Herbstmarkt
14–15 September 2026
Two days in mid-September
Two days on the Marktplatz in mid-September, listed by the market office and by nobody else.
Flower market
Flowers and plants from the region's nurseries on a Sunday in late May — a habit the town picked up at Goethe's court.
In 251 days
23 May 2027
The city's page sets the scene in Goethe's time, when flowering rarities and exotic plants delighted the court and a brisk trade in the rarest cultivars became the fashion; today it is the region's nurseries that bring the display. "An Blumen fehlt es im Revier", the market page quotes, and gardeners and would-be gardeners meet to make it colourful. One day, a Sunday in late May — a different market from the Frühjahrsmarkt the market office holds on the Marktplatz two weeks earlier.
14–15 September 2026
Two days in mid-September
Two days on the Marktplatz in mid-September, listed by the market office and by nobody else.
10 October 2026 · Hauptlauf 12:15 Uhr, Staffel 12:25 Uhr
The Saturday of the Onion Market, in October
Eleven kilometres through the old town and the Ilm park, run on the Saturday of the Onion Market.
9–11 October 2026
The second weekend in October, every year
Thuringia's oldest and largest folk festival, held on the second weekend of October since 1653.
24 November 2026 – 3 January 2027
Late November to the first days of January, every year
Four squares of Christmas market from late November into the new year, with an ice rink at the theatre.