24 Events in Summer Holidays in Bayreuth - 🌞 Summer Holidays 2026 – Open-Airs, Parties & Festival Highlights!
🌞 Summer Holidays 2026: The hottest events & festivals! Open-airs, concerts & parties – experience your unforgettable summer!

Anecdotes from 150 Years of Bayreuth Festival
A morning full of Bayreuth Festival history: Stephan Müller tells at RW21 about myths, people, and anecdotes. Free of charge on 09.08.2026. #Bayreuth #Festspiele

Wagner's Son and Contemporaries in Bayreuth
Bayreuth experiences a special classical evening: rare Wagner works, great orchestral colors, and an emotional festival program at Friedrichsforum. #Bayreuth #Classical

International Singing Competition for Wagner Voices - Final
Bayreuth becomes a Wagner stage: In the Friedrichsforum, it will be decided on 11.08.2026 which voice will shape the final. #Bayreuth #Wagner

Piano Songs Matinee at Steingraeber
A musical morning with Liszt and Wagner in the Steingraeber Chamber Music Hall: Bayreuth experiences song art up close. #Bayreuth #Concert

Workshop: Medicinal Plants and Home Pharmacy
Medicinal plants, balm, and tincture in Bischofsgrün: This workshop combines nature knowledge and practice on 14.08.2026. Discover now! #HerbalKnowledge

Magic Show for Kids in the Devil's Cave
Wonder, Laughter, Participation: In the Devil's Cave Pottenstein, magic becomes a family experience. On 14.08.2026 at 6 PM, suitable from 4 years. #FamilyTime

4-Course Candle Light Dinner
Candlelight, castle ambiance, and a fine 4-course menu await you at Rabenstein Castle. An evening full of romance, enjoyment, and special moments. #BurgRabenstein

Pipapo and Pavian
An evening full of word magic in Hollfeld: Dagmar Geisler combines poetry, music, and stage art into a special literary experience. #Reading #Culture

Bayreuth Festival Extras
Bayreuth gets fine punchlines instead of pathos: Stephan Müller narrates free festival stories full of charm at RW21 on 16.08.2026. #Bayreuth #Comedy

Max Beckmann – Life and Work
An exciting look at Max Beckmann at the Bayreuth Art Museum: Biography, work, and modernity in concentrated form. 16.08.2026, 5 €. #Art

Malwida at the Steingraeber Hoftheater Bayreuth
A touching theater evening about Malwida von Meysenbug, Romain Rolland, and the power of intellectual freedom in Bayreuth. 19.08.2026, starting at 13 €. #Theaterlove

Pottensteiner Bartholomew Fair
Traditional Pottensteiner Bartholomew Fair at the festival grounds of the Mager Brewery

Film Screening of the Children's Opera – The Ring of the Nibelung
Wagner completely new for families: The children's opera The Ring of the Nibelung comes to Bayreuth. Free, child-friendly, and full of fantasy. #FamilyTime #Bayreuth

A Visit with Richard Wagner - a Tribute to the Great Musician
A special evening in Bayreuth: Richard Wagner meets culinary arts in the RW21 cooking studio. On August 21, 2026, at 5:00 PM for 57.80 €. #Bayreuth #Wagner

Giacomo Meyerbeer and Siegfried Wagner in Organ Transcriptions
An evening full of operatic sound in the Bayreuth City Church: Meyerbeer and Siegfried Wagner meet the organ, flute, and singing. Free entry! #Bayreuth #Concert

Stars over Cactus Creek
Country flair, humor, and great emotions at Burgschänke Waischenfeld: Stars over Cactus Creek brings musical magic to the stage. #TheatreLove

Cave Concert: Circumpolar - Star Concert Underground
A star concert deep underground: Frank Tischer brings Circumpolar to the Sophien Cave at Rabenstein Castle. Light, sound, and cave magic on 21.08.2026. #LiveExperience #FrankTischer

Tour of the exhibition "Please do not move - The Festival in the Focus of Photographers"
Photography meets festival history: Discover Bayreuth's visual memory at the Historical Museum. August 22, 2026, 3 PM, 2 €. #Bayreuth #Art

Lecture-Performance: Do you know what it was like?
A special morning for opera and culture fans: At the Iwalewahaus Bayreuth, Wagner research meets lively language and singing art. #Bayreuth #Wagner

Joint Gardening in the Educational Garden at Lindenhof: Pruning Berry Fruits in Bayreuth
Gardening knowledge to touch in Bayreuth: At the joint gardening event at Lindenhof, everything revolves around berry fruits and summer pruning. Free on August 26, 2026, 3 PM. #Bayreuth #GardenLove

Excursion: Aquatic Insects in the Wilhelminenaue
Experience nature up close in Bayreuth: The excursion on aquatic insects turns the Wilhelminenaue into an exciting learning location. Free on 26.08.2026, 4 PM. #Bayreuth #NatureExperience

Tour of the Exhibition Please Do Not Move - The Festival in Focus of the Photographers
Photography meets festival history: In Bayreuth, this exhibition delves deep into the visual memory of the festivals. A special #Museum visit.

Night Hunters
Event for NAJU children.

The Ballad of the Flying Dutchman - a Musical Cruise
A spooky cheerful revue with songs by Udo Jürgens, Die toten Hosen, Ulrich Tukur, Monty Python, Tom Waits, and more.
