Burg Herzberg Festival
Legendary four-day festival with folk, rock, world music, and hippie flair at the foot of Herzberg Castle
About Burg Herzberg Festival
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Hippie Tradition Since the Late 1960s
The Burg Herzberg Festival is a legend in the German festival scene. Since the late 1960s, the spirit of the hippie generation has lived on at the festival grounds – with an unbroken commitment to folk, rock, psychedelic, and world music that few other German festivals maintain with such consistency. Although the festival has changed its location several times in its long history, it remains remarkably consistent in its programming and atmosphere.
Hof Huhnstadt as the Festival Site
Today, the Burg Herzberg Festival takes place at Hof Huhnstadt near Breitenbach am Herzberg – a spacious meadow area at the foot of the castle of the same name. The site offers space for around 12,000 visitors and several stages, a large camping area, market stalls, a workshop area, and reading tents. Its rural location, away from major cities, is part of the festival's identity.
Main Stage, Freakstage, and Reading Tent
The festival features several performance spaces: The Main Stage presents the international headliners and program highlights, while the Freakstage is a platform for more experimental, unusual, and psychedelic acts. The Reading Tent offers space for readings, spoken-word performances, and literary contributions. This separation allows for a broad musical and cultural spectrum to be presented side-by-side.
Program Profile
In terms of programming, the Burg Herzberg Festival is largely unique in Germany: Folk, singer-songwriter, Krautrock, psychedelic, roots reggae, world music, blues, and progressive rock form the core. The festival organizers draw from a network built over decades, bringing both legends of the hippie generation and contemporary representatives of these genres to the stages.
Family Program and Workshops
Unlike many commercial large festivals, Burg Herzberg emphasizes a strong family and workshop program: children's areas, yoga and meditation tents, drumming workshops, dance and painting workshops. This makes the festival less of a pure concert format and more of an alternative way of life for four days.
Burg Herzberg Festival — edition 2026
2026 Edition Under the Motto Eternal Love
The 2026 edition is themed "Eternal Love" and once again features an international lineup with a focus on folk, classic rock, stoner rock, world music, and singer-songwriter contributions. Wolfmother, a celebrated Australian hard and stoner rock act, will perform on the Main Stage, while Walter Trout, one of the most important blues-rock guitar legends, is among the headliners. The Berlin-based heavy psychedelic band Kadavar and the US band Elder, highly regarded in the stoner scene, represent the heavier side of the festival.
Programme Burg Herzberg Festival 2026
Confirmed Headliners 2026
- Wolfmother – Australian hard/stoner rock band
- Walter Trout – US blues-rock guitarist and songwriter
- Kadavar – Berlin-based heavy psychedelic rock trio
- Hilight Tribe – French psychedelic trance live collective
- Elder – American progressive stoner rock band
- Mo Kalamity – French roots reggae singer
- My Baby – Dutch folk-rock trio
- Rockpommels Band – German progressive rock veterans
- Mal Élevé – French hip-hop and world music act
- Fortuna Ehrenfeld – German indie band from Cologne
- Steiner und Madlaina – Swiss folk-pop duo
- Laura Cox – French blues and hard rock guitarist
- Spidergawd – Norwegian hard rock/psychedelic quartet
- NAFT – German Krautrock/psychedelic formation
- Buntspecht – Austrian indie folk band
- Marlo Grosshardt – Singer-songwriter
- Lara Hulo – Pop and songwriter
- The Magic Mumble Jumble – Indie and folk-pop
Performance Venues
- Main Stage – Main stage with international headliners
- Freakstage – Experimental, psychedelic, and alternative acts
- Reading Tent – Readings, spoken word, literary program items
Daily Schedule
- Thursday, July 30 – Festival opening, first stage performances in the evening
- Friday, July 31 – Main stage day, several international headliners
- Saturday, August 1 – Main stage day with late summer evening highlights
- Sunday, August 2 – Closing day, calmer folk and singer-songwriter performances
Highlights Burg Herzberg Festival 2026
- Wolfmother, Walter Trout, Kadavar, and Elder as international headliners
- Three performance venues: Main Stage, Freakstage, and Reading Tent
- 2026 Motto: Eternal Love
- Four festival days with camping included
- Family area, workshops, and readings
Prices Burg Herzberg Festival 2026
Practical information — Burg Herzberg Festival
Getting There
Hof Huhnstadt near Breitenbach am Herzberg, accessible via the A7 (exit Bad Hersfeld) or A4. Signage will guide you from the main traffic routes during the festival days. Shuttle service available from Bad Hersfeld station and possibly from Fulda. Detailed directions on herzberg-festival.com.
Tickets
Festival pass for the entire four days, Sunday day ticket available separately. Price tiers: Festival pass starting at 175 Euros (early bird special during Fulda University Days May 28–30, 2026), second price tier 195 Euros at the Fulda office or 214.50 Euros online with fees and insured shipping. Sunday ticket around 60 Euros. Camping and parking passes available on-site. Tent rental booking via partner mein-zelt-steht-schon.
On Site
Large camping area, several stages, market stalls, food courts with predominantly vegetarian and vegan cuisine. Workshop tents, reading tent, family and children's area. Sanitary facilities, showers.
Accommodation
Camping on the festival grounds is included in the festival pass. Alternatively, hotels and guesthouses are available in Bad Hersfeld, Fulda, and in the surrounding towns of Bebra, Niederaula, Heringen, and Rotenburg an der Fulda.
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