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ISM, the leading trade fair for sweets and snacks, starts in Cologne on January 27th. This time the exhibition space is increased by 8,500 square metres up to 120,000 square metres: There is an additional hall (3.1) which houses a newly created Plaza with live sweet productions and sampling. The supplier-fair ProSweets Cologne will once again be staged parallel to ISM.

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No year draws to its end without the traditional New Year's Eve Concert! Cologne Philharmonic Hall and Duesseldorf Tonhalle are two of the top venues.

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Dirty Dancing, the musical production based on Eleanor Bergstein’s well-known dance film, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, returns to Musical Dome Cologne.

Oldtimer photo: @ Michael Böhm, Interline

On November 15th Retro Classics, Europe‘s largest historic and classic car trade fair, opens in Cologne once again".

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The Abba-musical “Mamma Mia” is running in Cologne from October 10th to November 18th. The German language show presents more than 20 famous Abba-Songs, as "Super Trouper" or "Dancing Queen".

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Although there are bigger Marathons in Germany, in Berlin, Hamburg or Frankfurt,   the Cologne Marathon is unique. It is kind of a running festival, and thousands of spectators cheer passionately for the participants, whether they are top athletes or recreational sportsmen.

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Photokina Cologne, the leading trade fair for photography and imaging, opens from September 26. to 29.

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From August 21st to 25th the heart of gaming is beating in Cologne: That’s when Gamescom is running in Koelnmesse. Last year’s trade fair saw 355,000 visitors and more than 900 exhibitors. This year, however, the major event is expected to break all records once more.

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INTERLINE Düsseldorf/ Cologne presents the latest addition to the company fleet: The VIP Sprinter Executive 16+1.

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On July 31st the South American music show "Che Malambo" premieres in Philharmonic hall Cologne. The Argentinian dance spectacle is running until August 5th.