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2027 dates not yet announced — typically around May. We're watching and will update this page when they land.
Quick answer
Bier Lust Festival is a craft-beer weekend in Speyer on 8–9 May 2026 at Industriehof Speyer (Franz-Kirrmeier-Straße 19). Entry is ticketed: Early Bird weekend tickets cost 17.50 € and day tickets cost 10 € each, with a festival tasting glass included at entry.
Craft beer festival at Industriehof Speyer, 8–9 May 2026 — ticketed tasting weekend from Blackstork & Holystoner.
Bierlustfestival ('Bier Lust Festival') is a ticketed, brewery-run craft-beer weekend at Industriehof Speyer, organised jointly by two local breweries, Black Stork Braumanufaktur and Holystoner Brauwerkstatt. The 2026 edition — its third — runs 8–9 May at Industriehof Speyer, Franz-Kirrmeier-Straße 19, 67346 Speyer, with around 20 breweries pouring 0.1L and 0.3L tasting measures. Entry is paid: Early Bird weekend ticket 17.50 €; day ticket (Friday or Saturday) 10 € each. Guests receive a wristband and a festival tasting glass at the Blackstork Biergarage entrance; beer and food are purchased separately. The venue is about a 20-minute walk from Speyer Hauptbahnhof.
The full story
Bierlustfestival ("Bier Lust Festival") is a ticketed craft-beer weekend at Industriehof Speyer ("i-HOF"), a converted industrial site in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, run jointly by two local breweries rather than a municipal tourism office. The 2026 edition, its third, runs Friday 8 May (16:00–22:00) through Saturday 9 May (14:00–22:00), with around 20 breweries pouring 0.1L and 0.3L tasting measures across several halls (1K, 135, 117, and 1b). Admission is ticketed rather than free: an Early Bird weekend ticket costs 17.50 €, and a single-day ticket (Friday or Saturday) costs 10 € each, buying a wristband and a festival tasting glass at the Blackstork Biergarage entrance — beer and food are purchased separately, per pour and per item. Advance purchase is recommended, since the festival has sold out in prior years.
The event is organised by Black Stork Braumanufaktur, based on-site at the i-HOF, and Holystoner Brauwerkstatt, a micro-brewery from nearby Römerberg — both currently active, independent craft breweries. Black Stork's own name and logo nod to Speyer's historic, now-defunct breweries (the Schwartz Storchen, the Storchenbrauerei, and the Brauerei zur Sonne), a branding choice rather than a claim about the festival's or the brewery's own age. The two organising breweries are, in fact, older than the festival itself: Black Stork was founded in 2020 (from a 2016 concept), and Holystoner in 2019. The festival's own run is younger still — 2026 marks its third consecutive edition, following a second edition in 2025 — though its exact debut year is unstated.
The format favors sampling over Maß-sized drinking: each brewery typically pours four to five of its own beers in small measures, priced per pour, with food trucks and live music running both days. The venue sits about a 20-minute walk from Speyer Hauptbahnhof, with paid parking nearby but no confirmed free on-site lot; there's no free drinking-water fountain on-site, so visitors relying on refillable bottles should plan to buy water or bring their own. It pairs naturally with a wider Speyer day out — the cathedral and the Technik Museum are both nearby — rather than requiring a dedicated trip of its own. See Bierlust Festival Speyer page or explore Beyond Bavaria.
History
Bierlustfestival is a young, brewery-founded event, not a historic civic tradition. Two of its threads are older than the festival itself. Black Stork Braumanufaktur, one of the two organising breweries, takes its name and logo from Speyer's own historic, now-defunct breweries — the Schwartz Storchen, the Storchenbrauerei, and the Brauerei zur Sonne — as a branding nod to that lineage, not a claim that the festival or the brewery itself dates back that far. The two organising breweries have their own, separate founding years: Black Stork Braumanufaktur (concept in 2016, officially founded 2020) and Holystoner Brauwerkstatt (founded 2019) — both older than the festival. The festival itself has run for three consecutive editions through 2026, following a second edition in 2025; its exact debut year is unstated.
On Tap
- Local focus
- A craft-beer weekend at Industriehof Speyer, ticketed with an included festival tasting glass.
- What to try
- Grab an Early Bird weekend ticket if you plan to attend both days — day tickets run separately at 10 euros each.
- Best for
- Craft-beer travelers who don't mind a ticketed, industrial-site setting over a traditional beer garden.
- Bavaria On Tap take
- The tasting-glass-with-entry format signals this is built for sampling flights rather than Maß-sized traditional drinking.
Practical tips
The English-language details German fest pages usually skip.
- Nearest station
- Speyer Hauptbahnhof (≈20 min walk to Industriehof Speyer).
- Cash vs card
- Card payment depends on each individual brewery stand.
Frequently asked questions
- When is Bier Lust Festival Speyer 2026?
- 8–9 May 2026. Hours are Friday 16:00–22:00 and Saturday 14:00–22:00.
- Where is it held?
- Industriehof Speyer, Franz-Kirrmeier-Straße 19, 67346 Speyer — about a 20-minute walk from Speyer Hauptbahnhof.
- How much is entry?
- Early Bird weekend ticket: 17.50 €. Friday or Saturday day ticket: 10 € each. Beer and food are extra.
- Do I need to buy tickets in advance?
- Advance purchase is recommended; the festival has sold out before the date in prior years.
- How old is this festival, and is that the same as the breweries' own history?
- No — keep the two separate. The 2026 edition is the festival's third, following a second edition in 2025, but its exact founding year is unstated. That's distinct from the two organising breweries' own, older histories: Black Stork Braumanufaktur was founded in 2020 (from a 2016 concept), and Holystoner Brauwerkstatt in 2019 — both predate the festival itself.
- Reservation recommended
- Indoor / rain-friendly