Festivals in Saarland

Every year in late summer and autumn, the Nonnweiler Kulturherbst shows that culture doesn't just thrive in the cities. Four events between...

When the beech trees turn green again in May and the Hochwald around Nonnweiler appears in its most beautiful spring attire, the wine hike a...

Every two years, the Numborn district of Heusweiler transforms into an agricultural exhibition of a special kind: 60 stands with regional pr...

Since 2004, Oktoberfest Bous has been a firm fixture in the Saarland's festival calendar: Bouser Festwochen with a festival tent, mega atmos...

A wine bottle, buried for a year, is unearthed again. Young adults from the graduating class of 18 organize the festival. On Tuesday at midn...

Since 1980, the Ommersheim Village Festival has been an integral part of the Saarland summer: the Patron Saint's Festival of the Parish Chur...

On Whit Monday, the Altstadt fire station of the Kirkel Volunteer Fire Brigade opens its doors to all citizens. Vehicle displays, demonstrat...

Three days of Swing, movement art, and improv theater at Saarlouis' Theater am Ring: Open the Arts combines 17 workshops, three live band pa...

High on the Duhamel hill in Ensdorf, beneath the mighty steel polygon that stands as a monument to Saarland's mining tradition, the Opernfes...

Once a year, Burbacher Markt transforms into an oriental souk: spices, lamb grill, mint tea, belly dancing, Kurdish nomad tent — and above a...

For two days in July, Ormesheim's clubs and associations set up their beer benches under the old trees at Theo-Carlen-Platz and celebrate th...

When summer begins, the Cloef-Atrium terrace in Orscholz transforms into a stage: the Orscholz Summer of Culture brings live music to the Sa...

Around the Easter holidays, the Festplatz Am Forum in Homburg transforms into a spring funfair with dodgems, Break-Dancer, Miami carousel, a...

The Osthafenfest transforms the former Saarbrücken industrial harbour into a festival area of concerts, DJ sets, urban art, and light art fo...

On the 1st Advent weekend, the historic old town of Ottweiler — one of the most beautiful half-timbered towns in Saarland — transforms into...

When gladiators fight in the sand, Roman legionaries march through Pachten, and children excavate ancient pottery shards using real archaeol...

The parish of St. Maximin Pachten in Dillingen-Pachten is celebrating its 50th parish festival in 2026. Family service, catering at the pari...

In June, the St. Michael Friedrichsthal parish opens its doors for the traditional parish festival: a church service in St. Marien, followed...