9–11Oct
Market
Weimarer Zwiebelmarkt
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.
Food & drinkEvery year
Thüringer Genuss- und Spezialmarkt
Thuringian food and specialty market
Two days of regional food and craft on the Theaterplatz, run alongside the potters' market.
A weekend in early September
5–6Sep
The next edition has not been announced yet
About Thüringer Genuss- und Spezialmarkt
Two days on the Theaterplatz given to what Thuringia actually makes: regional specialities and delicatessen, drinks, and hand-made craft. The city sets it deliberately in parallel with the Töpfermarkt on the Marktplatz, so the two markets read as one circuit through the middle of town on the same weekend — food and drink at the theatre end, pottery on the market square. It is a producers' market rather than a festival, which is the reason to go: the stalls are the people who made the things on them.
Dates
- 5–6 September 2026
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24 Nov– 3 Jan
Market
Weimarer Weihnacht
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.
20–21Mar
Market
Ostermarkt
20–21 March 2027 · 09:00–17:00 Uhr
The weekend before Easter, every year
The first market of the year, on the weekend before Easter — the Marktplatz around the Neptune fountain, and the Theaterplatz besides.
27 Aug– 12 Sep
Festival
Kunstfest Weimar
27 August – 12 September 2027
Late August into early September
Central Germany's largest festival of contemporary arts, closing the city's summer at the turn from August into September.
Where
Theaterplatz
The Theaterplatz, in front of the theatre.
Organiser
Stadt Weimar
Facts checked against the organiser on 29 August 2026
Places and people
Historic sites
Goethe–Schiller MonumentMonument
Theaterplatz, 99423 Weimar
The stalls stand on the monument's square — Goethe and Schiller preside over the cheese.
Theaterplatz 2, 99423 Weimar
The theatre fronts the square the market occupies, at Theaterplatz 2.