some becoming nationally and internationally popular. Carnival is huge, as is the large funfair on the Rhine river bank opposite the old town.
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