Festivals in North Rhine-Westphalia

From May 20th to 23rd, 2026, Coesfeld in Münsterland will celebrate its 51st Pentecost Week. Four days of open-air music festival directly o...

Meckenheim am Vorgebirge celebrates an extraordinary anniversary in 2026: 525 years of marksmanship tradition. The St. Sebastianus Schützenb...

On Sunday, March 15, 2026, the 52nd edition of the Königsforst Marathon will take place. Start and finish at the Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium i...

From June 12th to 14th, 2026, the Lübbecke Civic Riflemen's Battalion will celebrate its 534th edition. The Battalion — founded in 1492, "th...

From November 23rd to December 30th, 2026, the 53rd Hamm Christmas Market will open its stalls in the city centre around the Pauluskirche. O...

For over five decades, the Bad Berleburg Cultural Association has brought international chamber musicians and prominent voices to the Wittge...

From July 24 to 27, 2026, Leverkusen-Opladen celebrates its 53rd City Festival with Funfair — four days of folk festival program around Opla...

More than half a century of tradition: The 53rd Sommerfest an der Grugahalle transforms the marketplace in front of the Grugahalle Essen int...

From the Hermannsdenkmal via the famous tank road near Augustdorf to the Sparrenburg Bielefeld: The Hermannslauf has led through the Teutobu...

On July 4, 2026, the Hemberg Stadium in Iserlohn will transform for the 54th edition of the Waldstadt Tattoo into a stage for the European m...

The Brackweder Schweinemarkt celebrates its 584th edition from August 28th to 30th, 2026 — one of the oldest and best-known folk festivals i...

The Kalsbach Forest Festival is one of the oldest and most popular village festivals in the Oberberg region — in its 58th edition in 2026. F...

The 5th Mülheim Junior Duathlon takes place on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at Luisenschule Mülheim. The DTU-approved event by Marathon und...

The 5th NRW State Gymnastics Festival is North Rhine-Westphalia's largest grassroots sports festival in 2026 — with over 10,000 expected par...

On Saturday, May 30, 2026, the municipality of Swisttal invites you to the 5th Swisttal Apple Route Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Along the App...

From September 26 to 27, 2026, Burscheid Live celebrates the 6th edition of the festival "Internationales Burscheid" on Burscheid's market s...

On Sunday, May 31, 2026, Theater Mönchengladbach invites you to the 6th edition of its Kulturmarkt. Three open-air stages and one indoor sta...

When the Wervicq-Platz in front of Roetgen Town Hall transforms into an open-air wine cellar at the end of August, the sixth wine festival h...