Name: Harvest Festival with Parade at Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum 2026
Start: 2026-09-20T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-09-20T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Freilichtmuseum Klockenhagen

Harvest Festival Klockenhagen

About Harvest Festival Klockenhagen

The Harvest Festival at the Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum is one of the region's most popular folk festivals, celebrating traditional Thanksgiving in September. A large farmers' market, a historical parade with costumed museum members, carriages, and tractors, the judging of harvest crowns, folklore, brass bands, and crafts make the day an experience. In the five-hectare museum village with historic buildings from 18 Mecklenburg villages, old harvest customs come alive — a festival for the whole family between the Baltic Sea and the Boddenland.

Dates 20 Sep — 20 Sep 2026

Venue Ribnitz-Damgarten (13073)

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Edition 2026

Harvest Festival Klockenhagen — edition 2026

The Harvest Festival at the Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum will take place in September 2026, traditionally on the third Sunday of September, usually from 10 am to 5 pm. A large farmers' market, a historical parade with carriages and tractors, the judging of harvest crowns, folklore, brass bands, crafts, and a Thanksgiving service. The exact date will be announced by the museum.

In September 2026, the Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum invites you to its Harvest Festival. The festival traditionally takes place on the third Sunday of September; the exact date will be announced by the museum.

The program includes a large farmers' market, a historical parade with costumed museum members, carriages, and tractors, as well as the judging of artfully woven harvest crowns. Folklore groups and brass bands will accompany the day, craftspeople will demonstrate old techniques, and a children's program and a Thanksgiving service will round off the festival.

Highlights Harvest Festival Klockenhagen 2026

Large farmers' market in the historic museum village
Historical parade with costumed members
Judging of artfully woven harvest crowns
Folklore and brass bands
Thanksgiving service and children's program

Programme Harvest Festival Klockenhagen 2026

Harvest Festival Program

Large farmers' market with regional produce
Historical parade with carriages and tractors
Judging of harvest crowns
Folklore groups and brass bands
Craft demonstrations and children's program
Thanksgiving service

Prices Harvest Festival Klockenhagen 2026

Regular museum admission applies. Current information at freilichtmuseum-klockenhagen.de.

Practical information

Practical information — Harvest Festival Klockenhagen

Getting There

By car via the A20 (exit Ribnitz-Damgarten), then to Klockenhagen, Mecklenburger Straße 57. Parking available at the museum.

Date and Opening Hours

September, traditionally on the third Sunday of September, usually 10 am–5 pm.

Admission

Regular museum admission applies. Current information at freilichtmuseum-klockenhagen.de.

Thanksgiving in the Museum Village

The Harvest Festival at the Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum is celebrated annually in September, traditionally on the third Sunday of September. It is one of the largest and most popular folk festivals in the Ribnitz-Damgarten area and focuses on the old custom of Thanksgiving — gratitude for the harvested crops, celebrated festively in the historic setting of the museum village.

Farmers' Market and Parade

Highlights include the large farmers' market with regional produce and the historical parade: museum members in historical costumes, decorated carriages, and tractors move across the grounds. The harvest crowns — artfully woven from grain — are judged, a traditional Thanksgiving custom. Brass bands and folklore groups provide musical accompaniment for the day.

Crafts, Children's Program, and Thanksgiving Service

Around the market, craftspeople demonstrate old techniques, and there is a special hands-on program for children. A Thanksgiving service gives the festival its spiritual dimension. The Harvest Festival thus combines market activities, folklore, customs, and family entertainment into an atmospheric autumn festival.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Vorpommern-Rügen

Klockenhagen is a district of Ribnitz-Damgarten in the Vorpommern-Rügen district. The open-air museum gathers historic buildings from 18 Mecklenburg villages on five hectares, making the Harvest Festival an authentic experience of rural Mecklenburg-Vorpommern tradition.