Name: Chamer Straßenmusikfestival 2026
Start: 2026-06-12T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-14T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Marktplatz und Innenstadt Cham

Straßenmusikfestival Cham

About Straßenmusikfestival Cham

The Chamer Straßenmusikfestival is a young open-air music event initiated by the Municipal Cultural Office in the Upper Palatinate district town of Cham. For three days, the city center around the market square transforms into an open stage: party bands, youth orchestras of the North Bavarian Music Association, Rock'n'Blow formations, and on the festival Sunday, dozens of soloists and groups of all styles — from classical to reggae. Free admission, open air, combined with a Sunday shopping event in Cham's stores.

Dates 12 Jun — 14 Jun 2026

Venue Cham (09372)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Straßenmusikfestival Cham — edition 2026

The 2nd Chamer Straßenmusikfestival 2026 runs from Friday, June 12 to Sunday, June 14. Opening with the party band "Erwin und die Heckflossen" on Friday evening, youth orchestras of the Cham district association and the band "D'Hundskrippln" on Saturday, and on Sunday dozens of performances throughout the city center and a final Vocal Jam by the Cham choir Cantissima (30 singers) with the band Shine from Passau at the market square. Sunday = Sunday shopping.

The 2026 festival is officially confirmed as part of the Municipal Cultural Program of the City of Cham. This is the second edition after the premiere in 2024 and is part of the city's expanded cultural program.

Current performance schedules, musician locations, and the final band list will be published in the weeks leading up to the festival on cham.de.

Highlights Straßenmusikfestival Cham 2026

Opening concert "Erwin und die Heckflossen" on Friday; "D'Hundskrippln" with Rock'n'Blow on Saturday evening; Vocal Jam Cantissima + Band Shine as the Sunday finale; Sunday shopping.

Programme Straßenmusikfestival Cham 2026

Program June 12–14, 2026

Friday, June 12 — Festival opening with the party band "Erwin und die Heckflossen"
Saturday, June 13 — Daytime performances by the youth orchestras of the Cham district association (North Bavarian Music Association) at the market square. Evening: "D'Hundskrippln" with their "Rock'n'Blow sound"
Sunday, June 14 — Actual street music festival: professionals and amateur musicians, bands and soloists throughout the city center; simultaneously Sunday shopping in Cham's stores. Finale at the market square: Vocal Jam by the Cham choir Cantissima (30 singers) with the band Shine from Passau (sing-along concert)

Prices Straßenmusikfestival Cham 2026

Admission to all concerts is free. Tips for the musicians' hats and purchases from city center restaurants.

Practical information

Practical information — Straßenmusikfestival Cham

Getting there

Cham is accessible via the A 3 (Cham exit) and the B 20 / B 22. By train, Cham station is on the Regensburg – Furth im Wald line (RB 92). City center parking garages at Spitalplatz.

Admission

All performances are free. Food and shopping at the city center restaurants and retailers.

Sunday Shopping

On the festival Sunday, Cham's city center stores open their doors — a good opportunity for a stroll through the city with musical accompaniment.

Chamer Straßenmusikfestival — a young tradition in the Bavarian Forest

Cham, the district town of the Cham district and the "Gateway to the Bavarian Forest," established a new summer format in 2024: the Straßenmusikfestival. After a successful premiere, it will already be in its second edition in 2026 and is thus on its way to finding a permanent place in the cultural calendar of the Upper Palatinate.

Cham in the Cham District — Hub of the Upper Palatinate

Cham is the seat of the district of the same name in the state of Bavaria and is located on the Regen river, on the border with the Bavarian Forest and near the Czech border. The city center with its historic market square, the Cordonhaus Church, and the baroque town hall is the natural stage for a street music festival that attracts citizens and tourists from the entire Bavarian Forest region.

Format: three days, all styles

The festival is deliberately inclusive — professionals and amateurs stand side by side on stage. Program structure:

Friday — Festival opening with a party cover band
Saturday — Performances by youth orchestras (District Association Cham in the North Bavarian Music Association), evening main concert
Sunday — Actual street music festival: dozens of soloists and groups distributed throughout the city center, in the market square and side streets. Simultaneously, Sunday shopping in Cham's stores

From the Cantissima Choir to the Cover Band

The musical range reflects the festival's goal: "as colorful as a rainbow." Classical ensembles perform alongside hard rock bands, soloists next to thirty-piece choirs. The finale is traditionally a larger concert with the choir Cantissima Cham and a band — a sing-along finale at the market square.

Community-supported, free of charge

The festival is a deliberate initiative by the city of Cham: free, low-threshold, decentralized. It aims to showcase music clubs, youth formations, and professionals simultaneously — and to liven up the city center on the weekend before the school holidays.