Regular Events
- January/February: Carnival festival and Carnival parade
- April/May: Theatertage (“Theatre days”)
- June: Altstadtfest (“Old Town Festival“)
- July/August: Annafest
- December: Schönster Adventskalender der Welt (“World’s loveliest Advent calendar”)and actually the biggest one in the world (Entry in the "World Guiness Book Records")
Besides those big and famous events, Forchheim offers a plenty of different festivals around the year. Especially in the summer there is a lot going on in the city. Africafestival, Streetmusicfestival, Winefestival or even some special Neighboorhood- or Streetfestivals with live music are pretty common.
The so-called "Jahn Halle", a kind of "Townhall," offers live music performances during the year.
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