Nuremberg – With over 3,000 different whiskeys, THE VILLAGE offers a unique selection and makes the fair the most important European meeting place for the whiskey scene. The PUEBLO DEL RON R(h)um Trade Fair impresses with around 500 different rums. For the first time, in addition to the exclusive THE VILLAGE Limited Edition, there is also an exclusive PUEBLO DEL RON Limited Edition. This year's THE VILLAGE trade fair whiskey is a 16-year-old Heaven Hill. The PUEBLO DEL RON trade fair rum is a nine-year-old Trinidad Tobago rum from a lost distillery. Both special bottlings are strictly limited and only available at THE VILLAGE 2026.
A meeting place for experts, enthusiasts, and old friends
The approximately 220 exhibitors at THE VILLAGE 2026 include popular destinations such as Alba Import, Bacardi, Kammer-Kirsch Distillery, DIAGEO, Eggers & Franke, Hanseatische Weinhandelsgesellschaft, Haromex, Kirsch Import, Moët Hennessy, Perola, Prineus, Sierra Madre, Whiskymax, Whyte and Mackay, and whiskyfaessla.de. In addition, there are also several new exhibitors, such as Mike's Whiskeyhandel, Spirits4all, and WhiskyJason with highlights from America, 64° Reykjavík Distillery from Iceland, Pfanner & Gutmann, and Brennerei Farny from Germany.
Meeting point: THE VILLAGE Market
THE VILLAGE Market offers food and drinks, with Guinness, Haggers, baked ham, Scottish stews, chocolates, and scones providing the perfect accompaniment to whisky. Handcrafted items and accessories bring British lifestyle to the fair, including kilts, hand-blown glasses, furniture made from whiskey barrels, traditional headwear, and wooden handicrafts. Popular bands will be playing live music on stage every day of the fair.
The special theme of THE VILLAGE 2026 is Pan America. To celebrate this, visitors can enjoy a bar serving whiskey sours and a special selection of whiskey and rum from Pan America. Original American cars will bring the right atmosphere to the trade fair.
THE VILLAGE Garden
Outside the exhibition hall, visitors can enjoy the VILLIGER Cigar Lounge and an Irish pop-up pub serving Guinness and cider. Street food such as classic fish & chips, falafel, and shawarma, as well as Asian specialties, will also be available.
Tickets now available!
Whisk(e)y lovers and experts can already secure their tickets for THE VILLAGE 2026. For the first time, visitors with online tickets for arrival and departure can use public transportation throughout the Greater Nuremberg Transport Association (VGN) free of charge. In addition to day tickets for the fair, there will again be a limited number of tickets available for the exclusive pre-opening on the eve of the fair. Here, connoisseurs and enthusiasts will have the opportunity to get their hands on rare items and celebrate their reunion with the whiskey scene. Pre-opening tickets grant access on all days of the event. Each visitor will receive a whiskey glass including a glass holder.
An exclusive gift: VIP pre-opening tickets
Holders of limited VIP pre-opening tickets can attend the pre-opening one hour before the official start and are invited to a meet and greet with the creators. The VIP pre-opening ticket also includes a bottle of the official trade fair whisky. In addition, VIPs have the opportunity to purchase the trade fair rum in advance at a discounted price.
Master classes and basic seminars
As usual, the master classes offer expert insight for connoisseurs and enthusiasts alongside the exhibition itself. Tickets for the exclusive tastings with experts, distillers and importers are available from THE VILLAGE ticket shop. The master classes cover a range of flavours and preferences and focus on different distilleries and whiskies. The programme includes master classes on topics such as ‘Springbank: 5 Generations. 1 Family. 3 Malts’, ‘Glen Scotia – The deconstruction of Victoriana’ and ‘Masters of Oloroso Sherry Cask’, as well as the popular master class ‘Whiskyfaessla & friends’.
Admission to THE VILLAGE whisky fair is restricted to persons aged 18 and over. The organiser of THE VILLAGE Whisk(e)y Trade Fair and the PUEBLO DEL RON R(h)um Trade Fair is the Nuremberg-based trade fair organiser AFAG.