MarktFestSpiele Wunsiedel

A Young Event with a Grand Namesake

The MarktFestSpiele was launched in 2025 by the city of Wunsiedel — as a one-day festival that brings together Wunsiedel's weekly market, market life, and festival culture in one event. The name plays on the tradition of the Luisenburg Festival Plays, Germany's oldest open-air theatre (since 1890), which attracts 200,000 spectators annually from June to August on the rocks above the city. The MarktFestSpiele bring a small part of this world directly into the city center.

Weekly Market, Lunch at the Market, Karaoke

During the day, the weekly market dominates the square — farmers and producers from the Fichtelgebirge, Oberpfalz, and the region. At lunchtime, "Lunch at the Market" invites you for a small meal at the seated area on the square. Several exhibition openings in the surrounding galleries and the town hall punctuate the day. A special touch: karaoke in the afternoon, consciously aimed at all generations — from children's songs to Schlager.

The Luisenburg Festival Plays Ensemble as a Guest

The artistic highlight: a performance by the Ensemble of the Luisenburg Festival Plays. The festival actors perform scenes from the current program or well-known works — directly on a mobile stage in the market square, free of charge. For Wunsiedel, this is a clever programmatic connection: the city's festival heritage is brought into city life once a year, accessible and open to everyone.

Wunsiedel — Rock City in the Fichtelgebirge

Wunsiedel is the district town of the Wunsiedel district in the Fichtelgebirge, in the extreme northeast of Bavaria, near the Czech border. Known are the Luisenburg with its rock labyrinth (one of the largest rock labyrinths in Europe) and the historic old town with the town hall, rebuilt in 1834. Wunsiedel is also the birthplace of the poet Jean Paul (Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 1763–1825). The MarktFestSpiele integrate these cultural traces of the place into a lively city festival day.