Festivals, town fairs and markets

In 2025, Europe’s badminton elite will gather in Horsens for the individual European Championships held at Forum Horsens, and you have the chance to experience a major international sporting event up ...

Get ready for a festival where children and teenagers can unfold their creativity. Every second year during Week 11, you can attend workshops and activities or listen to talks about the different genr...

Northern Europe’s biggest festival for crime fiction is held every spring behind the walls of FÆNGSLET (the former prison) in Horsens. This is your chance to meet some of the most well-known Nordic an...

Come and have a look at all the flea treasures at this big flea market in the prison in Horsens where you will have plenty of opportunity to make a bargain and have a really nice day in the company of...

Experience the nerve-wracking knights’ tournaments, the eccentric entertainers and make a bargain with the stallholders at Northern Europe’s largest medieval festival. Every year, the modern city of H...

Come and join a world of theatrical experiences as Horsens Municipality invites you to Denmark's largest performing arts festival for children and young people. Every year, on the third weekend of Sep...

There is always lots of atmosphere in the port town Juelsminde during summer whenever the sun is shining. But the atmosphere always peaks in July, when the biggest harbour festival on the Danish east ...

Come along for cosy summer atmosphere at the manor Serridslevgaard near Horsens for this annual celebration of gin & tonic. You can taste more than 200 different types of gin, enjoy delicious food, or...

Odder Town Fête is the very essence of cosiness with smiling faces filling the streets and tents with food and drink. Throughout the week, activities such as bicycle races, concerts, activities for ch...

If you enjoy music, to sing along, festive atmosphere, bright nights, and beautiful natural surroundings - then Rock i Lunden is for you. Here you’ll find great concerts spread throughout the summer, ...

Go explore the more than 250 booths at the annual open-air Horsens Flea Market. This traditional Danish town-fair-style event offers live music, a small tivoli, food stands, and much more.  

The Arts and Crafts Market is a fully-fledged event where you can buy exciting and unique products. Have a look at the many stalls where talented artists sell their own quality products.

On August 16-17 2024 not only the streets of Juelsminde, but also parts of the Juelsminde Peninsula will be vibrant. EC Sikring Juelsminde Sprint will be held that weekend, as the fourth round of the ...

Horsens Holder is Horsens' new four-day festival week, which will be taking place for the third time in 2024. Horsens Holder will be a large public celebration throughout the city, where you can exper...

Come and experience one of Denmark's oldest, coziest, and most tradition-rich agricultural shows with over 150 years of history. At the fairgrounds in Horsens, you can witness large machinery, farm an...

Every summer, you can experience a beautiful and well-produced musical performance in the enchanting setting of the lovely park at Palsgsaard Castle

Hou is turned topsy-turvy when this year's harbour festival kicks off in the first weekend in July. As usual, the port festival offers a wonderful mix of harbour fun, sports, music, partying and enter...

The cosy harbour and marina in Snaptun is transformed into a festive party and buffet with free clams once a year in a maritime setting at Horsens Fjord. 

Come and experience unique handicrafts, delicacies, and good food at street level when FÆNGSLET opens its gates for their annual design market in the raw yet cozy surroundings.

ILLUSIONS is a magic festival in Horsens, held during the school autumn break in week 42. There are not many magic festivals that can match the caliber and size of ILLUSIONS, making it one of Europe's...

Discover a world of beer at the old state prison in Horsens at this large, yearly beer festival. Bring your friends for a day where you get to choose from more than 350 different kinds of craft beer.

Jul på FÆNGSLET is one of the first and largest Danish Christmas markets of the year, held annually in November at FÆNGSLET in Horsens. Here, you can experience everything a good Christmas market shou...