Creepy highlights: Marburg celebrates an unforgettable Halloween weekend!

Creepy highlights: Marburg celebrates an unforgettable Halloween weekend!

October is coming to an end and with it the spooky Halloween is getting closer. In Marburg this festival will be celebrated in style on October 31st this year. There is also a colorful program that has a lot to offer for both children and adults. As the op-marburg.de According to reports, on Halloween evening the little ghosts go from house to house in disguise and hunt for sweets.

The city of Marburg has also prepared numerous exciting events on this day that make the horror festival an experience for the whole family. Halloween parties take place in the Hessisches Landestheater, while the Knubbel in the city center also invites you to celebrate. For the bravest among the visitors, there is a scary maze in Burgholz, which is open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Rainer Zuch’s reading “Nosferatus Shadow” is also expected at 6 p.m. in the Haus der Romantik. If you want to turn night into day, you can dance to hits from past decades at “Flashback Friday” in the Nexxus Club from 10 p.m.

Variety of Halloween events

The Halloween season in Marburg is very diverse and includes numerous other activities. Loud allevents.in Not only do night parades and haunted houses take place, but also scary movies, ghost tours and even a pumpkin harvest. Last year, the music bar Clou and Trauma in G-Werk were particularly popular. A queer Halloween party also took place here, while the theme of the party was “Cemetery of the Cuddly Toys”.

The origins of Halloween are deeply rooted in history. How bibleinfo.com explains, the festival has its roots in the ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly Samhain, which was celebrated on November 1st. On this day, the Druids believed that the souls of the dead could come into contact with the living. To protect themselves from evil spirits, people dressed up and offered them food.

Events in November

But after Halloween, exciting events continue in Marburg. On Saturday, November 1st, visitors can visit the Marburg craft market in the Erwin Piscator House, which is open from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. At the same time, the ladies flea market in Stadtallendorf invites you to take a stroll from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., where beauty trends and lots of fun are on the agenda. For children aged 5 and over there is the play “Rusalka – The Little Mermaid” in the Waggonhalle Marburg. The Biedenkopf Hinterland Museum is showing the play “The Three Analogues in Digitalia” from 7 p.m., which lasts over three hours.

On the following Sunday, November 2nd, the sporty among the Massa can set off for the 32nd Bad Endbach hiking marathon. Participants can choose between 41.7 km and 21.7 km, with the start in Gießen/Aßlar-Oberlemp and the finish in the Bad Endbach sports park. For younger spectators, there is the shadow theater “Crane and Shepherd Girl” at the Marburg Culture and Leisure Center at 3 p.m., which opens at 2:30 p.m.

Overall, the weekend from October 31st to November 2nd promises to be a scary and funny experience for all Marburgers and their guests. So if you want to get in the mood for Halloween or don't want to miss the holidays in November, you shouldn't miss out on the numerous offers!