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Oldenburg

English Comedy Show - Open Mic | Buddel Bar Oldenburg

Pelle – the late-night shop: Reading Party

The Pelle team provides a cultural program and a cozy after-work atmosphere in the museum courtyard.

Salsa-Footwork, solo course 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM, Loft 1 -intermediate level recommended-

Footwork are step combinations, which are usually danced by men, but also by women. In partner dancing, they can be incorporated as a small solo element. Of course, the entire body movement plays a role here too. A longer footwork sequence is developed, which is then practiced and danced over and over again. A sense of rhythm is a prerequisite here. A good sense of body and fast feet are an advantage here. Salsa dance experience required. Sense of rhythm required. No dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

Salsa-Turns, solo course 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Loft 1 -for all levels-

Dancing salsa means turning: Turning in pairs, everyone turns around their own axis. Turns are a central element in Salsa Cubana. Peter will go into the spin turning techniques. The course is about exercises on how to turn better and more safely yourself. It's about stably holding your own axis: Turning cleanly, turning fast, turning beautifully. Shoes with soles that are as smooth as possible are an advantage. Salsa dance experience recommended. No dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

Salsa Ladies Styling – Advanced course, solo course 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Loft 1 -if you did well in the 1st course-

Advanced Ladies Styling. Builds on the first Ladies Styling basic course at 6:15 PM. For women only! Salsa basic steps and a sense of rhythm required. No dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

Salsa Ladies Styling – Basics, solo course 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM, Loft 1 -suitable for all levels-

Beautiful salsa movements for women. The interaction of hands, arms, upper body, steps, and hip movements is important for an elegant and feminine movement. Ina teaches this interaction in this ladies-styling course for women. For women only! Salsa basic steps and a sense of rhythm required. No dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

Exhibition opening: Visionary Landscapes. Ceramics by Elena Arosio

The current winner of NEUE KERAMIK, the Italian Elena Arosio, creates unique artifacts that she produces on the potter's wheel from fine stoneware.

Classic Rock Night

In 2018, Horst Köster from Hatten organized in Wüsting ...

Pottery like in the Stone Age

Children from 10 years old discover life in the Stone Age and create works from clay.

Thrash till Death Radio

For countless years, the Oldenburg metal maniac, radio host, and Hellpower member ...

WESER-EMS BARKS

Barbecue evening with the Neanderthals

What and how did our ancestors eat? We get to the bottom of this question in this family tour.

International Ceramic Days

Whether tableware, vessels, or art objects: The International Ceramic Days offer ceramic art for every taste. Because of the outstanding exhibitors and the sophisticated market organization, the Ceramic Days are among the outstanding international markets for ceramics in Germany. The fact that the audience appreciates the event very much is also proven by the visitor numbers: experience shows that around 60,000 people from Oldenburg and the surrounding area are enthusiastic about the diverse range on offer. Around 100 selected artists from Germany and abroad present their works in front of Oldenburg Castle. The range of beautiful things extends from original and decorative ceramics for daily use to jewelry and garden ceramics to unique pieces and designer pieces for collectors. A cross-section of contemporary ceramic art and current ceramic craftsmanship is shown. You can find out more about the International Ceramic Days on the International Ceramic Days' website.

Wau - WOW! With dog to the museum

Every first Sunday of the month you can bring your dog for an additional 2 euros.

Public guided tour

A tour through Oldenburg Castle

Footwork on instruments (Clave, Conga, Cow Bell, Bass), solo course 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Loft 1 -intermediate level recommended-

Salsa music is full of beautiful musical instruments such as the clave, congas, campana, or bass. The more you hear in the music, the more you can immerse yourself in the dance. The more appropriately you can interpret the music through the dance. The more lively and diverse the music sounds, the more beautiful every song, every dance, every party becomes! Hearing the instruments and then dancing to them. That is what this is about. Salsa dance experience required. Sense of rhythm required. No dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

Pachanga, solo course 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM, Loft 1 -suitable for all levels-

Pachanga is a Latin American dance of Cuban origin that enjoyed great popularity in the 60s in New York, including in the salsa scene, and is still taught at salsa festivals today. Pachanga is danced without a dance partner and can be well used in salsa dancing as footwork. Salsa dance experience is an advantage. No dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

Family time: Fantastic fans

Using a fan is one of the simplest and most elegant methods to cool off on hot days.

Feeling the salsa movement – from walking to dancing, solo course 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM, Loft 1 -suitable for all levels-

We start with simple walking and the principles that apply there. Some of the principles remain with the movement in Salsa Cubana dancing, others do not. We move and feel which movement is better suited for which purpose. Mostly, the contrary movement plays an important role here (right arm / left leg). We extend this for the whole body until we have arrived at the perfect movement for Salsa Cubana. Spoiler alert: In the end, we end up with the "Cuban Motion" movement. Prerequisite: Sense of rhythm. No dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

Salsa dancing with a cocktail, partner course 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Loft 1 -suitable from intermediate level-

"The cocktail should be in the hand most of the time and not yet in the head. It is less good if it is on the floor, and it should under no circumstances be distributed evenly over the dance partner, as this could lead to cheek pain!" [DTN (German Dance Standard) for dance parties §1, para. 2, sentence 3+4] This course is of course to be seen with a wink: It is nice to be able to dance so well that you can hold a cocktail / a drink in your hand on the side or even share it civilizedly with the dance partner while dancing. We practice this first with the Cuban trend-cocktail "Aqua del grifo sin gas". Please bring: Dance partner with cocktail-proof dance shoes! Prerequisite: Enchufla and Dile Que No must be mastered. Dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

MDR Music Summer

Salsa Musicality basic knowledge, solo course 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM, Loft 1 -suitable for all levels-

You always dance to the music and not just to the beat! If you only want to dance to the beat, you can just set up a metronome. How BORING! To get more into the music, it is very helpful to know and be able to hear the instruments. The more instruments you perceive, the better you can dance to the music, the more fun dancing is. Therefore, the basic instruments like clave, conga, campana, etc. are explained in this course and we dance to them. Prerequisite: Sense of rhythm "on 1". No dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

Salsa on Clave, solo course 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Loft 1 -suitable for all levels-

The most important instrument of salsa music is the clave (wood block). The rhythm it plays in salsa is called "Son-Clave". We take this rhythm as a basis to dance exactly to it. This trains the ear additionally and the musical understanding improves greatly. Theoretically, you can also participate in the course without salsa prior experience, but if you have a basic understanding of the salsa basic rhythm, this is an advantage. Only through the clave does the salsa music come to life. Prerequisite: Sense of rhythm "on 1". No dance partner required. No registration required. €10 / person (reduced €5). Free for participants of Salsa Oldenburg!

Appointments

Call for tenders for sports assistant training for young people between 13-15 years old in Oldenburg. A cooperation between the Ammerland and Oldenburg sports youth organizations.

Sports assistant training from 08/08/2026 – 08/11/2026 in Oldenburg

Call for tenders for sports assistant training for young people between 13-15 years old in Oldenburg. A cooperation between the Ammerland and Oldenburg sports youth organizations.

Crystal magic. The fascinating play of colors of dark tourmalines (with grinding workshop)

Guided tour through the special exhibition "Crystal Magic" with subsequent "Grinding Tourmalines" workshop.

Oldenburg City Gardens

From May 9 to August 9, 2026, the Oldenburg City Gardens will once again transform the city center into green oases. Under the motto "Tree Whispers", a mobile forest with around 150 trees will move through the city, providing more recreational quality, a better city climate, and additional living space for animals. After various stations in the city center, the trees will be permanently used in urban green spaces. The project is supplemented by six temporary show gardens that take up themes such as forest, permaculture, and near-natural design. Sustainability is at the center: peat-free soil, native plants, and recycled materials that will continue to be used after the summer are used. Locations of the temporary gardens Further information You can find all further information about the Oldenburg City Gardens on the website of Oldenburg Tourismus und Marketing GmbH (OTM)

Palace garden tour: A walk through the Beltwalk

Do you know the bird island in the Oldenburg palace garden? Did you know that a temple was to be built and that there are still remnants of a pinetum...

Castle garden tour: A walk through the Beltwalk

Do you know the Bird Island in the Oldenburg Castle Garden? Did you know that they wanted to build a temple and that there are still remains of a Pinetum?