Mosbach summer

Open-air event of the Mosbach summer on the Mosbach market square

Folk on the Neckar in the moat in Mosbach-Neckarelz

The Mosbach Summer is a nine-week open-air cultural program organized by the city of Mosbach in the summer months from July to the beginning of September . It takes place in different places and rooms in Mosbach and its districts. The large and small Elzpark, the Hospitalhof, the Alte Mälzerei , the market square and the moat in Mosbach- Neckarelz have always served as event locations. The events include open-air performances of theater and cabaret, concerts in the music genres pop, rock, classical, folk, jazz as well as hands-on activities, children's play festivals and open-air cinema nights.

history

The first Mosbach summer took place from July 6th to September 5th, 1986 under the motto “There's always something going on in Mosbach”. The aim of the series of events was to reach as many social strata and age groups as possible. The first "Mosbacher Summer" was successful, so the city decided to continue the series of events. In 2007, around 31,000 people visited the 22nd Mosbach Summer, which was the record number of visitors. Dieter Thomas Kuhn but also Jethro Tull and Deep Purple have been guests at Mosbacher Sommer several times.

Events

Open air film nights

The Open Air Film Nights have been taking place since 1995, in the Neckarelz castle moat since 2016. The film Titanic was shown in 1998 and holds the record attendance with around 1,600 viewers. In 2012, the French comedy Pretty Best Friends reached around 2,100 visitors over two performances.

International street theater

The international street theater has been an integral part of the Mosbach summer since 1991. Artists from Australia, the USA, Taiwan, France, Switzerland, Great Britain, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic played on the squares in front of Mosbach's old town.

Pub cult tour

The city of Mosbach has been organizing the KneipenKultTour since 2002. That night, live bands from the region play in the Mosbach pubs.

Folk on the Neckar

The Folk am Neckar Festival, or FaN for short, is an integral part of the Mosbach summer. In the open air, guests and bands from different nations come together to make and listen to folk music in the moat in Mosbach-Neckarelz.

Guest performances by the Badische Landesbühne

Theater takes place primarily in the form of open air guest performances by the Badische Landesbühne . For adults, “The Servant of Two Masters”, “The Three Musketeers”, “Don Quixote”, “As You Like It” or “William Tell” were played. The plays "The Jungle Book", "Peter Pan", "Treasure Island" or "Ali Baba and the 40 Robbers" were part of the children's program.

Guests

Theater and opera

Bernd Lafrenz (1999, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014)

Chawwerusch Theater Herxheim "Ulenspiegel" (1993), "Like a Bird" (2000)

NN Theater Cologne "Faust" (1998), "The Nibelungs" (2004)

Arena di Verona, La Scala "Aida" in Milan (2004)

Stagione d'Opera Italiana " Nabucco " (2007)

Theater Lindenhof Melchingen "Die Geierwally" (2009)

Cavewoman (2012)

Michael Quast & Philipp Mosetter (2018)

Web links

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