Editing Karlsruhe (section)

==Events==
Every year in July there is a large open-air festival lasting three days called simply ''[[Das Fest]]'' ("The Festival").<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dasfest.de/index.php?article_id=1&clang=1 | title = das FEST | access-date = 2015-04-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dasfest.net/ | title = das FEST | access-date = 2011-01-05 | language = de | archive-date = 2010-12-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101231223432/http://www.dasfest.net/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The Baden State Theatre has sponsored the [[Händel]] Festival since 1978.

The city hosted the 23rd and 31st [[European Juggling Convention]]s (EJC) in 2000 and 2008.

In July the [[African Summer Festival]] is held in the city's Nordstadt. Markets, drumming workshops, exhibitions, a varied children's programme, and musical performances take place during the three days festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africansummerfestival.de |title=Karlsruhe Afrikamarkt & Festival 2011 |publisher=Africansummerfestival.de |access-date=2011-04-07}}</ref>

In the past Karlsruhe has been the host of [[LinuxTag]] (the biggest Linux event in Europe) and until 2006 hosted the annual Linux Audio Conference.<ref name="lac">{{cite web|url=http://lac.zkm.de/|title=4th International Linux Audio Conference|publisher=lac.zkm.de|access-date=2014-07-24|archive-date=2015-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012140355/http://lac.zkm.de/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Visitors and locals watched the total [[solar eclipse]] at noon on August 11, 1999. The city was not only located within the eclipse path but was one of the few within Germany not plagued by bad weather.