2023-08-07 09:38:45
The construction for the city garden festival, which takes place from August 9th to 11th, has started. As in the previous year, admission to the open-air event is free, in contrast to the previous event, which was then called the Constance Summer Nights.
The new organizers – Frank Schuhwerk and Tommy Spörrer from the organizing KLE Seenachtfest GmbH – last year tied in with the style of the beginnings of this open-air event in the 1980s with their Constance City Garden Festival. This reorientation was well received by the Konstanzers last year, although there was still room for improvement.
“People thought it was great that we went back to our roots,” says organizer Tommy Spörrer regarding the concept of the city garden festival. | Image: Scherrer, Aurelia
Now the organizers want to step it up a notch when they create a “sky of lights in front of the concert shell”, as Tommy Spörrer describes it. It should remain small, fine and modest. “The concert shell is used as a stage, but without large technology towers,” he continues, or as Frank Schuhwerk puts it: “It’s a garden festival with musical accompaniment and the city garden is the star in the foreground.”
Almost totally local – and club members help out
The local and regional character is important to the organizers. Almost without exception, well-known restaurateurs from Constance are responsible for the hospitality of the guests. The food will be served on porcelain dishes donated by the people of Constance, the organizers report.
The preparations for the Constance City Garden Festival are in full swing and the entire team around the organizer – here (from left) Elli Beer, Frank Schuhwerk and Sina Petry – is looking forward to the work. | Image: Scherrer, Aurelia
Further tableware donations can be made to Marketing und Tourismus Konstanz GmbH (MTK) in Obere Laube 71 or to Event Promotions in Friedrichstraße 37.
“The Eintracht Petershausen music club is washing up once more,” notes Tommy Spörrer. No, this is not a typo; the musicians are actually in charge of washing the dishes once more. And another club is also involved: “The volleyball players at USC Konstanz serve drinks,” says Spörrer.
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A festival in Constance? Not without Sister Gaby
The stage program also comes from the region. Frank Schuhwerk speaks of a “consistent regional orientation”. From Wednesday, August 9th, up to and including Friday, August 11th, the Feierware Jazz Band will play Swing and Dixie to get you in the mood from 5pm to 8pm. It will be rocking on the first evening, August 9, when Sister Gaby – “everyone knows her in Constance”, says Frank Schuhwerk – will appear at 8.30 p.m.
“The Roosters: Old warhorses with roots in blues and rock perform on Thursday, August 10th and on Friday, Nicole Scholz; the Steißlinger with her voice is an exceptional talent and absolutely suitable for garden parties,” says Schuhwerk.
(Archive picture) Also in the summer of 2023, the organizers transformed the Stadtgarten into a sea of lights. Here is a picture of the setup last August. | Image: Hanser, Oliver | SK archive
Playground, hammocks, DJ collective and much more
At the festival in the Stadtgarten there should be something for all generations. For the children there is a wide range of games on the meadow, such as a 70-metre-long marble run, a catapult or feeler boxes.
There are even hammocks for resting, which were very popular not only with the children last year. There is also a puppet theater for the little ones every day at 4pm and 6.30pm. There is something for young people at the Rondell am Gondelehafen, because that’s where the Konstanz DJ collective Sunset Sounds plays electronic music.
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After the Stadtgartenfest is before the Seenachtfest
The Seenachtfest is celebrated on Saturday, August 12, on the shore of Lake Constance. Citizens of Constance get a discount for the Seenachtfest ticket. You pay 20 euros for the so-called Konstanz Ticket.
City Garden Festival finally culminates in the Lake Night FestivalThe Constance City Garden Festival with free entry will take place from Wednesday, August 9th. This open-air event leads directly into the Konstanz Lake Night Festival on Saturday, August 12th. On this big day of celebration, with the fireworks synchronized to music as the highlight, access to the Stadtgarten is only possible with a valid Seenachtfest ticket. On the stage in this park CR’s Oldschool (3 to 5 p.m.), Feierware Jazz Band (5 to 8 p.m.), Guildo Horn & Die orthopedic stockings (8.15 to 9.45 p.m.) and the Tom Alex Band (9.45 to 10.15 p.m. and 10.45 p.m.) will then play until 2 o’clock).
This is only available at the Stadtgartenfest from Wednesday, August 9th to Friday, August 11th, upon presentation of your identity card. There is a separate pavilion for ticket sales, which will be set up to the right of the concert shell. The pre-sale stand is open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the Stadtgarten Festival.
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