Rockstadt Extreme Fest, the largest festival in the Brașov region, has moved to Ghimbav — the town the airport sits in. The 2026 edition ran 27–31 July, so it is already behind us, but the next one is dated: 26–30 July 2027, under the shortened name Rockstadt Fest. For anyone flying into Brașov-Ghimbav that week, the festival site is now closer to the terminal than the Old Town is.
That is worth knowing early. The festival moved after twelve editions at Râșnov Fortress, and accommodation in Ghimbav and Brașov for the last week of July will go long before the line-up is complete.
Between now and then, Brașov’s own calendar is denser than the city’s size suggests. Three dates stand out.
14–16 August — the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival takes over Piața Sfântul Ioan, with Walter Trout, Janiva Magness and the Alfredo Rodríguez Trio on the bill. It is the last of the open-air season worth travelling for.
3–4 October — the Brașov Running Festival carries a World Athletics Elite Label, which is unusual for a city this size and pulls a genuine international field. It is one of seven races in the county between September and mid-November.
31 October — Halloween at Bran Castle, the one date all autumn that reliably sells out. It is not one event but three, sold separately: daytime tours, an evening tour, and a party in a marquee in the Royal Park that runs past midnight. Buy direct from the castle.
Either side of those, Oktoberfest Brașov runs 27 August to 6 September on Strada Turnului — the first edition held under an official licence from the City of Munich — and the Christmas market opens in Piața Sfatului on 27 November and runs into the new year.
One correction, because the search results are misleading on this point. Cerbul de Aur has not been held in Brașov since 2019, and there is no 2026 edition. Older articles about the Golden Stag still rank well and are written as though the festival is ongoing. If it is the reason for your trip, there is no trip to plan. The same goes for a “Brașov International Film Festival” in autumn — the city’s film festivals are Râșnov in August and the European Film Festival in May.
Full dates, venues and organiser links for everything above are in the events and festivals guide, which also covers what to do about the road to Bran on 31 October.