Weimar Arts Festival is the highpoint of the Goethe town's cultural calendar. First and foremost a music festival, it also provides a stage for all kinds of other artists to parade their talents.

A festival for all forms of art
Alongside the music, the festival spotlight also falls on a number of other forms of artistic expression, including theatre, dance, literature, exhibitions, and new media art. In the town's theatres and galleries, artists from around the world parade their talents to a similarly international audience.

The artistic and cultural importance of Weimar's historical architecture and landscape parks, as well as the town's role as an intellectual centre in the late 18th century, were the reasons for its designation as the "Classical Weimar" UNESCO World Heritage site. A second UNESCO World Heritage site, " Bauhaus sites in Dessau und Weimar", was designated because of the foundation here of the Bauhaus School by Professor Walter Gropius, who had a profound influence on 20th century architecture.

As home of the German National Theatre and the Weimar State Orchestra, the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, the Thuringian Bach Festival and the Weimar Art Collections, Weimar is a town with a richly varied cultural life.