Auer Dult

The Auer Dult is a traditional fair in Munich, combining a market and a German style folk festival.

It takes place three times per year on the Mariahilfplatz in the Munich district of Au, fuelled by around three hundred traders and showmen, by the rule. Both sections - market and funfair - are separated by the neo-gothic Mariahilfkirche (Mariahilf Church) in the very middle of the square. In contrast to the Oktoberfest and the Munich Spring Festival (Münchner Frühlingsfest), the Auer Dult is much less touristy, but way more local, discreet and calm. In the course of the year, around 300,000 visitors are counted.

The first fair of the year, the so-called Maidult (May fair) starts on the first Saturday of the month. Jakobidult takes place in late July and early August (beginning on the Saturday after the feast day of St. James) and Kirchweihdult occurs round the middle of October, from Saturday prior to Kirchweih till the following Sunday.^[1] Each one lasts nine days.