Festivals in Germany
1,084 Festivals · Show on map →
Month
Category
🎵 Music 329
🎬 Film & media 179
🎭 Art, theatre & dance 88
📖 Literature & words 18
🍷 Food & drink 21
🎡 Funfair & folk festival 193
🎊 Carnival 8
🕯️ Tradition & faith 5
🏙️ City & street festival 8
🏳️🌈 Pride & community 76
🎆 Lights & fireworks 3
🎄 Seasonal markets 72
🎮 Sports, games & comics 9
🎉 Other festivals 95
Regions
Berlin 42München 27Hamburg 18Kreis Plön 14Dresden 10Mosbach 9Frankfurt am Main 8Köln 8Hannover 7Nürnberg 7Lauda-Königshofen 6Sachsen 6Thüringen 6Hof 5Mitte 5Niedersachsen 5Hamburg-Mitte 4Kiel 4Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 4Oberbayern 4Stuttgart 4Bad Mergentheim 3Braunschweig 3Freiburg 3Nordrhein-Westfalen 3Regierungsbezirk Köln 3Rheinland-Pfalz 3Aachen-Mitte 2Alzenau 2Baden-Württemberg 2Bezirk Mitte 2Bonn 2Brandenburg 2Buchen 2Darmstadt 2Düsseldorf 2Erfurt 2Esslingen am Neckar 2Freiburg im Breisgau 2Greifswald 2Gräfenhainichen 2Görlitz 2Mülheim an der Ruhr 2Nord 2Oberpfalz 2Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg 2Regierungsbezirk Gießen 2Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart 2Ruhrgebiet 2Sachsen-Anhalt 2Schleswig-Holstein 2Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock 2Schwalmstadt 2Stemwede 2Tauberbischofsheim 2Wertheim 2Wiesbaden 2Wunsiedel 2Zentrum 2Aachen 1
Places
Berlin 59Tiergarten 32Köln 29Frankfurt am Main 26München 21Leipzig 20Hamburg 17Munich 17Dresden 15Preetz 14Stuttgart 14Bremen 13Hannover 12Hamburg-Altstadt 11Hof 11Nürnberg 10Mitte 9Burggraben 8Düsseldorf 8Potsdam 8Altstadt Nord 7Nuremberg 7Osnabrück 7Bayreuth 6Bonn 6Deutschland 6Göttingen 6Kiel 6Lübeck 6Würzburg 6Bad Kissingen 5Baden-Baden 5Bochum 5Braunschweig 5Dortmund 5Erfurt 5Essen 5Heidelberg 5Ludwigsburg 5Oldenburg 5Saarbrücken 5St. Pauli 5Tübingen 5Weimar 5Wiesbaden 5Aachen 4Augsburg 4Halle (Saale) 4Kassel 4Landshut 4Mainz 4Münster 4Regensburg 4Wertheim 4Worms 4Bamberg 3Burglengenfeld 3Coburg 3Darmstadt 3Flensburg 3
🎬 Film & media
Berlin International Film Festival
annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany Berlin · Germany
🗓️ February 2027
since 1951
🎡 Funfair & folk festival
Oktoberfest
world's largest beer festival in Munich, Bavaria, Germany Theresienwiese · Germany
🗓️ October
since 1810
🎵 Music
Bayreuth Festival
annual music festival of Wagner operas Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus · Germany
🗓️ August 2027
since 1876
🎵 Music
Wacken Open Air
open-air metal music festival in Germany Wacken · Germany
🗓️ Januarysince 1990
🎭 Art, theatre & dance
documenta
exhibition of modern and contemporary art in Kassel, Germany Kassel · Germany
📅 June 12, 2027
since 1955
🎭 Art, theatre & dance
International Motor Show Germany
one of the world's largest motor shows Neue Messe München · Germany
🗓️ Januarysince 1897
🎵 Music
Rock am Ring
pair of annual music festivals in Germany Nürburgring · Germany
since 1985
🎡 Funfair & folk festival
Kiel Week
annual sailing event in Kiel, Germany Kiel · Germany
🗓️ June
since 1882
🎡 Funfair & folk festival
Expo 2000
World exposition in Hanover, Germany in 2000 Messegelände Hannover · Germany
one-offsince 2000
🎬 Film & media
Munich International Film Festival
annual film festival held in Munich, Germany München · Germany
🗓️ June 2027
since 1983
🎵 Music
M'era Luna Festival
music festival in Hildesheim, Germany Flugplatz Hildesheim · Germany
since 2000
🎵 Music
Wave-Gotik-Treffen
darkwave music festival in Leipzig, Germany Leipzig · Germany
🗓️ Junesince 1992
🏳️🌈 Pride & community
Berlin Pride
annual demonstration for LGBTQ rights held in Berlin Berlin · Germany
🗓️ July
since 1979
🎄 Seasonal markets
Striezelmarkt
annual Christmas market in Dresden, Saxony, Germany Altmarkt · Germany
🗓️ November
🎉 Other festivals
59th Berlin International Film Festival
2009 film festival edition Berlin · Germany
one-off
🎬 Film & media
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
annual film festival held in Oberhausen, Germany Oberhausen · Germany
🗓️ May 2027
since 1954
🎵 Music
Donaueschingen Festival
music festival held annually over three days in October in Donaueschingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; the oldest festival for contemporary music in the world; founded in 1921 Donaueschingen · Germany
since 1921
🎉 Other festivals
Prix Europa
annual tri-medial festival held in Berlin, Germany Potsdam · Germany
since 1987
🎡 Funfair & folk festival
Freimarkt
Volksfest in Bremen, Germany Bremen · Germany
🎡 Funfair & folk festival
Cologne Carnival
Annual carnival in Cologne, Germany Köln · Germany
🎵 Music
Hurricane Festival
music festival Eichenring · Germany
🗓️ June
since 1973
🎄 Seasonal markets
Christkindlesmarkt
annual Christmas market in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany Hauptmarkt (Nürnberg) · Germany
🗓️ November
🎵 Music
Summer Breeze Open Air
music festival Dinkelsbühl · Germany
since 1997
🎡 Funfair & folk festival UNESCO
Biike Burning
Fire festival in northern Germany, traditionally used to drive away evil spirits and protect the new seeds Nordfriesland · Germany
🏙️ City & street festival
Folsom Europe
Berlin-based queer festival Schöneberg · Germany
🗓️ September 2026
since 2003
🎵 Music
Full Force
German music festival Gräfenhainichen · Germany
since 1994
🎵 Music
Southside Festival
annual music festival that takes place near Tuttlingen, Germany Fridingen an der Donau · Germany
since 1999
🎵 Music
Amphi Festival
German music festival Köln · Germany
since 2005
🎵 Music
Bachfest Leipzig
music festival Leipzig · Germany
since 1908
🎬 Film & media
DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
annual film festival held in Leipzig, Germany Leipzig · Germany
🗓️ October 2026
since 1955
🎵 Music
Fuckparade
annual Berlin technoparade Berlin · Germany
since 1997
🎬 Film & media
International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
annual film festival held in Mannheim and Heidelberg, Germany Mannheim · Germany
🗓️ November 2026
since 1952
🎉 Other festivals
Luminale
light festival in Frankfurt, Germany Frankfurt am Main · Germany
🎵 Music
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
music festival Dannewerk · Germany
since 1986
🎬 Film & media
transmediale
annual media culture festival held in Berlin, Germany Berlin · Germany
since 1988
🎉 Other festivals
White Ravens
youth literature catalogue München · Germany
since 1986
🎵 Music
Bad Hersfelder Festspiele
annual sommer theatre festival held in the ruins of a Romanesque abbey church in Bad Hersfeld, Germany Stiftsruine Bad Hersfeld · Germany
🎵 Music
Göttingen International Handel Festival
music festival Göttingen · Germany
since 1920
🎵 Music
Rock im Park
music festival Volkspark Dutzendteich · Germany
since 1997
🎡 Funfair & folk festival
Art Cologne
modern and contemporary art fair Köln · Germany
since 1967