Borgfeld Marksmen's Festival

From August 28 to 31, 2026, the Borgfeld Marksmen's Guild of 1957 e.V., with its over 300 members, will once again host Borgfeld's fifth season. For four days, the grounds at Hamfhofsweg 4 (Schützenplatz, festival tent, Ernst-Klüver-Halle) will transform into a fairground with dodgems, a chain carousel, and food stalls. The opening on Friday evening will feature a beer tapping by the king and queen and a lantern parade for the children, followed on Saturday by the free children's festival and the youth marksmen's competition. Sunday will feature the grand parade through the district with marching bands, and Monday the public marksmen's competition in the shooting hall and the King's Ball with the proclamation of the new royal court. The guild will announce the detailed festival program in advance and distribute it to households; tent admission on Friday and Saturday will be around €10 per day.

The Borgfeld Marksmen's Festival 2026 traditionally takes place on the fourth weekend of August (August 28–31, 2026) on the festival grounds at Hamfhofsweg 4 (Schützenplatz / REWE parking lot), in the festival tent, and in the Ernst-Klüver-Halle. The exact daily schedule with bands and the royal couple will be announced by the Borgfeld Marksmen's Guild of 1957 e.V. in the festival program, which will be distributed to households beforehand and published on borgfelder-sgi.de — the schedule proven over decades:

Friday — Opening in the Festival Tent

• 7:00 PM — Beer tapping by the reigning king and queen in the festival tent, traditionally accompanied by music (most recently by DJ Music Station)
• 8:00 PM — Lantern parade for children through the district, accompanied by a marching band (most recently the Junge Orchester Wilstedt)

Saturday — Children's Festival and Youth King

• from 3:00 PM — free children's festival in the festival tent with rides (dodgems, chain carousel), games, and food
• Youth marksmen's competition for those aged ten to seventeen in the Ernst-Klüver-Halle
• Evening festival tent operation with live music and/or DJ

Sunday — Parade

• Early wake-up call by a marching band parading through Borgfeld
• approx. 12:45 PM — Assembling of the Borgfeld marksmen on Borgfelder Landstraße opposite the school to welcome visiting guilds
• Grand parade with the king and queen and marching bands through the district
• Morning pint and family program in the festival tent

Monday — Marksmen's Competition and Coronation

• Members' breakfast
• Satirical guild court
• from 5:00 PM — public marksmen's competition in the shooting hall: The new king or queen is determined by shooting down the wooden eagle decoy
• 8:00 PM — King's Ball in the festival tent with proclamation of the new royal court

• Four days of festival tent, rides, and food stalls on Hamfhofsweg
• Beer tapping by the king and queen to open on Friday evening
• Lantern parade for children with a marching band
• Grand parade on Sunday through the entire district
• Public marksmen's competition and King's Ball on Monday

Getting There

The festival grounds are located at Hamfhofsweg 4 in Bremen-Borgfeld (part of the REWE parking lot), supplemented by the festival tent and the Ernst-Klüver-Halle. Borgfeld is connected to Bremen's public transport system by bus and tram.

Admission

The children's festival is free. Admission to the tent on Friday and Saturday usually costs €10 per day; discount vouchers are included in the festival program distributed to households. The marksmen's competition in the hall is open to the public.