Grandauer Volksfest

About Grandauer Volksfest

The Grandauer Volksfest — also known as Grafinger Volksfest — is the big spring festival of the town of Grafing near Munich in the Ebersberg district. For eleven days, the festival grounds on Jahnstraße are transformed into a fairground with a large festival tent, a funfair, and a traditional Bavarian program: brass and show music, Schafkopf championship, Bavarian Evening, senior afternoon, children's afternoon, and sporting competitions. In the festival tent, Grandauer Festbier flows, accompanied by delicacies from the Kainz'n-Hof festival kitchen.

Dates 08 May — 18 May 2026

Venue Grafing bei München (09175)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Grandauer Volksfest — edition 2026

The 59th Grandauer Volksfest Grafing will take place from May 8th to 18th, 2026, on the Volksfestplatz on Jahnstraße. Eleven days with a large festival tent, funfair, festival procession, 24th Grafinger Schafkopf Championship, Bavarian Evening, Ascension Day stone-lifting, boxing evening, and daily changing brass and party bands. Concluding with an Austropop concert by »Auf a Wort«.

The 59th edition of the Grandauer Volksfest runs from Friday, May 8th, to Monday, May 18th, 2026 (with a final concert evening on May 19th). It opens with the festival procession from the market square and the ceremonial beer tapping by Christian Bauer.

Over eleven festival days, brass and party bands from the region will play in the festival tent with Grandauer Festbier, alongside the Schafkopf championship, Bavarian Evening, senior and children's afternoons, and Ascension Day stone-lifting and boxing evening.

Highlights Grandauer Volksfest 2026

Festival procession and beer tapping, 24th Grafinger Schafkopf Championship, Bavarian Evening, Ascension Day stone-lifting, boxing evening by DJK Bavaria Rosenheim, and Austropop concert »Auf a Wort«.

Programme Grandauer Volksfest 2026

Friday, May 8th, 2026 — Festival Kick-off

6:00 PM — Festival procession from Grafing market square
6:30 PM — Ceremonial beer tapping by Christian Bauer
7:00 PM — »Glonner Musi«

Saturday, May 9th, 2026

11:30 AM — Tent opens; 1:30 PM — 24th Grafinger Schafkopf Championship; 6:30 PM — »De Harthauser Musik«

Sunday, May 10th, 2026

10:30 AM — Tent opens; 11:30 AM — Stadtkapelle Ebersberg; 6:00 PM — Stadtkapelle Grafing

Monday, May 11th, 2026 — Bavarian Evening

12:00 PM — Lunch; Senior afternoon with »Blechbagage«; 7:00 PM — Bavarian Evening with »Emmeringer Musi«

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026

12:00 PM — Lunch; 7:00 PM — »Volksfestpreise wia friara« (Festival prices like in the old days) with »De Richtig'n«

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 — Children's Afternoon

12:00 PM — Lunch; 2:00 PM — Children's afternoon with Punch and Judy show and reduced ride prices; 6:00 PM — »Glonner Musi«

Thursday, May 14th, 2026 — Ascension Day

10:30 AM — Frühschoppen (morning pint) with »Ammertaler Musi«; 11:00 AM — Stone-lifting championship; 6:00 PM — »Rieder Musi«

Friday, May 15th, 2026 — Trade and Association Day

12:00 PM — Lunch; 6:00 PM — »De Wadlbeisser«

Saturday, May 16th, 2026

11:30 AM — Tent opens; 1:00 PM — »Wirtsbucklmusi«; 6:30 PM — Party band »7 Promille«

Sunday, May 17th, 2026

10:30 AM — Boxing evening DJK Bavaria Rosenheim (10 fights); 1:30 PM — »De Rottaler«; 6:00 PM — »De Harthauser Musi«

Monday, May 18th, 2026

6:00 PM — Roast pork/kettle pork dinner with »De Richtig'n«

Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

8:00 PM–10:00 PM — Austropop concert »Auf a Wort« (Tickets via Eventim)

Prices Grandauer Volksfest 2026

Admission to the festival grounds and tent is free. Food, drinks, and rides are charged; reduced ride prices on children's afternoon. Concert »Auf a Wort« on May 19th requires tickets (Eventim). Table reservations at the on-site festival office.

Practical information

Practical information — Grandauer Volksfest

Venue: Volksfestplatz Grafing, An der Jahnstraße, 85567 Grafing bei München (Ebersberg district). Festival tent with Grandauer Festbier and festival kitchen by Kainz'n Hof, plus a funfair. Table reservations at the on-site festival office. Safe journey home via organized transport. Brewery partner: Wildbräu.

When spring picks up speed in Grafing near Munich, the Grandauer Volksfest draws the entire region into its festival tent atmosphere. The traditional festival on the Volksfestplatz on Jahnstraße is a Pentecost, spring, and brewery festival all in one and is a fixed date in the event calendar of the Ebersberg district.

It kicks off with the festive Volksfesteinzug (festival procession) from Grafing's market square, followed by the traditional beer tapping and the first music evening. Over eleven days, a packed program follows: the traditional Grafinger Schafkopf-Meisterschaft (Schafkopf championship), the Bayrischer Abend (Bavarian Evening), a senior afternoon with brass music, a children's afternoon with Punch and Judy shows and reduced ride prices, a stone-lifting championship on Ascension Day, and a boxing evening by DJK Bavaria Rosenheim. In the festival tent, brass and party bands from the region play — from Glonner Musi to the party band 7 Promille.

The festival tent is run by Kainz'n Hof Partyservice with Grandauer Festbier and Bavarian delicacies from their own festival kitchen. A funfair with rides for young and old completes the festival. Table reservations for families and groups are possible via the festival office.

Where it takes place Grandauer Volksfest

Volksfestplatz Grafing, An der Jahnstraße, 85567 Grafing bei München, 85567 Grafing bei München

Grandauer Volksfest at a glance

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