Stuttgart Spring Festival

World's Largest Spring Festival

The Stuttgart Spring Festival is the largest spring festival in the world — larger than the Stuttgart Volksfest in autumn ever was, and older than most comparable events in Bavaria. It has been held on the Cannstatter Wasen since 1939 (with interruptions), the festival grounds on the Neckar between MHP Arena and the Cannstatt district. The 86th edition in 2026 runs from Saturday, April 18, to Sunday, May 10, 2026. The organizer is in.Stuttgart Veranstaltungsgesellschaft.

Five Beer Tents — the Stuttgart "Wiesn"

• Wasenwirt — Traditional tent with Karl Maier and Swabian Schlager music
• Göckelesmaier — famous for its chicken specialties ("Göckele")
• Beim Benz — modern beer tent with live bands and DJ sets
• Almhütte Royal — Alpine ambiance, après-ski feeling
• Grandls Hofbräu — Munich Hofbräu beer on the Neckar

Table reservations for the beer tents open in January. A liter of beer (Mass) in 2026 will cost around 13–15 euros, comparable to the Munich Oktoberfest, slightly cheaper than at the autumn Volksfest.

220 Attractions — from the Ferris Wheel to the Roller Coaster

The Wasen grounds accommodate around 220 rides, food stalls, and market stands. Highlights include the Ferris wheel with Cannstatt panorama, several mobile roller coasters (e.g., Alpina Bahn, Höllenblitz), free-fall towers, bumper cars, haunted houses, and classic children's rides. In addition, there are show booths, fortune tellers, shooting galleries, lottery booths — the full spectrum of Central European fairground culture.

Albdorf — Swabian Jura on the Wasen

A special feature of the Stuttgart Spring Festival is the Albdorf, a dedicated area thematically representing the Swabian Jura. At least 75 percent of the food and drinks sold here come from Baden-Württemberg — from Trollinger wine to Swabian Maultaschen and lentils with Spätzle, to Albbäcker bread. Around 250 exhibitors and small businesses from the region participate.

Program Highlights 2026

• Sat. 04/18 — Opening with tapping of the first beer keg; from 5 PM, balloon race over the Wasen
• Various Family Days with discounted ride prices
• Spring Festival Sundays — Family fun, often with celebrity appearances in the beer tents
• Sun. 05/10 — Finale with a grand musical fireworks display by world champion pyrotechnician Joachim Berner starting at 9:30 PM

Cannstatter Wasen and Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt

The Cannstatter Wasen is the historic festival grounds of Stuttgart's oldest district — Bad Cannstatt. In 1818, King Wilhelm I of Württemberg founded the main agricultural festival on this site in response to a famine — this evolved into the Cannstatter Volksfest in autumn and, many decades later, the Spring Festival. Today, the grounds are nestled between NeckarPark, MHP Arena, and the historic old town of Cannstatt — part of the city of Stuttgart, the largest city in Baden-Württemberg.