Festivals in Schleswig-Holstein

Three days of top beach volleyball on the two-kilometer-wide Ording beach: The national beach volleyball series ROCK the BEACH returns to St...

One of Germany's last surviving medieval equestrian games takes place annually on Whit Sunday in Windbergen. Riders gallop towards the woode...

The Rolling Stone Beach Festival is the exclusive indoor rock festival held at the Weissenhäuser Strand holiday and leisure park in Schashag...

The Advent concert of the Kiel Naval Music Corps in St. Petri Cathedral Schleswig is a classic event in the Schleswig calendar during the pr...

The Rum Regatta is the largest international meeting of historic working sailing ships in the western Baltic Sea region — and the Herring Re...

The Run Between the Seas is one of Northern Germany's most famous relay race events. On Saturday, May 30, 2026, up to 800 teams, each with a...

The RUN ums Rantumbecken is one of Schleswig-Holstein's most beautiful nature runs: a 10-kilometer dyke loop around the Rantumbecken nature...

On Halloween and All Saints' Day, the Ostsee Resort Damp transforms into a three-day Celtic-Viking festival. Samhain — the ancient Celtic th...

The Sand Sculpture Exhibition Travemünde is one of the largest indoor sand art events in Europe. From March 14 to November 1, 2026, the 8th...

The Schachblumenfest Hetlingen celebrates every year in April the blooming of one of Germany's most endangered lilies: the snake's head frit...

For four days, international street artists transform Scharbeutz's spa gardens and the beach at the pier forecourt into a grand stage. Juggl...

The Scharbeutz Wine Festival is the summer highlight of the Baltic Sea resort of Scharbeutz on the Bay of Lübeck (Ostholstein district, Schl...

What was formerly known as the "Schinkenregatta" (Ham Regatta) is now the model ship display of the Schiffsmodellclub Gudow e.V. — a lovingl...

Since 1921, the Scheersbergfest has gathered around 2,500 young people from the Schleswig-Flensburg district and beyond on the Scheersberg n...

The Gildefest of the Scheibengilde Bergenhusen is one of the most important village festivals in the famous Storchendorf (Stork Village) Ber...

The Schenefeld Christmas Market is the pre-Christmas family festival of the town of Schenefeld, located on the border with Hamburg. On the f...

The Scheunenfete Friedrichswiese is a highlight of the Northern German rural youth scene and one of the most visited village festivals in th...

Every May, one of Schleswig-Holstein's largest barn parties takes place on the Sellmer farm in Reesdorf near Flintbek. Up to 2,400 guests da...