100 % Events
There are a number of regional events in music and culture like for example.: the International Festival Echternach, the Dancing Procession, e-lake, the World Balloon Trophy in Echternach, regional markets, etc.
The Dancing Procession of Echternach
The Dancing Procession takes place every year on Whit Tuesday (Tuesday after Pentecost) and attracts between 10.000 and 15.000 pilgrims and visitors.
2012: Whit Tuesday , 29th of May
www.willibrord.lu
World Ballon Trophy
World Championships for Hot Air Balloons at the lake in Echternach. Spectacular competitions like key grabs. Night glow + sound and light show on Saturday night. The event takes place end of July.
2012: 11th - 15th of july
www.wbt.lu
E-lake
Open air Festival of house and rock music at the lake of Echternach. Takes place in August. Rock concerts on Friday, house music from 3 p.a. until 3 a.m. on Saturday; Disco music on Sunday.
2012: 11th,12th and 13th of august
www.elake.lu/
Foyer Zwei Länder Marathon- october
The participants of the Marathon of Echternach run on the Luxembourgish side as well as on the German side. They run across Echternach, around the lake and then through the Valley of the Sure and the German-Luxembourgish Nature Park. The track is popular as it is fast, flat and very diversified.
2012: 21th of october
www.marathon-echternach.lu
Haupeschmaart
Big market with regional products; takes place in November in the whole village of Berdorf (main road closed for traffic).
2012: november
www.berdorf.lu
Culture-, Tourism- and Congress Center Trifolion in Echternach
Convention Centre with concert hall of a capacity for 700 auditors. Superb acoustics for live performances of all kinds. Next to this hall is another with impressive round gallery for 300 guests. Additional rooms of varying sizes are available for seminars or workshops.
www.trifolion.lu
Festival International Echternach
The International Festival Echternach takes place every year from May until June. New in the programme since 2008 are jazz concerts which take place in the Trifolion in September. The other concert „halls“ are the Basilika and the Peter and Paul Church in Echternach.
2012: 6th of may - 1st of july
www.echternachfestival.lu
Lëtzebuerger Produkter Medernach
THE place to meet with Luxembourg’s regional products, first weekend of September.
2012: 1&2 September
www.medernach.info
