Aukrug Open Air
The traditional Ascension Day open-air festival by the swimming pool — 2026 marks the 20th anniversary
2026
About Aukrug Open Air
Aukrug Open Air — edition 2026
The Anniversary Year
The 20th edition took place, as always, on Ascension Day Thursday. Five bands from Northern Germany shaped the day's program — a mix of regional original productions, cover music, and folk/rock acts. The festival remains true to its style: regionally anchored, no mega-mainstream, but a stage where bands from the surrounding area (Hamburg, Kiel, Lübeck) find their place.
Highlights Aukrug Open Air 2026
- 20th Edition
- 5 bands from Northern Germany
- Aukrug swimming pool as festival grounds
Programme Aukrug Open Air 2026
Thursday, May 14, 2026 — Ascension Day
- Die Mension
- Behind The Eightball
- Möwe und die Ölmützen
- Inge und Heinz
- Larrikins
Festival grounds: Sunbathing lawn of the Aukrug swimming pool, Homfelder Straße 8. Start times and specific set times were published on the festival website.
Prices Aukrug Open Air 2026
Day ticket at advance sales price (announced by MAINPOINT). Children under 12 reduced or free.
Practical information — Aukrug Open Air
Getting There
By car via the A7 (exit Bad Bramstedt or Innien), then L121 / L320 to Aukrug-Homfeld. By train to Neumünster, then take bus 1500 to Aukrug or a taxi (approx. 15 km).
Tickets
Advance sales usually via the festival website. Day ticket. Admission for children under 12 free or reduced.
Aukrug — a dispersed settlement with open-air tradition
Aukrug is a municipality with around 4,000 inhabitants in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, within the Aukrug Nature Park. The dispersed settlement with its districts Innien, Bargfeld, Böken, Bünzen, and Homfeld is rather untypical as an open-air location — but that's precisely what makes the Aukrug Open Air so appealing: rural idyll, a swimming pool as the festival grounds, regional bands from Northern Germany, and an audience that meets year after year.
Ascension Day as Festival Day
The festival has taken place annually since 2006 on Ascension Day at the Aukrug swimming pool (Homfelder Straße 8). A regularity that has now become deeply ingrained: anyone from Aukrug, the Nature Park, from Itzehoe, Neumünster, or the Steinburg district plans Ascension Day firmly for the Aukrug Open Air.
The Format
Four to six bands over an entire day, regional North German acts mixed with newcomers and established cover bands. Moderate admission prices, bratwurst and beer at reasonable prices, festival grounds on the sunbathing lawn of the swimming pool.
2026 — The 20th Edition
In 2026, the festival celebrates its 20th anniversary. The stage will feature Die Mension, Behind The Eightball, Möwe und die Ölmützen, Inge und Heinz, and Larrikins. A lineup that encapsulates the festival's mix: regional covers, original songs, folk, and rock — mainstream-free, but honest.
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