All events in South Tyrol

ITF Women's Tournament - Val Gardena/South Tyrol 23/11 - 29/11/2025 Tennis centre Ortisei/Roncadizza - ASV Tennis Club Urtijëi You can assist at tennis tournaments between professional athletes in this autumn week. This week is one of the large highlights in our event program.

As of today, the Christmas market and the ice rink are officially open! The Christmas market is open on weekends from Friday to Sunday as well as on public holidays, while the ice rink is available for you every day. At the opening ceremony, there will be a short speech. Afterwards, the Tourist Association invites you to enjoy a small refreshment with mulled wine, Christmas cookies, and panettone. Musical entertainment will be provided by the Santoni Family from South Tyrol, followed by DJ Fillini.

The Krampus Parade of the “Höllischen Pichl/Gsies” has long established itself as a true crowd-puller, captivating countless visitors from near and far every year. Terrifying masks, the ringing of heavy bells, and a thrilling atmosphere turn this event into a spine-chilling yet unforgettable experience as the Krampuses begin their impressive parade. Krampus groups from South Tyrol compete against each other for the title of the most frightening performance of the evening. An expert jury evaluates the dynamics, show factor, stage presence, and authenticity of the eerie figures. The parade starts at 07:00 pm, and along the route hot drinks ensure that guests stay cozy even on this frosty winter night. The evening culminates with the After-Show Party – featuring lively music and cheerful celebrations lasting late into the night.

The Naturns Music Band cordially invites you to a church concert to get you in the mood for Advent.

Concert of the music band Antholz Niedertal in the culture house in Antholz Niedertal. Start concerto: 8 pm. Followed by Kathreini-Dance with the dance band "Puschtra 8"

Törggelen at the Weisn Kreiz in Glurns with a traditional Törggele-menu. Registration required at +39 348 48 10 707.

The KVW local groups of the municipality of Kiens cordially invites you to the Kiens Christmas Market. 29.11.2025, starting at 10:00 a.m. at the community center in Kiens.

Women (L)ife On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a scenic, artistic and musical reading will take place, focusing on women, violence, and life thereafter. Created and performed by theatre educators from PlatThea, Platform for Theatre Education. Organized by the Educational Committee of Kastelruth. The event will be held in German.

Advent festival on Burggräfler Square from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Concert with Sibylle Siller & Michael Stürz from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Children's crafts from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Church Concert by the Oberbozen music band in the Parish Church of Oberbozen at 8 p.m., Voluntary donation.
Featuring vocalists Barbara Mauroner and Dietmar Oberrauch.
Conductor: Christian Mayr

On the Way to Silence A concert to mark the beginning of Advent The Women’s Choir of Klausen warmly invites you to an atmospheric evening filled with music and reflection. Together with the SCHWARZ-HOLZ Clarinet Quartet from the Sarntal Valley, we will create a concert that captures the magic and calm of the Advent season. Join us and immerse yourself in sound, silence, and the joyful anticipation of Christmas.

The Zwölfmalgreien Band warmly invites you to the traditional St. Cecilia Concert on November 29, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall in Bolzano.

Under the theme “Transformation,” the band invites you on an exciting and diverse musical journey where change and development play a central role. Old meets new, blending into a unique metamorphosis. Curious?

Ticket presale:
Optik Wassermann – Laubengasse 72/B, Bolzano
By email: tickets@mkz.bz.it
By phone or WhatsApp (between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m.) at +39 335 6065022

Reserved tickets must be collected no later than 30 minutes before the concert begins.

The Zwölfmalgreien Band looks forward to welcoming you!

The Brontntol Tuifl once again invite everyone to their impressive Krampus parade in the center of Laives – an event that captivates visitors year after year.

Along Via Galizia and Via Kennedy, a thrilling and eerie spectacle unfolds, featuring more than 200 elaborately crafted Krampus figures from all over South Tyrol and beyond, showcasing their striking masks, costumes, and traditional customs. Warm drinks and food are provided.

Afterwards, the celebration continues at the "Casa della Cultura" hall: the Aftershow Party offers music, a lively atmosphere, and the perfect way to round off this special evening.

Information on how to get there by public transport:

Until 6 p.m. and from 10:30 p.m. onwards, passage through Laives is guaranteed for public transport. Due to the road closures during the Krampus parade, buses will not serve the stops in Laives and Pineta between 6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Instead, they will travel through the bypass tunnel directly to the Laives industrial zone and on to Bronzolo.

The "Mårtiner Sternstundn" officially kick off the Advent season!
A festive start sets the mood for enchanting days full of music, sparkling lights, and Christmas atmosphere.
The day begins with the opening of the "Mårtiner Sternstundn" featuring the music group ELFS, a ceremonial speech, presentation of the Advent program, and blessing of the brought Advent wreaths.

Immerse yourself in the history of the Passeiertal Valley and discover, with “Faschismus auf dem Land”, an extraordinary historical document that opens a window onto a turbulent era. The chronicle of Father Karl Gögele takes you on a journey through the years following the First World War — a time of change, challenges, and new beginnings.

The reading will take place only in German.

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.

Nativity scene exhibition, opening at 5.30 p.m. with a blessing ceremony for the newly built nativity scenes at 6 p.m. The exhibition will then be open until 8 p.m.

Supporting Program SATURDAY 4:30–5:00 p.m. – Dancing for children with the folk dance group 5:30–6:30 p.m. – Music by the Ultner Volksmusikanten 7:00–8:00 p.m. – Performance by the folk dance group SUNDAY 11:00–11:45 a.m. – Hunting horn players 12:00–12:45 p.m. – Alphorn players from 12:30 p.m. – Haflinger horse riding from 1:30 p.m. – Campfire bread (stick bread) 1:30–3:00 p.m. – Readings of Christmas stories from 2:00 p.m. – Christmas crafts for children 3:30–4:00 p.m. – Line dance performance Additional attractions: Food and drink stalls Petting zoo Nativity scene exhibition Small market with local producers (Sunday only) Organized by the associations of St. Pankraz: AVS, SCP, WSV, KFS, Tennis Club, Youth Service, Gemeinsam Wachsen, Tourism Cooperative

Rural and artisan stalls from the Passeiertal Valley with unique, home-made products invite you to browse. Enjoy the cosy atmosphere with Christmas scents, music and stories. Offers at the stands: · wood and felt work · herbs, teas, bacon and sausage · handmade fashion jewelry and cozy sewn items for toddlers · Christmas biscuits and decorations made from natural materials · warm cheese sandwiches, crepes, fruit skewers, and many sweet treats Programme Saturday 29th November · 10:00 am - 12:00 am: Christmas crafts & story reading · 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Christmas crafts & story reading · from 2:30 pm: the angel collects the letters for the Christ Child Sunday 30th November · 10:00 am - 12:00 am: Christmas crafts & story reading · 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Christmas crafts & story reading Culinary highlights: · small hot dishes · sweet apple burger · warm Christmas cocktails With Christmas music and stories.

From November 29 -30, 2025 it is finally time again: The SPORTLER Ski Test Days at Kronplatz will take place! More than 30 renowned brands will present their new products and trends in Alpine skiing, ski touring and freeriding.

Simply register in the SPORTLER app and be there!

Mostra di trenini dell’Associazione Ferramatori Trentino Alto Adige

Vin brulè e altre bevande calde

A charitable initiative during Advent: exhibition and sale of hand-painted artworks by Michael Burger from Welsberg. All proceeds will benefit the South Tyrolean Vincentian Conference Gsies–Welsberg–Taisten.

¡Arriba! Things are getting hot! 🌶️ Mexican Weeks start on 7 November – with lots of specialities and a great fiesta atmosphere! 🎶🌮 Look forward to tacos, wraps, chilli con carne and more – all prepared with love.

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

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

The Tyrolean Advent in the Castle will be taking place in the historic ambience of Tyrol Castle. Tyrol Castle provides an atmospheric backdrop for a genuine South Tyrolean Christmas experience. Local exhibitors will present traditional handicrafts such as felting, pottery, turning, spinning, braiding, dyeing and the production of ceramics or jewelry in the castle's rooms. There will be a well-balanced program of events for visitors every day during Advent in the Castle: whilst crackling fires make for a cozy atmosphere, food stands will offer traditional dishes, baked goods and drinks. The Christmas market will also be attended by choirs and music groups, and there will also be all kinds of entertainment for children.

On November 29 and 30 and from December 6 to 8, 2025, Schenna Castle transforms into a charming meeting place for lovers of good food and festive atmosphere: Advent at Schenna Castle combines culinary delights, traditional craftsmanship, and the magic of the pre-Christmas season in a unique way. Under the motto “Dishes with a Story”, a food stall serves traditional meals from days gone by – authentically prepared and with a deep love for South Tyrolean cuisine. High-quality exhibitors present regional products all centered around fine food – from handmade specialties to delightful gift ideas for gourmets. Ancient crafts come to life on site: watch, discover, and marvel at how things used to be made. A lovingly designed children’s program awaits our youngest guests, making Advent at Schenna Castle a special experience for the whole family. Let yourself be enchanted by a magical Advent season full of flavor, nostalgia, and festive charm – at Advent at Schenna Castle.

At the Christmas workshop we make Christmas decoration. The participation is free of charge, no registration needed.

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).

Pony riding for children in the Kapuziner garden Lana (fridays from 15.00-17.30, saturdays from 13.30-17.30, sundays from 12.30-17.30).