When is the Lägelisnacht in Flawil in 2026?

No date is confirmed. The rule reads «since 1927, always the Tuesday after St. Othmar» – St. Othmar falls on 16 November, so the Tuesday after would be 17 November 2026. That is our derivation from the published rule, not the tourist association's announcement.

Why does the Flawil tourist association ask residents to switch off the lights?

So that the carved turnip lanterns come into their own. The organisers literally ask residents along the route to switch off shop-window and advertising lighting. In the entire calendar that is the only request by an organiser addressed to people who are not walking in the parade.

What does «Lägeli» in Lägelisnacht mean?

A «Lägel» is a wooden barrel used to transport wine – according to the Othmar legend, the one the saint carried with him. The name of the night therefore comes not from the turnip but from the barrel. Of all the events in the calendar only two bear a name without the word «Räbeliechtli».

When and where do the children assemble for the Lägelisnacht?

At 18:15 at the western exit, west of the railway building. The procession sets off from 18:45 – after Zurich-Oberstrass the second-latest start in this calendar. At the end there is sausage and bread.

How long has the Lägelisnacht existed in Flawil?

Since 1927. That is the oldest founding year in the entire calendar – only one other organiser names one at all, Horgen with 1958. Twenty of the 22 parades in the calendar say nothing about their age.

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Lägelisnacht Flawil: The Night a Village Switches Off Its Shop Windows

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Every turnip lantern parade fights the same enemy: street lamps, advertising boards, lit shop windows. A carved turnip cannot compete with any of that. Flawil is the only place in this calendar that draws a conclusion from it — and asks residents to switch off.

Key takeaway

For the Lägelisnacht in Flawil, no date is confirmed for 2026. The rule reads: since 1927, always the Tuesday after St. Othmar (16 November) — which in 2026 would be 17 November, our derivation, not an announcement by the organiser. Published are assembly at 18:15 at the western exit, west of the railway building, and departure from 18:45; at the end there is sausage and bread.

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Lägelisnacht Flawil

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Tuesday, 17 November 2026 — since 1927, every year on the Tuesday after St Othmar's Day (16 November)

Organiser: Verkehrsverein Flawil

One of the largest Räbeliechtli parades in Switzerland – and one of the very few held on a Tuesday.

Source: verkehrsverein-flawil.ch · checked on 19 October 2026

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🚋 Meeting point & transport with stop

186 metres as the crow flies from the stop, about 3 minutes on foot.

Assembly: 18:15
Meeting point: Westausfahrt, westlich des SBB-Gebäudes
Nearest stop: Flawil (TRAIN) — 186 m as the crow flies

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Food and drink: Wurst und Brot am Schluss des Umzugs

Route: Oberdorfstrasse and Schulstrasse, western exit, Krankenhaus-, Oberdorf-, Enzenbühl-, Wiler-, Bahnhof-, Oberdorf- and Schulstrasse.
The local tourist association asks residents to switch off shop-window and advertising lighting.

✨ Highlights on site

What sets this parade apart from every other one is not in its date.

Another thing that sets Flawil apart is in the name. A «Lägeli» is not a lantern but a wooden barrel — the one in which, as legend has it, St. Othmar carried wine. The night is therefore named after a wine barrel, not after the turnip you carry. Of all the events in the calendar only two bear a name without the word «Räbeliechtli»: this night and the Räbechilbi in Richterswil. For one of the two you need to know a saint's legend to understand what it is.

The missing date hangs on the same thing. Other organisers in this calendar tie their date to a weekday within the month — «first Saturday», «second Saturday».

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🗺️ Nearby parades

In the canton of St. Gallen this is the only entry in the calendar — and it carries no date. The verified season runs from 30 October 2026 to 28 November 2026. The ConvivaPlus turnip lantern calendar lists 23 parades, 19 of them with a verified date.

Flawil lies outside that window, and behind it. While the busiest evening of the season, 7 November 2026 with 6 simultaneous parades, is long past and in most municipalities the turnips are on the compost heap, the season in Flawil is only beginning. That makes the Lägelisnacht the latest event in this vein — and, for anyone who does not want to miss out in November, the last date still to be had.

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The ConvivaPlus verdict

Since 1927Lights off

If you are looking in this vein for an event that is more than a children's parade, this is it.

Two caveats. First, it is a Tuesday: school calls the next morning, and for an event that only sets off at 18:45 that is not a side issue.

When we last checked: Rule, assembly, departure time, route, refreshments and the request to residents come from verkehrsverein-flawil.ch, source read on 11 September 2026. 17 November 2026 is derived from the rule and is NOT confirmed by the tourist association. The organiser gives no figure for the size of the parade; we therefore give none.

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How we check

According to the ConvivaPlus calendar, the date here is calculated from a fixed rule — the organisers have already confirmed 19 of the season's 23 events.

Every date comes from the organiser's, the municipality's or the canton's own site — never from an aggregator, never copied over from last year. Next to each source is the date we last read it.

Where only a fixed rule is published, we work out the date and label it “calculated from the fixed rule”.

Something missing or changed? A note below is enough; we check it at the source.

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Jana Meier

ConvivaPlus Editor · Family & Day Trips

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Lägelisnacht Flawil — Verkehrsverein Flawil →Flawil · checked on 19 October 2026

Service points — opentransportdata.swiss (FOT) →Nearest stop as the crow flies, calculated by us

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The only request not aimed at participants: every other note in this calendar tells families what to do — come early, bring cash, bring a turnip.

Source: ConvivaPlus Turnip Lantern Dataset 2026 – Flawil

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