Name: Cityfest Oberhausen 2026
Start: 2026-09-25T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-09-27T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Alt-Oberhausen Innenstadt (Marktstraße, Altmarkt bis Saarstraße)

Cityfest Oberhausen

About Cityfest Oberhausen

The Cityfest in Alt-Oberhausen is the autumnal highlight of the city center: for three days, the pedestrian zone around Marktstraße transforms into an open stage—with a craft market, classic car exhibition, circus theater, carousels, stage shows by local clubs, and Sunday shopping (1–6 PM). For the 2026 edition, Sunday, September 27th is announced; the full program runs the weekend before.

Dates 25 Sep — 27 Sep 2026

Venue Oberhausen (05119)

Prices Free

Status —

Edition 2026

Cityfest Oberhausen — edition 2026

Cityfest 2026 in Alt-Oberhausen: three days of city center festival with craft market, classic car exhibition, stage shows, and Sunday shopping (Sept 27, 1–6 PM). Full 2026 program to be published by the organizer in due course.

Program structure as in previous years: Friday opening with showmen, Saturday club day, Sunday family day with Sunday shopping. The exact program details (bands, club performances, artists) will be published by the organizer (Oh! Stadtmagazin / CityO.) in the weeks before the event at oh-stadtmagazin.de.

Highlights Cityfest Oberhausen 2026

Three days in Alt-Oberhausen
Craft market along Marktstraße
Classic car exhibition
Sunday shopping
Free admission

Programme Cityfest Oberhausen 2026

Program Structure (based on previous years)

Friday

Opening at noon
Carousels, food trucks, showmen (Marktstraße)
Local bands on the main stage

Saturday — Club Day

Cheerleaders, dance groups, sports clubs present their programs
Show acts on the stage at Altmarkt
Craft market

Sunday — Family Day

Circus theater, Bubble Art, interactive circus
Sunday shopping 1–6 PM
Classic car exhibition

Current 2026 program: oh-stadtmagazin.de/cityfest.

Prices Cityfest Oberhausen 2026

Free admission. Food and drinks at food trucks and from showmen are at your own expense.

Practical information

Practical information — Cityfest Oberhausen

Getting there

Public transport: Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof is 400 m from Marktstraße—IC, RE, trams 112 and 113. From the Ruhr area by S-Bahn line S2 or Regional Express (RE 1, RE 5, RE 11). By car: A40 exit Oberhausen-Zentrum.

Admission

Completely free.

Opening hours

Showmen and stages Fri–Sun daytime until evening. Sunday shopping 1–6 PM.

Tip

Those who only know Oberhausen through CentrO should use the Cityfest as an opportunity to discover Alt-Oberhausen—Marktstraße with its Wilhelminian-era buildings shows a completely different face of the city than the chic shopping mall.

Cityfest Oberhausen — the city center celebrates itself

The Cityfest is the traditional autumn festival of the Oberhausen city center—for three days, Alt-Oberhausen transforms from Altmarkt to Saarstraße into a continuous festival mile. The organizers are Oh! Stadtmagazin together with CityO. Management e. V., the business association of the Oberhausen city center. For 2026, Sunday shopping is announced for September 27, 2026, with the full program running the weekend before.

Program: three days, three focuses

The division of the Cityfest into three thematic days has been proven for years:

Friday (Opening) — Showmen and food trucks open at noon. Chain carousel, children's train, and several children's carousels on Marktstraße. Opening with local bands.
Saturday (Club Day) — Oberhausen's clubs show what they can do: cheerleaders, dance groups, football demonstrations, show acts on the stage at Altmarkt.
Sunday (Family Day) — Circus theater, Bubble Art, interactive circus, music. Shops are open from 1 PM to 6 PM (Sunday shopping).

Craft Market and Classic Car Exhibition

Throughout the weekend, a craft market with exhibitors from the Ruhr area runs on Marktstraße—woodwork, jewelry, ceramics, regional food products. A local Oberhausen classic car club organizes a classic car exhibition on a separate area: American land yachts, German classics from the 1960s and 70s, plus a few motorcycles.

Alt-Oberhausen — the city center with industrial DNA

Oberhausen, with around 210,000 inhabitants, is one of the largest cities in the western Ruhr area (North Rhine-Westphalia), carrying the memory of the steel and coal era to this day—the Gasometer silhouette is its landmark. Alt-Oberhausen refers to the original city core around the main train station, Marktstraße, and Altmarkt—separated from the later developed district of Sterkrade and the CentrO area in the New City Center. The Cityfest consciously strengthens the city center as a place for shopping and meeting, positioning itself as a family-friendly neighborhood festival with a clear local connection.

Sunday Shopping

Sunday shopping on the last day of the festival (1–6 PM) is an important sales boost for the Oberhausen city center. Business owners in the Marktstraße/Altmarkt/Saarstraße area open their doors—combined with the stage program and the showmen, a real Sunday atmosphere is created.