Kaltenberg Knights' Festival

July 14—30

Location: Schloss Kaltenberg, Schlossstrasse 8.

It's near Geltendorf, about 50km west of Munich.

Phone: (Tickets) 018 05 11 33 13, (Info) 0900 1 33 14 33

Website: www.ritterturnier.de

Evening shows take place on Saturday the 15th, Saturday the 22nd and Saturday the 29th of July.

Night shows take place on Friday the 21st and Friday 28th of July.

The grounds open at 4pm and the parade (Festumzug) starts at 4.30pm The arena show goes from 8pm to 10pm. The official program ends at midnight, but you can party on with the Barbarians’ Club if you want to stay longer.

Daytime shows are on Sunday the 16th, Sunday the 22rd, Sunday the 30th. The official program ends at 7.30pm.

A "Children's Knights' Tournament" - Kinderritterturnier - takes place in the arena just after each of the daytime performances.

On Friday the 14th of July is the hugely popular “Gauklernacht” - Jesters’ Night which features an army of 1000+ performers as colorful as they are flexible. It goes from 6pm to 2am. The usual arena show doesn’t take place but there’s so much else going on you won’t even notice.

Organizers call this night a “Symphony of Light and Fire”. Cool!

Cost:

Tickets including admission and a seat for the arena show cost between €44,95 and €74,95 depending on how close to the action you are.

*Tickets for the roofed royal Lodge cost €85.

*If you can’t get a seat for the arena show, don’t worry! Admission to the grounds costs €34,90, where you can see the market, the parade, the concerts, everything really! And you can stand at the back of the grandstands and watch the arena show anyway.

*Jesters’ Night tickets cost start €44,90.

*Kids under 4 years get in free, but there’s no guarantee of a seat for the arena show. Tickets for kids 4 to 14 are 15% less than the adult tickets, except for the Lodge where they pay full-price.

*There’s also a 10 percent advanced booking fee and €1.20 service charge per ticket.

Tickets: www.rittertunier.de