Festivals in Bavaria

The Plankenfelser Waldlauf is one of the most popular trail running events in Upper Franconia. Organized by TSV Plankenfels, the routes lead...

On a June weekend, everything in Kulmbach revolves around classic and youngtimer cars. On Saturday, the Plassenburg Classic leads on a pleas...

Every July, the Plassenburg Open Airs transform the Schönen Hof (Beautiful Courtyard) of the Plassenburg in Upper Franconia into one of Bava...

The Plattling Nibelungen Festival brings the legendary Nibelungen saga to the open-air stage at Magdalenenplatz every two years. With profes...

The Plattlinger Volksfest is the big early summer Volksfest in the Lower Bavarian Danube Valley. From June 5th to 9th, 2026, the festival te...

The Pleinfeld Volksfest is one of the most traditional folk festivals around the Brombachsee lake in the Middle Franconian Franconian Lake D...

The Pocking Bürgerfest is one of the largest and most popular city festivals in Lower Bavaria. For three days, the town center of the small...

The Poetry Slam at the Erika Fuchs House brings spoken word art to a special venue: Germany's only comic museum in Schwarzenbach an der Saal...

Every summer, the festival grounds Am Hanselbrunn in Poing transform into a popular meeting place for families and guests from the eastern M...

The Pommersfelden Kirchweih is the central and largest of the eight annual Kirchweihen in the municipality of Pommersfelden in the Bamberg d...

The Poppenrichter Kirwa is the traditional autumn Kirchweih (church consecration festival) of the municipality of Poppenricht in the Amberg-...

In September, the Museum KulturLand Ries in Swabian Maihingen transforms for a day into an open harvest festival. The Potato Festival revolv...

On Epiphany, January 6th, the Upper Franconian rock town of Pottenstein transforms into one of the most spectacular traditional showplaces i...

The Kempten Pottery and Crafts Market brings around 30 potters and craftspeople from Germany, Austria, and France to Hildegardplatz in the K...

The Frontenhausen Pottery Market is one of Lower Bavaria's most established ceramics markets. Over two days in early June, more than 30 pott...

The Prangermarkt Schwarzach is a traditional Krammarkt (market) in the Lower Bavarian market town of Schwarzach in the Bavarian Forest (dist...

On two Sundays in Advent, the historic Sulzheim Castle in the Schweinfurt district transforms into an atmospheric pre-Christmas market. Arou...

The Marksmen's and Citizens' Festival in Presseck is one of the most traditional Pentecost festivals in the Frankenwald. Since 1834, the Pri...