What is Tollwood

What is Tollwood? Tollwood GmbH puts on a cultural festival twice a year in Munich. The summer festival is held for about 25 days in June/July, and in the winter it starts just before the first Advent Sunday, offering a Christmas market through December 23 and cultural events up to New Year’s Eve. Each year, up to two million visitors come to Tollwood.

Tollwood GmbH is a privately run corporation for cultural events and environmental activities, and it refuses any kind of subsidy.

The first Tollwood Festival took place in the summer of 1988 on the south Olympia Park grounds in Munich. The Tollwood winter festival has taken place since 1991, starting on the so-called “Roncalli Field” where the Pinakothek der Moderne art museum now stands, then moved to a space off Arnufstrasse and since 2000 has had its home at the Theresienwiese field.