Festivals in North Rhine-Westphalia

On the 4th of Advent, December 20, 2026, the Stadion am Zoo in Wuppertal transforms into an open-air Christmas cathedral. From 3 PM, a Chris...

From June 5th to 7th, 2026, the Aktion V business association invites you to the traditional wine festival on Lienhardplatz in the Vohwinkel...

On September 19, 2026, the 58th edition of the Wuppertaler Volkslauf will start around the Ronsdorfer Talsperre in the south of Wuppertal. T...

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the Wülfrather Rockmusikergemeinschaft (WüRG) will celebrate its 33rd anniversary with the traditional open-ai...

From April 17th to 19th, 2026, Würselen, nestled between Aachen and Eschweiler in the Aachen district, will transform into a stage for local...

From November 20 to December 20, 2026, Xanten's old town around St. Viktor Cathedral will transform into one of the most atmospheric Christm...

For a week, the LWL-Open Air Museum Hagen transforms into an open blacksmith workshop: Around 20 to 40 young blacksmiths from Germany, Austr...

Five days of school theatre on a professional stage: The Young Theatre Festival Wuppertal is one of North Rhine-Westphalia's most important...

The ZappenDuster Festival is one of Germany's most concentrated and curated Black Metal and Underground festivals. From June 12th (Fri) to 1...

The Zechenfest at the Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage Site is one of the largest free neighbourhood festivals in the Ruhr area. Against the...

From August 21st to September 6th, 2026, the shore of Kemnader See on the border of Bochum/Witten will transform into a 25,000 m² festival w...

On Monday, February 9, 2026, the Münster district of Wolbeck will once again transform into a Carnival stronghold: ZiBoMo — the Ziegenbockmo...

On two Halloween evenings at the end of October, the ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen transforms into an elaborately staged ghostly landscape...

From September 11th to 13th, 2026, Solingen plans to celebrate its traditional city festival, the 'Zöppkesmarkt', in the city centre: three...

“Zu Gast in Recklinghausen” has been one of the largest and oldest gastronomy festivals in the Ruhr area since 1987. From August 26 to 30, 2...

Zur Wilden Hilde is an independent, uncompromisingly curated open-air festival on Aachener Weg, meadow at the Steinlabyrinth in Viersen — in...

The Zwetschenkirmes Wewer is Paderborn's oldest district festival and takes place every year on the second Sunday in September — in 2026, th...