Overview

• Large tents for the federal government, Bundesrat and Bundestag are being erected on Saarbrücken’s Tbilisser Platz, with the first street closures set this week.
• A Bürgerfest runs October 2–4 across the city, featuring about 600 artists on 20 stages and more than 200 exhibitors.
• ZDF will broadcast the October 3 state ceremony, and Saarländischer Rundfunk will carry the ecumenical service live.
• Citizen delegations of eight people from each state arrive on October 1 for four days of cultural, culinary and tourism programming.
• Brandenburg’s program includes a Cottbus fest event and evening sing‑along, a Potsdam concert at St. Nikolaikirche, a Dom ceremony in Brandenburg an der Havel with speaker Stephan Bröchler, a Teltow city festival through October 5, and open houses at the Ländervertretungen in Berlin highlighting the Havel region.