Name: Foil Festival Fehmarn 2026
Start: 2026-05-22T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-25T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Südstrand Fehmarn / Veranstaltungswiese hinter dem FehMare

Foil Festival

About Foil Festival

The Foil Festival Fehmarn is Europe's largest Wingfoil gathering and the official season opener for the foil scene. For four days, the Südstrand of Fehmarn transforms into a beach fair, a competition area, and a huge test course with over 40 brands. The festival combines the Open German Championship in Wingfoil Freestyle, the spectacular Winger of the Sea One Hour Edition race, free material tests, crash courses, and workshops for beginners, as well as a relaxed beach camp atmosphere right on the Baltic Sea.

Dates 22 May — 25 May 2026

Venue Fehmarn (01055)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Foil Festival — edition 2026

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Four days of Wingfoil action at Fehmarn's Südstrand: The Open German Championship Wingfoil Freestyle, the Winger of the Sea One Hour Edition, Europe's largest beach expo with 43 manufacturers, and free tests define the 2026 edition. Free admission, open daily 10 AM–11 PM (until 5 PM on Monday).

Foil Festival 2026 — The Season Opener

From May 22 to 25, 2026, the Foil Festival will open its gates on the event grounds behind the FehMare (Zur Strandpromenade 4, 23769 Fehmarn). Nestled within the Pentecost weekend, the festival traditionally kicks off the European foil season.

The 2026 edition features 43 exhibiting brands (a world record for a Wingfoil beach fair), the Open German Championship Wingfoil Freestyle as a qualification for the European and World Championships, the Winger of the Sea One Hour Edition lap race, and an expanded Calm Zone Playground with a skateboard miniramp, pumpfoil ramps, and a cross course for OneWheel and Surron e-motorcycles.

Highlights Foil Festival 2026

Open German Championship Wingfoil Freestyle
Winger of the Sea One Hour Edition (60-min Lap Race)
43 Manufacturers — World Record for a Wingfoil Beach Fair
Free Material Tests with ID
Crash Courses for Beginners
Expanded Calm Zone Playground with Pumpfoil Ramps, Skateboard Miniramp, and Surron Cross Course

Programme Foil Festival 2026

Program May 22–25, 2026

Thursday, May 22

10:00 AM — Expo and Test Area Open
12:00 PM — Opening Race (weather permitting)
10 AM–6 PM — Competitions, Tests, Courses
Until 11 PM — Beach Café Atmosphere

Friday, May 23 & Saturday, May 24

10 AM–6 PM — Open German Championship Wingfoil Freestyle (Heats and Finals)
Parallel — Winger of the Sea One Hour Edition
10 AM–6 PM — Crash Courses and Beginner Workshops
Continuous — Tests with 43 manufacturers, three pumpfoil ramps, Calm Zone Playground
Evenings — Rider Party

Sunday, May 25

10:00 AM — Final Competition Runs
Afternoon — Award Ceremony for Open German Championship and Winger of the Sea
5:00 PM — Festival Ends

Competition Sanctioning: German Wing Foil Association (Qualification for European and World Championships).

Prices Foil Festival 2026

Admission to the Expo and Festival: free. Beach Camp: Classic €65 (1 person incl., vehicle up to 6 m), Max €85 (setup 6–9 m), Rider without vehicle €37. Course fees vary by format. Material tests are free (ID required).

Practical information

Practical information — Foil Festival

Getting There

Fehmarn is directly accessible via the Fehmarnsund Bridge (A1, Vogelfluglinie). By train: Burg auf Fehmarn station, then bus to Südstrand. Parking: Beach parking lots at Südstrand (fee required).

Admission & Camping

Admission to the Expo and festival grounds: free. Beach camp tickets: Classic €65 (vehicle/caravan/tent up to 6 m, 1 person incl.), Max €85 (setups 6–9 m), Rider ticket without vehicle €37. Booking via foilfestival.de.

Opening Hours

Friday to Sunday 10 AM–11 PM, Monday 10 AM–5 PM (award ceremony). Competitions and tests daily 10 AM–6 PM.

The Baltic Sea's Wingfoil Mecca

On the Pentecost weekend, the Südstrand of Fehmarn island in the Ostholstein district of Schleswig-Holstein becomes the main stage for the European foil scene. The Foil Festival Fehmarn is not just an event — it's a beach fair, the German championship, a beginner's school, and a family holiday all rolled into one. The festival is organized by Freiluft GmbH, which combines wingfoiling with a trade fair concept and North German beach culture.

Four Days of Watersports Action

The event grounds behind the FehMare are divided into four areas:

Competition Zone directly on the water for the Open German Championship Wingfoil Freestyle and the Winger of the Sea One Hour Edition
Expo Area with over 40 manufacturers in the fields of Wingfoil, Pumpfoil, Downwind SUP Foil, Parawing, E-Foil, and Foilsurf
Test Area with free material tests (upon presentation of ID)
Calm Zone Playground with three pumpfoil ramps, a skateboard miniramp, and a cross course for OneWheel and Surron e-motorcycles

Competition Program — The Open German Championship

The highlight is the German Championship in Wingfoil Freestyle, sanctioned by the German Wing Foil Association — simultaneously a qualification for the European and World Championships. In addition, there's the Winger of the Sea One Hour Edition: a lap race around two buoys about one kilometer apart for 60 minutes, focusing on endurance and tactics. Competitions run daily from 10 AM to 6 PM, weather permitting.

For Beginners and Families

The festival isn't just about top-level sport. Crash courses teach the basics of wingfoiling in just a few hours, supplemented by advanced and beginner courses, as well as express courses for watersports enthusiasts with prior experience. The beach café atmosphere, the on-site beach camp, and the pump-foil playground during calm periods make the Foil Festival attractive for companions and children too. Entry to the Expo is free.

Season Opener for the European Foil Scene

With its timing on the Pentecost weekend, the Foil Festival traditionally opens the season on the Baltic Sea. Pros, hobby foilers, and brand representatives from all over Europe meet here — before the tour continues to Sylt, Rügen, and the Mediterranean coast.