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Ramstein-Miesenbach’s culture center, the Haus des Bürgers, will hold its sixth International Brass & Drum Festival today to Sunday. A diversified program will be offered on the stage on Marktplatz, on Prometheus stage in front of the Rathaus (town hall), and inside the culture center.
The festival will begin with the band The Vibes playing soul, funk and disco music at 8 p.m. today on the Marktplatz stage. During their breaks, the percussion group Samba O’Leck will take over to entertain the audience. The band Die Dicken Kinder will present their rock, soul, hip-hop mix on Prometheus-stage in front of the town hall. Here as well the percussion group will perform during breaks.
“Saturday, we will offer a drum workshop at 1 p.m.,” said Burgel Stein from the Haus des Bürgers.
The brass band Blassportgruppe Südwest will teach interested participants, who will have to pay a fee of €25.
“At 8 p.m., they all can demonstrate on Marktplatz stage what they have learned that day,” Mrs. Stein said.
Then it’s time for Soul Sista with songs by the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind and fire, and more.
The U.S. Air Forces in Band formation Touch ‘n Go will perform at 5 p.m. on Prometheus stage to be followed by Wond-Air Brass presenting soul, rock, pop and party hits at 8 p.m.
Anybody interested in catching the final World Cup match can watch it at 8:30 p.m. Sunday on the giant screen.
The last festival day, Sunday, will begin with a jazz frühschoppen (early morning beer) and the Original Dixieland Sixpack at 10 a.m. on Marktplatz. The trumpet quartet, Just Blech, will play at 2:30 p.m. to be followed by the Djembe-Group of a Kusel music school at 3 p.m., the Südkreis youth brass orchestra at 4 p.m., and the Petermann Swing Partie big band with swing, jazz, funk, Latin and rock music at 6 p.m. On Prometheus stage, the Reha Westpfalz music group called Carpe Diem will perform at 2 p.m. Crew V will present groovy, funky swing at 4 p.m., and the band Funkifize will perform at 6 p.m. to close out the festival.
All performances are free. Food and beverages will be available for sale.
“Visitors will not be allowed to bring their own drinks,” Mrs. Stein said. “We want to celebrate together, but avoid that this festival will turn into a big drinking fest.”
The stores in Ramstein-Miesenbach will offer Sunday shopping from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Children’s activities will include a bounce-a-rama.
For more information and to register for the workshop, call the Haus des Bürgers at 06371-592-220 or e-mail hdb@ramstein-miesenbach.de. For details on the jazz festival, visit www.brass-drum-festival.de.
