Events and festivals in Bavaria on the weekend of October 24 and 25, 2026, from Hof and Nuremberg to Munich and Altötting. The Internationale Hofer Filmtage celebrate their 60th edition, and NUEJAZZ opens in Nuremberg.
Premieres are screened in the cinemas of Hof. The Internationale Hofer Filmtage run there until Sunday, October 25, and on Saturday NUEJAZZ opens in Nuremberg. What's on in Bavaria on October 24 and 25, 2026 stretches from Hof and Nuremberg to Munich and Altötting.
The Internationale Hofer Filmtage
The Internationale Hofer Filmtage show about 130 feature, documentary and short films every autumn in the Upper Franconian city of Hof, among them many world and German premieres. The 60th edition runs from October 20 to 25, 2026. The festival was founded in 1967.
The filmmaker Wim Wenders once spoke of the "Home of Films". Many of today's well-known directors showed their first films in Hof.
The festival sees itself as a showcase for new voices in German and international cinema. Screenings take place in several cinemas across the city. Even after established cinemas closed, pop-up venues keep the programme going, carried by a large team of volunteers. VR experiences, retrospectives and masterclasses are part of it, as are endowed prizes such as the Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino and the Friedrich-Baur-Preis.
Cinema tickets are sold on site, and a streaming offer on the HoF on Demand platform runs until shortly after the festival. Sunday, October 25, is the last festival day.
Jazz, runs and markets across the rest of Bavaria
On Saturday, October 24, NUEJAZZ begins in Nuremberg and runs until November 15. Since 2012 it has been the most important platform for contemporary jazz in Middle Franconia, and in 2024 it received the German Jazz Prize as "Festival of the Year". NUEJAZZ Festival plays in venues such as the Kulturwerkstatt auf AEG, the Z-Bau and the E-Werk. Single tickets cost 30 to 50 euros, and the jam sessions are free.
Every year more than 7,000 runners gather for the SportScheck RUN Nürnberg. On Sunday the half marathon starts at 10 a.m. on the Hauptmarkt, the 10 km at 1:15 p.m. and the 6 km at 3 p.m.
Waischenfeld in the Franconian Switzerland celebrates twice over: the Wiesent-Challenge reaches its 5th edition on Sunday, and its organiser, SV Bavaria Waischenfeld, has existed for 80 years. The programme has a 10 km road race, a 12 km panorama trail with the Upper Franconian trail championships and a 1 km kids' run. The after-run party starts at 2 p.m., with a small sports expo alongside.
On Mariahilfplatz in Munich, the Auer Kirchweihdult ends on Sunday with about 250 stalls, a historic Ferris wheel from 1925 and free entry; the stalls are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. In Altötting, the Tillymarkt winds through the town centre from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with about 200 stalls, and the shops open from 1 p.m. Wolnzach also has a shopping Sunday: at the Simon-Judä-Dult, traders fill the Marktplatz and the Mariaplatz, and a hop gourmet market joins them.
Goldkronach in the Fichtelgebirge celebrates the Gronicher Herbstkerwa on the market square on Sunday, with an autumn market, shops open and boiled beef with horseradish, sauerbraten or boiled sausages with sauerkraut in the sports club and the bowling-alley inn. On Saturday, the Bund der Selbständigen Betzenstein-Plech hosts the Weinfest in Betzenstein's gymnasium, with regional wines.
In Würzburg, the Improtheaterfestival runs until Sunday: about a hundred improvisers from around the world spread eight to twelve shows across the city's cultural stages.
The clocks go back overnight on Sunday: at 3 a.m. they return to 2 a.m.