Ingelheim harbour festival with live music, fairground rides and arts and crafts / ‘Palm Beach’ for young people at the community centre

The artists' market on the festival grounds will once again be attracting visitors with inspiring creative offerings in 2025. The spectrum ranges from original decorative objects made from driftwood, glass or ceramics to crocheted baby items and cuddly toys to nesting boxes made from barrel staves or skilfully crafted dog leashes. The Ingelheim Vinothek will once again be represented with a stand on the banks of the Rhine, serving delicious wines and grape juice from local producers. There will also be a wide range of culinary delights on offer at various stands.

The official opening of the Ingelheim Harbour Festival, which has been organised by Ingelheimer Kultur und Marketing GmbH (IkUM) since 2019, will take place on the main stage on Friday evening (6 pm). Philipp Weitzel, the reigning ‘Father Rhine’, will kick off the three-day party on the Jungau. The music programme starts at 7.30 pm on the opening day: the band ‘Daylight Music’ plays on the main stage and ‘TopUsed’ on the small stage. One of the highlights on the Saturday of the harbour festival is the Bretzenheim ‘Shantychor’, which will be singing at various locations on the festival grounds between 3 and 5 pm. The audience may be surprised where the polyphonic choir appears.

Of course, there will also be a meeting point for young people on the harbour festival weekend. This year, the chill-out area of the ‘Yellow’ youth and cultural centre will set up its tents in front of the community centre in Rheinstraße, not far from the festival site. Under the motto ‘Palm Beach’, a party zone with lounge furniture for chilling out, a music pavilion, table football, billiards, the popular Fifa computer game and various board games await.

The ferry times between Oestrich-Winkel and the Ingelheim harbour pier will be extended on all three days so that guests from the other side of the Rhine can also arrive relaxed and enjoy the Ingelheim harbour festival until late in the evening. On Friday and Saturday the ferry will run until 1 a.m., on Sunday until 10 p.m.

Further information on opening times, the programme and how to get there is available online at www.ikum-ingelheim.de/hafenfest/