Name: Dorffest Weißkeißel with 100 Years of Fire Brigade 2026
Start: 2026-07-10T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-07-12T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Freizeitpark / Dorfplatz Weißkeißel

Dorffest Weißkeißel

About Dorffest Weißkeißel

The Dorffest Weißkeißel in the community's leisure park combines a three-day Volksfest (village festival) with the 100th anniversary of the local Volunteer Fire Brigade in 2026. Highlights include the 2nd Highland Games on Saturday and the musical Frühschoppen (morning pint) on Sunday. An event by the municipality of Weißkeißel in the Görlitz district, state of Saxony.

Dates 10 Jul — 12 Jul 2026

Venue Weißkeißel (14626)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Dorffest Weißkeißel — edition 2026

The Dorffest Weißkeißel 2026 takes place from July 10 to 12 in the leisure park – linked to the 100th anniversary of the Volunteer Fire Brigade. Friday from 7 p.m. opening, Saturday from 1 p.m. the second Highland Games and Summer Night Ball, Sunday musical Frühschoppen until 2 p.m.

100 Years of Weißkeißel Volunteer Fire Brigade

In 2026, the founding of the Weißkeißel Volunteer Fire Brigade will be commemorated for the 100th time. The regular village festival becomes a jubilee edition – with an expanded program centered around the fire brigade and its tradition.

Highland Games as a Highlight

The second edition of the Highland Games on Saturday from 1 p.m. brings Scottish-inspired disciplines to the Saxon village. Log throwing, tug-of-war, and other powerful competitions invite participants and spectators.

Highlights Dorffest Weißkeißel 2026

100th anniversary of the Volunteer Fire Brigade – 2nd Highland Games on Saturday – Summer Night Ball – Technology show – Musical Frühschoppen with Ebersbach Fire Brigade musicians.

Programme Dorffest Weißkeißel 2026

Key Dates

Date: July 10–12, 2026
Location: Freizeitpark Weißkeißel, 02957 Weißkeißel
Occasion: 100 Years of Weißkeißel Volunteer Fire Brigade

Friday, July 10

7:00 PM – Opening of the Dorffest

Saturday, July 11

1:00 PM – 2nd Highland Games in the leisure park
Evening: Summer Night Ball

Sunday, July 12

Technology show of the Volunteer Fire Brigade
Musical Frühschoppen with musicians from the Ebersbach Fire Brigade
2:00 PM – Festival ends

Prices Dorffest Weißkeißel 2026

Admission to the festival grounds is free. Consumption of food and drinks is subject to a charge.

Practical information

Practical information — Dorffest Weißkeißel

Getting There

By car via the A4 (Weißwasser exit) and then via the B156. By train to Weißwasser, then by bus or car to Weißkeißel.

Admission

Admission to the festival grounds is free. Consumption of food, drinks, and participation in individual competitions are subject to a charge.

Tip

If you want to witness or participate in the Highland Games: Saturday from 1 p.m. in the leisure park.

Three-day Village Festival in the Leisure Park

Weißkeißel, a small village in the Saxon part of Upper Lusatia near the Polish border, hosts its village festival in the community's leisure park once a year. In 2026, the festival coincides with the 100th birthday of the Weißkeißel Volunteer Fire Brigade, founded in 1926 – a special edition of the regular summer festival.

Highland Games and Summer Night Ball

The regular program includes the Highland Games – Scottish-inspired competitions in log throwing, tug-of-war, and similar disciplines, which will take place for the second time in 2026. On Saturday evening, the Summer Night Ball invites guests to dance, while a fire brigade technology show and a musical Frühschoppen on Sunday with musicians from the Ebersbach Fire Brigade round off the program.

In the Görlitz District, State of Saxony

Weißkeißel is located in the Görlitz district (AGS 14626), state of Saxony, in the northeast of Upper Lusatia near the Polish border. The small community with a few hundred inhabitants is part of a traditionally Sorbian-German cultural landscape. The village festival brings together tradition and modern leisure culture.