Event authorisation - Public streets and squares

Anyone wishing to organise a public event outdoors on public streets and squares requires a permit.

Description

Typical examples of events requiring a permit are street festivals, stand-up concerts (if more than six people are performing), sporting events, cultural events, information events, processions or church events.

Formal security concept:
Under certain circumstances, you must draw up and agree a formal security concept for your event.

Serving food and drinks:
If alcoholic beverages are served, a temporary catering licence (permit) may also be required.

Structures/podiums:
You require a building permit for permanent structures. (Art. 74 of the Bavarian Building Code -BayBo-)
If so-called "temporary structures" (Art. 85 BayBo, booth, tent, stage) are erected, the building supervisory authority must be notified in advance and the inspection book must be submitted.
Insignificant temporary structures are exempt from the requirement for an inspection book and notification. These are deemed to be stalls, podiums and similar subordinate structures with a size of less than 75 square metres or a height of up to five metres, which do not have to bear any major loads or which do not pose any danger to the general public.
Responsible for this is the
Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulations - Division IV/12
Room 238, Blumenstraße 19
Contact person
Telephone 089/233-96484
Fax 089/233-22790

Special use permit:
For events for which you do not require an event permit, a special use permit may still be necessary.

As the organiser, you must undertake to cover any costs incurred, for example for waste disposal and traffic signage.

Obligation to avoid and separate waste
Please contact the waste management company for information on the obligation to avoid and separate waste.

Please note that in Munich there is a ban on disposable waste at public events.

Further information on the city's ban on disposable waste can be found on theMunich Waste Management Authority's website at.

Special requirements apply to pedestrian zones and historic squares.

Application deadline:
The application must be submitted at least two months before the planned date of the event.

Prerequisites

The most important requirements for a permit are that it is a public event, the street/square has little traffic, no public transport (tram, bus) runs there, no (product) advertising or product sales take place and no admission is charged.

Required documents

  • Application for authorisation of an event on public roads and squares
    (available for download)
  • Organiser's declaration (use form from the application)
  • Information on possible additional accounts (use form from the application)
  • Proof of organiser's liability
  • Site plan (to scale)

Duration & Costs

Fees

20 Euro - 2301 Euro (depending on processing costs and economic significance of the event)

Legal basis

Road traffic regulations
Municipal guidelines for events on public roads
Bavarian Road and Paths Act

Landeshauptstadt München

Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung I Sicherheit und Ordnung, Prävention
Veranstaltungs- und Versammlungsbüro (VVB)

Internet

Phone

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung I Sicherheit und Ordnung, Prävention
Veranstaltungs- und Versammlungsbüro (VVB)

Ruppertstraße 19
80466 München

Fax: +49 89 233-45127

Address

Ruppertstraße 11
80337 München

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Event registration - private property and urban green spaces

An outdoor event on private property must be registered. An event on a municipal green space requires an exemption licence.

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Anyone wishing to organise a public entertainment event (dance, music or sports event) in enclosed spaces must register this.

Show assembly

Anyone wishing to organise a public assembly (rally, demonstration) in the open air must register this.