Community life in Marburg

Through the year

• Aprspring
  Marburg Spring FestivalSpring festival in the Oberstadt (Barfüßerstraße, Marktplatz) and on the Steinweg — 2026: 11–12 April.
• 30 Apryearly
  May Eve SingingSinging in the May on the Marktplatz, in the night of 30 April to 1 May.
• Junyearly
  Night of ArtNight of Art in exhibition venues across the city, with the Marburger Kunstverein and partners (2026: 23rd edition, Friday 12 June).
• Jul2nd weekend
  3 Days Marburg city festivalThe city festival in the centre, the Oberstadt and on the Lahn, with a dragon-boat race (2026: 10–12 July).
• Augsummer
  Marburg Wine FestivalWine festival at the Lutherischer Kirchhof (2026: 22 August).
• Octyearly
  Elisabeth MarketMarket in the Oberstadt, on the Steinweg, Firmaneiplatz and in Weidenhausen, with a shopping Sunday (2026: 10–11 October).
• 27 Nov2026
  Marburg by Night light festivalLight festival since 2006, on the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent — 21st edition in 2026.
• Adventyearly
  Christmas Markets (Christmas Town Marburg)Christmas market at the Elisabethkirche and Advent market on the Marktplatz (2026: 28 November – 23 December).

Events & things to do

Sources: marburg.de · Festivals in Deutschland · uni-marburg.de · weinlaedele.de · marburg-liebe.de · marburgbynight.de · marburg.de (Weihnachtsstadt). Checked 9 October 2026 — please confirm dates with the organisers.

What’s on in the district

Concerts, exhibitions, markets and village festivals: the Marburg-Biedenkopf district publishes a searchable event calendar covering Marburg and the surrounding towns and villages.

Event calendar of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district

Local news

The daily newspaper of Marburg and its district is the Oberhessische Presse. The city of Marburg publishes its own news on marburg.de.

op-marburg.de   marburg.de

Associations & local life

A university town of more than 21,000 students, Marburg lives to the rhythm of its clubs, cultural associations and volunteers — the Marburger Kunstverein, for one, organises the Night of Art. Do you run an association or an event in Marburg? Write to us via the contact form to be listed in this guide.

Twin towns

Marburg has seven twin towns, from France to Tanzania.

Poitiers since 1961

Marburg’s oldest partnership: since 1961 the town has been twinned with Poitiers, capital of the Vienne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine — like Marburg, a historic university town.

Visit Poitiers.com

Sources: marburg.de (twin towns) · marburg.de (seven twin towns) · uni-marburg.de (55 years Marburg–Sfax) · Sonntag Morgenmagazin (Northampton) · Wikipedia (Poitiers).