Strasbourg usually has lots going on, above all musically. Pick up free monthly magazine Spectacles à Strasbourg et alentours (www.spectaclespublications.com), with entertainment info and practical Listings and, in summer months, the free Saison d'Été Listings leaflet, both available from the tourist offices. If you're here during university term-time, you might want to check the notice boards at the university as well. Free concerts are held regularly in the Parc des Contades and Parc de l'Orangerie, which also boasts a bowling alley. The best of the annual festivals starts with classical music in mid-June, followed by jazz in July, and "contemporary classical" music from mid-September to early October. In addition, there's Les Nuits de Strasbourg, a firework, light and music display at the Ponts Couverts during July and August, and an impressive illumination of the Cathedral facade every summer evening. At the Christkindelsmärik or Marché de Noël (late Nov to Dec 24), an increasingly commercial event dating back over 400 years, central Strasbourg is taken over by wooden stalls selling mulled wine, crafts of varying quality and spicy Christmas cookies known as bredele.
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