Festivals in North Rhine-Westphalia

From June 24 to August 19, 2026, Siegburg's market square will transform into an open-air stage every Wednesday evening from 6 p.m. Siegburg...

From June 4 to 7, 2026, the Siegburg Wine Festival transforms the city center of the district town in the Rhein-Sieg district into a four-da...

Over 70 stalls, an ice rink, a historic Ferris wheel — the Christmas market at the Lower Castle in Siegen is one of the most beautiful and m...

From September 24th to 27th, 2026, Bismarckplatz in Siegen-Weidenau will transform into a miniature version of Munich's Theresienwiese. The...

From August 28th to 30th, 2026, the Unterstadt and Oberstadt of Siegen will transform into a single festival mile. Three days of city festiv...

The Siegerländer Turnschau is the traditional show event of the Siegerland Gymnastics Association (Siegerland Turngau e.V. 1886) in the Sieg...

From May 14th to 17th, 2026, the Nordwall in Xanten will transform into a large medieval market for the 21st time. Four days of jousting tou...

From December 11th to 13th, 2026, FC Schwarz-Weiß Silschede invites you to the traditional Silscheder Weihnachtsmarkt in the Silschede distr...

On December 31, 2026, at 12 PM, the Silvesterlauf Neuss will enter its 12th edition. On a 10 km circuit along the Uedesheimer Rheinbogen – o...

Sim-Jü — the Simon-Juda-Market — has been the largest folk festival on the Lippe since 1362. Four days of Werne in a state of emergency: aro...

On October 18th and 19th, 2026, the town center of Simmerath in the Nordeifel will transform into one of the region's largest autumn markets...

On May 31 and June 1, 2026, Simmerath in the North Eifel will celebrate its traditional Spring Market — a market tradition over 200 years ol...

When the evening sun bathes Laurentiusplatz in warm light and 60 musicians from the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra tune their instruments, one...

On June 3, 2026, Bielefeld's Klang!Festival e.V. will transform the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle into an open singing stage. In the morning, over 1,0...

Since 1977, the Skulptur Projekte Münster have been considered one of the most important art events in the world — every 10 years, Münster's...

The British cult festival Slam Dunk returns to Germany on Friday, May 29, 2026 — 20 years after its last German appearance. Premiering as "S...

The Smart City Festival Ahaus combines a specialist congress and city festival for three days in one of Germany's most digital medium-sized...

From February 4th to 8th, 2026, Essen will become the stage for international independent filmmaking: The Snowdance Independent Film Festiva...