Below are all cantata days I have identified for the cantatas written by Johann Sebastian Bach for those particular days or other days worthy of music, like e.g. his birthday.
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| Date | Cantata Day |
|---|---|
| Sunday, 30 November 2025 | Birthday of Princess Charlotte Friederike of Nassau-Siegen |
| Sunday, 30 November 2025 | Advent I |
| Wednesday, 3 December 2025 | Marriage to Anna Magdalena Bach |
| Sunday, 7 December 2025 | Advent II |
| Monday, 8 December 2025 | Birthday of Maria Josepha, Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony |
| Wednesday, 10 December 2025 | Birthday of Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen |
| Thursday, 11 December 2025 | Appointment of Gottlieb Kortte as professor to the University of Leipzig |
| Sunday, 14 December 2025 | Advent III |
| Sunday, 21 December 2025 | Advent IV |
| Thursday, 25 December 2025 | Christmas Day |
| Friday, 26 December 2025 | Second day of Christmas |
| Saturday, 27 December 2025 | Third day of Christmas |
| Sunday, 28 December 2025 | Christmas I |
| Thursday, 1 January 2026 | New Year's Day |
| Sunday, 4 January 2026 | New Year I |
| Tuesday, 6 January 2026 | Epiphany |
| Sunday, 11 January 2026 | Epiphany I |
| Monday, 12 January 2026 | Homage for Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels |
| Sunday, 18 January 2026 | Epiphany II |
| Sunday, 25 January 2026 | Epiphany III |
| Sunday, 1 February 2026 | Septuagesima |
| Monday, 2 February 2026 | Candlemas |
| Wednesday, 4 February 2026 | Inauguration of Mühlhausen town council |
| Friday, 6 February 2026 | Funeral service for Johann Christoph von Ponickau |
| Sunday, 8 February 2026 | Sexagesima |
| Sunday, 15 February 2026 | Quinquagesima |
| Thursday, 19 February 2026 | Coronation of August III as King of Poland |
| Sunday, 22 February 2026 | Invocabit |
| Monday, 23 February 2026 | Birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels |
| Sunday, 1 March 2026 | Reminiscere |
| Sunday, 8 March 2026 | Oculi |
| Wednesday, 11 March 2026 | Mendelssohn's performance of the Matthaeus Passion |
| Sunday, 15 March 2026 | Laetare |
| Saturday, 21 March 2026 | Bach's birthday, Julian calendar |
| Sunday, 22 March 2026 | Judica |
| Tuesday, 24 March 2026 | Funeral of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen |
| Wednesday, 25 March 2026 | Annunciation |
| Sunday, 29 March 2026 | Palm Sunday |
| Tuesday, 31 March 2026 | Bach's birthday, Gregorian calendar |
| Friday, 3 April 2026 | Good Friday |
| Saturday, 4 April 2026 | Holy Saturday |
| Sunday, 5 April 2026 | Easter |
| Monday, 6 April 2026 | Easter Monday |
| Tuesday, 7 April 2026 | Easter Tuesday |
| Sunday, 12 April 2026 | Quasimodogeniti |
| Sunday, 19 April 2026 | Misericordia Domini |
| Sunday, 26 April 2026 | Jubilate |
| Sunday, 3 May 2026 | Cantate |
| Sunday, 10 May 2026 | Rogate |
| Thursday, 14 May 2026 | Ascension |
| Sunday, 17 May 2026 | Exaudi |
| Sunday, 24 May 2026 | Whit Sunday |
| Monday, 25 May 2026 | Whit Monday |
| Tuesday, 26 May 2026 | Whit Tuesday |
| Sunday, 31 May 2026 | Trinitatis |
| Friday, 5 June 2026 | Marriage of Johann Lorenz Stauber |
| Sunday, 7 June 2026 | Trinitatis I |
| Sunday, 14 June 2026 | Trinitatis II |
| Sunday, 21 June 2026 | Trinitatis III |
| Wednesday, 24 June 2026 | Nativity of Saint John the Baptist |
| Friday, 26 June 2026 | 200th anniversary of Augsburg Confession |
| Sunday, 28 June 2026 | Trinitatis IV |
| Thursday, 2 July 2026 | Visitation |
| Sunday, 5 July 2026 | Trinitatis V |
| Sunday, 12 July 2026 | Trinitatis VI |
| Sunday, 19 July 2026 | Trinitatis VII |
| Sunday, 26 July 2026 | Trinitatis VIII |
| Tuesday, 28 July 2026 | Anniversary of Bach's death |
| Sunday, 2 August 2026 | Trinitatis IX |
| Monday, 3 August 2026 | Nameday August III and Dr August Friedrich Müller |
| Sunday, 9 August 2026 | Trinitatis X |
| Tuesday, 11 August 2026 | Marriage |
| Sunday, 16 August 2026 | Trinitatis XI |
| Sunday, 23 August 2026 | Trinitatis XII |
| Tuesday, 25 August 2026 | Ratswechsel 1727 |
| Wednesday, 26 August 2026 | Ratswechsel 1748 |
| Thursday, 27 August 2026 | Ratswechsel 1731 |
| Saturday, 29 August 2026 | Ratswechsel 1742 |
| Sunday, 30 August 2026 | Birthday of Carl Heinrich von Dieskau |
| Sunday, 30 August 2026 | Ratswechsel 1723 |
| Sunday, 30 August 2026 | Trinitatis XIII |
| Saturday, 5 September 2026 | Birthday crown prince Friedrich Christian von Saksen |
| Sunday, 6 September 2026 | Trinitatis XIV |
| Sunday, 13 September 2026 | Trinitatis XV |
| Sunday, 20 September 2026 | Trinitatis XVI |
| Sunday, 27 September 2026 | Trinitatis XVII |
| Monday, 28 September 2026 | Celebration Johann Christian von Hennicke |
| Tuesday, 29 September 2026 | Michaelis |
| Thursday, 1 October 2026 | Café Zimmermann season opener 1729 |
| Sunday, 4 October 2026 | Trinitatis XVIII |
| Monday, 5 October 2026 | Election anniversary of August III as King of Poland |
| Wednesday, 7 October 2026 | Birthday of August III of Poland, Elector of Saxony |
| Sunday, 11 October 2026 | Trinitatis XIX |
| Saturday, 17 October 2026 | Funeral Queen Christiane Eberhardine |
| Sunday, 18 October 2026 | Trinitatis XX |
| Sunday, 25 October 2026 | Trinitatis XXI |
| Saturday, 31 October 2026 | Reformation day |
| Sunday, 1 November 2026 | Trinitatis XXII |
| Monday, 2 November 2026 | Consecration of Störmthal church and organ |
| Sunday, 8 November 2026 | Trinitatis XXIII |
| Sunday, 15 November 2026 | Trinitatis XXIV |
| Sunday, 22 November 2026 | Trinitatis XXV |
