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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
Lalling's Traditionelles Mostfest with Töpfermarkt ran over the weekend of 30–31 May 2026 in the Lallinger Winkel (Bavarian Forest). The 45th Mostfest centered on the historic Zehentstadel and Dorfplatz, with crowning of the Deutsche Mostkönigin, regional Apfelmost, and a pottery market under the village linden.
Bavarian Forest Mostfest in Lalling — Apfelmost, Zehentstadel festivity, and a pottery market.
Each late-spring weekend, Lalling celebrates Streuobst Most culture with the Feuerwehr's Mostfest in the Zehentstadel and a Dorfplatz Töpfermarkt, run jointly with the Gemeinde Lalling and the Obst- und Gartenbauverein Lallinger Winkel. The 2026 weekend (30–31 May) paired the 45th Mostfest and the crowning of the Deutsche Mostkönigin with the fruit-and-garden association's own, separate 130th-anniversary jubilee programming — two different anniversaries marked the same weekend, not one shared history.
The full story
Lalling's Traditionelles Mostfest pairs a two-day cider celebration with a juried pottery market, filling the Dorfplatz and the historic Zehentstadel for one late-spring weekend in the Lallinger Winkel, part of the Bavarian Forest. The 2026 edition ran Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 May, organized jointly by the Gemeinde Lalling, the Obst- und Gartenbauverein Lallinger Winkel, and the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Lalling — the 45th time the village has held it. There's no beer tent here: the entire culinary identity runs on Apfelmost, fresh cider pressed from the region's traditional Streuobst orchards, served in the Zehentstadel alongside a proper Mittagstisch, Brotzeit snacks, and an afternoon coffee-and-cake sitting.
Saturday's ceremonial peak lands at 11:00 with the crowning of the Deutsche Mostkönigin, a biennial cider-culture ambassador role unique to this festival — the 2026 ceremony brought a vintage-car motorcade and a marksmen's gun salute before the Dorfplatz pottery market, a strictly juried show open only to master ceramicists presenting their own work, took over the afternoon under the village linden. Sunday shifts register: a church service at the Pfarrkirche St. Stephan and a procession of local associations with flag delegations open the day before the market and festival wind down by early evening. In 2026 there's an extra layer worth knowing about, and keeping separate: the Obst- und Gartenbauverein Lallinger Winkel is marking its own 130th anniversary the same weekend, including the dedication of a new memorial orchard planted in honor of past Mostköniginnen.
That jubilee is the association's own milestone, not the festival's — the Mostfest's own start is best described as a Lallinger Winkel tradition reaching back to roughly the early 1980s, a full generation younger than the 130-year-old fruit-and-garden association that now helps run it. As a compact, walkable village event, it suits a half-day or full-day visit rather than a multi-day stay, and works best as part of a broader Lallinger Winkel day trip — craft-market visitors should aim for Saturday daytime, while the church service and procession make Sunday morning the better call for the festival's more community-minded side. See Traditionelles Mostfest page or explore Lower Bavaria.
History
The Mostfest's own start is genuinely unclear: one claimed founding year is 1998, another is 1980, and neither traces to a primary organizer account. The clean, gap-free edition count — 44th in 2025, 45th in 2026 — points closer to the early 1980s, best understood simply as a Lallinger Winkel tradition dating back roughly to the early 1980s, with no precise founding year attached. That's a much younger history than one of the festival's own co-organizers: the Obst- und Gartenbauverein Lallinger Winkel, the fruit-and-garden association that helps run the Mostfest alongside the Gemeinde and the Feuerwehr, is marking its own 130th anniversary in 2026 — a founding around 1896, roughly 45 to 65 years older than the festival itself. Both anniversaries land on the same 2026 weekend, but they belong to two different institutions and are never the same age.
Eat & Drink Nearby
- Local specialty
- Regional Apfelmost (apple cider) is the namesake pour, served alongside the pottery market on Lalling's Dorfplatz and around the historic Zehentstadel.
- Pair it with
- The pottery stalls for a browse between cider tastings — Mostfest doubles as a Töpfermarkt.
- Itinerary fit
- A Bavarian Forest weekend stop — best for cider fans making a Lallinger Winkel day of it, not a standalone destination.
Frequently asked questions
- When is Mostfest Lalling 2026?
- 30–31 May 2026 — the traditional last-May/first-June weekend slot this annual festival keeps year to year.
- What is Most?
- Fresh fruit must / cider culture from local Streuobst — Lalling serves regional Apfelmost and juice alongside Brotzeiten in the Zehentstadel.
- What else happens that weekend?
- A juried Töpfermarkt on the Dorfplatz (roughly 10:00–18:00 both days, with the Mostfest continuing into the evening in the Zehentstadel), plus two separate 2026 milestones on the same weekend: the festival's own 45th edition, marked by the Deutsche Mostkönigin crowning, and the co-organizing Obst- und Gartenbauverein's much older 130th anniversary.
- Where is the official page?
- The Gemeinde Lalling's own event page carries the primary listing, with regional Lallinger Winkel tourism listings available as a secondary reference.
- Free entry