October
- 3 – 6 October: Leipziger Messe: Trade show: models-hobbies-games – Exhibition for Model Building, Model Railways, Creative Arts and Play
- 9 October: City centre: Autumn of ‘89 – The Road to Democracy, Day of the Peaceful Revolution – Leipzig October 9, 1989, and Festival of Lights 2013
- 11 October: Arena Leipzig: Concert: Peter Gabriel
- 11 October – 23 February 2014: GRASSI Museum of Ethnology: Exhibition: Shared Earth – Indigenous Australian Painting and Ceramics by Lotte Reimers
- 17 – 27 October: Various venues: 23rd Leipzig Lachmesse (Comedy and satire festival)
- 17 – 20 October: Various venues: Festival commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of the Nations and the centenary of the completion of the Monument to the Battle
- 25 – 27 October: GRASSI Museum of Applied Art: GRASSIMESSE 2013 – International Trade Fair for Applied Arts and Design
- 25 – 27 October: City centre: Designers’ Open – Leipzig design festival
- 26 October: Musikalische Komödie: Première: “Das Ding mit dem Ring”
- 28 October – 3 November: Various venues: DOK Leipzig – 56th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
November
- 2 November: Fockeberg: 45th Fockeberg Run
- 5 – 10 November: Various venues: euro-scene Leipzig – 23rd Festival of Contemporary European Theatre
- 17 November – 23 March 2014: GRASSI Museum of Applied Art: Exhibition: “Gefäß & Skulptur II”. International Ceramics since 1946
- 19 November: Haus Auensee: Concert: Status Quo
- 20 – 24 November: Leipziger Messe: Touristik & Caravaning International Leipzig
- 20 – 27 November: Passage Kinos and Schaubühne Lindenfels: 19th French Film Festival Leipzig
- 20 – 23 November: plan b: Festival: LeipJAZZig Fall 2013
- 22 – 24 November: Leipziger Messe: “abgefahren” – trade fair for cycling and triathlon
- 22 November: Theater-Fabrik-Sachsen: “Dr. Mark Benecke – Der Herr der Maden”
- 23 November: Gewandhaus Concert Hall: Audio Invasion
- 26 November – 22 December: City centre: Leipzig Christmas Market
- 29 November – 31 December: Krystallpalast Varieté Leipzig – Spiegelzelt on Burgplatz: Dinner Show: “Gans ganz anders”
- 29 November – 1 December: Gohlis Palace: Art and Contemplation before the Christmas season
- 30 November: Gewandhaus Concert Hall: Charity concert: “Leipzig hilft Kindern”
December
- 1 – 31 December: Zoo Leipzig: Ice rink in the Founders’ Garden 6 – 8 December: Leipziger Messe: Trade show: 117th LIPSIA Bundesschau (Poultry breeders’ trade show)
- 7 December: Leipzig Opera House: Première: “Die Walküre” (The Valkyrie) (Wagner)
- 20 – 22 December: St Thomas’s Church: Christmas Song Recitals with the St Thomas Boys’ Choir
- 24 December: St Thomas’s Church: Christmas Motet with the St Thomas Boys’ Choir
- 29 December – 31 December: Gewandhaus Concert Hall: “Great Concerts” at the Year’s Turning
- 30 – 31 December: Arena Leipzig: Show: Apassionata
- 31 December: St Thomas’s Church: New Year’s Eve Motet with the St Thomas Boys’ Choir
- 31 December: Gewandhaus Concert Hall: Organ Concert at the Year’s Turning