Was ist los in Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland – übers Jahr

Viel los – Christmas holidays in Deutschland, Schulferien in 6 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Heimtextil and Ambiente fairs

  9. Jan. – 12. Feb. · meistMessewocheFrüh buchen

  Two of the Messe's biggest trade fairs, Heimtextil in mid-January and Ambiente around the turn of January and February, bring tens of thousands of buyers. Hotel rates spike across the city and region. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Mainz Fastnacht, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Mainz Fastnacht

  1. Feb. – 9. März · meistKarnevalVoll

  Frankfurt's own carnival is modest; the one to see is in Mainz, about half an hour by train, where the Rose Monday parade fills the old town and trains back are packed. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Heimtextil and Ambiente fairs (9. Jan. – 12. Feb. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Mainz Fastnacht, Spring Dippemess

• Festival

  Spring Dippemess

  27. März – 19. Apr.Großes FestivalVoll

  The spring edition of Frankfurt's old funfair, with rides, candied almonds and bratwurst on the Ratsweg fairground for about three weeks around Easter. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Easter holidays

  3.–6. Apr.Ostern & KarwocheSchließungenVoll

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays everywhere, and shops close on Friday, Sunday and Monday. Good Friday is a quiet day with dance and loud-event bans in most states, and Germans use the four-day weekend to travel, so trains, motorways and holiday towns are busy. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Mainz Fastnacht (1. Feb. – 9. März (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Spring Dippemess, Easter holidays

• Feiertag

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14.–25. MaiNationalfeiertagSchließungenVoll

  Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide. Shops close on both, many people bridge them into long weekends, and trains, motorways and hotels in holiday areas get busy. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Spring Dippemess (27. März – 19. Apr.), Easter holidays (3.–6. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – Ascension and Whitsun, Waeldchestag

• Feiertag

  Waeldchestag

  26. MaiGroßes FestivalVoll

  The Tuesday after Whitsun is the city's unofficial holiday: half of Frankfurt goes to the city forest, drinks cider under the trees and takes the day off without being entitled to it. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Ascension and Whitsun (14.–25. Mai)

Viel los – Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, einer der Monate mit dem besten Wetter

Im Juni beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Ascension and Whitsun (14.–25. Mai), Waeldchestag (26. Mai)

Hochbetrieb – CSD Frankfurt, Summer holidays in Deutschland

• Festival

  CSD Frankfurt

  16.–19. JuliPrideVoll

  Frankfurt's Pride runs over a long weekend in mid-July, with a street festival by the Main and a parade from Konstablerwache to the Romerberg on the Saturday. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Museumsuferfest, Summer holidays in Deutschland

• Festival

  Museumsuferfest

  28.–30. Aug.Großes FestivalVoll

  Three days on both banks of the Main at the end of August, with the museums open late and dragon boats on the river. Around three million people come, which the riverside path shows. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Autumn Dippemess, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Autumn Dippemess

  11.–27. Sep.Großes FestivalVoll

  The city's old crockery fair, now a funfair on the Ratsweg for a fortnight or so in September, with a bigger spring edition around Easter. Locals go for the cider tents, not the rides. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Museumsuferfest (28.–30. Aug.)

Hochbetrieb – Frankfurt Book Fair, Autumn holidays in Deutschland

• Festival

  Frankfurt Book Fair

  7.–11. Okt.KunstfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Five days in October and the single worst week of the year to need a hotel room here: the trade fair fills beds as far out as Mainz and doubles the rate on what is left. Quelle ↗

• Natur

  Autumn in the Stadtwald

  8. Okt. – 10. Nov. · meistHerbstfärbung

  The city forest south of the river and the Palmengarten turn through October. It is the only season the Stadtwald is a reason to cross the Main rather than a place to run in.

Viel los – Christmas market, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Christmas market

  23. Nov. – 22. Dez.Weihnachten & NeujahrVoll

  One of the oldest markets in Germany, spread from the Roemerberg down to the Hauptwache, so it feels busier than its size. The office crowd arrives from about five. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Autumn in the Stadtwald (8. Okt. – 10. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Christmas market, Christmas holidays in Deutschland

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Christmas market (23. Nov. – 22. Dez.)