Next dates
2027 dates not yet announced — typically around June. We're watching and will update this page when they land.
Quick answer
Astheimer Kartäuser-Weinfest in Volkach-Astheim runs 26–27 June 2026 from 18:00 in the Kartause Mariaebrück courtyard. Franconian wines, regional food, and live bands fill the cloister setting with free admission — separate from Franken's largest Weinfest in August on Volkach's Festplatz.
- Best for
- Franconian cloister-courtyard atmosphere, free-entry wine evenings, and Mainschleife explorers between Volkach Lebensart (early June) and the August flagship fest.
- Booking urgency
- Low — free entry; email info@astheim-main.de for table reservations from eight persons.
Two-night wine fest in Volkach-Astheim's Cartusian cloister courtyard — Franconian wines, live bands, free entry, 26–27 June 2026.
The Festgemeinschaft Astheim hosts its Kartäuser-Weinfest in the courtyard of the former Kartause Mariaebrück in Volkach's Astheim district. For 2026 the fest runs Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June from 18:00 with regional wines, food, and live music (Jets Trio Friday, Medici-Twin-Tub Saturday). Distinct from August's city-run Fränkisches Weinfest on the main Festplatz.
The full story
The Astheimer Kartäuser-Weinfest fills the cloistered inner courtyard of the former Carthusian monastery Kartause Mariaebrück for two evenings each June — 26 and 27 June in 2026 — in Volkach's Astheim district, across the Main from the city center. It's a genuinely community-run event: the organizer is the Festgemeinschaft Astheim, a coalition of four local clubs — the village Männerchor, the Wein- und Obstbauverein, the DJK Astheim sports club, and the Freiwillige Feuerwehr — rather than the city of Volkach or a commercial promoter. Entry is free both nights, with regional Mainschleife wines, Franconian food, and one live band each evening.
Worth stating plainly for anyone planning a Volkach trip: this is not the same event as the "76th Fränkisches Weinfest Volkach," the city's much larger, paid, five-day flagship wine festival held on the central Festplatz each August. The two share overlapping names and a home city, but different organizers, different venues, different scales, and different months — this is the smaller, free, cloister-courtyard fest in June; the other is the big city event in August.
The courtyard setting has real history behind it — the Kartause Mariaebrück monastery was founded in 1409 — but that age belongs to the building, not to this wine festival, whose own founding year is left unstated rather than borrowed from the monastery's much older story. Visitors traveling with a group of eight or more can arrange a reserved table by emailing info@astheim-main.de ahead of time. See the Volkacher Weinfest page or explore Lower Franconia.
History
The Astheimer Kartäuser-Weinfest is organized entirely by the Festgemeinschaft Astheim, a coalition of four local clubs — the Männerchor (men's choir), the Wein- und Obstbauverein (wine and fruit-growers' association), DJK Astheim (sports club), and the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Astheim (volunteer fire brigade) — rather than by the city of Volkach or a commercial promoter. The courtyard venue itself, the former Kartause Mariaebrück monastery, was founded in 1409; that date belongs to the building's history, not the wine fest's own age, which is undocumented and stays unset here. This is Astheim's smaller, free-entry, two-night June fest — genuinely distinct from the separate '76th Fränkisches Weinfest Volkach,' the city's paid, five-day August flagship event on the central Festplatz.
On Tap
- Local focus
- Mainfranken wines in the Kartause Mariaebrück courtyard — Astheim's Kartäuser-Weinfest edition.
- What to try
- Regional white and red pours from Volkach-area estates; the Jets Trio and Medici-Twin-Tub nights are the 2026 anchors.
- Food pairing
- Fest food from the courtyard stalls — keep it simple while you compare glasses.
- Best for
- Mainschleife wine weekenders who want a cloister courtyard instead of a city square.
- Bavaria On Tap take
- Astheim's June fest is the quieter Volkach wine moment — distinct from the bigger August city Weinfest.
Frequently asked questions
- When is the June Volkach-area wine fest in 2026?
- Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026, fest service from 18:00.
- Where is it held?
- Innenhof of Kartause Mariaebrück, Kartäuserstraße, Volkach-Astheim.
- Is entry free?
- Yes — free admission; table reservations for groups of eight or more via info@astheim-main.de.
- How is this different from the August Fränkisches Weinfest?
- This is Astheim's two-night cloister fest in June; the 76th Fränkisches Weinfest Volkach is the paid five-day city event 14–18 August on the Festplatz.
- Free entry
- Reservation recommended