Johannismarkt Freising

Johannismarkt am Schafhof turns the garden grounds of Freising's Europäisches Kunstforum Oberbayern into a two-day, jury-selected craft market timed to the Johanni weekend in late June. The 2026 edition runs Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June at Am Schafhof 1, with roughly 50 to 70 exhibitors working in jewelry, turned wood, ceramics, textiles, and paper — vendors are curated in advance rather than simply renting a stall, keeping craftsmanship consistently high. Admission to the market is free, and the site is barrier-free.

Schafhof itself carries an older story than the market does: the building started life in 1819 as a royal stable for Merino sheep before a long series of later uses, eventually becoming the Europäisches Kunstforum Oberbayern art center in 2005. That institutional history belongs to the venue, not to Johannismarkt, whose own founding year is unstated; it has run in a recognizable form since at least 2014. It is also worth keeping separate from Freising's other summer events: the Altstadtfest (17–18 July) fills the town-center Innenstadt, and the Volksfest (4–13 September) is the city's large beer-tent fair — Johannismarkt, by contrast, is a craft-and-art weekend with no beer-tent programming of its own.

A visit typically pairs browsing the outdoor stalls with the Kunstforum's own concurrent art exhibition inside the building, plus a stop at the on-site museum café. Past editions have featured live craft demonstrations — including artisans restoring century-old furniture in public view — a dedicated children's tent, and hands-on workshops for visitors of all ages. Because the market runs only the one weekend, it rewards visitors who plan around it directly, and it combines naturally with a walk through Freising's historic Altstadt and cathedral quarter on the same day trip. See the Johannismarkt Freising page or explore Upper Bavaria.