Public and Town fairs

13.03.2010
Summer Win - Spring Festival
Eisenach
Annual town festival to celebrate the end of winter

04.04.2010
Easter Row at Leuchtenburg Castle
Kahla
Medieval festival

30.04. - 02.05.2010
Altenburg Skat Fountain Festival
Altenburg
Town Festival all around the card game Skat which was invented in Altenburg

30.04. - 02.05.2010
Gothardus Festival
Gotha
Largest Town Festival in Gotha

18.06. – 20.06.2010
“Hütesfest” – The legend of the potato dumpling
Meiningen
Town festival all around the potato dumpling – a famous Thuringian dish – which is said to have its origins in Southern Thuringia

18.06. - 20.06.2010
35th Merchants’ Bridge Festival
Erfurt
Thuringias largest town festival offering a lot of entertainment, culture, traditional crafts, food and drinks
more: www.erfurt-tourismus.de

20.08. - 22.08.2010
Luther – The Celebration, medieval festival
Eisenach
One of the largest medieval festival in Eastern Germany: medieval market, artists, music, crafts, food and drinks, big Luther play and colourful parade on Saturday

27.08. – 29.08.2010
"Schmalkalder Hirschessen” – historic town festival
Traditional town festival with medieval market, artists, music, crafts, food and drinks

04.09. – 05.09.2010
16th Meiningen Steam Locomotive festival
Meiningen
Town festival all around the steam locomotive; unique in Germany: steam locomotives are still being serviced and repaired in Meiningen

17.09. – 26.09.2010
Old Town Festival
Jena
Large public festival with fun fair, entertainment, arts and crafts

24.09. – 26.09.2010
Apolda Onion Market
Apolda
Traditional town festival all around the onion

08.10. - 10.10.2010
357th Weimar Onion Market
Weimar
One of the largest public festivals in Thuringia dedicated to the onion, visitors can buy many onion and garlic decorations and enjoy entertainment, traditional food and drinks, arts and crafts

11.11.2010
Ecumenical St. Martin’s Day celebration on Cathedral Square
Erfurt
Traditional open air celebration of both the patron saint Martin and Martin Luther with church service and entertainment, it’s especially famous for the many children with Chinese lanterns illuminating the whole town