In August Munich shows its summery side once again. Great films are shown under the open sky – there are concerts, festivals and action sports events. For those who find it too hot, the only thing that helps is a jump into the Isar.
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It doesn't get much more Munich than this: on Mariahilfplatz in the Au district of Munich, people like to get together in traditional costume for the Auer Dult – or to be more precise, the Jakobidult. From 27 July to 4 August 2024, around 100,000 guests celebrate summer here – each to their own liking: children love the nostalgic chain carousel, handmade dolls' clothes, small furniture for their playhouses at home and the candy floss. Adults browse pottery, knitted jackets or practical household goods – and treat themselves to a beer or a fresh steamed dumpling in between. Dult is cult!
Auer Dult, 27 July to 4 August 2024, Mariahilfplatz
The traditional organ concert at the end of the Auer Dult with the Munich concert organist Gudrun Forstner will take place on 4 August 2024 in the Mariahilfkirche and will feature works from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. Admission is free, donations are requested.
Organ concert at the end of the Dult, 4 August 2024, Mariahilfkirche
Every first Tuesday in August, Munich's gardeners celebrate their feast day: in commemoration of the guild regulations from 1638, in which Elector Maximilian authorized the purchase of a flag by the art and pleasure gardeners. The celebrations include brass music at Viktualienmarkt, a parade followed by a church service at St. Peter and a ceremony at the Hofbräuhaus.
356th Gardeners' Anniversary, 6 August 2024, Viktualienmarkt
The Kulturstrand is a place of encounter and relaxation with a cultural programme for all Munich residents and their guests. Throughout the summer it offers an open cultural platform and meeting place – everyone is cordially invited to join in thinking, talking and shaping. All dates for the music, children's and sports programme or other events can be found throughout the summer in the Kulturstrand programme calendar and on the official Facebook page! On the Facebook page, the organisers also provide information about rain, highlights and life at Kulturstrand. All activities are free of charge!
Kulturstrand, 1 May to 9 September 2024, Corneliusbrücke
The queer pub "fesch" opened in the Glockenbach district just last year and has been welcoming more than just the LGBTQ* community ever since. This summer, the pub is expanding its offering: In the Nussbaumpark at Sendlinger Tor, the associated beer garden is open daily between 4 and 11 pm in good weather - and attracts visitors over the months with around 25 concerts, cold beer and vegan dishes.
Fesch Biergarten, 10 May till 31 August 2024, Nußbaumstraße 1
In August, the open-air cinema at the Olympiasee (Olympic Lake) in the Olympiapark is a hot tip for mild evenings. Here, on the open-air area of the Olympic swimming hall, visitors can watch films under the open sky using 3D and LED technology while enjoying drinks and snacks in a deckchair. Let's go when it gets dark. Then, depending on your choice, good art house films and current blockbusters will start – and in really any weather!
Kino am Olympiasee, all August, Olympiapark
The cultural pop-up beer garden at the Neptune Fountain in the Old Botanical Garden offers relaxation and conviviality in the heart of the city centre. In addition to gastronomy and culinary delights in the open air, a stage with a cultural programme on selected days completes the offer for visitors.
Neptune Fountain Cultural Beer Garden, 2 August to 15 September 2024, Alter Botanischer Garten
The Munich Open Air Summer offers a colorful musical program with rock, pop, jazz, folk music, opera and classical music for two weeks. Among other things, Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" will be performed at the open-air festival on 7 August 2024. On 14 August, the audience can look forward to a summer night of film music.
Munich Open Air Summer, 7 to 18 August 2024, Brunnenhof of the Residenz
For the eighth time, the 2024 Olympic Park will be the meeting place for international action sports. More information about the event will follow.
Munich Mash 2024, 2 to 4 August 2024
This has never happened before: a dedicated stadium is being built for British artist Adele at Messe München, which will seat 80,000 spectators per evening. Adele will perform a total of ten open-air concerts at the venue in August 2024. The singer has not been to Munich since 2016, and the special concerts at the exhibition centre will be the only dates in Europe this year. Advance sales start on 7 February 2024 for registered fans and on 9 February 2024 for everyone else!
Adele, 2 & 3, 9 & 10 August 2024, additional dates: 14, 16, 23, 24, 30, 31 August 2024, Messe München
One of the most beautiful locations for large open-air summer concerts is the Olympic Stadium. The British band Coldplay and frontman Chris Martin are even giving three concerts in the Olympic Stadium in August 2024.
Coldplay, 15, 17 and 18 August 2024, Olympic Stadium
You can find a well-curated selection on Munich - City of Music.
The open-air show “Cavalluna Kids – Eine Show steht Kopf“ offers a mixture of drama, dance and horses for the whole family and tells the story of Nina and her friends Sponti and Ben. The three of them get lost in the Cavalluna Horse Academy's summer show and unexpectedly have to take over the roles of the main performers who have fallen ill. Without experience and clumsily, the three friends manoeuvre their way through the scenes and Nina also falls in love with the prince of the story.
Cavalluna Kids - eine Show steht Kopf, 24 August to 8 September 2024, Cavalluna Park München Fröttmaning
For the little ones, the play city “Mini-Munich“ will open until mid-August at the Showpalast in Hans-Jensen-Weg. Here you can find everything that you can find in the real big Munich: a town hall, a bank, a building authority, a television studio and a newspaper, theatre, nursery, research laboratories, restaurants, schools, universities and the garbage collection service. This staged world enables children and young people to understand an urban community and, in the broadest sense, a social life. The City of Munich's award-winning project is a model for more than 200 play cities worldwide.
Mini-Munich, from 29 July to 16 August daily from 10 am - 5 pm, Fat Cat in the former Gasteig Kellerstraße 5
People love summer in Munich – no wonder when you think of the many bathing lakes, beer gardens and mountain trips just waiting to be experienced here. Twelve things you should be sure to try during the hot season!
Wide pebble beaches, clean water and easy to reach: In few cities you can swim as well as in Munich in the Isar. The most popular and longest beach on the Isar begins at the Reichenbachbrücke (bridge) and stretches to Flauchersteg. For safety reasons, bathing is only forbidden for a short stretch at the level of the Wittelsbacherbrücke. It is a little quieter in the south around Marienklausensteg. For naked people we recommend the beach at the natural swimming pool Maria Einsiedel or the pebble beaches at Flaucher, for all surfers the waves at the Flosslände. In comparison to the Eisbachwelle, it is much more relaxed and calmer here; however, surfing is only possible here at certain times, in August this is daily from 2 to 6 pm. In general, there are few restrictions on and in the Isar, although it is officially considered a wild river in the city area. One should be careful during high water and near weirs, dangerous whirlpools can form there. The water quality is checked regularly and is considered harmless to health.
The 24th of August, St. Bartholomew's Day, is traditionally regarded in Bavaria as the beginning of the ceremonial driving down of the mountain pastures. This is because this is how the classic pasture farming in the mountains works: At Whitsun, the cows and calves are taken to the alpine pastures where the grass is juicier and greener. In winter, however, it would be too dangerous and too cold for them up there; anyway, it is difficult to find grass under a blanket of snow. Therefore, at the end of the summer, the animals are driven back to the valley where they are better protected. To keep away evil spirits, the farmers decorate their cows with ribbons or wreaths of flowers. To this day, the Almabtrieb (also known as cattle shedding) is celebrated in many communities. When, is sometimes only determined at short notice: If the summer is particularly warm, the Alm season can be extended until the beginning of October. The Almabtriebe.de page offers an overview of the dates. A special variant of the Viehscheid takes place in Mittenwald: At the Goaßabtrieb goats are driven through the town centre of the municipality.
The elder shrub is perhaps the most popular bush in Bavaria. “Holler“ is Bavarian for “elderberry“, meaning the widespread black elder (Sambucus nigra). Similar to wild garlic (see events in April), elder is a kind of miracle herb. Elderberry tea is an old household remedy for colds, it has an expectorant and slightly diaphoretic effect. The berries used to produce a purple dye which was good for dyeing leather. Because elderberry grows almost everywhere and is easy to process, elderberry juice was once considered lemonade for poor people. To make it, they collected the white elderberry flowers in large baskets and soaked them in water for two days. The brew was then filtered through a cloth and refined with sugar – the elderberry syrup was ready. Diluted with water, it became the elderberry spritzer. Today it is very popular as a thirst quencher, especially in mountain huts. A real speciality is Hollerkiachl: lard biscuits with baked elderberry umbels.
You can find a detailed calendar of events here.
Curious? On a day tour from Gray Line Sightseeing you can visit both dream castles of the fairytale king: Neuschwanstein and Linderhof. Transfer and skip-the-line service included.
