Karlštejn Grape Harvest Festival
Known locally as XXVIII. Karlštejnské vinobraní (Karlštejn Grape Harvest Festival)
The last edition has finished and the organiser has not yet published dates for the next one. Going by previous years, expect it around late September 2027 — but that is our projection, not an announcement, and nothing is settled until the organiser publishes the dates. Check with the organiser before you travel: hrad-karlstejn.cz.
About
Staged in the grounds beneath Karlštejn Castle, this grape-harvest festival re-creates the court of Emperor Charles IV, who founded the castle in 1348. Knight jousting, court dancers, pipers and trumpeters accompany the emperor and Empress Elisabeth of Pomerania and around 150 courtiers through a weekend of medieval pageantry timed to the autumn harvest.
Programme
The programme for the next edition hasn’t been published yet. It goes up here as soon as the organiser releases it.
Getting there
Karlštejn has its own station on line S7 (Praha hl.n.-Beroun), roughly every 30 minutes; from the station, cross the Berounka bridge and follow signs to reach the castle on foot in under 15 minutes. Parking is paid throughout the village and very limited on festival days; the main visitor car park is in the lower village, about a 25-minute walk from the castle, and driving into the pedestrianised village core risks a fine. Festival admission (separate from normal castle tours — there is no way onto the grounds without it) is CZK 350 on Saturday and CZK 250 on Sunday; hours are 09:00-20:00 both days.
Links
Tourism board
Kudy z nudy — CzechTourism event listingStředočeská centrála cestovního ruchu — Central Bohemia regional tourism boardStay nearby
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