Experience Wiesbaden's and Mainz's top events - with the favourable special tickets

Experience Wiesbaden’s and Mainz’s top events with ESWE Verkehr’s affordable special tickets!

Veranstaltungsticket

Event ticket

  • Especially affordable for numerous public festivals in Wiesbaden and Mainz, such as the Sternschnuppenmarkt, Carnival, the Rheingau Wine Week, or a Sunday shopping event in Mainz (Mainz-trifft-sich-Ticket)
  • Valid for a round trip until 5:00 a.m. the following morning
  • Available during the respective event period from ESWE Verkehr and Mainzer Mobilität: at advance ticket offices, ticket machines, and directly from the bus driver
  • Please validate the ticket immediately after boarding (for both outbound and return trips) in the stamping machine!

Fare zone 6500 for Wiesbaden and Mainz

Price level 13

Adults:

€5,20

Children (ages 6 to 14):

€3,00

Period Event
20.03.–22.03. Ostermarkt (plus Sonntag gratis ÖPNV)
10.04 - 13.04. Frühlingsfest
26.04. Verkaufsoffener Sonntag in Mainz (Mainz-Trifft-Sich!-Ticket)
08.05. - 11.05 Nauroder Äppelblütefest
13.05. - 17.05. Kranzplatzfest
04.06 - 08.06. Freudenberger Kerb
entfällt 2026 Pfingstreitturnier
29.05. - 31.05. Biebricher Höfefest 
04.06 - 08.06. Freudenberger Kerb 
10.06. Gutenberg Marathon Mainz
12.06. - 14.06. Theatrium (Wilhelmstraßenfest)
19.06.–22.06. Mainzer Johannisnacht
  City Marathon Wiesbaden
   
10.07.–13.07. Schiersteiner Hafenfest
10.07.–13.07. Hochheimer Weinfest
17.07. - 20.07. Gibber Kerb
14.08.–23.08. Rheingauer Weinwoche
  Taunusstraßenfest
27.08. - 30.08.& 03.09. - 06.09. Mainzer Weinmarkt
aktuell noch unbekannt Taunusstraßenfest Wiesbaden
13.09. Heimatshoppen / verkaufsoffen am Sonntag von 13 bis 18 Uhr
24.09. - 26.09. Mainz leuchtet 
25.09. - 27.09. Herbstmarkt Wiesbaden (Stadtfest mit verkaufsoffenem Sonntag)
25.10. Mantelsonntag Mainz
06.11.–10.11. Hochheimer Markt
24.11.–23.12. Sternschnuppenmarkt inkl. kostenloser Adventssamstage


Carnival ticket

Six days of travel during Carnival

  • Exclusive for Carnival season: With the Carnival pass, one person can travel by bus (and tram in Mainz) from Altweiberdonnerstag through Fastnachtsdienstag
  • Valid for 1 person
  • From Altweiberdonnerstag through Fastnachtsdienstag (a total of 6 days)
  • Service ends at 4:00 a.m. on Ash Wednesday
  • Available during the respective event period from ESWE Verkehr and Mainzer Mobilität: at advance ticket offices, ticket machines, and directly from the bus/tram staff

Fare zone 6500 for Wiesbaden and Mainz (valid only on buses and trams of Mainzer Mobilität and ESWE Verkehr)

Price level 13

1 Person:

€11



Kombiticket

Combo ticket

  • Local transport ticket integrated into the admission ticket for a cultural or sporting event (and therefore included in the event’s entrance fee)
  • Usually valid throughout the entire RMV fare area, sometimes only within the Mainz-Wiesbaden Transport Association (VMW) region
  • Identifiable by the “KombiTicket” logo printed on the admission ticket
  • Entitles the holder to a round trip to and from the event venue
  • Are you a cultural or sports organizer and would you like to offer your visitors a “KombiTicket”? We look forward to hearing from you.

Anschlussticket

Connection ticket

  • With the connection ticket can you travel more cheaply outside the validity area of your time-based ticket.
  • Can be combined with the following time-based tickets: weekly ticket, monthly ticket, 9 a.m. monthly ticket, annual ticket (including subscription), 9-a.m. subscription, as well as JobTicket/CompanyCard (provided the price level is printed on the ticket).
  • Connection tickets can, for example, be purchased at our ticket machines.

Pricing information

The price of the connecting ticket is based on the fare zone of your season pass.


Zuschlagsfahrkarte

Supplementary ticket

  • For travel in the first-class compartment of regional trains and S-Bahn
  • Available either as a single ticket or as a time-based ticket (weekly, monthly, or annual pass)
  • Same price for children and adults

Prices valid from January 1, 2026

Tarifgebiet 6500 für Wiesbaden und Mainz

Price level 13

Single ticket:

€1,80

Weekly pass:

€14,20

Monthly pass:

€48,20

Annual ticket: (one-time cash payment)

€459,80

Annual ticket: (monthly direct debit)

€39,10


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