Bamberg's beers are there to be enjoyed all year round. However, the fun and enjoyment associated with beer reach their climax at the town's beer festivals.

Bamberg's most famous beer festival is, without doubt, the "Sandkerwa", which transforms the Old Town into a prolonged state of joy every year at the end of August. It is the traditional church anniversary and Bamberg's biggest fair all rolled into one.

The tapping of strong beers, Bamberg's beer days in April, the beer cellar festivals and the breweries' Kerwa festivals are among the other important dates in Bamberg's beer calendar; a thirst-quenching invitation to all beer lovers.