Festivals in Hamburg

Once in September, the Museumsdorf Volksdorf — Hamburg's only open-air museum — transforms into a vibrant farmyard. Old cabbage varieties an...

The Fantasy Filmfest is Germany's largest genre film festival and in 2026 will be in its 40th edition. For one week, the Hamburg leg runs at...

The Fantasy Filmfest Nights are the spring program of the major German genre film festival — premieres of horror, sci-fi, and thriller, four...

The Fari Cup is Hamburg's major international autumn rowing regatta. Over 1,500 athletes from all over Europe compete in fours and eights, r...

Since 2017, the feel.jazz Festival has combined jazz and visual art into a multi-sensory experience. The ninth edition took place on Februar...

The Fest der Keramik Hamburg brings together around forty ceramic artists once a year in the Gleishalle Oberhafen. From raw stoneware to fin...

Once a year, the Hamburg playhouse movement gathers in the Planten un Blomen park for a large, free children's festival. Games, hands-on act...

The Festival of the 1000 Dwarves, Germany's largest school athletics festival, takes place every late summer on the Jahnkampfbahn in Hamburg...

In autumn, Filmfest Hamburg presents around 70 national and international feature and documentary films in five arthouse cinemas. A platform...

In August 2026, the filmRaum team will once again transform Stadtpark Eimsbüttel into an open-air cinema with an arthouse character. On Wedn...

On the parking lot below the Altona Balcony—right at the Cruise Center Altona, with a view of the Elbe River—a Saturday in June transforms i...

fluctoplasma is Hamburg's decentralized festival addressing the question of how we want to live together. Four days of performance, discussi...

Three days of street food on Spielbudenplatz in the heart of St. Pauli: over 20 food trucks with specialties from Africa, Syria, Thailand, T...

Fringify (formerly Hauptsache Frei!) is Hamburg's festival for independent arts: four days, 11 venues, 23 events spanning performance, dance...

Frühlingserwachen (Spring Awakening) kicks off the season every year in May at Wilhelmsburger Inselpark. A six-hour family festival on Kurt-...

On the nationwide German Mill Day, the Rieck Haus open-air museum in Hamburg-Curslack opens with a special program: mill tours, traditional...

On June 6, 2026, the German-speaking punk scene will gather at the Docks on Spielbudenplatz. Gott sei Punk brings 13 bands to two stages — f...

The Grand Chinese New Year Concert is one of the most established Asian classical music events in the German concert calendar. On Tuesday, F...