Summer Vacation (Schulferien/Sommerferien), is the six weeks when theaters close and many Germans take long vacations. This will be over by the end of August with two major exceptions; Bayern (where Munich is) and Baden-Würtenburg (where Stuttgart is located). These two Bundesländer (States) always have their summer vacations at the same time. Like all the others, their vacation is six weeks long but the others change their start time every year, moving forward by a week until they go back to the mid-June start time. It’s complicated and theater life is directly affected, as are audition schedules, so here’s a list of all the end dates so you can be prepared and know when to start reaching out to companies and agencies.
Baden-Würtenburg (Stuttgart)
7.Sept
Bayern (München)
9.Sept
Berlin
30.Aug.
Brandenburg
31.Aug
Bremen
2.Aug
Hambrug
28.Aug
Hessen (Wiesbaden, Frankfurt)
23.Aug
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Schwerin, Rostock)
31.Aug
Niederschsen (Hannover)
3.Aug
Nordrhein-Westfallen (Düsseldorf, Köln, Essen, Dortmund))
20.Aug
Rheinland (Mainz)
23.Aug
Saarland (Saarbrücken)
23.Aug
Sachsen (Dresden)
2.Aug
Sachsen-Anhalt (Magdeburg)
3.August
Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel)
31.Aug.
Thurningen (Erfurt)
31.Juli
See more at…
https://www.schulferien.org/deutschland/ferien/2024/
I find it best to click on “By Year/Bei Jahr”, but as always….there are different keystrokes for different folks!