Mainfest is a food festival in Altstadt, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Watch the Fischerstechen jousting on the water, then stay for Monday's 22:00 fireworks; the 2026 dates were 31 July to 3 August.
Address: Mainkai, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
The Opernplatzfest sets white pavilions before Frankfurt's Alte Oper, local restaurateurs cooking from bratwurst to paella for ten June days.
Tip: It is Frankfurt's dressiest street festival; go at dusk when the opera facade lights up behind the cocktail stands.
The spring Dippemess descends from Frankfurt's medieval pottery market, now three fairground weeks of rides and food at Bornheimer Hang each spring.
Tip: The name comes from Dippe, the local word for the stoneware pots once sold here; food now comes in reusable deposit containers.
The Apfelweinfestival pours the region's cider makers onto Frankfurt's Roßmarkt for ten August days, Handkäs and Grüne Soße alongside at every stand.
Tip: Taste across producers rather than settling at one stand; the 2026 edition ran 7 to 16 August with nightly live music.
Museumsuferfest turns both banks of the Main into one of Europe's biggest culture festivals, with food stalls from around the world on both banks.
Tip: The 2026 edition runs 28 to 30 August; eat on the Sachsenhausen bank where the apfelwein Kelterei partners pour.
The Grüne Soße Festival crowns Frankfurt's best seven-herb sauce in a week of tasting shows on the Roßmarkt, part contest, part cabaret, judged nightly.
Tip: Evening jury shows at 20:00 sell out; the 2026 title went to a Darmstadt kitchen, which still stings locally.
The Rheingauer Weinmarkt lines Frankfurt's Fressgass with over 600 Rheingau wines each September, winemakers pouring at their own stands along the mile.
Tip: Work from the Opernplatz end toward Hauptwache and talk to the growers; the 2026 edition runs 2 to 11 September.
