Under the motto “LIGHT,” Potsdam will shine in June with a total of 37 events, including a staged opera discovery, a concert opera, a semi-staged oratorio, two large open-air concerts, the traditional bicycle concert, and, for the first time, events on two days at Filmpark Babelsberg. In 2026, the music festival will also celebrate its 35th anniversary.
The phenomenon of light will be explored and reflected upon musically in its various dimensions: as a natural phenomenon, as a symbol, as a spiritual-philosophical metaphor of the Enlightenment, or as part of our everyday culture.
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The Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival is a festival featuring music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods in historically informed performance practice. In recent years, it has also opened up to jazz, world music and new music. The festival takes place every year for three weeks in June with around 80 events in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens of Potsdam & Berlin as well as in the historic center of Potsdam and its surroundings.
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