FestivalAtlas
When places come alive
A place isn’t one thing all year. This page shows the celebrations that make Germany feel alive in the next 6 weeks — revealed through festivals (with dates you can trust). Browse the highlights, then save the ones that fit your trip.
Cologne residents affectionately call it "Fastelovend" and consider it their foremost civic celebration.
FestivalAtlas is an atlas of when places come alive — revealed through festivals. Use this window to compare celebrations, then save or hold the ones you care about.
As in Cologne and Mainz, Düsseldorf’s carnival has roots in medieval and Roman pre-Lenten festivities, where social role…
Villingen’s carnival combines medieval mask customs with modern festivities. Since the 15th century “Städtle” culture, l…
Hanselsprung derives from local craft guild rituals (Hanselmillers) and represents a symbolic sweeping away of winter. I…
Participants view it as a humorous local tradition and a highlight of the carnival season in Schramberg.
Alemannic Fasnacht is a pre-Lenten folk tradition mixing pre-Christian winter-displacement rituals with Catholic Carniva…
Mainz’s carnival tradition (Fastnacht) like others is linked to medieval Church calendars (feasting before Lent) and has…
Oberndorf’s Fasnet blends Alemannic carnival with local folklore. It usually starts with symbolic rituals (Abstauben, Sc…
Frisians describe Biike as a soul-warming tradition that chases winter’s darkness away and unites the community.
Locals view Storchentag as a beloved folkloric event that children anticipate every year, symbolizing community generosi…
