International German Gymnastics Festival Leipzig 2025
With hundreds of thousands of visitors, participants and volunteers, the International German Gymnastics Festival is the biggest competitive and mass sports event in the world. Having hosted it a remarkable twelve times so far, Leipzig has a very special connection to the International German Gymnastics Festival. The initial instance dates back to 1863 when Leipzig served as the venue for the 3rd German Gymnastics Festival. In 2025, Leipzig once again was hosted to athletes and sports enthusiasts from all over the world, thus continuing its long sports history. With a compact and contemporary concept, a wide variety of sporting competitions, spectacular shows, hands-on activities and demonstrations offered at various locations in the city from 28 May to 01 June 2025.
For the Turnfest 2025
in Leipzig we had 80.000
active Participants
(of that 1.700 international),
3.500 volunteers and
hundreds of thousands of visitors.
Out of all the participants there were
76% girls and women and
40% kids and teenagers.
During 5 days 47 locations hosted competitions in 23 different sports, including 10 German Championships. In addition, there were stage performances, galas, and a professional show program featuring a total of 5.000 participants from Germany, Europe and around the whole world.
The Gymnastics Festival Academy offered over 350 workshops, seminars and lectures. Over 100 hands-on activities for all ages were available at various locations throughout the city of Leipzig.
