Herbststadl Poreč 2026: Nik P, Nockis and Edlseer in November

Herbststadl brings Schlager and folk music to Poreč in Istria from 5 to 8 November 2026. The venue is the Žatika sports hall, and the bill includes Nik P, the Nockis, the Edlseer, Die Draufgänger and Stefan Mross. It is the ninth edition, according to the Istria Tourist Board. The festival is aimed at guests from Austria and Germany: its co-organiser is the coach tour network bus dich weg! from Ilz in Styria, which sells Herbststadl as a short break with hotel and entry. If you drive down yourself, it pays to know the rules that apply on Croatian roads in November.

Key facts

Line-up 2026

Nine acts are on the 2026 bill: Nik P, the Nockis, Die Draufgänger, Stefan Mross, Marc Pircher, Francine Jordi, the Edlseer, Charly Brunner & Simone and Partykrocha. The tourist board gives the dates as 5 to 8 November; in the organiser's itinerary the two concert evenings are Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November. Neither the tourist board nor the organiser says who plays on which night, and a running order with times had not been published by 26 October.

Packages and tickets

• 3 days, 2 nights (Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November): from 329 euros.
• 4 days, 3 nights (Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 November): from 419 euros.
• Berny & Pablo fan trip (Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 November): from 499 euros.
• Edlseer fan trip, 5 days, 4 nights (Wednesday 4 to Sunday 8 November): from 584 euros.

According to the tour description, the two-night package includes the coach journey, two nights in a three-star hotel with half board, a category 3 ticket for both concert evenings, a shuttle to the hall and back on both nights, and the tourist tax. Saturday daytime is free, with an optional excursion. Prices are listed on the network's Austrian site, and it runs a site for Germany too. If you are travelling independently and only want tickets, contact the agency OLI e MAR Travel in Pula, which the tourist board lists as the contact.

What it means for visitors

If you drive, Croatia requires lights on during the day from Sunday 1 November. Daytime running lights are enough; otherwise the fine is 30 euros (daytime headlights in Croatia). Winter equipment on the designated winter routes becomes compulsory only on 15 November, a week after the festival (winter tyres in Croatia). Driving through Austria and Slovenia, you need a vignette for each country (vignettes and tolls), and on four motorway sections in Slovenia towards Croatia, cameras measure average speed (section control).

It is not beach weather any more. The nearest coastal station in our weather table is Rovinj, where the November average is 13 to 14 degrees in the afternoon and the sea averages 15 degrees. Our November weather guide recommends a waterproof jacket with a hood rather than an umbrella, because an umbrella is useless in a bura.

If you want to use the free Saturday, the region has plenty on. Opatija holds its chocolate festival from 6 to 8 November. Buzet hosts the Istrian Truffle Festival on 7 and 8 November in the big tent on Mašimova škuja, and Ližnjan celebrates sea bream and squid in Kuje bay from 6 to 8 November. Istria's agritourism farms open their doors for DOVAI on every weekend in November, starting on 7 and 8 November; book a table in advance. In Poreč itself, the Porečdox documentary film festival opens on 7 November at the cinema on Narodni trg.

For a free day in the old town, see our Poreč guide and the visitor guide to the Euphrasian Basilica.

Past edition and next dates

In 2026 Herbststadl comes to Poreč for the ninth time. For the eighth edition in 2025, bus dich weg! has put a review with a photo gallery online. The organiser has not yet named a date for 2027 (as of 26 October 2026). Two more music trips by the same network to Istria are already on sale, both to Umag: Open Air am Meer from 6 to 9 May 2027 and Musifest from 22 to 26 September 2027.