Event	Location	Date
Festival of Lights / End of Perpetual Adoration	Pottenstein, Obertrubach, Gößweinstein	around New Year / 6 January
Easter Fountain	Franconian Switzerland	from approx. 2 weeks before Easter
Cherry blossom	around Pretzfeld	April
Parish fairs (Kerwa)	many places (e.g. Truppach)	April to October
Walberla Festival	Walberla (Ehrenbürg)	First Sunday in May
Bratwurstgipfel	Pegnitz	May
St John’s Fire	Franconian Switzerland	around 24 June
Town festival	Bayreuth	July (weekend)
Cherry Festival	Pretzfeld	July (week before the Annafest)
St Anne’s Festival	Forchheim (Kellerwald)	Late July – early August
Wagner Festival	Bayreuth	Late July – late August
Franconian Switzerland Marathon	Ebermannstadt – Behringersmühle (car-free B470)	Summer
Sandkerwa	Bamberg	End of August
Limmersdorf Linden Tree Festival (Tanzlinde, UNESCO)	Limmersdorf / Thurnau	around 24 August (late August/early September)
Pottery market	Thurnau	Summer
Christmas markets	Franconian Switzerland	December