Overview
- Organizers opened the jubilee with a ceremonial festakt on Friday, June 26, and the festival runs mainly over the weekends of June 26–28 and July 3–5 with weekday programming between them.
- Large public pageantry is central to the program, including two grand historical processions with more than 2,500 participants, flag‑throwing displays, staged sword duels and participatory dances.
- The Memminger Landsknechte kept their longstanding practice of marching on foot to Mindelheim along a roughly 29‑kilometre route, arriving in full historical uniform as part of the first‑weekend events.
- The jubilee emphasises multigenerational volunteer continuity, shown by families such as the Schmids and long‑running groups like the Stadtwache, Bürgergilde and guest ensembles from Sansepolcro, and a new rider banner financed by the Ludwig‑Kleiner‑Stiftung was presented at the opening.
- Attendance has been strong and organisers kept 2023 ticket prices for 2026 (examples: €13 standing, €18 seated, €25 tribune, €30 weekend package), with the festival expecting the second weekend’s processions and the final entlassung of the Landsknechte on July 5.