Stuttgart Events & Festivals

The Cannstat­ter Volks­fest is the sec­ond biggest beer fes­ti­val in Europe, sur­passed only by Munich’s Okto­ber­fest. Of course it is famous first for the numer­ous fes­ti­val “tents,” which are more like halls, where your entrance tick­et comes with two huge steins of beer as well as live music enter­tain­ment and a live­ly atmos­phere. For some fam­i­lies, alle­giance to a par­tic­u­lar tent stretch­es back generations.

There’s far more to see and do at the Volks­fest, though. Ven­dors offer every­thing from tra­di­tion­al gin­ger­bread hearts to hearty meat dish­es and local hand­i­crafts. There are car­ni­val rides and children’s games. There are dis­count­ed “fam­i­ly days” as well as a spec­tac­u­lar fire­works dis­play. Many will come in the Dirndl or Leder­ho­sen made pop­u­lar by Bavar­i­an cus­tom, but you are very wel­come in nor­mal street clothes.

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