What's on in Bavaria this weekend of June 27 and 28? The last weekend of June is one of the busiest of the whole summer: Munich opens its big film week and celebrates Pride on the same day, a festival legend returns to the Chiemsee after a ten-year break, and between Franconia and Swabia, city festivals, open-air concerts and ancient folk fairs crowd the calendar. Our pick this time is a genuine resurrection: the Chiemsee Reggae Summer is back at Ubersee for the first time since 2016. Add to that medieval life on the Salzach, chamber music in an Allgau monastery and even a gold-panning championship in the Fichtelgebirge. Twelve picks for a weekend that runs from a baroque garden party to the beer tent.
Munich Pride: a street festival and demonstration in the old town
The Munich Pride (CSD) is at once a colourful street festival and a political demonstration by the queer community. From June 26 to 28, the city centre fills with stages, stalls and hundreds of thousands of people, the highlight being the great political parade on Saturday that winds through the old town. In 2026 the CSD runs under the motto "Our diversity. Our strength." If you want to experience one of the biggest city festivals of the Bavarian summer, this is the place: loud, exuberant and at the same time carrying a clear message of equality and acceptance. Around Marienplatz, the city celebrates, dances and takes a stand.
Munich Film Festival: ten days of cinema on 15 screens
After the Berlinale, the Munich Film Festival is Germany's most important film festival and the country's largest summer film event. It kicks off this weekend. From June 26 to July 5, the International Munich Film Week shows around 200 films on 15 screens, including world, European and German premieres, international strands, German newcomers, series highlights and children's cinema.
With around 65,000 visitors it ranks among the great audience festivals of the industry. The opening weekend alone draws stars to the red carpet and packs the cinemas. For film lovers, it's the unmissable date of the Munich summer.
Chiemsee Reggae Summer in Ubersee: a comeback after a ten-year break
Fancy reggae by a Bavarian lake? The Chiemsee Reggae Summer was for years Germany's most important reggae festival, until it went on a ten-year hiatus after 2016. In 2026 the moment has finally come: from June 26 to 28 it returns to its old home in Ubersee on the Chiemsee. With headliners like Marteria and Capleton, the line-up spans the full range from classic roots reggae to German rap.
- Marteria
- Capleton
- Burning Spear
- Ky-Mani Marley
- Spice
- Patrice, Anthony B, Afrob and Ferris MC, over 30 acts in all
Against the backdrop of the Chiemgau mountains, three days of camping, dancing and celebrating await. For the scene, this resurrection is the festival event of the year in southern Bavaria.
Augsburg Summer Nights: three days of open-air city festival in Swabia
The Augsburg Summer Nights turn the whole city centre of the Fugger city into a vast open-air stage at the end of June. From June 25 to 27, more than 100,000 visitors celebrate around Rathausplatz, Maximilianstrasse and Martin-Luther-Platz at a free city festival with around 17 stages, music from across the world and international street food. The relaxed, almost Mediterranean atmosphere is the real charm: you wander from stage to stage, from food stall to food stall, discovering Augsburg's finest squares along the way. For one weekend the Swabian city shows its lightest, most sociable side, with free admission.
Erlangen Palace Garden Party: the largest private garden party in Europe
The Erlangen Palace Garden Party is considered the largest private garden party in Europe and one of the most venerable summer festivals in Bavaria. Since 1954, on the last Saturday of June, the Friedrich-Alexander University has invited around 6,000 guests from academia, politics, business and society into the baroque palace garden in the heart of Erlangen. In 2026 that falls on June 27.
Live bands from classical dance music and big band to pop play several stages between the orangery and the old trees, amid strings of lights, summer dresses and high spirits deep into the night. A Middle Franconian social event with a charm all of its own, opening the Erlangen summer.
Calderon Festival Bamberg: open-air theatre in a UNESCO World Heritage site
Since 1973, the E.T.A. Hoffmann Theatre has closed its season with the Calderon Festival in the Old Court at Bamberg's cathedral hill. This weekend brings the premiere: on June 26 the curtain rises on Heinrich von Kleist's comedy classic "The Broken Jug", directed by Jasper Brandis, and the festival runs until July 31. Around 600 spectators per performance enjoy high-quality open-air theatre against the picturesque half-timbered backdrop of the UNESCO World Heritage site. As evening falls over the cathedral hill, stage and historic town merge into a single experience. One of the loveliest theatre settings in Franconia, ideal for mild summer evenings.
HUK-Coburg Open-Air Summer: Deep Purple on the palace square
Deep Purple comes to Coburg: on June 27 the British rock legend plays the palace square as part of the HUK-Coburg Open-Air Summer, one of the few German dates on the "Mad in Europe Tour 2026". The show starts at 7:30pm. Against the baroque backdrop of Coburg's palace square, the open-air series has established itself in recent years as an important stop for international rock and pop acts in Upper Franconia. "Smoke on the Water" under the open sky, in the heart of the Upper Franconian fortress town, is the must-see date of the weekend for classic-rock fans. An open-air evening that turns Coburg into one big stage.
Amberg Mountain Festival: one of Bavaria's oldest folk festivals on the Mariahilfberg
The Amberg Mountain Festival on the Mariahilfberg is one of the oldest and most unusual folk festivals in Bavaria. It dates back to the plague year of 1634, when the citizens of Amberg vowed to build a church on the hill. Today, tens of thousands of pilgrims and festival-goers stream up the mountain each summer, with the 2026 edition starting on June 27 and running until July 5. Eight Amberg breweries set up their beer tents, butchers and bakers offer their specialities, and over it all hangs a singular mix of pilgrimage, incense, grilled sausage and beery good cheer. A piece of living Upper Palatinate festival culture, poised between deep faith and sheer joy of life.
Castellum ad Louffi in Laufen: a medieval fair on the Salzach
The great medieval fair Castellum ad Louffi transforms the Salzach meadow beneath the historic Lander bridge in Laufen into a medieval world from June 26 to 28. Encampments pitch their tents, two stages fill the grounds with concerts and shows, traders move through the lanes with their wares, and the scent of campfires and roasted meat hangs in the air. The south-eastern Bavarian town on the Salzach, in the Berchtesgadener Land, offers the perfect setting for three days of knights, jesters and hands-on crafts. A family outing into another age, authentic, lively and right in one of the loveliest old towns in the region.
Goldmund Festival at Irsee Monastery: young chamber music in the baroque Allgau
The Goldmund Festival at the baroque Irsee Monastery in the Allgau ranks among southern Germany's young international chamber-music festivals. Founded by the renowned Goldmund Quartet, the festival brings outstanding soloists to the historic halls of the former Benedictine monastery this June weekend, from June 26 to 28. The intimate atmosphere and warm acoustics of the monastery rooms make every concert a special experience, far from the big festival stages. For lovers of the string quartet, the art song and chamber music, Irsee is a hidden gem in Bavarian Swabia this weekend. Sound culture at the highest level, set in baroque stillness.
Gold-Panning Championship Goldkronach: three days of gold fever in the Fichtelgebirge
Fancy trying your luck with the pan? Goldkronach in the Fichtelgebirge is one of the few places in Germany where gold was actually found, and it hosts the German Gold-Panning Championship. From June 26 to 28, competitors from many nations face off in several disciplines at the Goldberg, by the visitor centre.
In 2026 it's the 36th edition of this unusual sporting event, where skill, speed and a sharp eye decide the winner. Spectators can swirl the pan themselves and try their luck. A quirky, endearing weekend for the whole family, gold-rush spirit in the heart of Upper Franconia, with real gold in the mud.
Food Truck Festival Regensburg: street food from around the world by the lake
Three days of street-food enjoyment in the south of Regensburg: from June 26 to 28, the lakeside car park in the Gewerbepark Sud becomes a food mile with more than 20 food trucks from around the world. The choice runs from tortillas and pulled pork to Korean bao buns, Mediterranean specialities and vegan bowls, alongside a live stage with bands, a cocktail bar and an extensive children's programme. Sheltered areas keep the mood up whatever the weather. If you want to discover the summer through your taste buds, you stroll from truck to truck and eat your way around the world. A relaxed weekend for gourmets and families in the Upper Palatinate.
For more events across Germany, see our agenda for this weekend. Have a great summer weekend in Bavaria.
