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The annual lake fest at Lake Ohmbachsee will take place today through Sunday. For three days, the lake will turn into a natural stage with lights, music and shows. Bands of various styles will entertain visitors on four stages put up around Ohmbachsee.
The rock band Revengers will present rock at its best from 8 p.m. today to 1 a.m. Saturday at Bitburger stage. Die Habachtaler, a German party band, will entertain the audience from 8:30 p.m. today until 1:30 a.m. Saturday on Karlsberg stage. Snoopey’s Search will offer a time trip through the decades of the 20th century at 8 p.m. on the stage of Stadtwerke Homburg.
On Saturday, musical performances will start at 4 p.m. and end around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Bands performing will be the Groovin Monkeys with funk, soul and rhythm and blues; Operation Payback with cover songs by Robbie Williams, Rammstein, AC/DC and others; Hole in One with acoustic pop and rock; and Changes with soul and pop ballads.
A novelty this year will be dragon boat races. They are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Saturday’s highlight will be a torch light ride in boats across the lake at 10:30 p.m. followed by the lake illumination at 10:45 p.m. Sunday activities will begin with an early morning beer (frühschoppen) at 11:30 a.m. accompanied by brass music. A show dance group and a step aerobics groups will show off their skills from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. on Karlsberg stage. Bands performing include Brass Machine from 7:30 p.m. to midnight; Anti Tank Gun with rock and pop from the last 30 years, Acoustical Jam with cover songs by Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton; and Bruise with rock and pop.
Sunday is family day. A children’s program with games, jumping castle, face painting, swing carts and bobby carts will start at noon.
Contests on the lake where participants try to push each other from boats into the water will begin at 2 p.m. Helicopter flights will be offered starting at 3 p.m. A fireworks display is scheduled for 10:45 p.m. to close out the lake fest. Stands and booths will serve regional and international culinary food and drinking specialties.
Organizers want to let visitors know that they cannot bring their own food and beverages. After 6 p.m. today and Saturday, dogs are not allowed.
The daily admission ticket is €4. Children under 15 are admitted free. The ticket price for three days is €7.50.
Omhbach lake is northwest of Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, between Elschbach and Schönenberg-Kübelberg. With a surface of 15 hectares, it’s the biggest lake in the Westpfalz area. There is a campground and the possibility to fish, sail, surf and rent little boats. For more information, visit www.seefest.de.
