Dreieich marks the 36th edition of its street fair along the B3 this weekend, while Kerb traditions run in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden and a major consumer show opens in Kassel.
Right along the B3 in Dreieich-Sprendlingen. There, on October 3, 2026, the town marks the 36th edition of its traditional street fair. Dreieich marks the 36th edition of its street fair along the B3 this weekend, while Kerb traditions run in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden and a major consumer show opens in Kassel.
The 36th Edition of a Street Fair on the B3
For the 36th time, the B3 through Dreieich-Sprendlingen turns into a festival mile on October 3, over a stretch of roughly one kilometre, unbroken since 1990 on German Unity Day. Traffic stops for the day.
More than 100 stalls line up for the occasion, from the Sportgemeinschaft Sprendlingen to the local Protestant parish, from a Turkish snack stand to an Italian wine merchant, while several stages carry a programme of music, dance and choir performances, run by the municipal company Bürgerhäuser Dreieich, with bands from the Rhine-Main region, local clubs and a dedicated children's programme. That range is very much how the town sees itself.
Dreieich itself spans five districts, Sprendlingen, Buchschlag, Götzenhain, Offenthal and Dreieichenhain, with roughly 42,000 residents between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, and on this public holiday the shops along the B3 open too, one of the few such days in Hesse, an economic anchor for retailers in autumn and a sign that the historic centre of Sprendlingen is still very much alive.
Wander the open shops in the morning, and the stages are an easy walk away by afternoon. Entry stays free, only the stalls charge their own prices.
Kerb Traditions, Harvest and a Trade Fair up North
At the open-air museum Hessenpark near Neu-Anspach, a historic steam engine turns the threshing machine of the harvest festival and autumn market the same weekend, while children press their own apple juice and carve pumpkins. The museum itself covers around 65 hectares with more than 100 historic buildings spanning four centuries of rural Hessian life, and opens every staffed house during the festival. The market runs from 9am to 6pm, the harvest festival from 11am to 5pm, admission 11 euros for adults and 1 euro for children. In eastern Hesse, the Bäwersche Kirmes moves to the district of Weiterode for 2026, because a new fire station is being built on its usual ground, with five days of parade, church service and fireworks on Sunday. As Stefan Pruschwitz, head of Bebra's town development office, puts it, the move is a chance for the district to prove itself as the best Kirmes town around.
In Darmstadt, the Herbstmess on the Messplatz closes on 3.10.26 after almost eleven days, its first edition since the 2025 break. An opening fireworks display marks the first evening, before a Ferris wheel, roller coaster and beer tent take over the fairground. Reduced family prices apply on selected days. In Kassel, the Herbst-Ausstellung at Messe Kassel opens its doors on 03.10.2026, with around 400 exhibitors across 30,000 square metres the largest regional consumer show in northern Hesse, run by Messe Kassel GmbH, a municipal company of the documenta city, which also organises the spring edition. Eleven halls cover everything from living and building to fashion and mobility and expect up to 200,000 visitors over nine days, halls 1 and 2 given over to building and renovation, halls 12 and 13 to mobility.