What are some traditional German festivals?

It's beer, beer and more beer, as well as traditional Bavarian foods, oompah bands and lots of men wearing leiderhosen at what the Germans call Wiesn, after the fields or grasslands (wiese) where the first Oktoberfest was held. read more

If you're living in Germany, there's no better time to immerse yourself in German culture than during the burst and celebration of their revered top German festivals. You'll see the German festival spirit first-hand at any of these top 10 festivals in German. read more

Some festivals are right before that time, on first weekend in July, like the “Heinerfest” in Darmstadt, with lots of stages one of the largest festivals in the Rhein-Main-Area. You could make a short search here: Veranstaltungen Deutschland - Feste Highlights - im Juli Sorry, just in German; but some of the events offered have their pages also set up in English. read more

Some of the traditional festivals in Germany include Bayreuth’s Richard Wagner music festival, Munich’s restrained commemoration of beer, Oktoberfest, the world’s largest trade fair for books in Frankfurt and the Munich Opera Festival. read more