Nuremberg Advent Concert at the Meistersingerhalle

Included, and What You Pay for on Top

The $56 ticket includes your concert seat and all taxes and fees. Food and beverages are not included, transfer is not included, and the printed show programme booklet is not included either. Note one contradiction in the listing itself: the includes block lists food, transfer and the booklet alongside the ticket, while the notes and description confirm all three are excluded.

Treat them as excluded and check the booking page before you pay. There is no hotel pickup and no guide. Budget separately for anything you eat or drink at the hall or at the market stalls beforehand, and for a tip if you choose to leave one.

Dates, Money and Transport

You choose the concert date on the booking calendar, since the listing itself names none. Plan the day around the market: the Christkindlesmarkt runs 27 November to 24 December, 10:00-21:00 daily and until 14:00 on 24 December, so an afternoon at the Hauptmarkt fits neatly before a 20:00 start. The Meistersingerhalle is at Münchener Str. 21, and the listing states no distance from the old town, so plan your transport.

On VGN, a single ticket at Preisstufe A costs $4.34 (€3.90) and runs 90 minutes, a TagesTicket Solo is $11.80 (€10.60) and a TagesTicket Plus for up to six people, at most two aged 18 or over, is $17.25 (€15.50). Bring your passport or ID card, since the box office needs it for seat collection.

Rules at the Hall and the Stalls

At the hall, flash photography, video recording and audio recording are not allowed, and the concert is not suitable for children under 6. The venue is wheelchair accessible. At the market stalls, cash and cards are both accepted, and the Christkindlesmarkt-Taler, a 5 EUR gift token worth $5.57 (€5), works at the Hauptmarkt, the Market of the Sister Cities, the Children's Christmas and Original Regional.

Food and drinks before or after the concert are your own cost, as none are included in the $56 ticket.

The Dresdner Residenz Orchester

The Dresdner Residenz Orchester is the ensemble on stage. The programme is built on contemplative works by three composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The listing does not print a piece-by-piece programme, and the show programme booklet is not included in the $56 ticket.

If the exact works matter to you, treat this as a festive classical evening rather than a curated recital.

The Hall and the Sound

The concert fills the Großer Saal, the main hall of the Meistersingerhalle at Münchener Straße 21. The listing praises the hall's acoustics, which carry the quiet musical language of the works. The listing gives doors at 19:00 and the start at 20:00.

Pick your date on the booking calendar before you plan the rest of the day.

The Evening in Order

You make your own way to the Meistersingerhalle at Münchener Str. 21. Admission opens at 19:00, and that is when you collect your row and seat numbers at the box office with your booking confirmation and ID. The concert begins at 20:00 and lasts 100 minutes.

Bring your passport or ID card, and leave flash, video and audio recording alone. The concert is not suitable for children under 6.

Market Hours Before a 20:00 Concert

The Christkindlesmarkt on the Hauptmarkt runs 27 November to 24 December, open 10:00-21:00 daily and 10:00-14:00 on 24 December. A 20:00 concert therefore follows an afternoon at the stalls, and the stalls stay open for the first hour of the music. Go to the market first, eat there, then travel out to the hall.

The market has around 170-180 wooden stalls under red-and-white cloth roofs.

What to Add Before the Music

If the concert leaves your evening short, a guided market walk fills the gap better than wandering alone. The Christmas Market History & Tastings Tour covers Elisen gingerbread, a bratwurst roll and mulled wine in 2 hours for $28. For families, the Children's Christmas on Hans-Sachs-Platz runs to 30 December, past the main market's last day.

The Winterdorf on Jakobsplatz runs 13 November to 9 January, so it is still open after the Christkindlesmarkt closes.

Other Concerts and Singalongs

A Candlelight concert of Christmas classics is listed in the Rittersaal of the Imperial Castle on a Saturday evening in the middle of December, a very different setting from a large concert hall. Closer to the market calendar, the Adventssingen takes place at the Max-Morlock-Stadion near the end of the market run, with tickets sold in advance through the stadium's website. Neither event is sold through this site.

This page covers the Meistersingerhalle listing only, so check each event's own seller for dates and prices.

Fitting Music Around Market Hours

The Christkindlesmarkt runs 10:00-21:00 daily from 27 November to 23 December, and 10:00-14:00 on 24 December. A 20:00 concert start therefore follows an afternoon at the stalls, and the stalls stay open for the first hour of the music. On 24 December the market shuts at 14:00, so that day leaves no evening at the stalls.

If you would rather spend the evening outdoors among the stalls than in a hall, look at the Christmas Market History & Tastings Tour instead, which keeps you outside with tastings.

How the Seats Work

You book into a fixed block, not a named seat. Tickets sit in Orchestra C, either Center Row 15 Seats 1-23 or Right Side Row 15 Seats 1-17. The organisers assign the fixed seats, and you collect your row and seat numbers at the box office on the concert evening, on presentation of your booking confirmation.

Doors, ID and House Rules

Admission opens at 19:00, a full hour before the 20:00 start, which gives you time to collect seats and find the hall. Bring a passport or ID card. Flash photography, video recording and audio recording are not allowed.

The listing marks the concert as not suitable for children under 6, and the venue is wheelchair accessible. Do not treat the 19:00 door time as flexible for seat collection, since the box office does the assigning on the evening itself.