Was ist Los? July 28, 2017

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Zweibruecken sponsors city fest
Zweibruecken celebrates its 38th annual city fest with a diversified entertainment program on nine stages, a carnival with rides and a street food festival today to Sunday. Official opening is at 6 p.m. today on Alexanderplatz with a quiz and live music. Several bands of various music styles perform on all stages until midnight. The audience can listen to Simply Unplugged, AC Angry, Metakilla and From da Soul. Saturday, musical performances continue at 3 p.m. Big Maggas (photo), calling themselves the best looking boy group of the world, perform 10 p.m. to midnight on Alexanderplatz. An Irish Folk Festival with the bands Storytellers and The Dullahans takes place on the stage near Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche. Other bands performing on Saturday are Sharp Noise, The Handsome Dogs, Purple Haze, Elliot, Die Dicken Kinder and the Sawyer Miller Band. Sunday activities start at 10 a.m. with singing for everybody and an open-air worship service at 10:30 a.m. Bands play until 11 p.m. and include The Les Humphries Singers, Acoustic Fight, Downwind, MEP and Revengers. For details, visit www.zweibruecken.de. — Courtesy photo

The following is a list of performances and events happening in the KMC and nearby locations. Dates are subject to change.
Performing arts:
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern:
• Closed for summer vacation. The new play season begins with a theater fest Sept. 9.
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de.
Kammgarn Kaiserslautern:
• The Kammgarn is closed until Sept. 1 for summer vacation. For details, visit www.kammgarn.de.
Kaiserslautern, beer garden, Bremerhof 1:
• The Rock ‘n’ Roll Flamingos present a rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll show, 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
• The Frankfurt City Blues Band performs 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10.
Admission to all Bremerhof concerts is free. For more information, visit www.bremerhof-kl.de.
Kaiserslautern, Volkspark,
Donnersberger Strasse:
• The North Palatinate Musicians consisting of 28 members present a diversified program in the blue music pavilion, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. A bistro serves snacks and beverages. An adventure playground is next to the blue music pavilion.
SWR radio studio, Emmerich-Smola-Platz 1, Kaiserslautern:
• The German Radio Philharmonics Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern present works by Niccolo Paganini and Boris Blacher, 1 p.m. Aug. 31. Tickets with lunch at noon cost €23; tickets without lunch cost €13.
For tickets and reservations, call the tourist information office at 0631-365-2317.
Bildhaus, Musikclub Ventil, Hahnbacherhof 2, Schallodenbach:
• The Rosevalley Sisters perform harmony singing with swing music of the 1930s and 1940s, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 5. The park and gallery opens 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 6. Admission is free. For details, visit bildhaus.info.
Ramstein-Miesenbach, stage in front of town hall (Rathaus):
• Ramstein Summer Nights feature:
Brazilian Night with the Viva Brasil Dance Show and the band Mundo Latino, 8 p.m. today.
Jamaican Night with Superjam, 8 p.m. Aug. 4.
Mexican Night with Los Mexicanos, 8 p.m. Aug. 11.
Irish Night with Giff Gaffy performing folk from Ireland, Scotland and England, and a dance show by the Irish dance school Tir na NOg,
8 p.m. Aug. 18.
Cuban Night with the band
Cuban Affairs, 8 p.m. Aug. 25.
Admission to all otudoor performances is free. For details, visit www.hausdesbuergers.de.
Abbey Church, Otterberg:
• Church concert with clerical choir music from Scandinavia and Germany, 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost €12.
English Theatre, Gallusanlage 7, Frankfurt:
• “Pygmalion,” a satiric show by Bernard Shaw, Sept. 1 through Oct. 26. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays, and 6 p.m. Sundays. For details, visit www.english-theatre.org.

Miscellaneous:
• Kaiserslautern, Gartenschau (dino park) with flower shows, lego display, water playground, miniature golf court. Special events: Saturday: Summer night fest with singer Till Bennewitz at 6 p.m., Smooth Jazz meets Pop feat. Federkail Jazz Music at 7 p.m., the band Brass Machine at 8 p.m., and at 10:45 p.m. fireworks and light show. Sunday: Ecumenical worship service, 11 a.m. in willow church. The children’s crafting and games tent is open 2 to 5 p.m. daily to Aug. 13. Opening hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., to Oct. 31. For details, visit www.gartenschau-kl.de.
• Kaiserslautern, Japanese Garden, Am Abendsberg 1, summer fest Tanabata, Saturday and Sunday. Opening hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, through Oct. 31. For details, visit www.japanischergarten.de.
• Kaiserslautern, Pfalzgalerie Museum, special exhibitions, “Leo Breuer – Constructive,” displaying Breuer’s geometrical-constructive works, through Aug. 6; and “n’zaul d’auter (somewhere else), sculptures and drawings by Walter Moroder, through Aug. 13. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays. For details, visit www.mpk.de.
• Docu Center Ramstein, Schernauer Strasse 46, exhibition, “NCO Club on Ramstein in the 1950s and 1960s,” 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays to Sundays. Admission is free. Visit www.dc-ramstein.de.
• Zweibruecken, center, city fest, today through Sunday.
• Leimen (north of Rodalben), meadow fest, Saturday.
• Thaleischweiler-Froeschen (northwest of Pirmasens), village fest, Saturday and Sunday.
• Neuleiningen (west of Gruenstadt), castle wine fest, today through Monday.
• Gerolsheim (east of Gruenstadt), fountain fest, today and Saturday.
• Annweiler/Trifels medieval fest, today through Sunday.
• Billigheim-Ingenheim (south of Landau), wine fest in Muehlhofen, today to Sunday.
• Roschbach (south of Landau), wine fest, starts 6 p.m. today, Saturday, Monday, and 11 a.m. Sunday.
• Edenkoben (south of Neustadt/German Wine Street), second lampoon ride and castle fest, Saturday.
• Bellheim (east of Landau), mill fest on Mittlemuehlstrasse 7a, live music, eating and drinking specialties, guided tours of sawmill that housed an enamel plate factory, Saturday and Sunday.
• Voelklingen, Voelklinger Huette (ironworks), display “Inca – Gold. Power. God,” through Nov. 26. For details, visit www.voelklingerhuette.org.
Flea markets:
• Kaiserslautern, Pfalz-Center (across from Daenner Kaserne), 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
• Ramstein, flea market hall, Flurstrasse 4, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
• Bad Duerkheim, Saline (salt-works, Gutleutstrasse 48), 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
• Neustad/German Wine Street, Decathlon parking lot, Louis-
Escande-Strasse 30, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
• Gruenstadt, Kaufland, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
• Mettlach (north of Saarlouis), Marktplatz 7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday.
• Sankt Wendel (north of Neun­kirchen), center, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday.


Lawn tractor race
The 14th annual lawn tractor race is 8:15 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Sembach Business Park. The event starts with live music by the band Magic at 7 p.m. today and the band 7ty Proof at 8 p.m. Sunday. There will be a merry-go-round, helicopter rides, food, ice cream and drinks. Admission is free. — Courtesy photo