 Reipoltskirchen holds its kermis (church consecration festival) on the first weekend in August.Among special customs still observed now is the walk of the "Klepperbuben".Schoolboys gather about midday on Maundy Thursday before the church with their "Klepper" (ratchet-like noisemakers) and then go about the village, making noise with their "Klepper" and calling out “"Das ist der englische Gruß, den jeder Christ beten muss!