The best festivals in & around Stuttgart 2025
🎶🎡 Festival vibes incoming! 🎡🎶
Our blog article brings you the hottest festivals in and around Stuttgart 2025 - from open-air stages to hidden gems. Ready for unforgettable sounds & summer moments? ☀️✨
Whether you're looking for live music, artistic performances or culinary highlights - we have all the information you need for an unforgettable festival experience. Find out more about the hottest acts, festival dates, ticket sales, camping options and much more. Plan your festival trip now and secure the best experiences for 2025! 🥳
Here are our highlights 👇
85. Stuttgarter Frühlingsfest
The spring festival at the Cannstatter Wasen is the perfect mix of fun, delicious food and a good atmosphere! Fast-paced rides, sweet treats and cozy tents make for the best time with friends and family. Come by and experience the colorful hustle and bustle. 🎡🍻
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart
Are you ready for six days full of imagination, creativity and animation art? A colorful program with films, VR adventures and exciting insights into the world of games and design awaits you at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film. 🎬🍿
About Pop 2025
Stuttgart becomes a pop culture hotspot! 🎶✨ Two days, countless experiences: About Pop unites music, culture and the future in a unique festival. Look forward to rousing concerts, exciting panels and creative workshops. Discover something new, inspiring and lots of pop events 🎵
13. Vive la Vie Festival
Music, magic and a lot of heart - the Vive la Vie Festival brings live music to Killesbergpark for the 13th time! For two days, there will be concerts for children and adults in Eliszi's fairground tent in the middle of the park. Come along and enjoy what is probably Stuttgart's most cozy festival 🌿🎵
COLOURS International Dance Festival 2025
The COLOURS International Dance Festival gets the city dancing again! Look forward to impressive performances by the best dance companies in the world and plenty of open-air vibes that will get you shaking your leg. 💃
ENZLAND Festival
ENZLAND brings festival feeling to Mühlacker! Look forward to two days full of live music, summer vibes and good drinks. Perfect for everyone who wants to dance, enjoy and discover new favorite bands! 🎶☀️
jazzopen
The jazzopen is a must for all music lovers! Since 1994, the festival has been bringing the crème de la crème of the jazz, blues, soul and pop scene to Stuttgart and transforming the city into a hotspot for true music fans. Get your tickets and be there when international artists rock the stages! 🎸
Kessel Festival 2025
The Kessel Festival lights up Stuttgart once again! ✨ Experience international music stars, up-and-coming talent, action-packed fun sports areas and a program that will delight young and old alike. From rousing concerts to sustainable ideas - you'll find pure summer vibes here!☀️
Afrika-Festival Stuttgart
20 years of the Africa Festival Stuttgart - it's going to be big! 🎉🌍 Four days full of music, culture and joie de vivre. Celebrate the anniversary and experience the diversity of Africa 🎶
WET Open Air Festival
WET people, are you ready? 🌊🎶 In 2025, we're transforming Sindelfingen's Badeparadies into the hottest rave in the region again! Three stages, endless beats, dancing crowds and the legendary pool - it's going to be wild! 🔥💃🕺
73. Stadtwerke Stuttgart Lichterfestival
The Höhenpark Killesberg will once again be transformed into a breathtaking sea of lights for the 73rd Festival of Lights! Look forward to great bands, DJs, a show with drones, lights and fireworks as well as lots of hands-on activities for the little ones. 🎆🤩
Sommerfestival der Kulturen
In July, Stuttgart will once again become the center of world music at the Summer Festival of Cultures! Rousing acts, delicious street food and colorful stalls on the market square and in the streets will ensure plenty of good vibes. As always, admission is free - so pack your friends and celebrate at the biggest world music festival in southern Germany! 😍🎵
MARIENPLATZFEST 2025
Four days of music, art and pure festival vibes - the Marienplatzfest is calling! International and local acts, great people and an atmosphere you won't want to miss. Get your drink at the stand, support the festival and celebrate with us! 🎶🔥
Umsonst & Draußen 2025 Stuttgart
Umsonst & Draußen is more than just a festival - it's a celebration of community, music and culture. Here you can experience great acts, find out about exciting topics and discover new perspectives with Free admission. Come along, enjoy the colorful program and support the festival! 🎵
Vibrancy-Festival
Stuttgart becomes a hotspot for electronic music! The Vibrancy Open Air brings two days of unmistakable beats and a spectacular light show directly to the Schlossplatz. Dance to the sounds of international superstars and celebrate the night with a breathtaking skyline. Are you ready? 🪩🎶
Vorausgeschaut: FreeFlow Festival 2025
Two days of music, creativity and community - the FreeFlow Festival 2025 will be unforgettable! 🎶✨ Look forward to acts such as Berq, Juli, Chapo102 and GReeeN, dance on four stages and experience exciting workshops. Get your ticket now and be there when the Gigelberg becomes a festival hotspot again! 🤩
178. Cannstatter Volksfest
The Stuttgarter Wasen is a huge festival for young and old! Over 4 million visitors flock here every year to celebrate with rides, colorful stalls and festival tents. From fast-paced roller coasters to a cozy Ferris wheel, delicious snacks and cool drinks - everyone gets their money's worth here. 🍻🎡
Not in Stuttgart but worth a trip
Vorausgeschaut: Campus Festival Konstanz
Ten years of Campus Festival Konstanz - it's going to be wild! 🥳 Look forward to a huge line-up, unforgettable experiences and a festival site full of surprises right on Lake Constance. Music, action and the best vibes await you - grab your ticket and be there! 🎶☀️🪩
Stadt ohne Meer Festival 2025
It's going to be really sweet! Stadt ohne Meer Gießen is going into the next round. Two days of the best music, laid-back vibes, a great night out and the opportunity to simply drift through the crowd. See you under the jellyfish. 🪼💜
SPLASH! 2025 - PRÄSENTIERT VON RAUSGEGANGEN
The splash! Festival brings the biggest rap acts, the wildest mosh pits and a community that creates unforgettable moments every year. Between gigantic excavators and the Gremminer See lake, people party, rap and escalate until the sun rises again. Unexpected collabs, fat beats and the best festival venue in Europe await you.
Summerjam Festival 2025
The Summerjam Festival celebrates its 38th edition in 2025 at the idyllic Fühlinger See near Cologne - an unforgettable experience for all reggae and dancehall fans! From July 4 to 6, pure summer vibes and a unique festival atmosphere according to the motto "FULL OF ENERGY".🔥⚡🧡
Love Family Park 2025
The Love Family Park is coming back to Frankfurt! Two days, 20 hours of music and over 20 international acts - including Sven Väth, Nina Kraviz and The Martinez Brothers - provide the ultimate techno and house experience. Be there and experience the best beats on two stages! 🎶🎉
Lollapalooza Berlin presented by Telekom 2025
Coachella Feelings in Berlin: Lollapalooza brings bold beats, bright sunshine and the best vibes to a new date. Look forward to a weekend full of music, creative spots and unforgettable moments in the middle of the city. Whether big stages or hidden highlights - there's something for everyone to discover here.
Green Juice Festival 2025
The friendly neighborhood festival goes into the next round. In Bonn's residential area, it's time to party and get carried away again in August. ☀️Durch The small size of the festival makes you feel particularly at home without compromising on the line-up or vibes.🎵
Sziget Festival 2025
International music acts, cabaret, comedy, films, workshops and art. In mid-August, Budapest will once again be transformed into the Island of Freedom.
Frequently asked questions about festivals in & around Stuttgart
1. what types of festivals are there in and around Stuttgart?
- Musikfestivals
- Jazzfestivals
- Technofestivals
- POP-Festivals
- Festivals klassischer Musik
- Frühlingsfestivals
- Sommerfestivals
- Kulturfestival
- Lichterfestivals
- Filmfestivals
2. what was the world's first festival?
In 1959, the "Newport Folk Festival" experienced its brilliant premiere as the first major festival in the USA. At this time, an influential student movement was developing in the USA, which protested resolutely against the Vietnam War.
3. what is the biggest festival in Europe?
The biggest festival in Europe is unfortunately not in Stuttgart 😉.
World-famous DJs rock the stages at the Tomorrowland Belgium Festival, one of the hottest events on the continent. With over 600,000 visitors in 2022, it is considered the biggest festival in Europe.
4. what is the most popular festival?
Unfortunately, the world's most popular festival does not take place in Stuttgart, but in the desert of Palm Springs - Coachella. Here, the stylish appearance is at the top of the list for many festival-goers: around 250,000 people flock to the desert every year to experience live performances by artists such as Billie Eilish, Harry Styles and Drake.
5. what is the most popular music genre at festivals?
Techno dominates German music festivals with an impressive 81% approval rating, as revealed by a survey of 15,000 festival visitors in 2022. EDM festivals, which stand for electronic dance music, are in second place on the popularity scale.
6. what should you definitely have with you at a festival?
Our top 5:
1. sunglasses
2. sunscreen
3. water bottle
4. power bank
5. rain jacket or poncho
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