📅 Bavarian Events Calendar

Munich's rotating beer garden — the tap changes every six weeks among the Big Six breweries.

The 'Little Oktoberfest' — two weeks of beer tents and rides on the same grounds, minus the crowds.

On April 23rd each year, the Bavarian Brewers Association celebrates the anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot with 1,000 liters of free beer poured from the famous beer fountain at the Brauerhaus in downtown Munich.

Munich's 900-year-old flea market + beer tent — antiques by day, Maß by night.

Summer-long outdoor beer garden tradition — drink where brewers have stored lager since the 1500s.

UNESCO old town + a proper Bavarian Volksfest with local breweries.

Twelve days on a forested hill — Franconia's biggest beer festival, and arguably its best kept secret.

Swabia's oldest folk fair rolls out its beer tent on the meadows beside Nördlingen's perfectly preserved medieval walls — ten days of Pentecost revelry inside a meteor crater.

Twelve days of Franconian wine on Würzburg's medieval market square.

Munich throws itself a free open-air birthday bash across the Altstadt — brass bands, Schuhplattler, Weißwurst, and beer stands from all six Munich breweries.

Four weeks of world music, organic beer, and global street food in Olympic Park.

A 65-year-old summer beer fest at Munich's largest beer garden — 7,000 seats under the chestnut trees.

Ten nights of wine on a vineyard hillside overlooking Würzburg.

11 days of beer in a forested hillside of beer cellars — the Franconian's answer to Oktoberfest.

Nine days in Germany's 'secret beer capital' — 200 breweries in one Franconian county.

Munich's 'pre-Wiesn' — a mini beer fest in Pasing that opens before the big Oktoberfest.

Bavaria's second-largest Volksfest — 1.4 million visitors, seven tents, zero tourist traps.

Five beer tents and the Mayor taps the first keg — Bavarian Vollsfest culture just 20 minutes from Munich.

Bamberg's iconic street fair — smoky Rauchbier, medieval alleys, and a fishermen's jousting tournament.

Swabia's biggest Volksfest — 1 million visitors, multiple beer tents, zero international tourists.

The world's largest beer festival — 6 million visitors, 14 giant tents, and only Munich's 'Big Six' breweries pouring.

Munich's oldest Christmas market — Glühwein under the Rathaus tower since 1310.

Munich's organic Christmas market on the Oktoberfest grounds — Glühwein with a conscience.

The world's most famous Christmas market — gingerbread, bratwurst, and industrial-strength Glühwein.