There are events in Sopron in every season around which you can plan a long weekend. Below, we have collected what to expect and when, and which programmes Hotel Szieszta guests receive with their room booking.
Spring and summer
Sopron Wine Festival (May)
The town’s largest free open-air event moves to Main Square and the city centre for three days around St Urban’s Day, with local and well-known performers and craft activities.
Sopron Festival Weeks (June)
A series of events lasting almost a month, with concerts, exhibitions and sporting events across the town and in Fertőrákos. It includes the Night of Museums, the Fairy Festival and the large-scale concerts of the Fertőrákos Cave Theatre.
International Wind Band Meeting (end of June)
For one day, the Várkerület resounds with the music of wind bands.
SopronFest (summer)
The town’s big summer festival at Lővér Camping and venues in the city centre, with Hungarian and international performers.
Sopron Beer Days (around 20 August)
Three days of speciality beers, concerts and family activities in the historic city centre.
Autumn and winter
Sopron Harvest Days (September)
A free, decades-old traditional event of the Sopron wine region in the Erzsébet Garden, with a grape-pressing show at the opening, concerts and folk dance performances. The venue is in the Lővérek, so it can be reached on foot from the hotel.
Sopron Advent (from late November to 23 December)
Christmas market and lights on Main Square and in the Várkerület, with children’s activities and festive performances.
What you get with your room
A free guided city walk every Saturday at 11:00 from the Tourinform office, a Sunday city tour with a qualified tour guide, a guided lantern forest walk to the Sörházdomb Lookout and admission to the Lőver Swimming Pool. In addition, you receive discounted admission to the 13 venues of the Sopron Museum Quarter, the Károly Lookout, the Crazy Garage escape room and the Erdő Háza Visitor Centre.
Programmes in the hotel
You can read about the hotel’s own programmes, from sauna sessions to evenings with live music, on a separate page.
If there is no festival on
A museum exhibition, a theatre performance, a guided city walk or a forest hike will fill the day even if no event falls during your trip. Discover the sights of Sopron and its surroundings on our themed pages:
