Münchner Frühlingsfest ★ 4.4
Münchner Frühlingsfest, the smaller spring sister of Oktoberfest on Munich's Theresienwiese, opens the city's folk-festival season; two beer tents plus a flea market.
Oktoberfest, the world's largest folk festival, has run on Munich's Theresienwiese since 1810; six brewery tents pour 6 million litres of beer over 16 days.
Address: Theresienwiese, 80336 München, Munich
Münchner Frühlingsfest, the smaller spring sister of Oktoberfest on Munich's Theresienwiese, opens the city's folk-festival season; two beer tents plus a flea market.
Tollwood Summer Festival turns Munich's Olympiapark into a 30-day multicultural festival of international cuisine, music and craft markets; 90+ percent of events are free.
Tollwood Winter Festival on Munich's Theresienwiese is the city's alternative Christmas market, with international vegetarian street food and a daily concert programme.
Starkbierfest at Munich's Paulaner am Nockherberg runs three weeks each Lent; the Salvator Doppelbock tap kicks off the German strong-beer season every March.
Auer Maidult on Munich's Mariahilfplatz in the Au district is the spring edition of the city's three annual Dult markets; 250 vendors, fairground rides, Bavarian fare.
Magdalenenfest in Munich's Hirschgarten is the city's only folk festival on a green meadow; Bavarian specialties, kids' rides, family atmosphere in Nymphenburg.