Name: Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival 2026
Start: 2026-06-25T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-29T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Festplatz Tauperlitzer See, Quellitzweg Döhlau

Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival

About Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival

The Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival in Döhlau, Hof district, is one of Upper Franconia's most renowned lakeside festivals. For five days at the end of June, the festival grounds at Tauperlitz Lake transform into a Bavarian Volksfest (traditional folk festival) landscape with a festival tent, amusement park, live music, a parade, and a grand family day. The event is organized by ARGE Tauperlitzer Seefest, a cooperation between the BSC Tauperlitz sports club, the Tauperlitz volunteer fire brigade, and the local shooting club. The lake as an immediate festival backdrop makes it one of the most scenically attractive festivals in the region.

Dates 25 Jun — 29 Jun 2026

Venue Döhlau (09475)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival — edition 2026

The Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival 2026 runs from June 25 to 29 at the Quellitzweg festival grounds in Döhlau (Tauperlitz district). Five days of Volksfest directly on Tauperlitz Lake with a festival tent, amusement park, live music, and a grand parade. The organizer is ARGE Tauperlitzer Seefest, comprising BSC Tauperlitz, the Volunteer Fire Brigade, and the Shooting Club.

The 2026 Lakeside Festival is officially confirmed: June 25–29 at the Quellitzweg festival grounds in Döhlau. The dates and program structure are based on the Frankenradar event calendar and Döhlau's official municipal calendar.

The detailed stage and parade program will traditionally be announced a few weeks before the festival on the Lakeside Festival website and in the Döhlau municipal newsletter. A poster PDF with all details is available on the festival website.

Highlights Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival 2026

Festival tent directly on Tauperlitz Lake, amusement park with classic rides, large parade on Sunday, live music daily.

Programme Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival 2026

Program Outline June 25–29, 2026

Thursday, June 25 — Festival opening with beer tapping, evening festival tent opening with brass music
Friday, June 26 — Festival tent evening with live band, amusement park open
Saturday, June 27 — Main festival day with festival tent and live music; amusement park all day
Sunday, June 28 — Parade through Tauperlitz with traditional costume groups, brass bands, flag delegations from the Hof district; followed by festival winding down in the festival tent
Monday, June 29 — Winding down (remaining Volksfest operations)

Current poster PDF with exact program times: tauperlitzer-seefest.de. Frankenradar entry: frankenradar.de.

Prices Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival 2026

Admission to the festival grounds is free. Festival tent catering, rides, food, and drinks are paid for on-site.

Practical information

Practical information — Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival

Getting There

Hof train station (approx. 8 km), then by car via the B 15 or bus. By car via the A 72 (Hof-Süd exit) or the A 9 (Töpen exit).

Admission

Admission to the festival grounds is free. Festival tent catering, rides, food, and drinks are paid for on-site.

Accommodation

Hotels and guesthouses in Hof and the surrounding district (Naila, Münchberg, Helmbrechts).

Contact

Organizer: ARGE Tauperlitzer Seefest, Municipality of Döhlau, Am Rathaus 2, 95182 Döhlau. Email: [email protected].

Lakeside Festival at Tauperlitz Lake

Tauperlitz is a district of the municipality of Döhlau in the Hof district of Upper Franconia. The lakeside festival of the same name takes place at the Quellitzweg festival grounds directly on Tauperlitz Lake — a reservoir that has served as a local recreation area for the northern Frankenwald region since the 1970s. This direct location on the water distinguishes the festival from most Upper Franconian village and folk festivals.

ARGE as Organizer

The organizer is ARGE Tauperlitzer Seefest — an association of three local clubs: the BSC Tauperlitz sports club, the Tauperlitz volunteer fire brigade, and the shooting club. This joint sponsorship ensures a broad base of volunteer helpers for the festival and places tasks (festival tent, security, catering) in experienced hands.

Five-Day Volksfest Format

The festival runs for five days — from Thursday evening to Sunday or Monday — as a classic Bavarian Volksfest: a festival tent with live music, an amusement park with rides, game stalls, and culinary offerings with Franconian specialties (Bratwurst, Schäuferla, Bockwurst). The highlight is usually a parade with traditional costume groups, brass bands, and flag delegations from the Hof district.

Upper Franconian Volksfest Culture

Döhlau is part of the Hof district in the far north of Bavaria, on the border with Saxony and Thuringia. The Frankenwald character and proximity to the former inner-German border shape the region's identity. Volksfeste like the Tauperlitz Lakeside Festival are not just entertainment here, but also a symbol of civic cohesion in a rural area.