IN SEASON
Easter and Holy Week
Holy Week and Easter bring processions, Passion music and spring markets. These are this spring’s events in the places our guides cover, grouped by city.
Warsaw
31st Beethoven Easter Festival
Major international classical performances give a spring visit a musical focus.
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Seville
Cuaresma y Semana Santa
Cuaresma y Semana Santa is a religious celebration in Seville with processions through the historic center accompanied by processional marches and public silence.
Official listing ↗La Semana Santa de Sevilla
Religious sculpture, embroidery, music, and neighborhood devotion come into the streets.
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Oxford
St John Passion
Bach’s Passion is programmed for Maundy Thursday.
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Dresden
BACH – Johannespassion
The church ensembles perform Bach's concentrated Passion drama on Good Friday.
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Galway
Music for Good Friday
Demantius and other seventeenth-century composers fill a medieval church.
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Lucerne
Liturgie am Karfreitag
A Good Friday liturgy with Richard Davy's Stabat Mater.
Official listing ↗Osternachtliturgie
An Easter Vigil liturgy with trumpet, soprano, and organ.
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Cordoba
SEMANA SANTA
Processions, music and devotional art in their living setting.
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Budapest
Monteverdi – Vespro di Pasqua
Period performance evokes seventeenth-century Venetian sacred music.
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Reykjavik
St. Matthew Passion
Bach's large-scale work brings together orchestra, soloists, and three choirs.
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Bilbao
JOHANNES-PASSION
Bach’s Passion returns in Calixto Bieito’s staged interpretation.
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Ohrid
XXXI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR DANCE AND SONGS ''OHRID EASTER FESTIVAL'' 2027
An international performance gathering in spring.
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Dates from official sources, checked October 2026. Plans can change, so confirm with the organizer before you book.