Festivals in North Rhine-Westphalia

Festivals in North Rhine-Westphalia

2609 festivals to discover in the region.

2609 festivals

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2026 25 Jul

Summer Shake Festival Arnsberg

Arnsberg — Kreis Hochsauerlandkreis (05958)

The Summer Shake Festival is one of the most popular open-air festivals in the Sauerland region — the next edition will take place on Saturd...

Music Pop Variety +5
2026 22 Jul → 12 Aug
Free

Summer Soundz am Kesselbrink

Bielefeld — Kreisfreie Stadt Bielefeld (05711)

Every Wednesday during the summer holidays, Bielefeld's Kesselbrink transforms into an open-air stage: The free concert series Summer Soundz...

Music Rock Pop +6
2026 26 Jul → 29 Aug

Summer Specials Olfen 2026

Olfen — Kreis Coesfeld (05558)

The Summer Specials Olfen 2026 are a concert series with six dates in July and August at special locations in the Münsterland town. The perf...

Funk Mime Storytelling +4
2026 14 Aug → 15 Aug

SummerFeelings — The Gronau Open Air

Gronau (Westf.) — Kreis Borken (05554)

From August 14th to 15th, 2026, SummerFeelings — The Gronau Open Air will take place on the large grounds of the Bürgerhalle Gronau. Friday...

Music Pop French chanson +5
2026 30 May → 21 Aug

SUMMERSTAGE Haus Eifgen Wermelskirchen

Wermelskirchen — Kreis Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (05378)

Seven concerts, one summer, a historic beer garden in the Bergisches Land: SUMMERSTAGE at Haus Eifgen in Wermelskirchen has been the go-to s...

Music Rock Blues +6
2026 10 May → 06 Sep
Free

Sunday Afternoon at 4 — Siegen Summer of Culture

Siegen — Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein (05970)

From May 10 to September 6, 2026, one of Westphalia's most traditional open-air concert series, Sonntagnachmittag um 4, will take place in t...

Music Jazz Classical +8
2026 27 Jun

Sunset Beach Festival Haltern am See

Haltern am See — Kreis Recklinghausen (05562)

On June 27, 2026, the Haltern bathing area will transform into an open-air club: MEDUZA and Claptone will headline the stage on the 800-mete...

Music Electro Techno +6
2026 05 Sep
Free

SunsetPicknick on the Hoheward slag heap

Recklinghausen — Kreis Recklinghausen (05562)

On Saturday, September 5, 2026, from 3 PM to 11 PM, the Hoheward slag heap on the border between Recklinghausen and Herten will be transform...

Music Electro Techno +12
2026 01 May → 20 May
Free

Sustainability Weeks Hamme

Bochum — Kreisfreie Stadt Bochum (05911)

From May 1st to 20th, 2026, around 15 local initiatives, associations, and organizations will transform the Bochum district of Hamme into a...

Nature Environment Young audience +7
2026 14 Feb → 17 Feb
Free

Swisttal Carnival Parades 2026

Swisttal — Kreis Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (05382)

From February 14 to 17, 2026, the municipality of Swisttal experiences its dense carnival revelry: Eight carnival parades in eight districts...

Folk traditions Folklore Family +4
2026 17 Jul → 23 Aug

SWK Open-Air-Kino Krefeld

Krefeld — Kreisfreie Stadt Krefeld (05114)

Five weeks of summer cinema under the open sky: From July 17 to August 23, 2026, the SWK Open-Air-Kino will take over the Krefeld city fores...

Cinema Animation Fantasy film +6
2026 03 Oct → 04 Oct

SYNDICATE Festival Dortmund

Dortmund — Kreisfreie Stadt Dortmund (05913)

On October 3, 2026, the Westfalenhallen Dortmund will transform into “the hardest night of the year”: The SYNDICATE Festival brings over 40...

Music Electro Techno +3
2026 25 Sep → 26 Sep
Free

Szeniale — Festival of Free Arts

Gelsenkirchen — Kreisfreie Stadt Gelsenkirchen (05513)

The Szeniale is a biennale of free arts that transforms the Kreativ.Quartier Ückendorf in Gelsenkirchen into an experimental platform for 24...

Music Theater Dance +12
2026 17 Jul
Free

Tafelmusik Witten

Witten — Kreis Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (05954)

In July 2026, Stadtmarketing Witten invites you to Tafelmusik in Witten's city centre: a convivial open-air dinner under the sky at 'Witten'...

Music Classical Gastronomy +4
2026 18 Apr
Free

Tag der Steige — Essen hikes the Kettwiger PanoramaSteig

Essen — Kreisfreie Stadt Essen (05113)

On Saturday, April 18, 2026, Essen-Kettwig will transform into the venue for one of Germany's largest free hiking events. The 34.4-kilometer...

Nature Hiking Heritage +4
Dates TBA

Tag der Vereine Remscheid

Remscheid — Kreisfreie Stadt Remscheid (05120)

On Sunday, September 6, 2026, Theodor-Heuss-Platz and Alleestraße in Remscheid will transform into an open stage for the city's society: At...

Folk traditions Folklore Family +7
2026 13 Sep
Free

Tag des guten Lebens — Köln Innenstadt 2026

Köln — Kreisfreie Stadt Köln (05315)

The Tag des guten Lebens is Cologne's major participatory neighbourhood festival since 2013. For each edition, a different district is decla...

Heritage Folk traditions Folklore +11
2026 24 Apr → 25 Apr
Free

Tag des Veedels Köln

Köln — Kreisfreie Stadt Köln (05315)

On April 24th and 25th, 2026, 11 Cologne city districts will simultaneously celebrate their Tag des Veedels: Agnesviertel, Braunsfeld, Dellb...

Music Contemporary art Gastronomy +9