The Maschseefest is the largest public festival in Lower Saxony in the centre of the city on the Maschsee. Holiday feeling in the city centre, maritime flair in the middle of the city! The Maschseefest gives holidays an international stage. Over 19 days, visitors have the opportunity to take a culinary and artistic trip around the world. Typical local gastronomy concepts, musical highlights in the open air, sporting activities on the Maschsee and a wide range of attractions for children and families create a holiday atmosphere.

The 38th Maschseefest will take place from 30 July to 17 August 2025. The Maschseefest runs for a total of 19 days.

The Maschseefest takes place around the Maschsee. You have many options for travelling to the festival.

The minimum opening hours of the stand areas are Monday to Thursday: 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday to Saturday: 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday: 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Different closing times apply for the stands at Geibel.

Admission to the Maschseefest and to the stands is free of charge.

On our children's meadow on the west bank, there are programme items just for the kids. At the Heinz von Heiden Arena, between Seufzerallee and Karl-Thiede-Weg, young festival visitors will find great hands-on activities. The play and adventure world is open Fridays to Sundays and Wednesdays from 2.00 pm to 7.00 pm. There are also other play opportunities for children on the south jetty. Safety note: As this is a children's programme, parents/guardians are responsible for supervising minors on the event site.

According to the Youth Protection Act, children and young people under the age of 16 are permitted to stay in restaurants until 10 p.m. if they are accompanied by a person with parental authority or guardian. Young people aged 16 and over may stay in pubs and restaurants until midnight if they are not accompanied by a person with parental authority or guardian. The purchase and consumption of alcoholic beverages is only permitted from the age of 18.

Hannover Veranstaltungs GmbH
Management: André Lawiszus
Vahrenwalder Street 7
30165 Hanover
E-mail: lawiszus@hannover-marketing.de

Press contact: Ela Windels
E-mail: presse@hannover-marketing.de

The Maschseefest takes place around the Maschsee. You have many options for getting there. We advise against travelling by car directly to the Maschsee due to the critical parking situation. The best place to park is at the spacious Schützenplatz car park (Bruchmeisterallee 1A, 30169 Hannover) near the Maschsee. Use of the car park costs €5 per day. Please note that the car park cannot be reached via the Arthur-Menge-Ufer due to a bridge closure. There are parking facilities for bicycles around the Maschsee. There will also be a central car park for e-scooters in the area of the western Planckstraße.

A citizens' hotline will be set up again for questions relating to the Maschseefest 2024. The contact person is Mr Henze. The telephone number is: 0172 / 142 89 42 or by e-mail maschseefest2025@web.de

If you cannot find an officer on site, you can call the police on 110. There is also a first-aid hotline for emergencies: 0800 / 019 21 40

The consumption of cannabis is prohibited on the festival site!

This year, for the first time, there will be a "Mindfulness Guide" for the Maschsee Festival to ensure respectful interaction and to prevent any form of boundary crossing. The measures for this guide include the use of the Saferspaces app and a reinforced PSNV team (psychosocial emergency care) from the Johanniter. The app can be used by scanning the QR code on one of the Saferspaces posters on the lanterns around the Maschsee and in the sanitary facilities. It is not necessary to install the app in advance. The location of the person concerned is also automatically transmitted. If you do not have a smartphone, you can also call the Johanniter hotline number (0800 0192140) on the poster. In principle, communication with people seeking help is covered by the app, the hotline and direct contact on site by the PSNV helpers from St John Ambulance. Retreat and shelter areas are also made available by St John Ambulance in the form of containers and a VW bus for mobile use on longer journeys. In general, however, the catering trade, operators and security can also be contacted and asked for help. The exact operating times of the medical service, the associated on-call service and further information on the topic of "mindfulness" at the Maschsee Festival can be found under 'Service' on the website.