Events on Usedom
Culture, sport & experience
Island life on Usedom is enriched by a variety of events – from concerts to sporting occasions for holidaymakers and locals. The main locations are the seaside resorts along the Baltic Sea coast. Varied events also take place on the Kurplatz Koserow, only 400 metres away from the Hanse Kogge, including the performances of “Classics by the Sea”.
Please note that many events cannot take place in the usual way or may be cancelled due to the current coronavirus situation.
In Koserow Elsewhere on Usedom
“Classics by the Sea” & more
Events in Koserow
Dixieland Festival in Koserow
Already a tradition: on a June evening, Koserow’s Kurplatz is steeped in jazzy flair and an atmosphere reminiscent of the southern US states. A range of Dixie bands play at the Dixieland Festival – just a few metres from the sea.
Unfortunately cancelled in 2021.
Summer night concert on the Streckelsberg
Enjoy the sounds of the summer night concerts on the Streckelsberg panoramic mountain nesting in nature and with a view of the Baltic Sea. One evening in each of June and August.
Koserow pier festival
Every year we celebrate the pier festival in Koserow in honour of the Koserow pier on the first weekend in July. The festival programme includes a parade, a market and fireworks over the Baltic Sea.
Dancing the night away by the sea
Rock, disco fox, schlager, silent disco – different styles, but all have one thing in common: they’re an open invitation for you to enjoy a dance on the Kurplatz in Koserow. Weekly on six evenings from mid-July.
Usedom People’s Sport Triathlon in Koserow
A cult event in Koserow: at the end of July triathletes compete in a swim in the Baltic Sea, a cycle on yellow Usedom bikes and a run on the beach. The start is at the Koserow pier. The spectators are always very enthusiastic.
Country festival in Koserow
In mid-August, the wind of the Wild West blows on to the island of Usedom. Country music from the 1950s is celebrated for a weekend at the country festival on Koserow’s Kurplatz. Fancy a line dance? Then why not join the dance party in Koserow.
Classics by the Sea
Classics by the Sea’s productions are among the absolute event highlights in Koserow. In 1999, the Berlin actor and director Jürgen Kern founded the acting ensemble “Klassik am Meer” (Classics by the Sea), which has been setting up its stage and performing in Koserow’s Protestant church every summer since then.
Well-known plays such as “Faust”, “Everyman”, “Galilei”, “Nathan the Wise”, “The Visit” have been staged and well-known actors such as Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Wolfgang Winkler, Renate Blume, Jürgen Zartmann continue to shape the performances through their art.
As urgent restoration work is pending in the Koserow church, the 2021 performance season will be moved to the Amber Hall of the Hotel Seerose in the neighbouring village of Kölpinsee.
You can find out more about Classics by the Sea and the programme from July to September at www.klassik-am-meer.de.
Tickets are available online at www.klassik-am-meer.de, by phone on +49 (0) 1806 700 733, at all known ticket offices and at all spa administration offices on the island of Usedom.
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Events elsewhere on the island
Event tips on Usedom
- Winter beach chair festival with beach chair world championships: a somewhat different sporting competition in which the 60 kg beach chairs are carried over a 20-metre course on the beach in Ahlbeck. Who is the fastest team? Always on the fourth weekend in January.
- Baltic Lights & Husky Race: Between the Heringsdorf and Ahlbeck piers, Frisian “Biike fires” spread a heart-warming atmosphere on the beach. Several hundred huskies compete in the husky race on Usedom during the three-day event – a unique sled dog race on the Baltic Sea. At the beginning of March.
- International cabaret festival: Numerous artists are guests in the imperial spas during Whitsun.
- Vineta festival: Stories about the legend of the sunken city of Vineta are presented through drama or dance theatre on the Ostseebühne Zinnowitz. From the end of June to the end of August.
- Festivals & XXL fireworks on the Day of German Unity: The seaside resorts on Usedom celebrate the third of October with festivals and lantern parades. The highlight of the day involves fireworks being set off from one seaside resort to the next. The first fireworks display starts in Karlshagen at 7:30 p.m., followed by Trassenheide at 7:40 p.m., Zinnowitz at 7:50 p.m., Zempin at 8:00 p.m. and then in Koserow at 8:10 p.m. It continues with the fireworks in Kölpinsee at 8:20 p.m., then Ückeritz at 8:30 p.m., Bansin at 8:40 p.m., Heringsdorf at 8:50 p.m. and Ahlbeck at 9:00 p.m. 90 minutes of spectacular fireworks on Usedom.
- Christmas & New Year’s Eve by the sea: Smaller events take place across the island of Usedom during the special period around Christmas and New Year’s Eve, and sometimes even New Year’s Eve parties. We celebrate New Year’s Eve in the hotel & restaurant “Hanse Kogge” with special menus and music.
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