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Marché de Noël – Weihnachtsmarkt in den Stadthöfen

From November 13 to December 23, 2025, Hamburg's Stadthöfe will once again shine in festive splendor, offering a unique Christmas atmosphere. The Christmas Market invites you to linger and enjoy – Tuesday through Sunday from 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and Mondays from 3:00 PM.

This year, visitors can look forward to special moments of enjoyment beneath cozy nativity tables and on warm furs – with even more highlights than ever before! New to the lineup is a genuine German winemaker's mulled wine in red, white, and rosé from a renowned winery in Rheinhessen – a true insider tip for mulled wine lovers. The culinary offerings have also been further expanded: In addition to popular classics such as tarte flambée, crêpes, and Thuringian bratwurst, this year for the first time also features hearty, creamy mashed potatoes and freshly baked doughnuts.

A special extra for unforgettable memories: our brand-new photo booth – ideal for Christmas snapshots with friends and family! A magical part of the program that shouldn't be missed: Fortune teller Esmeralda will be back, offering a glimpse into the year 2026. And on select days, atmospheric live music will round out the experience and create a true Christmas spirit.

The Bleichenhof is easily accessible via the Große Bleichen, Stadthausbrücke, Bleichenbrücke and the Neuer Wall.

Max and Friends

Max and Friends bring the Christmas magic of Hollywood to the stage with a twenty-piece ensemble. Accompanied by opulent strings and brass, they create a warm soundscape that envelops timeless Christmas songs like sparkling icing. Five outstanding singers lend their voices to the great classics and together create the dream world of this music.



At the glass grand piano of Udo Jürgens, pianist and bandleader Maximilian Kraft guides the audience through the evening and adds extra sparkle to the arrangements. The program ranges from the swinging big band sound à la Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Michael Bublé with heavenly choir arrangements in the style of the Andrews Sisters to soulful, groovy Christmas hits by Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Chris Rea, and Stevie Wonder. Passionate, spirited, and full of festive emotions – a concert that lets the familiar highlights of the Christmas season shine in new splendor.

Whether rousing and groovy or touchingly emotional: it couldn’t be more beautiful and festive.

PERFORMERS

Max and Friends bigband, string quartet

Nicole Mühle soprano

Lerato Shadare mezzo-soprano

Nathalie Dorra alto

Darryll Smith tenor

Daniel Caccia baritone

Maximilian Kraft piano and director

Mehr Licht! (3 - 10 Jahre + Erw.)

Of Waves, Particles, and Fear of the Dark | Director: Hannah Kowalski | Advisor: Tine Krieg | Performance: Hannah Kowalski & Guy Marsan | Lighting: Hans Leser & Nicolas Wolf | Music: Tobias Kleine & Milena Pohl | Set Design: Hanno Krieg & Marie Roth

What is a light wave? Why is the sky blue? Can we run away from our shadows? Light is a bit like magic—it makes things disappear and reappear, banishes bad dreams, and is faster than anything else. The mystery and beauty of light influence us every day. It is only because of light that we can see anything at all.

But what do you have to do to see light for yourself? The theater is an ideal place to find out, because light plays a crucial role in the theater. Therefore, we want to use the stage to examine light itself and playfully explore what fascinates science and art about light. We invite you to the research theater to explore this mysterious something called light.

Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the FAIR P(L)AY program.

Merry Christmas, Hamburg! Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte

The Hamburg Boys’ Choir invites you to a festive, magical retelling of the Christmas story. Together with the Ensemble Schirokko Hamburg, the choir performs in various formations: as a boys’ choir, a male choir, and a mixed choir.

The singers also appear as soloists: Professionally trained children’s and youth voices blend with those of well-known soloists from northern Germany, who contribute their expertise as part of the choir’s music education team and help shape the training at the Hamburg Boys’ Choir.

An »All-In« Christmas concert by the Hamburg Boys’ Choir: The entire musical team and its protégés present themselves and bring their own unique retelling of the Christmas story to life – enchanting the audience in the process!

PERFORMERS

Hamburger Knabenchor choir

Ensemble Schirokko Hamburg ensemble

Solisten des Hamburger Knabenchores vocals

Marlen Korf soprano

Matthias Dähling alto

Mirko Ludwig tenor

Sönke Tams Freier bass

Luiz de Godoy director

PROGRAM

Marc-Antoine Charpentier
In Nativitatem Domini Canticum H. 416 (Auszüge)

Georg Friedrich Händel
Messiah (Auszüge)

Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria for two female voices, choir and orchestra, RV 589

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Der 100. Psalm »Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt«

Józef Swider
Da pacem, Domine

Dietrich Buxtehude
Cantate Domino canticum novum BuxWV 12

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vesperae solennes de confessore KV 339 (Auszüge)

Michael Praetorius
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Adolphe Adam
Cantique de Noël »Minuit, Chrétiens«

Franz Xaver Gruber
Stille Nacht

Migrantpolitan: Community Cooking

Migrantpolitan: Community Cooking

Mit allen Sinnen

Is there an echo in the Old Elbe Tunnel? Can you feel animal names? Do coffee and cocoa beans only smell when they are ground? Why do we need the nose to taste? Can you see through the water of the Elbe? Hamburg's special features and attractions are discovered with the five human senses. There are so many surprises...

Registration required at www.stadterlebnis.hamburg or 0157-50171259.