südback Skips 2025, Returns in 2026

Due to the high concentration of trade fairs, the personnel and financial resources of many exhibitors are currently reaching their limits. In order to cope with this challenge, Messe Stuttgart and its partners – e.g. the Southwest German Association of Bakers’ Guilds, the BÄKO Head Office and the Baden-Württemberg Regional Association of Confectioners’ Guilds – agreed to change the scheduling for südback, Trade Fair for the Bakery and Confectionery Trades. This decision is based on intensive discussions with the exhibitors.

“We considered at an early stage how we can react to the changed trade fair sequence for bakers and confectioners in Germany,” said Stefan Lohnert, President of Messe Stuttgart. “It was important for us to keep südback in Stuttgart and in the well-known date framework. A last-minute postponement in the full calendar for 2026 has now made this solution possible.”

The next südback – after the autumn edition (26 to 29 October 2024) – will therefore not take place in 2025, but only then in 2026 from 24 to 27 October 2026. In 2027 südback will take a break as usual before it is staged again in its known cycle in Stuttgart in 2028 and 2029.

“Our priority was to offer the exhibitors early planning security,” said Andreas Wiesinger, Executive Vice President of Messe Stuttgart. “Through this decision, we want to strengthen the trust in südback and satisfy the high expectations associated with the trade fair.”