All events in South Tyrol

Immerse yourself in the flavors of the Far East!
From 24.11. to 04.12., we warmly invite you to our Asian Weeks at Restaurant Joselie, Hotel Das Sonnenparadies.

Enjoy a special Sharing Table experience full of variety and taste.
Price: € 60 per person

Reservation recommended: +39 0473 945676 or info@das-sonnenparadies.it

Gala Concert of the Original Tiroler Kaiserjägermusik at the Kursaal Merano The roots of the Kaiserjäger music date back to 1741, when military bands were employed for the first time. The official name “Kaiserjägermusik” was granted to the band on January 16, 1816, after Emperor Franz I issued a decree. The band’s history has been eventful: it was dissolved and re-established several times. On April 25, 1895, the former Tyrolean “Kaiser” Rifle Regiment was divided into four Kaiserjäger regiments, each of which received its own band. However, with the fall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the Kaiserjäger bands also fell silent. In 1972, the Original Tiroler Kaiserjägermusik was revived by former military bandmaster Obstlt. Prof. Siegfried Somma. Since then, it has been recognized as a musical ambassador of Tyrol and has made a significant contribution to preserving Austria’s military-historical traditions. Under the direction of the new bandmaster Norbert Amon and with outstanding musicians from over 30 Tyrolean communities and in some cases even beyond the band has earned a special place in the local brass music scene and enjoys wide recognition far beyond the region. Ticket presale: available now at all Athesia bookstores and online at ticketone.it. Trento: Radio Dolomiti, Promoevent

The female choir Chorisma is pleased to invite you on December 4, 2025, at 7:30 PM to the parish church of Niederlana for the Advent concert.

The branches of St. Barbara have always been cut and preserved on 4 December. In the warmth of our living rooms, the closed buds of the fruit branches open even in the cold winter months and bloom until Christmas Eve. At the Christmas market, we distribute the branches in exchange for a voluntary donation, which goes to the OEW partner project ‘Vida y esperanza’ for marginalised schoolchildren in Bolivia.

Monasteries are becoming increasingly empty, and yet the longing for their peace and spiritual depth continues to grow. Life in seclusion, however, is also changing. In sixteen reports, author Helmut Luther offers authentic insights from behind monastery walls: he meets a Benedictine monk who practices karate, a former soldier engaged in interreligious dialogue, and a young Elizabethan sister who runs a podcast. Between silence, work, and prayer, we encounter people who have found a special kind of freedom and happiness in monastic life.

Helmut Luther:
Born in Merano in 1961, he studied philosophy and history in Innsbruck. His historical research and travels have taken him all over the world. He has published numerous travel reports in Die Zeit, FAZ, Die Welt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and other publications.

MUSEION INK:
Creative Writing Sessions

04.12.2025, 5:00–7:00 PM

Museion Ink is a space where art can be experienced from a new, personal perspective. Through simple, accessible writing exercises, participants explore artistic, social, and aesthetic themes in a creative way, stimulating curiosity and the desire to experiment.

In the December edition, the focus is on objects whose stories reach back to the origins of human storytelling. These narratives intertwine, moving from the macro to the microcosm, allowing words to grow, transform, and take shape: as gestures, pauses, or shared moments.

Free entry, registration required.

Julien Cottereau (F): “Carte blanche à Julien Cottereau” He is a clown, mime, and internationally acclaimed performer. Julien Cottereau, who spent ten years on the stages of Cirque du Soleil, captivates audiences around the world with his naïve style – and last year he won the “Niederstätter surPrize 2024” at Carambolage. Without uttering a word, he recycles silence and the sounds of the world, taking the audience on a journey that invites wonder, laughter, and dreaming. His shows are a collective adventure of pure joy, where every moment is unique and surprising. Whether in the suburbs of Pointe-Noire, performing for street children in Kabul, or on the world’s grandest stages like the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Albert Hall, Cottereau enchants everywhere. He takes his audience by the hand and leads them down unexplored and interactive paths between poetry, humor, and self-irony. Let yourself be enchanted by this master of gestures and sound effects, and experience a show that will spark your imagination! Whatever he has in mind – we give him free rein: Carte blanche à Julien Cottereau. “A master of pantomime who has conquered the world.” (The Guardian) Performances: Thu 04 and Fri 05 November 2025 at the Piccolo Teatro Carambolage, 8:00 PM. www.facebook.com/juliencottereauofficiel

The 6th edition of the $40,000 ITF Women's Tennis Tournament in Selva di Val Gardena promises a week of high-level matches. The participants are ready for exciting challenges with the aim of showcasing their tennis skills.

Join Markus Gimbel on a magical journey into his enchanting world! This is a show where you can laugh, participate, and even cast a little magic yourself. Performer: Markus Gimbel (AT/South Tyrol) For children aged: 4 and up Duration: approx. 45 minutes Start time: 5:00 PM

Mexican dishes with regional game from 19/11 at 7/12 at Restaurant Feines Eck'l in Klobenstein.
Info & reservation: +39 0471 233025

During the Bolzano Christmas Market music bands and singing groups will cheer the time with Christmas music.

The Kaltern Sports Bowling Club is organizing the 14th edition of the traditional Kaltern Clubs Bowling Tournament. The competition will take place at the Raiffeisen Arena in Kaltern.

Browse products – get together – feel the spirit of Advent – take a break together – relax with biscuits and tea... Every Monday to Friday from 7.30 am. to 3.30 pm. Every Thursday from 1.30 pm. to 2.30 pm. with musical accompaniment.

Every Thursday, you are warmly invited to join us for an enjoyable guided tour of the winery and cellar. For a limited number of visitors, we open up the old, historic cellar located seven meters underground, providing you with unique insights into our daily work at the winery and much more... The tour is followed by a tasting session, featuring five wines from our portfolio. Reservations by Wednesday 5 p.m. Price per person: Euro 20.

The Plonerhof winery in Marling invites you to an exclusive wine tasting and cellar tour every Thursday at 3:00 PM, year-round (except during harvest). Experience how passion and expertise create exceptional wines. During the tour, you will learn interesting details about viticulture and wine production. In the cellar, the secrets of winemaking will be revealed. Finally, the wine tasting completes this unique experience. At the Plonerhof winery, a variety of wines are produced on steep vineyard rows with inclines of up to 40%. The house’s cuvées are especially impressive, standing out for their unique diversity and the combination of exceptional grapes. The winery is located in a unique position, where the interplay of climate, soil, and the mountain ranges around Merano creates ideal conditions for viticulture. The Plonerhof produces wines that reflect the flavors of the region and are known for their high quality. The Tutzer family looks forward to welcoming you.

Producers from the area offer their local and handmade products for tasting and for sale. Seasonal fruits and vegetables, bread, meat and sausage products, honey and jams, Liquors and juices, wood carvings and much more are offered.

Traditional market in the center of Silandro with regional products.

Dancing afternoon with live music. Entrance fee: voluntary donation. Information: Franz Stadler, Tel. +39 340 7681240. Kolping, Cavour Street 101, Merano

This winter, we are excited to once again offer an exclusive ice skating course in collaboration with the talented figure skater Sara Furlan. With her many years of experience and passion for the sport, Sara will inspire you with the fun and beauty of ice skating. The courses are divided by age groups: Children aged 3–5: 16:00–17:00 Children aged 6 and older: 17:00–18:00 Sara recommends attending all the sessions to get the most out of the training. However, if you can only attend a single session, that is also possible. Christmas Celebration on December 20th: As a special highlight, Sara invites you to a small Christmas celebration on December 20th at 5PM. The children will have the opportunity to show their parents what they’ve learned. Afterwards, we will enjoy a festive drink together at the snack stand.

The Franz Gojer winery is a small family business whose history begins in the heart of the traditional St. Magdalen wine-growing area on the northern sides of Bolzano. In 2007, the family bought a second farm in Karneid in order to also offer white wine in the assortment. A large cellar was also built in Karneid, where all the production of the wines now takes place, as well as an architecturally interesting tasting room. During a wine tasting, you will learn more about the history of the Gojer family as well as their work throughout the year and taste the wines full of character, which unmistakably demonstrate their origin. Guided tours always take place on Thursdays at 04:00 p.m. Also possible on other days on request. Only with advance reservation. PRICE for a wine tasting: 20€ per person

In a valley in which dialect and garb are still alive, it is not unusual that its tradition is thoroughly cultivated. The „Klöckeln“, is a pre-Christian custom practised the first weeks of December and has an old tradition.

A rich programme of organ and orchestra concerts accompanied by the Bolzano Cathedral Choir.

Every Thursday in December, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, the Laurin Bar comes alive with the long aperitif: classic aperitifs, signature cocktails, a fresh buffet (20 €), and music selected by the live DJ. The event is also open to external guests.

Oak, glass and breathtaking views: The Cantina Merano Winery is a must-visit for anyone who loves architecture, design and wine. During a guided cellar tour, visitors can learn how grapes are transformed into wine and explore the stunningly designed cellar spaces, each with its unique color scheme.

Cellar tour & sparkling wine and wine tasting: all year round from March 12 to December 19, 2025 every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 3 p.m., in German (excluding holidays). Advance booking required.

Guided tours in English in the Cantina Merano Winery in Marling are available upon request and by appointment for groups of at least 8 participants: info@cantinamerano.it, +39 0473 447137.

The photography of Chiara Bettazzi exists in a realm of proximity to the languages of sculpture and installation, sharing with them a vocabulary of everyday objects that shape her subjects. Initially conceived as a tool for observing and controlling the installation process, it later gained its own autonomy, engaging primarily with the register of still life. Her works are object-based compositions, first constructed on a horizontal plane – as vanitas or surrealist-inspired assemblages – and later overflowing beyond the table, finding other supports in found materials from the studio – ladders, screens, temporary structures – that trace precarious trajectories around which the cluster of objects takes on new sculptural forms. The photographic act captures ephemeral encounters between objects in a state of transience, destined to return to the anonymity of everyday life. It is a performative dimension of photography, especially when the artist reveals the gestures of arranging the objects, their accidental falls and displacements – standing on the threshold between composition and decomposition, scene and backstage, where the image continually reactivates the process, restoring to the object the possibility of a new, ever-changing form. Retroscena brings together a series of recent photographs featuring the recurring element of the ladder – an emblem of the scene’s construction – alongside a new installation that gives the exhibition its title. This site-specific work was created using backstage materials from Foto Forum’s storage, remnants of previous exhibitions. The installation unfolds longitudinally, cutting the space in half with an architectural surface made of openings and layers, becoming material traces of a sedimented time. Within this context, the artist invites the audience to move through the space and become part of the scene – observers and actors in a mirroring, dual environment, where front and back tend to coincide. In the folds of fabric and the fragments of objects, memory resurfaces as a visual archive, open to ongoing processes of excavation and refiguration. Chiara Bettazzi was born in Prato in 1977, where she lives and works. Her research explores a dual on the other, a poetics of the everyday object, oscillating between accumulation and discard. In 2015 she created an observatory on the recovery of industrial archaeology in the territory that takes the name Tuscan Art Industry, in collaboration with architectural historians, environmental biologists, artists, curators, and other professionals. Her photographs and installations reflect on transformation, developing in close relation to the industrial and urban landscape. Often site-specific, her works establish a strong dialogue with space and natural light. Her works are held in public and private collections including: La Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Rome), Casa Masaccio Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Collezione Farnesina, Museo di Santa Maria della Scala, Castello di Ama, and Villa Rospigliosi. Selected exhibitions include: BIENALSUR, Museo di Roma a Palazzo Braschi (2025); Panneggi, Lottozero, Prato (2025); Colorescenze, Centro Pecci, Prato (2024); Recap, Z2o Project, Rome (2024); The Tilt of Time, IED, Florence (2023); Reverse, Tenuta Dello Scompiglio, Lucca (2023); Standby. Installation View, Museo Galileo & Murate Art District, Florence (2023); Soggiorno, Villa Rospigliosi, Prato (2023); Rampa di Lancio, Peccioli (2021); Surplace, Galleria Nazionale, Rome (2022); A tutti gli effetti, Villa Romana, Florence (2020); Cabinet, Castello di Ama, Siena (2019); Il Mondoinfine: vivere tra le rovine, Galleria Nazionale, Rome (2018).

An exhibition about pioneering women in mountain photography
The work of Annie Smith Peck is currently on display.

-- Mëter adum na decurazion -- Bring a touch of magic into your home with one-of-a-kind decorations made of natural materials! Under guidance, we’ll create beautiful wreaths together – perfectly suited to the season. From fir branches and pinecones to fruits, and grasses, you’ll work with a rich variety of natural materials. At the end of the workshop, you can take your handcrafted masterpiece home as a lasting keepsake of this special and creative experience. _____ Meeting point: Tourist office Ortisei Price: 25€ VGA | 53€ DVG | 70€ Duration: 1,5-2 hours Number of participants: min. 2 | max. 6 Difficulty level: ○○○○○ Period: December and March Dogs allowed: no Stroller: no _____ VGA= guest of a Val Gardena Active partner accommodation DVG= guest of a Dolomites Val Gardena partner accommodation *Public transport (busses, cableway, etc…) are not included and must be paid separately. Minimum age: 8 years ATTENTION: Kids under 14 years need to be accompanied by an adult participating at the class. Any variation is reserved to the expert!

The Margreid Lantern Advent invites you to enjoy the pre-Christmas season in an atmospheric setting. Mulled wine stands, an idyllic Christmas forest and lovingly designed lanterns decorating the streets and houses give Margreid a special Christmas glow.
A highlight is the Krampus run on 5 December, accompanied by St. Nicholas, who gives gifts to the children. Musical performances, Advent stories and culinary delights create a festive atmosphere for young and old alike.
On 23 December, the traditional charity mulled wine stand invites you to enjoy music and community spirit – and the most beautiful lantern decoration of the year is also awarded a prize.
Immerse yourself in the magic of Margreid and experience the enchantment of Advent in the brightly lit village on the South Tyrolean Wine Road!

The ice rink opens its doors for public skating on October 26, 2025.

Special opening hours are scheduled during the fall, Christmas and Carnival holidays.

The weekly market in Laives offers a large selection of clothing as well as South Tyrolean specialities such as vegetables, fruit, bread and bacon. Every Thursday from 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, you have the opportunity to stroll through the Via Kennedy in the section between the junction with Via Pietralba and the junction with Via Galizia. If Thursday is a public holiday, the market will take place on Wednesday.