Turnip lantern parades in the canton of Bern, 2026

Brienz runs until 28 November — of 19 published closing dates, none is later.

✓ Checked at the source · as of 21 October 2026 · 1 date still open

📅 5 parades 2026 with date and start time

🕐 Start times — when it starts

3 of the 4 parades in the canton of Bern move off at 17:30 — Jegenstorf not until 18:00. The start time rarely appears in a calendar and almost always only on the association's own page; here each one stands as the organiser published it, with the assembly beforehand where it is named.

🏘️ 5 municipalities with organiser and date

5 places across 5 municipalities of the canton of Bern. For 4 of them we keep a page of their own: route, turnip sale and weather rule.

• Biglen — Räbeliechtliumzug Biglen, Verein «Gemeinsam für Biglen», 1 November 2026.
• Meinisberg — Räbeliechtli- und Laternliumzug Meinisberg, Elternverein Meinisberg, 6 November 2026.
• Jegenstorf — Räbeliechtliumzug Jegenstorf, Elternforum Jegenstorf, 13 November 2026.
• Brienz — Räbeliechtliumzug am Weihnachtsmarkt Brienz, Weihnachtsmarkt Brienz, 28 November 2026.
• Wiedlisbach — Räbeliechtliumzug Wiedlisbach, Spielgruppe und Kindergärten Wiedlisbach, not published yet.

📍 Assembly points and destinations

Star marches have several assembly points and a single destination — stand at the wrong one and you spend the evening chasing the band. Every published point is therefore listed separately.

🎒 Food and weather — what the societies announce

Punch and sausages at the finish, registration for turnip carving, and above all: does the society set off in the rain anyway? That is the question a family evening hangs on, and it appears on no aggregator page.

📊 Season comparison across the canton

Every documented parade in the canton of Bern fits into 28 days: from Biglen on Sunday, 1 November 2026 to Brienz on 28 November 2026. The bar shows which evenings get crowded — and which stay empty.

📭 1 date open — and why they stay listed

1 parade in the canton of Bern has no published 2026 date yet — and stays listed anyway, marked open instead of filled in from last year. We write no date we have not read at the source; the gap is information in itself.

• Wiedlisbach — not published yet — every year on the first or second Wednesday in November. Source

🗺️ 3 cantons compared

22% of all parades we verified across Switzerland fall in the canton of Bern: 5 of 23. The table sets it beside the other 2 cantons with a page of their own — and shows where the calendar grows next.

For the canton of Bern we hold 5 events in 5 municipalities, 4 of them with a 2026 date confirmed by the organiser. The rest are deliberately listed without a date: the event usually takes place, the date has not been published yet. We write no date we have not read at the source.

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Jana Meier

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