Name: Essenbach Volksfest 2026
Start: 2026-06-26T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-28T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Sportanlagen am Baderbach (SVE-Sportgelände)

Essenbacher Volksfest

About Essenbacher Volksfest

The Essenbacher Volksfest is the traditional summer folk festival of the market town of Essenbach in the district of Landshut. For three days, from Friday to Sunday at the end of June, the Essenbach Sports Club (SVE) invites you to the festival tent on the sports grounds by the Baderbach: Lower Bavarian folk festival atmosphere, draft beer, snacks, delicacies, festival host's program, and carousels for the children. The Mass (1 litre of beer) cost €8 in the Happy Hour in 2025.

Dates 26 Jun — 28 Jun 2026

Venue Essenbach (09274)

Prices Free

Status —

Edition 2026

Essenbacher Volksfest — edition 2026

The Essenbach Volksfest 2026 is scheduled for the last weekend of June (subject to official announcement by SV Essenbach), following the usual pattern for the market town. Three days of festival tent at the Baderbach sports grounds with festival host, draft beer, snacks, carousels, and Happy Hour Mass in the evening.

The Essenbach Volksfest 2026 is expected to take place from June 26 to 28, 2026, on the Baderbach sports grounds – as in previous years, on the last weekend of June. Official confirmation from the Essenbach Sports Club (SVE) is expected in spring 2026; the exact date may shift by one weekend.

The usual three festival days are expected: Friday with the tapping of the first keg in the evening, Saturday as the main festival day with live music from the festival band, and Sunday with a morning pint (Frühschoppen) and a family afternoon. Carousels, shooting galleries, and small amusement rides complement the festival tent. During the Happy Hour (evening hours), the Mass cost €8 in 2025 – a comparable price is expected for 2026.

Highlights Essenbacher Volksfest 2026

Festival tent of SV Essenbach at the Baderbach sports grounds
Happy Hour with special Mass price (2025: €8)
Sunday morning pint (Frühschoppen) with brass music
Lower Bavarian folk festival atmosphere

Programme Essenbacher Volksfest 2026

Probable Schedule (based on previous years)

Friday, June 26, 2026

Evening — Tapping of the first keg, opening by the mayor or the SVE board
Live festival band, folk festival atmosphere
Happy Hour (6–9 PM) — Mass beer at a special price (2025: €8)

Saturday, June 27, 2026 — Main Festival Day

Afternoon — Festival activities on the grounds, carousels and rides for families
Evening — Festival band, dancing and merriment in the festival tent until late at night

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Morning — Morning pint (Frühschoppen) with brass music
Lunch/Afternoon — Family afternoon, festival winding down in the late evening

Program and band names will be announced in spring 2026 via the Markt Essenbach and SVE websites, as well as through the local press (Landshuter Zeitung, Rundschau24).

Prices Essenbacher Volksfest 2026

Free admission. Mass beer at special prices during Happy Hour (2025: €8). Food and drinks at usual folk festival prices. Rides and carousels paid separately.

Practical information

Practical information — Essenbacher Volksfest

Getting There

By car: A92 exit Essenbach, then to the SVE sports grounds by the Baderbach. By train: Essenbach station on the Landshut – Plattling line, from there approx. 15 min walk.

Admission

Free admission. Food and drinks at usual folk festival prices, Happy Hour usually in the evening with a reduced Mass price.

Tip

Sunday morning pint (Frühschoppen) and family afternoon — ideal for families with children.

Essenbach in the Isar Valley

Essenbach is a market town with around 13,000 inhabitants in the district of Landshut, about 10 km north of the city of Landshut in the Lower Bavarian Isar valley. Economically shaped by the nearby Isar nuclear power plant (in Niederaichbach) and the pharmaceutical producer Stragen Pharma, culturally the Essenbacher Volksfest and the local shooting and sports clubs are among the established institutions.

What the Essenbacher Volksfest is

The Essenbacher Volksfest is not a "major festival" like the Landshut Spring Dult or the Munich Oktoberfest, but a typical Lower Bavarian summer folk festival at the market town level: three days of festival tent, carousels, shooting gallery, gingerbread hearts, bratwurst, and roast chicken, draft beer. It takes place every year at the end of June and is organized by the Essenbach Sports Club (SVE) as the main organizer, who fills its club coffers with the proceeds from the festival tent operation.

Tradition and Program

The festival begins on Friday evening with the tapping of the first keg, continues on Saturday with the classic festival day, and ends on Sunday with a morning pint (Frühschoppen) and a family afternoon. The festival host provides the atmosphere in the beer tent with a traditional festival band. The Mass of beer cost €8 during the Happy Hour (6–9 PM) at the 2025 event – a moderate price compared to large Bavarian folk festivals. Admission is free.

Volksfest Tradition in Lower Bavaria

Bavaria has a very dense folk festival landscape in the summer – every larger market town in the district of Landshut has its own folk festival, sometimes as a stall festival, sometimes as a festival tent format. The Essenbacher Volksfest is one of the fixed dates in the June and July folk festival circuit around Landshut.