Festivals in Bavaria

The Barthelmarkt in Oberstimm near Manching is the largest Volksfest (traditional folk festival) in the Pfaffenhofen district and one of the...

The Bartholomäus-Kirchweih in Pottenstein — simply called "Pottensteiner Kerwa" by locals — is one of the fixed folk festival dates in the F...

The Basilikakonzerte Waldsassen are a traditional concert series of sacred and classical music in the baroque collegiate basilica of Waldsas...

The Bauernmarkt Gädheim is one of the largest and most popular regional markets in the Lower Franconian Maintal Valley: every year on Octobe...

The Baunach Kirchweih is the traditional summer folk festival of the small town of Baunach in the Bamberg district. For four days, from Frid...

The Bavarian Battle Winter brings dark sounds to the Lokschuppen Rosenheim every January. As the winter edition of the Bavarian Battle Open...

The Bavarian Brass Easter Concert annually opens the concert season of Speinshart Monastery in the northern Upper Palatinate. Four trumpets,...

The Bavarian Jazz Weekend Regensburg is one of Europe's largest free jazz festivals. For four days, the UNESCO World Heritage old town of Re...

The Bavarian Music Academy is located in the baroque Schloss Alteglofsheim in the district of Regensburg. Its concert series brings top-clas...

When the old town of Beilngries transforms into a fragrant marketplace centered around the onion, it's the Bavarian Onion Market. For one we...

From April to November 2026, the Bavarian State Exhibition in the new TonYversum in Freyung is dedicated to the musical history of Bavaria....

The Bavarian Theatre Days are the most important theatre festival in the Free State: a selection jury reviews productions from all over Bava...

The Bavarian-Bohemian Säumerfest in Grainet brings the history of the historic salt trade between Bavaria and Bohemia to life every year in...

The Bavarian-Chinese Summer transforms the city center of Dietfurt an der Altmühl into a Bavarian-Chinese promenade. The town, which calls i...

The Italian-Bavarian Summer Festival celebrates the partnership between the municipality and Boves in Piedmont in the lakeside grounds of Sc...

The Treetop Walk in the Bavarian Forest National Park near Neuschönau offers a full event program in the treetops from spring to autumn. Yog...

The Bayreuth Art Exhibition is the traditional, juried annual exhibition of the Kunstverein Bayreuth (Bayreuth Art Association). It showcase...

Bayreuth Baroque is the youngest of the three Bayreuth festivals — alongside the Richard Wagner Festival and the Bayreuth Piano Festival — a...