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Heidelberger Herbst

Heidelberg Herbst

The Heidelberg Autumn in Heidelberg offers various opportunities to explore Heidelberg in a new way. There are several events and open-air concerts.

Table of contents

  • What is the Heidelberg Autumn?
  • What events are there at the Heidelberg Autumn?
  • History of the Heidelberg Autumn
  • Participate in the family festival as a booth operator: What do you have to keep in mind?
  • Opening hours and prices
  • Further Information
  • Directions
  • Conclusion

What is the Heidelberg Autumn?

It is an open air event. It is also called family autumn, because there are also many opportunities locally to stroll with the children, for example, in the streets of the old town.

Besides the street festival, people can also visit the stores in the city on Sunday and buy things. Most of the stores are in the main street.

The festival in the old town of Heidelberg is well known in the Rhine-Neckar region.

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Dies ist ein Stand in der Haupstraße und liegt in der Innenstadt.
What events are there at the Heidelberg Autumn?
You can visit various stage programs over the two days. There will be live music. In the music program there is a suitable taste for every visitor. The music is played on stages. These are distributed in the old town of Heidelberg.
This is an example of an open-air concert that exists at the Old Town Festival. They are used for entertainment. There are many stages during the event.
History of the Heidelberg Autumn
In 1970, the event opened its doors to the people for the first time. On these two days, the event was a great success.

The visitors could get to know the culture well at this location.

At times of the city festival the main street is well filled. Nearby there is the famous theater.
Opening hours and entrance fees
You can find the opening hours here. The entrance is free of charge.

But you can also buy various items at the stalls and flea market.

You can register as a stand operator via the website. On the page they must then fill out an application form.
Participate in the family festival as a stand operator: What do you have to consider?
You can register as a stand operator via the website. On the page they must then fill out an application form.
If the weather is nice, then you can relax by the Neckar River and take a break from the Old Town Festival.
More information
Near the old town there is the Theodor Heuss School. At the school there was in the past every now and then a flea market for children.

In addition to the children’s flea market in Bergheim, there are also several flea markets for arts and crafts and the goods market.

For the 50th anniversary there was also the first time fireworks.

The editors of various newspapers report on the festival.

Various bands play in different places. These play from jazz, blues to electronic music. For the 50th anniversary came for example Michelle J. Bradshaw, Zap Gang or Huub Dutch Duo.

In addition to the children's flea market, there is also the artisan market. This is a good entertainment for the children.
Directions
On those days, it is recommended to take public transport to the old town of Heidelberg, as there may be traffic jams due to the many tourists. You can take S-Bahn line 26 directly to the Messeplatz.
Directions
It is a special event to get to know the city of Heidelberg better. On Sunday it is the open for sale Sunday. So there is a possibility to buy things in the old town also on this day. Therefore, visitors are not dependent on the stalls.