Joe Hatchiban

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Joe Hatchiban 2009 in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg

Joe Hatchiban (* 1973 in Dublin , real name Gareth Lennon ) is an Irish music organizer in Berlin.

Live and act

In his youth , Gareth Lennon boxed . At the age of 25 he ended his sporting career after several defeats as an amateur boxer . He studied German in Dublin and worked as a cook in Portugal . He has lived in Berlin since 2003, where he works as a bicycle courier .

Bearpit karaoke

Bearpit Karaoke 2010 in Berlin's Mauerpark

Since 2009 Gareth Lennon has been organizing a karaoke show as Joe Hatchiban in the amphitheater of the Mauerpark in Prenzlauer Berg . The Bearpit karaoke with a mobile sound system takes place on 23 Sundays between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. or sunset and is attended by an average of over 1000 spectators on the open-air stage . Joe Hatchiban himself sings the first and last song of the day on his show.

There were several arguments about the event. According to a decision by the district office of Pankow in 2012, Hatchiban should only receive a special usage permit for 12 events a year for 1500 € usage fees in the Mauerpark, as other artists would be disadvantaged. The office revised the decision. In 2018, the karaoke show was the only one exempted from a Sunday concert ban in the Mauerpark achieved by the AfD . In March 2019, the karaoke show was temporarily banned for the duration of construction work.

The Karaoke Show Joe Hatchibans applies to Berlin tourists as an attraction and is in several guidebooks listed.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Simone Schlosser: Karaoke singing in the open air. Portrait of Joe Hatchiban. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . April 28, 2010, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ "The boxes survived, the laptop died". In: Der Tagesspiegel . August 26, 2016, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b "It would be a shame to be driven out of the park". In: rbb24 . March 12, 2019, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Mauerpark karaoke: stolen cargo bike. In: Der Tagesspiegel . August 15, 2018, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Lucia Jay von Seldeneck, Verena Eidel: 111 Berliners that one should know . Emons Verlag , ISBN 978-3-95451-845-6 , 65_Joe Hatchiban.
  6. ↑ Anette Kögel: Intermission for karaoke in the Mauerpark. In: Der Tagesspiegel . May 21, 2012, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Thomas Schubert: The dispute over musicians in Mauerpark threatens to escalate. After several complaints about disturbance of the peace, the end of the Sunday concerts in the former death strip threatens. In: Berliner Morgenpost . September 20, 2018, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Kai Felhaus: Karaoke ban in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. Mauerpark is our park. In: image . March 13, 2019, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Berlin's great Sunday stage. Karaoke in the Mauerpark. In: n-tv . April 3, 2011, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Andrea Schulte-Peevers: Lonely Planet Travel Guide Berlin (=  Lonely Planet Travel Guide ). Lonely Planet , 2015, ISBN 978-3-8297-2367-1 .
  11. ^ Susanne Kilimann, Rasso Knoller, Christian Nowak: Short trip Berlin . Trescher Verlag , ISBN 978-3-89794-463-3 , pp. 136 .
personal data
SURNAME Hatchiban, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lennon, Gareth (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish music organizer
DATE OF BIRTH 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin