Trier Underground Festival
Festival in underground cellars and vaults of Trier's city center with theatre, readings, concerts, and culinary delights
About Trier Underground
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Thanks to its two-thousand-year history, Trier possesses an extraordinary heritage of underground spaces: Roman cellars and storage rooms, medieval wine cellars, early modern brewery vaults, and 19th-century industrial storage facilities. Many of these spaces are closed off in everyday life and only accessible to insiders. The Trier Underground Festival opens them to the general public for several weeks, combining the presentation of this hidden heritage with cultural formats.
The program includes classic guided tours with architectural historians and city guides, theatrical productions, concerts in acoustically outstanding vaults, literary readings, gastronomic events such as wine tastings and cellar dinners, and children's tours with age-appropriate storytelling formats. The lighting is specifically staged to enhance the spatial atmosphere.
The highlight of each festival year is the Long Night of the Underworlds. On a Saturday evening in mid-November, numerous cellars are opened simultaneously, and a joint admission ticket allows movement between locations. Concerts, performances, and gastronomic stations complement the experience. Advance ticket sales for the festival begin at the end of August each year, and for the Long Night at the beginning of October.
Trier Underground — edition 2026
The 2026 edition coincides with the 40th anniversary of Trier's UNESCO World Heritage status. Additional guided tours related to World Heritage and thematic special events are expected, linking underground Roman structures with the above-ground World Heritage ensemble. The exact program will be published by the organizer at the end of August 2026 when advance sales begin.
Programme Trier Underground 2026
The exact 2026 program will be published by the organizer in August. The structure follows the proven key points of previous years:
- Thursday, 29.10.2026: Festival opening with an inaugural event in a Trier cellar.
- Following weeks: Daily guided tours, theatrical productions, concerts in vaults, literary readings, and wine tastings.
- Children's program: Several dates with age-appropriate storytelling tours.
- Saturday, 14.11.2026: Long Night of the Underworlds — simultaneous opening of numerous cellars with a combined ticket. Concerts and gastronomic stations.
- Saturday, 21.11.2026: Festival closing with a final event.
- Tickets: Advance sales for the festival start on 28.08.2026, for the Long Night on 01.10.2026.
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Practical information — Trier Underground
Venues: Various cellars and vaults in Trier's city center. Meeting points will be communicated upon booking.
Tickets: Via the festival website. Advance sales for the festival start on 28.08.2026, for the Long Night on 01.10.2026.
Clothing: Warm clothing recommended, as cellars maintain a temperature of 10-14 °C year-round.
Accessibility: Limited — many cellars are only accessible via stairs. Detailed information available per event.
Families: Specific children's program with age-appropriate guided tours.
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