Current Events and Venue Highlights
Cochem Easter Market
Always on the weekend, two weeks prior to Easter
The traditional Easter Market in Cochem always takes place two weeks before Easter, whereupon numerous, colourful stands, display all you seek for your Easter decorations.
Blossom Festival of the Red Moselle Vineyard Peach
Second Sunday in April
In Cochem, centre of the Red Moselle Vineyard Peach, the ‘Peach Blossom Festival’ takes place on the second Sunday in April. The introduction of the productive multiplicity of this delicious, typical Moselle fruit will be displayed on the Peach Market.
Moselle Wine-Week
Wednesday before Corpus Christi until Sunday
The beginning of the wine-festivals on the Moselle. During this festival week you may learn of the diversity of the Moselle-Rieslings and savour the wines.
Cochem Vineyard-Sites Festival
Last Weekend in June
On the “sunny-side“ of Cochem the Vineyard-Sites Festival is celebrated in the town district of Cond. In the vineyards there are wines and ‚gourmand’ stands, so enabling the experience of enjoying your wine in the unique atmosphere of a vineyard.
Castle Festival of the Reichsburg (Reichs Castle) of Cochem
Always on the first weekend of August
Traditionally, the Castle Festival is held in the forecourt on the first weekend in August. The service personnel spoil the guests in the manner of former servants of the knights. In historical market places and festival atmosphere, opponents measure up to each other in noble combat with swords and the troubadour recites and plays.
Cochem Heimat and Wine Festival
Always on the last weekend in August
What could be more beautiful than to participate in an historical ambience with merry music, to taste delicious food, good wines and sparkling wine? A unique atmosphere awaits the visitor to this Moselle town, on the promenade and on the market place.
Celebration of the Moselle Vineyard Peach Day
Second Saturday in September
The Moselle vineyard peach is a typical speciality of the Moselle. Cochem is known as the Metropolis of the Red Moselle Vineyard Peach.
On open day there is a lot to be learnt about this astoundingly versatile fruit. Take the opportunity when you are able to experience and taste the delicacies that derive from this vineyard peach, e.g. liqueur and spirits, bread-spreads, jams, ice-cream, punch, tarts, cakes, waffles and lots more besides….
October-Festival (Oktoberfest) in Cochem
Always on the last Friday and Saturday in October
Exceptionally, on this occasion the noble Cochem Moselle wine is not the centre of attention: it’s a super ‘Oktoberfest’ atmosphere, pipe-music, liver-cheeses, white-sausage, pork joints and sauerkraut, in the large marquee on Endert-Place!
New Wine Festivals
Always on the first two weekends in November
„Federweißer“ (New wine). This is the new wine derived from the freshly pressed juices of the white grapes which are just beginning to ferment. Served as a ‘fizzy’ drink, with music, in celebratory atmosphere, high spirits and dancing.
The magic of Advent and the Christmas market
Middle of November until mid December
In December this ‘medieval’ wine township of Cochem, perhaps puts on its most romantic dress: in all its superior glory the Reichsburg (Reichs Castle) glows in the beams of a thousand lights. The scent of cinnamon, vanilla and confectionary drifts through the winding half-timbered house alleyways. On the festively decorated, wooden huts on the Christmas market place one is able to buy extravagent personal usage and decorative items, as well as memorabilia. A feeling of ‘uniqueness’ pervades, further enhanced by ‘high-spirited’ chatter and a beaker of mulled wine.