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HAPPENINGS IN RUHR

Many events pop up and disappear with little or no accessible advertising. Some activities are small or unique. Such happenings are posted in this calendar. A source of surprise and discovery.

Actors & actresses
© Orange Planet / Ralf Eppink
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© TLCM / Jack Offord
Actors on stage
© Orange Planet Theatre

Something special takes place throughout the year in the Ruhr Metropolis. Besides established events and exhibitions, smaller occasions can vary from a concert, theatre performance, vernissage, celebration, opening, anniversary, a spontaneous market or a small one-off activity. 

Choose from expat meet ups and other happenings, some of which take place with surprisingly little noticeable publicity, yet well-informed local nationals attend. Members of the expat communities of the Ruhr and surroundings can enjoy these gatherings too.

The calendar below offers expats a quick, easy and simple way to discover current activities all on one page. Please confirm to take note of any cancellations or changes.

By Vincent Green, Jun 24 2022

< February 2023 >
MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
    1 2 3 4An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 19:30
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? Theater BIS, Mönchengladbach 		5An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 16:30
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? Studiobühne am Domplatz, Münster An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 18:00
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? Theater BIS, Mönchengladbach
6 7 8 9 10 11An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 20:00
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? Theater Die Säule, Duisburg 		12An Inspector CallsAn Inspector CallsTime: 15:30
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley, English language theatre from Orange Planet. On a summer evening in 1912 in Brumley, an english manufacturing town, the wealthy factory owner and politician Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to a rival industrialist’s son, Gerald croft. The Birlings’ son eric, whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores, is also at the family gathering. After dinner Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after your own interests and talks of the peaceful and prosperous future that awaits the couple. The seemingly cosy evening is interrupted by the arrival of a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who says he is investigating the death of a young woman who took her own life. Who is to blame for her death? Theater Die Säule, Duisburg
13 14 15 16 17 18InterNationsInterNationsTime: 19:00
InterNations Essen, Bochum & Dortmund Miss Hops, Bochum 		19
20Rose Monday ProcessionRose Monday ProcessionTime: 13:11
Rosenmontagszug from Grugaplatz, along the Rüttenscheider Strasse and ending on the Hohenzollernstrasse. Essen-Rüttenscheid 		21 22 23 24InterNationsInterNationsTime: 18:30
InterNations Essen, Bochum & Dortmund Unperfekthaus, Essen 		25 26InterNationsInterNationsTime: 16:00
InterNations Essen, Bochum & Dortmund Nonna di Mia, Dortmund
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