Organizing a conference in Cologne during Carnival? A great idea! Simply move your social program in the middle of the carnival hustle and bustle between November and February. How about participating a magnificent costume session in the evening? Or reserve exclusive grandstand seats for your conference participants for the great parade through the city Cologne, the highlight of the carnival season. Experience Carnival in Cologne live!
In Cologne, you can benefit from many arrangements and special conditions offered by conference hotels during the carnival season. These can include discounted conference packages or overnight rates.
Carnival begins on 11 November of every year at 11 minutes past 11 in the morning. The high point of the carnival season begins early in the following year with the Women’s Carnival (“Weiberfastnacht”) and ends on Ash Wednesday.
The length of the carnival season varies from year to year. It starts every year on 11 November and ends early in the following year (between February and March), on Ash Wednesday.
The Cologne Carnival can be celebrated in many different ways. The climax is the six-day street carnival known as the “Crazy Days”. From Weiberfastnacht, the Women’s Carnival on the Thursday before Rosenmontag (Carnival Monday), to Veilchendienstag (Carnival Tuesday), there is no end of traditional sessions, balls and parades. People celebrate, sing and dance, especially in the halls, pubs and restaurants.
