Summer Events

  • Saturday 09.06.2025

    Sacred Heart concerts
    With beautifully illuminated Houses and bonfires on many mountains, which you can see from the valley.

  • Wednesday 12.06 – Sunday 16.06.2025

    Alta Pusteria InternationalChoirFesitval
    Concerts in Val Casies Valley-Monguelfo-Tesido. Many more concerts in Sesto, San Candido, Dobbiaco, Braies, Villabassa, Valdaora and Brunico. www.festivalpusteria.org

  • Saturday 12.07.2025

    Dolomiti Superbike
    Villabassa – Von Kurz Platz square

  • Friday 22.08.2025 & Saturday 23.08.2025

    Monguelfo chocolate festival
    A highlight with a lot of chocolate surprises! Taste, admire, try and learn. Music and celebrations. Artists as well as sculptors are going to prove their artistic skills and mould sculptures out of chocolate right along the main road of Monguelfo. The artists are going to work till late in the evening. The history and production of chocolate is explained at the various sales stalls.

  • Friday 28.08.2025

    Val Casies Valley Hay Barn Festival
    Ancient traditions and music, local delicacies and a special atmosphere: a festival not to be missed! In the festival hut “Ribisen” in Val Casies Valley/S. Martino. Entertaining program for children.

  • Saturday 13.09.2025

    Südtirol Drei Zinnen Alpine Run
    Sesto
    As one of the classic mountain runs, the Alpine Run is the ultimate sporting event in the Sesto Dolomites.
    Start: 11 am

  • Sunday 14.09.2025

    Gsies mountain hut festival
    At Colle/Val Casies Valley: The best way to experience a beautiful natural landscape is a hiking tour accompanied by friends. Therefore, since several years the end of the summer in the Val Casies Valley is celebrated with a funny festival that takes place between alpine huts and mountain pastures. Hikers, families and lovers of the rural cuisine come from all over the region in order to enjoy the spevial program, including pleasant hiking trails, live music and many culinary delicacies like grilled ribs with potato salad, traditional Pressknödel (cheese dumplings) with cabbage salad, soup with “Tirtlan”, Tyrolian “Schlutzkrapfen” and traditional deep-fried sweets such as Buchteln and Strauben.

  • Saturday 27.09.2025 & 28.09.2025

    ‘Keila Kirchtag’ church festival and parade
    In Colle with live music and local delicacies. On Saturday the „Kirschtamichl“ (a man made of straw wearing a white shirt and a wine bottle in his hand) will be put up on a tree. Day and night, it has to be watched over in order not to be stolen by the neighboring village. At the end of the feast “Michl” will be auctioned. Different bands will play their traditional songs. On Sunday there is a parade of decorated cows and various local bands round off the event. Entertainment, music and local dishes.

  • Friday 12.09 – Sunday 14.09.2025

    Tesido Oktoberfest
    In Tesido, you’ll find typical delicacies, original beer of the Oktoberfest of Munich, lots of music and a special music-entertainment program. Everyone is invited to come and have a terrific time in the town of Tesido. On both days typical delicacies will be served.

  • Saturday 11.10.2025

    ‘Obotola Kirchtag’ church festival celebrating the return of the cows from the mountain pastures
    “Kirchtag” is typical event in Alto Adige. Also, in Val Casies Valley/S. Maddalena. Every autumn there is this big celebration where a giant doll called “Kischta Michl” is put up on a tree trunk and then sold. With lots of music, typical delicacies and fun for the whole Family, this event is for everyone.

  • Fridays every other week from July to September

    Farmers’ and Artisan Market
    Gsies Valley 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Step back in time and discover traditional ways of working, when farmers produced most of their own food and tools. At the Gsieser Farmers’ Market, you’ll find authentic products from the Gsies Valley and surroundings, lovingly handcrafted.

    Farmhouse Cuisine 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    After the market, at lunchtime, local inns in Gsies offer traditional dishes from the farmhouse kitchen. At least one dish is prepared using ingredients from local farms. This highlights the authenticity of traditional cuisine, supports the local economy, and promotes the vital cooperation between agriculture and tourism.

  • Thursday evenings in July and August

    Pavilion Festival with Farmers’ Market
    Welsberg 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
    “The Basket – Local Products.” A basket full of good things! At the Welsberg farmers’ market in the village center, you can buy products directly from local producers from 4:00 PM: cheese, honey, meat and sausages, jams, herbal products… Discover lively traditional South Tyrolean craftsmanship. Welsberg’s local clubs spoil you with South Tyrolean specialties, a bouncy castle for kids, and live music into the evening.

  • August

    Gsiesa Marschtl
    October 4, 2025
    Traditional Gsies Valley fair: A colorful event for young and old, locals and guests alike, with musical entertainment, a concert by the local brass band, a vibrant market atmosphere, South Tyrolean specialties, a festive parade with alpine cattle drive, and a big raffle.

Weekly Markets

  • Stegen

    October from 26.10 to 28.09.2025

  • Welsberg

    Every Tuesday from 09.07 to 03.09.2025 from 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

  • Niederdorf

    From March to November 5: every 1st Saturday of the month from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

  • Toblach

    Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

  • Sexten

    From June to September every 2nd Thursday from 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

  • Bruneck

    Every Wednesday from 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM
    Every Friday from May to October: farmers’ market from 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM

  • Cortina

    Every Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

  • Lienz

    Every Friday 1:00 PM – 6:30 PM Every Saturday 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM