Festivals & Events
Germany is home to the world's most famous festival - Oktoberfest - but Munich's annual bash is just the beginning. Whether you are interested in African music, avant garde dance, Wagnerian opera or just great food and drink in a festive atmosphere, there is always something going on in Germany.
Forty years after Woodstock, Germans are gripped by festival fever, and thousands of fans from all over the world are flocking to Germany to attend the more than 800 open-air events and spend a whole weekend partying to good music.
Rock and Pop Festivals
Over the course of the 17-day festival in Munich—which takes place this year from September 17 to October 3—some 1.85 million gallons of beer and hundreds of thousands of pork sausages and spit-roasted chickens are consumed by over six million visitors from around the world. How and why did this popular tradition begin?
Oktoberfest
Each fall the Festival of Lights turns Berlin into a sparkling metropolis as artistic illuminiations give city landmarks a new look.
Festival of Lights
Over 1,000 wine festivals take place in Germany's 13 wine regions each summer and fall, offering visitors a chance to sit back and sip the fruits of the countryside.
Wine Festivals
