Nationally known are the yearly "Bad Hersfelder Festspiele", opera festival and the festival concerts. They are held between June and August in the monastery ruins. Other great musical events for every taste is the Bad Hersfeld Bach Days event (every year at Easter at the Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Haus), the Live-Jazz-Festival (every year on the first weekend in June on stages throughout the Old Town), the "StadtJugendNacht" ("Town Youth Night"; yearly on the first Saturday in September under the "Peterstorbrücke" ) and the "Metalfest" (late every year).