Next dates
2027 dates not yet announced — typically around May. We're watching and will update this page when they land.
Quick answer
Adlberger Markt & Nacht is Taufkirchen (Vils)’s traditional street market, held on 16–17 May 2026 on Landshuter Straße (Marktplatz to Hierlhof) and Bräuhausstraße. The name comes from 1689, when Baron Adam von Puech moved the market from nearby Adlberg into Taufkirchen — it remains the town’s oldest goods market and runs on the weekend before Pentecost.
Taufkirchen (Vils)’s oldest goods market — Adlberger Markt & Nacht on Landshuter Straße and Bräuhausstraße, weekend before Pentecost.
Adlberger Markt & Nacht turns Landshuter Straße (between Marktplatz and Hierlhof) and Bräuhausstraße in Taufkirchen (Vils) into a market and entertainment mile. Organized by the municipality, it is billed as the town’s oldest goods market: in 1689 Baron Adam von Puech moved it from nearby Adlberg into Taufkirchen, which is why it still bears that name. The 2026 dates are 16–17 May (weekend before Pentecost).
The full story
Adlberger Markt & Nacht turns Landshuter Straße — the stretch between the Marktplatz and Hierlhof — and Bräuhausstraße into a market and entertainment mile each spring in Taufkirchen (Vils), a small Landkreis Erding town in Upper Bavaria. The 2026 dates are Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May, the weekend before Pentecost, a scheduling pattern the market has followed consistently for years. Run by the municipality, it's billed as Taufkirchen's oldest goods market, and both the market and the Saturday-evening Adlberger Nacht street party are free to enter — visitors pay only for goods, food, and drink.
The name has a specific origin: in 1689, Baron Adam von Puech, castle lord of the Taufkirchen Wasserschloss, relocated a traditional market from the hamlet of Adlberg (in what's now the neighboring municipality of Inning am Holz) into Taufkirchen, reportedly partly to boost sales from his own brewery. That's a relocation date, though, not necessarily the market's own founding — regional press separately describes an original Adlberg-hosted market as roughly 800 years old, but that age belongs to the predecessor market at its original site, not to "Adlberger Markt" as it exists in Taufkirchen today. The event took on its modern festival format in the 1960s, and the Adlberger Nacht evening-party component was specifically added in 1996.
One distinction is worth keeping clear for visitors: this is Taufkirchen (Vils) in Landkreis Erding, not the larger, better-known Taufkirchen in Landkreis München, a Munich commuter town of the same name — a genuine, real-world naming collision between two unrelated Bavarian towns. See Adlberger Markt page or explore Upper Bavaria.
On Tap
- Local focus
- Taufkirchen's traditional street market on Landshuter Straße and Bräuhausstraße, held the weekend before Pentecost.
- What to try
- Walk the market from Marktplatz to Hierlhof — that's the historic stretch the market has used since it moved into town.
- Best for
- History-minded visitors — the market traces to 1689, when Baron Adam von Puech moved it from nearby Adlberg into Taufkirchen.
- Bavaria On Tap take
- As the town's oldest goods market, this is a heritage event first and a fairground second.
Frequently asked questions
- When is Adlberger Markt in 2026?
- Adlberger Markt and Adlberger Nacht run Saturday and Sunday, 16–17 May 2026.
- Where does the market take place?
- Along Landshuter Straße between Marktplatz and Hierlhof, plus Bräuhausstraße, in Taufkirchen (Vils).
- Why is it called Adlberger Markt?
- In 1689, castle lord Baron Adam von Puech relocated the traditional market from Adlberg (a few kilometres west) into Taufkirchen for economic reasons; the name stuck.
- How often does it take place?
- It's held annually on the weekend before Pentecost, and is billed as the oldest goods market in Taufkirchen.
- Is this the same as the other Taufkirchen near Munich?
- No. This market is in Taufkirchen (Vils), Landkreis Erding — a different, smaller town from the larger Taufkirchen in Landkreis München, a Munich commuter town of the same name. The two are unrelated; always look for the '(Vils)' qualifier for this event.
- Free entry