The Stuttgart Beer Festival (locally known as Cannstatter Volksfest) is the world’s 2nd biggest beer festival with over 4 million people a year visiting the event, held in Stuttgart.

With a similar feel to Oktoberfest – beer tents, traditional food and attire etc – it began in 1818, just 8 years after Oktoberfest. It’s an amazing event and a real hidden gem – hardly any tourists visit and few people outside of Germany know about it, making it a truly unique experience to visit.

Best of all, it is held at about the same time as Oktoberfest, ending 1 week later. So you can see the best of Germany: the beer tents of Munich and Stuttgart.

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Your Festival Package

Best location in Stuttgart! You are sleeping off your beer-swilling days at our premium, modern hotels just 5 minutes walking from the main entrance of the festival grounds. Our Stuttgart Beer Festival packages are the best available, and we don’t just give you a t-shirt and point you to the festival grounds – our professional tour guides will take you to the beer tents and are available for the duration of your stay.

What’s included?

• Premium hotel accommodation
• Full breakfast every day
• Beer tent reservations
• Beer tent vouchers for 1 lunch & a Litre of beer
• Professional, bilingual tour guides
• ZERO boring sightseeing!

Day 1, Meet & Greet, Beer Tent Reservations

We’ll have several meet & greet times in the hotel foyer where you’ll meet the Thirsty Swagman crew and some of your fellow beer connoisseurs. You’ll also get your Thirsty Swagman welcome pack and all the info you’ll need for your Stuttgart Beer Festival tour.

You’ll have beer tent reservations included at one of the main tents today. These incl. vouchers for lunch and 1 or 2 beers (varies for each tent). Your tour guide will take you to the allocated tables, and then it’s Ein Prosit for the rest of the day.

Day 2, Beer Smorgasbord

It’s all about variety today, as we’ll visit a number of beer tents and some of their unique little side-bars (incl. the rotating bar at the top of the Sonja Merz tent).

Day 3, Rides & Beer Gardens

Most people chose to walk around the festival grounds today and enjoy some of the dozens of rides and yummy foods on offer. If the weather is nice, your tour guides will take you to some of the beer gardens at the festival.

Day 4, Check-out from hotel