Beer · Wine · Volksfest
Your English-speaking guide to Bavaria, in a stein.
Hundreds of drinking festivals every year. Almost none of them are written up in English. We keep the calendar so you can find the cellar, the hillside, and the Maß that is not Oktoberfest.
Don't miss these
Hand-picked fests that still feel like Bavaria.
Seasonal
Free entryNuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
Christmas Market
Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt
Nov 27 – Dec 24, 2026 · Nuremberg
The world's most famous Christmas market — gingerbread, bratwurst, and industrial-strength Glühwein.
Beer fest
Free entryBergkirchweih
Hill Church Fair
May 13–24, 2027 · Erlangen
Erlangen's iconic beer festival carved into the sandstone cliffs above the town — 12 days of local brews, traditional Franconian food, and open-air beer cellars.
Cultural
The Landshut Wedding 1475 (2027 Edition)
Landshuter Hochzeit 1475
Jun 25 – Jul 18, 2027 · Landshut
Landshut's own citizens — not professional performers — reenact a royal 1475 wedding across four summer weekends; organizers describe it as presumably (vermutlich) Europe's largest historical costume festival.
Wine fest
Free entryBad Dürkheim Wurstmarkt
Sausage Market (Wine Festival)
Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt
Sep 10–20, 2027 · Bad Dürkheim
Billed as the world's largest wine festival — two September weekends of Pfalz wine, Schubkarch stands, and fairground fun around Bad Dürkheim's Gradierbau.
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Viktualienmarkt Beer Garden
Munich · Viktualienmarkt · through Oct 31, 2026
Munich's rotating beer garden — the tap changes every six weeks among the Big Six breweries.
Nov
06
Leonhardifahrt Bad Tölz
Bad Tölz · Kalvarienberg and Marktstraße
Up to 80 flower-decked horse carriages parade through Bad Tölz, circling the Leonhardi chapel on Calvary Hill before a final blessing back at the Mühlfeldkirche.
Nov
06
Leonhardifahrt Murnau
Murnau am Staffelsee · Murnau to Froschhausen
Horses, decorated wagons, and a Leonhardimarkt process from Murnau to Froschhausen for the annual St. Leonhard blessing.
Nov
08
Leonhardifahrt Benediktbeuern
Benediktbeuern · Kloster Benediktbeuern
Roughly 230 horses and 49 wagons process past Bavaria's oldest monastery for a Leonhardi blessing in the abbey courtyard.
Nov
19
Landshut Christkindlmarkt (Adventsstadt)
Christmas Market
Landshut · Ringelstecherwiese
Around 50 stalls make up Landshut's Christkindlmarkt, part of the town's wider Adventsstadt program.
Nov
19
Straubing Christmas Market 2026
Straubing · Ludwigsplatz & Theresienplatz
Straubing's historic Ludwigsplatz and Theresienplatz fill with Advent stalls, mulled wine, and a children's train.
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