Name: Marktredwitzer Schützenfest 2026
Start: 2026-06-25T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-29T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Festplatz Angerplatz Marktredwitz

Schützenfest Marktredwitz

About Schützenfest Marktredwitz

At the end of June, the traditional Schützenfest (marksmen's festival) is set up on Angerplatz in the Upper Franconian town of Marktredwitz. From June 25 to 29, 2026, amusement rides, a beer tent, a parade of the Schützenvereine (marksmen's clubs), and the typical atmosphere of a smaller Bavarian Volksfest will combine in the Wunsiedel district of the Fichtelgebirge.

Dates 25 Jun — 29 Jun 2026

Venue Marktredwitz (09479)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Schützenfest Marktredwitz — edition 2026

From Thursday, June 25, to Monday, June 29, 2026, the Marktredwitzer Schützenfest beckons to Angerplatz in the Fichtelgebirge. Five days of festival tent, amusement rides, and shooting tradition in the heart of the Upper Palatinate.

The 2026 Schützenfest in Marktredwitz follows the proven schedule of previous years: opening on Thursday evening with the tapping of the first keg, a festival weekend with a beer tent program and exuberant atmosphere, and on Sunday, the grand parade of the Schützenvereine. The festival concludes with Family Monday featuring reduced amusement ride prices.

More detailed information — band program, festival caterer, parade route — will be published by the town of Marktredwitz and the participating Schützenvereine in the weeks before the festival in the local press and the municipal gazette.

Highlights Schützenfest Marktredwitz 2026

Grand parade of the Schützenvereine on Sunday
Tapping of the first keg at the opening on Thursday
Festival tent with Bavarian brass music and dancing
Family Day on Monday with reduced amusement ride prices

Programme Schützenfest Marktredwitz 2026

Thursday, June 25 — Opening

Setup on Angerplatz
Festival entry of the Schützenvereine
Tapping of the first keg in the festival tent
Opening evening with brass music

Friday, June 26

Festival operations on Angerplatz from the afternoon
Evening dance in the festival tent with a regional band

Saturday, June 27

Amusement rides all day
Festival evening in the beer tent

Sunday, June 28 — Festival Parade

Morning: Festival service
Afternoon: Grand parade of the Schützenvereine through Marktredwitz
Followed by festival operations in the tent with King proclamation

Monday, June 29 — Family Day

Reduced prices at the amusement rides
Morning pint and festival finale

The detailed schedule and band program will be published on the Marktredwitz town website before the festival.

Prices Schützenfest Marktredwitz 2026

Admission to the festival grounds is free. Food and drinks in the beer tent at usual Volksfest prices (liter of beer between €9 and €11, half chicken approx. €12–€15). Amusement rides €3–€8 per ride; reduced on Family Monday.

Practical information

Practical information — Schützenfest Marktredwitz

Getting There

Marktredwitz main station is on the line Nuremberg–Marktredwitz–Hof or Marktredwitz–Cheb. The station is only a 10-minute walk from the Angerplatz festival grounds. By car, take the A93 (Marktredwitz exit).

Location

Angerplatz festival grounds, 95615 Marktredwitz — centrally located, within walking distance of the old town.

Admission

Festival grounds are free. Amusement rides, beer tent, and food stalls have their own charges.

Tip

Those coming with children should take advantage of the family afternoon (usually on Sunday), when amusement rides are often offered at reduced prices.

Volksfest in the Fichtelgebirge

The Marktredwitzer Schützenfest is one of the regular summer events in the northern Upper Palatinate. Celebrations last for five days on the central Festplatz Angerplatz in the middle of Marktredwitz: from the Thursday evening of the setup until the festival Sunday with the grand parade of the Schützenvereine — a familiar pattern where Volksfest and shooting tradition merge.

Marktredwitz — Gateway to the Fichtelgebirge

With around 17,000 inhabitants, Marktredwitz is one of the larger towns in the Wunsiedel district of the Fichtelgebirge. The town lies at the transition between Upper Franconia and the Upper Palatinate and is considered an important transport hub towards the Czech Republic. Its location between Fichtelberg, Kösseine, and Egerland shapes its convivial and cultural life — the Schützenfest is one of its most visible symbols.

Program of a Franconian-Upper Palatinate Festival Week

As with comparable Volksfeste in the region, the festival tent, amusement rides, and club life form the established framework. The Marktredwitz Schützenvereine — as hosts and as the festival society — are the bearers of the shooting tradition, from the opening day to the festival parade on the main Kirchweih (church consecration festival) day, which traditionally marks the last Sunday of the festival. In the beer tent, brass bands play, and on weekends, dance bands; on the festival grounds, carousels, a roller coaster, and a Ferris wheel turn.

Shooting Tradition in the Upper Palatinate

For centuries, Schützenvereine have shaped club life in Bavaria. Their annual Schützenfest has two sides: the sporting king's shoot with the proclamation of the new royal family and the public festival weekend with a festival tent, parade, and festival catering. In Marktredwitz, this dual character is vibrantly lived out in the summer.