Each year after the "Festspiele", an opera festival is held in the monastery ruins. Even during the time of the "Festspiele", though, the "Arbeitskreis für Musik e. V. " ("music workshop") has staged the "Bad Hersfelder Festspielkonzerte" in the monastery ruins, in the "Stadthalle" and at "Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Haus" since 1961. Furthermore, seasonal concerts are held the year round in the "Stadthalle" and at "Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Haus". Among them are the "Internationale Bachtage in Hessen und Thüringen" at which each year during Holy Week and at Easter great choral works and chamber music extravaganzas are produced.