On 22 and 23 August 2026, events fill the whole of Germany: Wiesbaden pours Rheingau Riesling for the 49th time, Bremen marches for CSD, and Annaberg-Buchholz fires up the Frohnau hammer mill.
Last big weekend of August.
Saturday is the second to last day of the wine stands in central Wiesbaden. On 22 and 23 August 2026, events and festivals fill the whole of Germany, from Königsallee in Düsseldorf to the Frohnau hammer mill in the Ore Mountains.
Ten days of wine between the Marktkirche and the Schlossplatz
Around 120 stands, some 100 winegrowers: the Rheingau Wine Week takes over central Wiesbaden from 14 to 23 August 2026, for the 49th time. Saturday is the last full day, Sunday closes the ten days.
The growers come from next door.
Some 100 estates from the Rheingau pour their own Rieslings and the region's other wines, spread across the squares around the Marktkirche, the Schlossplatz and the Dern'sches Gelände. The nickname “the longest wine bar in the world” describes the layout above all: the stands run through the pedestrian streets instead of crowding onto one fenced festival ground.
Three stages carry the music. Around 50 live bands play across the ten days, and everything is served in reusable glasses, with no disposable cups on any counter.
For connoisseurs and passers-by alike: anyone who wants to tell the vineyards apart finds the growers themselves behind the counter, while anyone simply walking through town passes one stand after another before settling on a glass.
From the Königsallee to the Frohnau hammer mill
More than 200 exhibitors take over upwards of two kilometres of the Königsallee at the Gourmet Festival Düsseldorf from 21 to 23 August, from Corneliusplatz to Graf-Adolf-Platz, in a run of pagoda tents, food trucks and bars. The Christopher Street Day parade crosses central Bremen on August 22, 2026; around 29,000 people joined it in 2025, and the march runs on into a stage and street party.
Once every five years only.
The Frohnauer Hammerfest in Annaberg-Buchholz runs the water-driven stamp mill of the oldest working hammer forge in Germany on 22 and 23 August, with more than 90 years of festival history behind it. In the Harz, Hasselfelde hosts the district Harzfest: three days of parade, stages and themed streets, plus the centenary of the Waldseebad, with some 20,000 guests expected.
At the Bostalsee, Die Toten Hosen play two sold-out open-air concerts on the festival meadow in Nohfelden on 21 and 22 August, back in Saarland after a three-year break, with Sondaschule and Thees Uhlmann supporting on Friday, LaBrassBanda and Deine Cousine on Saturday. In Braunschweig the Burgplatz Open Air opens on 22 August, with the Staatstheater staging Weber's “Der Freischütz” in front of Dom St. Blasii and Burg Dankwarderode, some 18 performances through to 9 September.
Sunday in Heilbronn belongs to the bike. The four-day pro race starts on 19 August, and the Lidl Deutschland Tour settles its general classification over three city-centre laps, alongside the ADAC Cycling Tour for amateurs, the LichtBlick Newcomer Tour for young riders and a mini-tour for children.