Dürkheim Sausage Market - The world's greatest wine festival

On the 2nd and 3rd weekends of September, Bad Dürkheim celebrates the largest wine festival in the world – the Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt!

For over 600 years, Bad Dürkheim has been celebrating its traditional festival. And although the name might suggest otherwise, wine traditionally plays the dominant role at the Wurstmarkt. All the wines offered here are award-winning and come from local vineyards. Today, the Wurstmarkt is the largest wine festival in the world, attracting over 600,000 visitors: 9 days of celebration, 36 traditional wine stalls called "the wheelbarrows", and around 300 wine specialties!

Alongside the wine and sausages, it is the rides that make the Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt so interesting. With a successful mix of spectacular rides and games, as well as classic attractions, the largest wine festival in the world offers fun and entertainment for young and old alike. New attractions and a different layout of the festival grounds each year provide variety and many surprising effects. Several children’s rides and attractions complement the offerings and delight the youngest guests of the Wurstmarkt.

More information can be found at: www.duerkheimer-wurstmarkt.de

The traditional wine stalls, where Wurstmarkt visitors sit side by side on narrow wooden benches at equally narrow tables, are part of the Wurstmarkt experience. The name “Schubkarchstand” harkens back to long-forgotten times: when winemakers pushed the wines on wheelbarrows to the festival grounds and upon arrival simply turned around the barrels for serving on them. Today, the 36 stalls, which are erected year after year according to old traditions, are much more comfortable. Nowhere else at the Wurstmarkt is it so easy for locals and outsiders alike to enjoy the variety of traditional “Pälzer Schobbe” in a sociable setting and chat about “this and that.”

The Wine Village

Those who wish to enjoy a variety of exquisite wines in stylish surroundings, served in stem glasses along with fine dishes, will find a perfect home in the Wine Village! Established in 1992, the Wine Village offers a delicious selection of classic white wines to characterful red wines and artisanal sparkling wines. Freshly prepared, delicately flavored dishes cater to the culinary well-being of guests. The Wine Village has something for everyone: thirteen wine and four gastronomy tents sweeten the stay of all guests.

The Festival Tent

In the Hamel festival tent, guests eager to celebrate are offered food and drinks, live music, and an unique location. If you’re in the mood for Palatine “Woi unn Worscht,” contagious party spirit, and a diverse music program, make sure to add the festival tent to your Wurstmarkt checklist. By the way: The music program ends at midnight on each event day, while the bar service in the festival tent continues without music until 2 AM.