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Tickets for the #fbm26

Purchase your ticket for Frankfurter Buchmesse here in summer 2026!

Only a few weeks till the ticket shop will be opening in Summer!

Trade visitor tickets

  • Trade visitor days from Wednesday, 7 till Sunday, 11 October, admission from 9.00 am
  • Trade visitor tickets entitle you to use the local public transport network (RMV) for free

5-day ticket

Wed-Sun Valid all days of the fair

€ 165.‒

Day ticket

Wed-Sun Flexible use each day

€ 91.‒

Day ticket, discounted*

Wed-Sun Flexible use each day

€ 33.‒

Free use of local public transport (RMV) is not included in complimentary tickets
*Only valid with proof of entitlement

FAQ Trade visitor tickets

You qualify as a trade visitor if you are professionally involved in the development, production, sales, or management of printed and electronic media as well as in art or antiques or are active in the area of education.

Trade groups include, for example:

  • Employees of publishing houses, literary agencies, bookstores, and libraries
  • Authors, illustrators, and translators
  • Employees of printing presses, software firms and other service companies for the book and media industry
  • Teachers and school directors of all types of schools, educators, or other pedagogical personnel
  • Members of the creative industries, creative artists, and agents
  • Students of all disciplines and trainees in the book and media industry

The following groups are entitled to purchase discounted trade visitor tickets:
Students, booksellers, librarians, trainees and apprentices in the book and media industry, trade visitors with disabilities (from degree of disability 50%)

Proof required when entering the fairgrounds.

The trade visitor ticket/RMV-ticket entitles you to travel with the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) for free for arrival and departure to the fairgrounds. Please print out the ticket pdf or have the ticket ready on your smartphone when using the local transport network. Please note that an identity card is needed in case of a passenger check when using the local public transport.

Please note: Complimentary tickets are excluded from free use of local public transport (RMV).

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Opening hours 2026

Trade visitors

7 – 11 October 2026

Sunday, 11 October 2026

9.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.

9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.

General public

Friday, 9 October 2026

Saturday, 10 October 2026

Sunday, 11 October 2026

11.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.

9.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.

9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.

Relive #fbm25 – and look forward to this October

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Frankfurter Buchmesse stands for respect, diversity and tolerance. We celebrate our wide range of different participants whom we engage at eye level in open dialogue. Learn about our rules for an appreciative atmosphere of collaboration at the fair.

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