Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg

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Performance by night in August 2009 Karl-May-Spiele bei Daemmerung 2009-08-06.jpg
Performance by night in August 2009

The 'Karl May Festival' (German: Karl-May-Spiele Bad Segeberg,') is a theatre festival in Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Since 1952, Karl May's adventure novels about the Wild West have been put on stage as part of Karl May Festival in the Kalkberg Stadium at the scenic Segeberger Kalkberg.

The festival is not to be confused with Elspe Festival or Karl May Festtage in Radebeul.

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