Festivals in Schleswig-Holstein

The International Trakehner Stallion Market in Neumünster is the most important event in global Trakehner horse breeding. For four days, the...

The Island Food Festival Sylt is Northern Germany's most exclusive gourmet festival. Initiated in 2019 by Sylt star chef Holger Bodendorf (L...

Twice a year, always on the first Saturday in April and October, the city center of Itzehoe transforms into a live music mile: The Itzehoer...

The Itzehoer Störlauf is a DLV-approved fun run in the district town of Itzehoe (Steinburg district). Athletes of all ages can run, walk, or...

The Itzehoer Woche is Itzehoe's most important city festival, filling the city center and the Malzmüllerwiesen with life for nine days every...

The Jageler Oktoberfest is the annual Bavarian-inspired event of the municipality of Jagel in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg: beer, foo...

The Jahrmarkt Hanerau-Hademarschen is the traditional autumn Volksfest (folk festival) of the municipality in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde dist...

Four days of hustle and bustle, carousels, and culinary delights in the heart of the North Frisian district town: The Jahrmarkt Niebüll tran...

Jazz goes Föhr is the island-wide jazz festival on the North Sea island of Föhr. Held every summer since 1998, it spans several venues in th...

JazzBaltica is one of Northern Germany's most important jazz festivals, transforming the Timmendorfer Strand park into a stronghold of conte...

One of the most important jazz guitarists of our time will be a guest in Flensburg as part of JazzNights 2026: Pat Metheny with his band Sid...

The Julius Bär Beach Polo World Cup Sylt is Europe's most prestigious beach polo tournament and the highlight of the Sylt Pentecost season....

The Julius Bär Beach Polo World Cup Sylt transforms Hörnum's East Beach into a sand polo arena on Whitsun. Six teams compete for the cup ove...

On an August Saturday, Sehlendorfer Strand becomes the venue for a small but centuries-old Volksfest (public festival): Kaköhl bei Nacht. Th...

The Kalkberg Open-Air Concerts are the spring concert series of the famous Freilichtbühne am Kalkberg in Bad Segeberg — the stage that belon...

The Kaltenkirchener Jahrmarkt is one of the oldest and largest Volksfests in the Segeberg district. For over 100 years, it has taken place o...

At the historic Gut Hasselburg in Altenkrempe (Ostholstein district), the Kammermusikfest Hasselburg takes place every year in May – an inte...

For six days, the island of Sylt transforms into an open stage for chamber music. From July 25th to 30th, 2026, the Kammermusikfest Sylt wil...