This Week
Coming up this week
Tue-Wed Nov 10-11
Cow Rosmarie Complains Her Way to Tolerance
A cow who complains about the whole farm gets sent packing, until the farmer meets the animals who take her place. Two actors, music and a lot of humor.
Tue Nov 10
Bear Has a Hard Time: Puppet Show at Ramersdorf Library
A puppet bear, stuffed and sleepy at the end of autumn, flops into his winter bed, but something keeps pinching him. What is it, and will he ever sleep?
Wed Nov 11
Kasperl Cooks Dinner, Chaos Ensues
Kasperl and Seppl swear they can cook without help, then watch dinner go wrong in every way a puppet kitchen allows.
- PerformanceAltenbach and Honsel: My Life as an AntThu Nov 12, €6
- PerformanceKiKolino Turns 13: Interactive Horn Birthday ConcertThu Nov 12
- OutdoorsSt. Martin Lantern Trail at Reitsberger Hof, VaterstettenFri-Sun Nov 13-15, Free
- PerformanceUp & Down: Hide, Seek, Disappear for Ages 2+Multiple dates in November, €6, €8 or €10
- PerformanceDinotastic Live! The Journey to the Fire VolcanoSat Nov 14, From €29.90
- PerformanceLichterkinder Live: Millionen Sterne TourSat Nov 14, Tickets for ages 2 to 12
- PerformanceMagic Maxl: Zaubern verboten! Comedy Magic ShowSat-Sun Nov 14-15, €27
- WorkshopProgramming with LEGO® SPIKE: Kids' Coding Workshop at Stadtbibliothek WestendSat Nov 14, Free
- PerformanceZeko Eko Looks for His Mom: A Croatian Puppet ShowSat Nov 14, Tickets on Teamtheater
- PerformanceJazz Submarine with Five Animal FriendsSun Nov 15, Kids €12, adults €23
- WorkshopMake Arrowheads and Carving Knives from FlintSun Nov 15
- FestivalMunich Water Sports Festival at the Olympia-SchwimmhalleSun Nov 15, Free
- PerformancePippi Longstocking at the ResidenztheaterSun Nov 15, Tickets at Residenztheater
- WorkshopPrint Lab for Christmas CardsSun Nov 15
- PerformancePulcinella and the Sea of Wishes: Paper Puppet TheaterSun Nov 15, Kids €6, adults €9
- WorkshopRobotic Worlds: Family Robot Workshop at Die Neue SammlungSun Nov 15
- PerformanceDie Kasperl: Puppet Theater at Stadtbibliothek SendlingMon Nov 16, Free
- PerformanceThe Hare and the Hedgehog: Children's Theater in Messestadt RiemThu Nov 19, Free
- PerformanceClown Pepe's One-Man Suitcase Circus at Pepe DomeFri Nov 20 & Sun Nov 29, From €6
- WorkshopKlang Spiel Platz: Family Sound Workshop at the SchauburgFri-Sat Nov 20-21, From €7
- PerformanceRainbow Fish Author Reads with Puppet Theater DirectorFri Nov 20, Free
- PerformanceVorlesetag at Münchner Theater für Kinder: Authors Read All DayFri Nov 20, €5 per reading
- WorkshopChocolate & Co.: Kids' Workshop at Museum Mensch und NaturSat Nov 21
- PerformanceWhen Little Coriander Came: Puppet Show in HadernSat Nov 21, Kids €4, adults €8 (cash)
- PerformanceRené the Magician: Family Comedy Show at Münchner Theater für KinderSun Nov 22, Tickets on MünchenTicket
- WorkshopCandle Art: Advent Candle Workshop at Sammlung GoetzFri Nov 27, €5
- PerformanceThe Sound Merchant: Puppet Show at JULA FestivalSat Nov 28, €18 advance, €23 at the door
- PerformanceWitch Trixi's Magic Show at Iberl BühneSat Nov 28, Kids €12, adults €15
- PerformanceDoor to the Heart: Shadow Puppet Christmas Show at JULA FestivalSun Nov 29, €18 advance, €23 at the door
- PerformancePapageno and the Little Magic Flute: Mozart Opera with PuppetsSun Nov 29, Tickets on München Ticket
- PerformanceBummelkasten: A Cappella Beatbox Family ConcertSat Dec 5, Tickets on Reservix
- PerformanceChildren's Concert: Of Dwarfs, Giants, Humans and GodsMultiple dates in December, Tickets at the Staatsoper
- PerformancePercussion Duo Plays Saws, Drills, Cardboard BoxesSat Dec 5
- PerformanceMünchner Kinderadvent: Family Advent Sing-Along at the PrinzregententheaterSun Dec 6, Kids €14, adults €28
- PerformanceSanta Claus Visits Hellabrunn ZooSun Dec 6, From €10
- PerformanceSing Winter Songs with Shooting StarSun Dec 6, €18.20, under 3 free
- PerformanceSt. Nicholas Concert with Student MusiciansSun Dec 6, €8 per ticket
- PerformanceCinnamon Stars and Pfeffernüsse: Winter Fairy Tales and Cookie BakingFri Dec 11, Tickets on Rausgegangen
- PerformanceScrooge's Three Ghosts in Puppet TheaterSat-Sun Dec 12-13, Kids €13, adults €17
- PerformanceBach's Christmas Oratorio for ChildrenSun Dec 13, From €18.25
- PerformanceChristmas with Pippi Longstocking and Friends: An Astrid Lindgren Musical ReadingSun Dec 13, Ages 0-3 free, from €10
- FestivalKrampuslauf: The Krampus Parade Through Munich's Old TownSun Dec 13, Free
- Performancemini.musik Christmas Concert for Kids: An Angel Falls from the CloudsSun Dec 13, Kids €12, adults €23
- PerformanceAltenbach and Honsel: Meg, the Forgetful CatTue Dec 15
- PerformanceChristmas Magic Show with Arcato at the HoftheaterSun Dec 20, Tickets €15-18
- PerformanceDie fröhlichsten Weihnachten: Family Christmas Sing-AlongSun Dec 20, Free
- PerformanceTannhäuser, the Singing Knight: A Wagner Opera for FamiliesSun Dec 20, €29, reduced €19
- PerformanceThe Nutcracker: Interactive Reading with Cello and PianoSun Dec 20, Tickets on München Ticket
- PerformanceThe Nutcracker with Student Ballet DancersSun Dec 20, €52-72
- PerformanceKasperl and the Lost Christ Child: Christmas Eve Puppet ShowThu Dec 24, From €10
- PerformanceDu spinnst wohl!: Spider and Fly Christmas Play at Gasteig HP8Sun Dec 27, Tickets on München Ticket
- PerformanceHeavysaurus: Dinosaur Metal Concert for KidsMon Dec 28, Tickets on Eventim
- Guided VisitNight Watchman Tour for KidsMultiple dates in November, €15 per person
- PerformanceFairy Tales in the YurtSun Nov 15, Free
- PerformanceBeauty and the Beast: Join-In Kids' Theater at GalliSun Nov 15 & Sun Nov 29, 2 and under free, from €10
- PerformanceMissing Magician, Interactive Show with LUMOSun Nov 22, €15 to €18, by seat category
- PerformanceChiemsee Kasperl Returns with Slapstick and Soap BubblesSun Nov 22 & Sun Dec 6, From €10
- PerformanceThe Cow That Wanted to Go to the Movies: Family Musical at LustspielhausSat Nov 28, €19.50, under 3 free
Thu Nov 12
Altenbach and Honsel: My Life as an Ant
Max wakes up as an ant, small and alone, and has to find his way home in a poetic, musical trip through the insect world.
Thu Nov 12
KiKolino Turns 13: Interactive Horn Birthday Concert
A mischievous goblin eats musical notes while you help postwoman Maria deliver birthday letters from five classical composers and learn the horn's secrets.
Fri-Sun Nov 13-15
St. Martin Lantern Trail at Reitsberger Hof, Vaterstetten
An evening loop through the fields to Baldham-Dorf, with St. Martin story stops on the way and roast goose waiting back at the farm.
Multiple dates in November
Up & Down: Hide, Seek, Disappear for Ages 2+
Two actors chase, hide, and vanish across a surprise-filled stage while toddlers discover what happens when one player disappears.
Sat Nov 14
Dinotastic Live! The Journey to the Fire Volcano
Five costumed dinosaurs head for a fire volcano, and they can't get there without the audience shouting, singing and solving riddles along the way.
Sat Nov 14
Lichterkinder Live: Millionen Sterne Tour
Kids who know the bee song from daycare dance along with the Lichterkinder band, and the audience is the star.
Sat-Sun Nov 14-15
Magic Maxl: Zaubern verboten! Comedy Magic Show
A young magician at a school where magic is banned does it anyway. Come see what he does with a bad essay.
Sat Nov 14
Programming with LEGO® SPIKE: Kids' Coding Workshop at Stadtbibliothek Westend
Kids build and program with LEGO SPIKE at the Westend library, then send Cubetto, a small wooden robot, off on missions using colorful coding blocks instead of a screen.
Sat Nov 14
Zeko Eko Looks for His Mom: A Croatian Puppet Show
A rabbit raised in the city heads into the forest looking for family, and runs into a litter problem only he seems ready to fix.
Sun Nov 15
Jazz Submarine with Five Animal Friends
Tomcat Matze and his five friends sail a homemade submarine past a jellyfish, a shaggy whale and dancing octopuses, with a live jazz band to sing along to.
Sun Nov 15
Make Arrowheads and Carving Knives from Flint
Shape real flint the way Stone Age toolmakers did, and make a carving knife or an arrowhead along the way.
Sun Nov 15
Munich Water Sports Festival at the Olympia-Schwimmhalle
More than 20 water sports to try in the Olympic pool, from kayaking to mermaid swimming, plus a chance for kids to earn their Seepferdchen badge on the spot.
Sun Nov 15
Pippi Longstocking at the Residenztheater
The strongest girl in the world moves into Villa Villekulla on Munich's grandest theater stage, and the police, the robbers and the nosy neighbors don't stand a chance.
Sun Nov 15
Print Lab for Christmas Cards
Design and print your own winter postcards with artist Karin Traxler and take them home the same day. Anything extra can be offered at a neighborhood market in December.
Sun Nov 15
Pulcinella and the Sea of Wishes: Paper Puppet Theater
A poor, happy man catches a magic fish in this paper puppet take on The Fisherman and His Wife. He wishes for pasta, but his wife wants much more.
Sun Nov 15
Robotic Worlds: Family Robot Workshop at Die Neue Sammlung
Robots shaped like dogs and sea creatures roll past on a conveyor belt, then kids design their own and get to program a few real ones.
Mon Nov 16
Die Kasperl: Puppet Theater at Stadtbibliothek Sendling
A puppet show at the library where Kasperl is a brave, curious girl, and the kids in the audience help shape every story.
Thu Nov 19
The Hare and the Hedgehog: Children's Theater in Messestadt Riem
Münchner Theater für Kinder stages the old fable in Messestadt Riem, with a golden carrot, a weightlifting contest and one last race for the hedgehog's house.
Fri Nov 20 & Sun Nov 29
Clown Pepe's One-Man Suitcase Circus at Pepe Dome
A one-man clown show in Ostpark that mixes mime, magic and acrobatics, and pulls the kids into the story instead of leaving them in their seats.
Fri-Sat Nov 20-21
Klang Spiel Platz: Family Sound Workshop at the Schauburg
A walk-in room of strings, wind instruments, wood and metal that kids are invited to play, with Schauburg musicians showing them how to turn noise into their own music.
Fri Nov 20
Rainbow Fish Author Reads with Puppet Theater Director
Meet the original Rainbow Fish puppets from the new film while the author reads his classic picture book and signs copies afterward.
Fri Nov 20
Vorlesetag at Münchner Theater für Kinder: Authors Read All Day
Authors read from Ritter Rost, Frau Honig and more on a theater stage, then talk about where their story ideas come from.
Sat Nov 21
Chocolate & Co.: Kids' Workshop at Museum Mensch und Natur
Kids follow cocoa from bean to bar at Museum Mensch und Natur, then stir their own chocolate spread and design a recipe booklet to take home.
Sat Nov 21
When Little Coriander Came: Puppet Show in Hadern
The cloth creatures in a kitchen are sure the newcomer the mayor is sending will stink and wreck the place. He doesn't stink. The mess is another story.
Sun Nov 22
René the Magician: Family Comedy Show at Münchner Theater für Kinder
Coins out of thin air, vanishing cards and plenty of clowning, with kids from the audience pulled into the act to help a comedy magician with his tricks.
Fri Nov 27
Candle Art: Advent Candle Workshop at Sammlung Goetz
Kids and teens design their own Advent candles with colors and wax in a studio workshop, with only 10 places to go around.
Sat Nov 28
The Sound Merchant: Puppet Show at JULA Festival
A puppet shop where boxes and bottles creak, hum and squeak, and today's special is giggles and clapping. A lively German-language show from Bremen's Mensch, Puppe!
Sat Nov 28
Witch Trixi's Magic Show at Iberl Bühne
A clumsy witch whose spells keep misfiring needs a room full of kid apprentices to get her magic working, and the volunteers end up on stage.
Sun Nov 29
Door to the Heart: Shadow Puppet Christmas Show at JULA Festival
A Christmas story told with cardboard shadow puppets, poetry and live music, set inside a Star of Bethlehem where candles are lit as it plays.
Sun Nov 29
Papageno and the Little Magic Flute: Mozart Opera with Puppets
Mozart's bird catcher sets off with a little flute to find a princess, with singers, puppets and a nine-piece orchestra playing live on stage.
Sat Dec 5
Bummelkasten: A Cappella Beatbox Family Concert
A Berlin one-man band builds whole songs from beatbox and a loop station, with the toughest princess of all and a toilet-paper thief among the cast.
Multiple dates in December
Children's Concert: Of Dwarfs, Giants, Humans and Gods
Wagner's huge opera cycle, shrunk to a string quartet and a storyteller inside Munich's opera house. The Saturday shows are sold out, but weekday mornings still have seats.
Sat Dec 5
Percussion Duo Plays Saws, Drills, Cardboard Boxes
Watch two drummers turn saws, power drills, and cardboard boxes into instruments while stampeding wildebeest and desert storms play out as sound effects.
Sun Dec 6
Münchner Kinderadvent: Family Advent Sing-Along at the Prinzregententheater
A sing-along Advent morning where kids learn old customs and follow the Christmas story through dreams, inside one of Munich's grandest theaters.
Sun Dec 6
Santa Claus Visits Hellabrunn Zoo
Meet Santa and his angels in front of the elephant house, share your Christmas wishes, and enjoy festive treats.
Sun Dec 6
Sing Winter Songs with Shooting Star
A pre-Christmas sing-along with the Sternschnuppe duo: sledding songs, clapping games, Schneemo Willi and a visit from the Nikolaus.
Sun Dec 6
St. Nicholas Concert with Student Musicians
Student musicians perform Christmas melodies and classical pieces, then hand out gifts in this St. Nicholas concert tradition.
Fri Dec 11
Cinnamon Stars and Pfeffernüsse: Winter Fairy Tales and Cookie Baking
Two storytellers bake Christmas cookies on stage while telling winter fairy tales about trolls, forest folk and animals, and the fresh batch does not go to waste.
Sat-Sun Dec 12-13
Scrooge's Three Ghosts in Puppet Theater
Marley's ghost and three spirits give Scrooge a hard look at his Christmases, played by hand puppets with live voices in German.
Sun Dec 13
Bach's Christmas Oratorio for Children
A conductor walks families through Bach's Christmas music in a palace concert hall, with a full choir and baroque orchestra. Ever wondered how Bach makes angels sound like angels?
Sun Dec 13
Christmas with Pippi Longstocking and Friends: An Astrid Lindgren Musical Reading
An actor and an accordionist take on Pippi's tree-plundering party, Michel's poorhouse feast and the Bullerbü cookie baking, with gingerbread waiting in the hall.
Sun Dec 13
Krampuslauf: The Krampus Parade Through Munich's Old Town
Hundreds of horned, fur-clad Krampus figures roar through Munich's Christmas market, and they come close enough to touch. Here's where to stand.
Sun Dec 13
mini.musik Christmas Concert for Kids: An Angel Falls from the Clouds
An angel with a broken wing tumbles down to Earth, and a flute, harp, cello and piano tell the rest of his story. Then the kids get their hands on the instruments.
Tue Dec 15
Altenbach and Honsel: Meg, the Forgetful Cat
Two actresses play a lovable cat, the narrators and the whole Schmidt family in a story about a very bad memory and one day when everything goes wrong.
Sun Dec 20
Christmas Magic Show with Arcato at the Hoftheater
Magician Arcato needs the kids' help to get Santa ready for Christmas, and to work out where his reindeer has gone.
Sun Dec 20
Die fröhlichsten Weihnachten: Family Christmas Sing-Along
Munich's Motettenchor hands the carols to the kids: families sing along with the full choir in the Matthäuskirche, with a host chatting between songs.
Sun Dec 20
Tannhäuser, the Singing Knight: A Wagner Opera for Families
A knight hunts for an apple he dreamed of and ends up trapped underground by the sorceress Venus, while a live chamber orchestra plays Wagner. Does he make it home?
Sun Dec 20
The Nutcracker: Interactive Reading with Cello and Piano
A Christmas classic told with live cello and piano in a palace hall, where kids step into roles and help bring a hero made of music notes to life.
Sun Dec 20
The Nutcracker with Student Ballet Dancers
Ballet school students dance alongside professionals as Clara and the Nutcracker take on the Mouse King, in a Christmas show that needs no German to follow.
Thu Dec 24
Kasperl and the Lost Christ Child: Christmas Eve Puppet Show
A wizard has lured the Christ Child and every present into his magic castle, so an out-of-work Easter bunny has to step in as a stand-in angel.
Sun Dec 27
Du spinnst wohl!: Spider and Fly Christmas Play at Gasteig HP8
A grumpy spider catches a clever fly and plans to eat her on Christmas Eve. Twenty-three days in one web later, who gets the bigger surprise?
Mon Dec 28
Heavysaurus: Dinosaur Metal Concert for Kids
Five musicians in dinosaur and dragon suits play loud metal for kids, with fog, sparks, confetti and one roar the whole hall shouts together.
Multiple dates in November
Night Watchman Tour for Kids
Kids walk Munich's old city wall after dark, helping guard the town and lock its gates, on a tour that gets a little spooky.
Sun Nov 15
Fairy Tales in the Yurt
A storyteller, a warm yurt and a crackling fire: a short fairy-tale session for kids beside Munich's landlocked ship, Alte Utting.
Sun Nov 15 & Sun Nov 29
Beauty and the Beast: Join-In Kids' Theater at Galli
A cursed prince and a stolen rose at a Maxvorstadt theater where kids call out ideas to the stage, and the story changes to take them in.
Sun Nov 22
Missing Magician, Interactive Show with LUMO
Kids join a hoodie-wearing stranger and LUMO to search for a vanished magician, with illusions, volunteers and a mystery the whole audience helps crack.
Sun Nov 22 & Sun Dec 6
Chiemsee Kasperl Returns with Slapstick and Soap Bubbles
Kasperl and his unemployed Easter bunny sidekick Mucki perform slapstick comedy with soap bubbles while kids shout along and adults laugh at the Bavarian humor.
Sat Nov 28
The Cow That Wanted to Go to the Movies: Family Musical at Lustspielhaus
A cow in a dirndl breaks out of her pasture to catch a movie in the city, with a live band and one very long box-office line.