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Carnival listings for March and April
Stars and Stripes February 22, 2011
Here is a sampling of upcoming carnival events throughout Europe.
BelgiumAalst: March 6, parade 1 p.m.
Amay: Through March 12.
Andenne: April 3, Carnival of the Bears.
Bastogne: March 4-6.
Beaumont: March 10.
Berzee: April 16-17.
Bienne-Lez-Happart: May 8.
Binche: March 6-8, Carnival of the Gilles.
Bomal: March 5, children’s carnival.
Brussels: March 12.
Chapelle-Lez-Herlaimont: April 1-3.
Charleroi: March 8.
Écaussinnes: May 1-2.
Ermeton-sur-Biert: March 6, Witches Hunt.
Estinnes-Au-Mont: March 27.
Eupen: March 3-7.
Falisolle: March 6-12.
Florenville: April 1-4.
Fontaine-L’ÉvÊque: April 2-4.
Fosses-la-Ville: April 3-4, Carnival of the Chinels.
Franchimont: March 12.
Frasnes: March 11-13.
Gemmenich: March 6-8.
Genappe: April 16.
HastiÈre-Lavaux: March 8.
Houyet: March 5-6, giants carnival and bonfire.
Jalhay: March 13.
La LouviÈre: April 3-5.
La Roche-en-Ardenne: March 12, masked ball April 2-3.
Limbourg/Dolhain: March 6.
Lodelinsart: March 12, masked ball.
Malmedy: March 5-8.
Manage: April 24-26.
Marche-en-Famenne: March 6.
Mont-Sainte-GeneviÈve: May 1-2.
Morlanwelz: March 13.
Neuville: March 19.
Perwez: March 19.
Petigny: March 4-8, Carnival of the Evil Good.
PlombiÈres: March 5.
Rebecq: April 8.
Saint-Aubin: March 12.
Saint-Gilles: March 5-9, carnival of the Witches of Tarkham.
Sars-la-BuissiÈre: April 24-26.
Sart-TiÈge: March 27.
Schaerbeek: April 2, carnival parade.
Slins: March 12.
Spa: March 8.
Stavelot: April 2-3, Carnival of the Blancs-Moussis.
Tamines: March 26-27.
Tilff: March 12-April 3.
Tournai: April 1-2.
Trooz: March 26.
Vierves-sur-Viroin: March 6-8.
Villers-La-Ville: March 3.
Waremme: March 13.
Wavre: March 2.
Wellin: March 12-13, Carnival of the Giants.
CroatiaDubrovnik: through March 6.
Rijeka: March 6, largest carnival celebration in Croatia, parade at noon.
Samobor: Through March 8.
FranceAnnecy: March 18-20.
Colmar: March 26-27.
Mulhouse: March 12-13.
Dunkirk: through April 3.
Menton: through -March 9. Lemon Festival, including fruit parades Feb. 27 and March 6; night parade March 3.
Nice: through March 8.
Paris: March 6 and April 3, Place Gambetta.
Pau: Through March 8.
Sarreguemines: through March 9.
Strasbourg: March 20, with parade of giant marionnettes.
GermanyAachen: March 6, Rose Monday parade.
Bad Godesberg: March 6, parade 1 p.m.
Bad Endorf: March 6, parade 2 p.m.
Bad Homburg-Kirdorf: March 8, 2:11 p.m.
Bad Saulgau: March 8, Narren-sprung (Fools Jump) 10:30 a.m.
Bad Waldsee: March 7, Narren-sprung (Fools Jump) 2 p.m.
Bingen: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2:11 p.m.
Blankenheim: March 5, ghost parade 7:11 p.m.
Bamberg: March 8, parade.
Bonn: March 5, parade 3 p.m.
Bonn: March 7, Rose Monday parade at noon.
Boppard: March 6, evening parades.
Bräunlingen: March 6-7.
Buchholz: March 7, Rose Monday parade 3 p.m.
Büttelborn: March 6, parade 2:11 p.m.
Erlangen: March 3, Altweiberfasching, 6 p.m.
Cologne: through March 9. March 3, women’s carnival; March 6, children’s parade; March 7, Rosenmontag parade.
Cologne: March 5, parade 2 p.m., Am Pisdorhof/Frohnhofstrasse.
Cologne-Neubrueck: March 6, parade 12:30 p.m.
Cologne-Nippes: March 8, parade 1:30 p.m.
Cologne-Höhenhaus: March 6, parade 2 p.m.
Dahn: March 6, traditional carnival parade.
Donaueschingen: March 6, parade 2 p.m., and March 8, parade 6:45 p.m.
Dudweiler: March 6, carnival parade 1:11 p.m.
Düsseldorf: March 3-9.
Elzach: March 6, parade 3 p.m., torchlight parade 8 p.m.; March 8, parade 3 p.m.
Emmerich/Rhine river: March 6, parade 11:11 a.m.
Endingen: March 3-8, big parade March 7, 2:30 p.m..
Feldberg: March 4, witches games, ski passes for those dressed in witch costumes.
Frankfurt: March 6, parade 1:01 p.m.
Freiburg: March 7, parade 2 p.m.
Gaggenau: March 6, parade 2:11 p.m.
Gedern: March 6, parade 1:30 p.m.
Gerlingen: March 7, children’s carnival 2 p.m.
Guxhagen: March 3, Altweiber-fasching.
Hausach: March 6, parade 2 p.m.
Heitersheim: March 7, parade 2:11 p.m.
Hörselgau: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2:11 p.m.
Koblenz: March 7, parade 12:11 p.m.
Lenzkirch: March 3-9.
Löffingen: March 3-9.
Lörrach: March 6-7.
Losheim am See: March 7, parade 3:11 p.m.
Ludwigshafen: March 6, parade 1:11 p.m.
Inntal: March 6, big parade 2 p.m.
Mannheim: March 6, children’s carnival 1 p.m.
Mainz: March 7, Rose Monday parade 11:11 a.m.
Mainz: March 8, children’s carnival 1:11 p.m.
Mittenwald: March 3, Schellenrührer at noon, March 7-8, street celebrations.
Mönchengladbach: March 8, parade.
Munich: through March 8. March 7, party at Rotkreuzplatz; March 8, Dance of the Market Women.
Naumburg: March 3, Altweiberball 8 p.m.
Nettersheim: March 7, Rose Monday parade 1:11 p.m.
Neuss: March 6, parade 1:30 p.m.
Neuss/Gussdorf: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2 p.m.
Oberlahnstein: March 5, parade by children and teens 2 p.m.
Oberndorf: March 8, Narrensprung (Fools Jump) 1 p.m.
Oberlahnstein: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2 p.m.
Oggersheim: March 5, masked ball, Festhalle, 8 p.m.
Ramstein-Miesenbach: March 8,
Rottweil: March 7, parade at 8 a.m.; March 8, parades at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Rudesheim: March 8, children’s carnival, city hall, 2 p.m.
Saarbrücken: March 3, Altweiber-fasching.
Saarwellingen: March 7, carnival parade 2 p.m.
Schramberg: March 6, parade at 1 p.m. and Hanselsprung at 2:30 p.m.; March 7, street fest and Da-Bach-na-Fahrt 1 p.m.
Speyer: March 7, parade.
Stuttgart-Vaihingen: March 3, storming the city hall.
Stuttgart: March 8, parade.
Teisendorf: March 6, parade 2 p.m.,
Triberg: March 3, devils run through the street with torches, 7 p.m.
Trier: March 7, parade at noon.
Villingen-Schwenningen: March 7, historical parade 9 a.m.; March 8, parade 1:30 p.m.
Wassungen: March 5, historic carnival parade 1:30 p.m.
Wehretal: March 4, Altweiberfasching, 7:33 p.m.
Willinghausen: March 6, children’s Fasching.
Wiesbaden: March 6, carnival parade 1:11.
Wiesbaden-Frauenstein: March 7, Rose Monday parade 1 p.m.
Wiesbaden-Freudenberg: March 5, street Fasching, 2:11 p.m.
Wolfach: March 3-9, parade March 7.
GreecePatras: through March 7.
Rethymnon, Crete: through March 7, grand parade and burning of King Carnival March 6.
HungaryMohács: March 3-8.
ItalyAcireale: through March 8, parades with floats March 3, 5, 6 and 8; floats with flowers March 6-8.
Putignano: through March 8.
Venice: through March 8.
Viareggio: through March 13.
Ivrea: through March 9.
LuxembourgDiekirch: March 6, parade, 2:30 p.m.
Esch-sur-Alzette: April 3, parade 2:30 p.m.
Pétange: April 3.
Schifflange: March 13, parade, 3 p.m.
NetherlandsBreda: March 4-8.
Maastricht: March 6-8.
Roermond: March 5-7.
Venlo: March 5-8.
PortugalFunchal, Madeira: March 4 and 8.
SpainCádiz: March 3-13.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: March 4-8, March 10-12.
Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife: March 3, 9, 11 and 12.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife: through March 13. March 4, procession 7 p.m. followed by fireworks; March 8, fireworks; March 9, burial of the sardine 9 p.m.
Sitges: March 3-9.
SwitzerlandAbtwil: March 3, parade and masked ball.
Baden: March 3, street Fasching, 7 p.m.
Baden: March 8, night parade, 8 p.m.
Basel: March 14-16; Morgestraich (pipers cross the town), 4 a.m. March 14.
Bern: March 10-12.
Brunnen: March 3, Dirty Thursday, 1:30 p.m.
Kerns: March 3, Dirty Thursday parade.
Lucerne: March 3, parade at 1:45 p.m., March 7, parade at 1:45 p.m.
Rigi Kaltbad: March 3, children’s carnival, 2 p.m.
Zurich: March 12, parade, noon.