Name: 32nd Seefest 2026 — Around the Laube 2026
Start: 2026-06-03T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-06T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Böckinger Viehweide

Seefest Böckingen

About Seefest Böckingen

After an unplanned break in 2025, the Heilbronn cult festival returns: the 32nd Seefest on Böckingen's Viehweide from June 3rd to 6th, 2026. Four days of live music with two bands each evening, an open-air beer garden, street food stalls, and an afterparty make the comeback weekend a must-attend event for Heilbronn's subculture scene. Admission remains free — as with all previous editions of the festival, which has been a defining summer tradition for over 30 years in the west of Heilbronn.

Dates 03 Jun — 06 Jun 2026

Venue Heilbronn (08121)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Seefest Böckingen — edition 2026

From June 3rd to 6th, 2026, the Heilbronn Seefest returns to Böckingen's Viehweide. Four days of open-air with two bands each evening, free admission, street food, and a beer garden — the comeback after the unplanned break in 2025.

The 32nd Seefest 2026 will take place from Wednesday, June 3rd to Saturday, June 6th, 2026, on Böckingen's Viehweide in Heilbronn. The organizer is the long-standing Heilbronn festival crew led by Matthias Kern. Admission is free as always; financing comes from the beer garden and street food stalls.

Two bands perform each evening — a well-rehearsed concept that keeps the festival atmosphere compact and intimate. After each final concert, an afterparty takes place on the festival grounds. A new visual concept has been announced for 2026, aiming to visually distinguish the festival from the mainstream. Anticipation in the Heilbronn subculture scene is accordingly high after the 2025 break.

Highlights Seefest Böckingen 2026

Comeback after the 2025 break, two bands per evening, free admission, street food, and afterparty with DJ set.

Programme Seefest Böckingen 2026

Line-up from June 3rd to 6th, 2026 — two bands per evening

Wednesday, June 3rd — Perfect Heat + Rockzylla
Thursday, June 4th — Extasy + Dirty Dirk and the Done Dirt Cheaps
Friday, June 5th — Grungetime + TheRockshow
Saturday, June 6th — Shadows Revenge + Glam & The Glitters
After each final concert: Afterparty with DJ set on the festival grounds

Festival Operations

Open-air stage on Böckingen's Viehweide
Beer garden with regional beer
Street food stalls: burgers, fries, pizza, vegetarian and vegan options
Seating and picnic lawn
Free admission for all evenings

Prices Seefest Böckingen 2026

Free admission. Food and drinks at the beer garden and street food stalls at usual festival prices.

Practical information

Practical information — Seefest Böckingen

Getting There

Böckinger Viehweide, Böckingen district, 74080 Heilbronn. Take the S4 suburban train from Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof to Böckingen, then a 10-minute walk. By car, take the A6 motorway, exit Heilbronn-Untereisesheim.

Opening Hours

June 3rd — 6th, 2026, daily from late afternoon until late at night.

Admission

Free.

Tip

Combine your festival visit with a day at Heilbronn's Experimenta science center or a stroll along the Neckar river.

Comeback of the Heilbronn Cult Event

The Seefest on Böckingen's Viehweide is one of the oldest independent open-airs in the Heilbronn region. Since the 1990s, it has gathered a loyal following on the festival grounds in the Böckingen district every summer — without major sponsors, without commercial branding, with free admission and a clear roots in Heilbronn's subculture. In 2025, the event was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts with the Heilbronn Lichterfest. The 32nd edition is planned for 2026 as a grand comeback — and anticipation in the scene is high.

Four Days, Eight Bands

From Wednesday, June 3rd to Saturday, June 6th, 2026, two bands will play on the open-air stage each evening — a concept that keeps the atmosphere compact while allowing for two different musical poles each night. The 2026 acts include some comeback formations from previous years, complemented by fresh bands from Heilbronn and the wider region.

Line-up 2026

Wednesday, June 3rd — Perfect Heat + Rockzylla
Thursday, June 4th — Extasy + Dirty Dirk and the Done Dirt Cheaps
Friday, June 5th — Grungetime + TheRockshow
Saturday, June 6th — Shadows Revenge + Glam & The Glitters

Festival Character — Free, Alternative, Communal

Admission to the Seefest has always been free. Financing comes from gastronomy: a beer garden with cool beer, street food stalls with burgers, fries, pizza, vegetarian and vegan options. The audience ranges from long-time regulars who visited the festival back in the 1990s to the young Heilbronn subculture generation — students from DHBW, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, and TU Heilbronn, school cliques from the surrounding area, families from Böckingen. In 2024, the event attracted around 10,000 visitors.

Afterparty and Cult Factor

After the last concert, an afterparty will take place each night — on the festival grounds itself, with a DJ set and a summery atmosphere. Organizer Matthias Kern, who has been running the festival for years, has announced a new visual concept for 2026, aiming to distinguish the festival from the classic open-air mainstream character.

Heilbronn as a Festival City

The Seefest complements Heilbronn's summer event offerings — alongside the Heilbronner Volksfest, the Lichterfest, the Klassik-Open-Air, and the Vinum Riesling Festival. Heilbronn, a major city on the Neckar, is one of Baden-Württemberg's most dynamic medium-sized centers, and the Seefest is one of the city's most important bastions of the independent scene.