Name: WIR-Festival Essingen 2026
Start: 2026-06-13T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-13T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Schloss-Scheune Essingen und Schlosspark

WIR-Festival

About WIR-Festival

The WIR-Festival is a one-day festival of young culture in Essingen Castle Park (Ostalb district), organized by the Kulturinitiative Schloss-Scheune Essingen e.V. Under the keywords diversity, openness, and community, the association programs a day full of creative workshops, park activities, sports and yoga sessions, food vendors, and concludes in the evening with a live performance by the band Layout in front of the historic Schloss-Scheune. Young culture on the Ostalb ridge, accessible and inviting.

Dates 13 Jun — 13 Jun 2026

Venue Essingen (08136)

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Edition 2026

WIR-Festival — edition 2026

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The WIR-Festival 2026 takes place on Saturday, June 13, starting at 3:00 PM in Essingen Castle Park. Day program of creative workshops, park activities, sports and yoga sessions, food vendors. In the evening, a live concert by the band Layout in front of the historic Schloss-Scheune. Organized by the Kulturinitiative Schloss-Scheune Essingen e.V.

Day Festival on June 13, 2026

The WIR-Festival 2026 starts on Saturday, June 13 at 3:00 PM in Essingen Castle Park. The afternoon is dedicated to creative workshops with artists from the region, while participatory park activities, yoga and sports sessions run in parallel, and you can get food from food vendors. As evening falls, the focus shifts to the stage in front of the Schloss-Scheune — the highlight is the live concert by the band Layout, who transform the festival day into a lively dance evening with their indie-pop set.

The complete list of workshops, the yoga program, and the artists for 2026 will be announced in advance by the organizer on the association's channels and on reservix.de.

Highlights WIR-Festival 2026

One-day festival of young culture on the Ostalb ridge
Creative workshops with regional artists
Yoga and sports sessions in the castle park
Park activities and participatory formats
Live concert by the band Layout as the evening highlight
Setting: historic Schloss-Scheune Essingen
Message: Diversity, Openness, Community

Programme WIR-Festival 2026

Saturday, June 13, 2026 — Essingen Castle Park

3:00 PM — Festival start, opening in the castle park
Afternoon — Creative workshops with regional artists and creators
Afternoon — Park activities: community games, participatory formats
Afternoon — Sports and yoga sessions in the park
All day — Food vendors with culinary offerings
Evening — Live concert band Layout in front of the Schloss-Scheune (Indie-Pop, Singer-Songwriter)
Late evening — Festival winding down, communal dance evening

The complete workshop list and yoga program for 2026 will be announced by the organizer in good time.

Prices WIR-Festival 2026

Tickets via reservix.de or at the BZ-Geschäftsstellen Aalen/Schwäbisch Gmünd, phone booking via 0761-496 8888. Festival-friendly pricing.

Practical information

Practical information — WIR-Festival

Getting there

You can reach Essingen via the A 7 (exit Aalen/Westhausen, approx. 5 km) and the B 29. By train: Essingen station on the Remsbahn (Stuttgart–Aalen), from there a 5-minute walk to the Schloss-Scheune (Bahnhofstraße 7). Parking available at the Schlosspark and in the town center.

Time and program

Saturday, June 13, 2026, festival starts at 3:00 PM with workshops and park activities. Evening live concert by Layout from late evening. Festival ends late at night.

Tickets

Tickets available via reservix.de or at the BZ-Geschäftsstellen in Aalen/Schwäbisch Gmünd. Phone booking via 0761-496 8888 (BZ-Ticket hotline). Prices are kept festival-friendly.

Festival from a Cultural Initiative

Essingen is a municipality with around 6,000 inhabitants in the Ostalb district (state of Baden-Württemberg, East Württemberg), located at the transition from the Swabian Jura to the Albuch between Aalen and Heidenheim. The WIR-Festival is organized by the Kulturinitiative Schloss-Scheune Essingen e.V. — a volunteer-run cultural association that operates the historic Schloss-Scheune on Bahnhofstraße, making it one of the most important venues for young culture in the Aalen region.

Concept: Diversity, Openness, Community

The WIR-Festival is deliberately not a classic stage festival, but rather a day with different creative spaces:

Creative workshops with artists and creators from the region
Park activities with community games and participatory formats
Sports and yoga sessions in the castle park
Food vendors for culinary catering
Evening live concert highlight

Layout — the musical conclusion

The highlight of the festival day is the evening live concert by the band Layout in front of the Schloss-Scheune. With their mix of indie-pop and singer-songwriter material, the band provides the perfect soundtrack for the festival evening — according to the organizers, the perfect conclusion that invites everyone to dance together.

Schloss-Scheune as a venue

The Schloss-Scheune Essingen is the historic farm building of the former Essingen Castle, now converted into a cultural venue and used by the Schloss-Scheune Essingen e.V. association. The adjacent Schlosspark forms the natural festival grounds — meadows, old trees, the castle facade as a backdrop. The rural, charming atmosphere clearly distinguishes the WIR-Festival from large urban festivals.

Young Culture, One Day, Accessible

The format explicitly targets young culture — the audience consists of teenagers, young adults, and families from the Ostalb district and the Aalen-Schwäbisch Gmünd region. Tickets are affordable, and the day explicitly serves as a meeting place where diversity and openness are celebrated. This is a festival with a clear social message, not just entertainment.