Magnifest

Center of the Magnifest: the Magni Church .

The Magnifest is a street festival with cabaret and market stalls that has been taking place every year since 1974, mostly on the first weekend in September, with up to 150,000 visitors in the historic Magniviertel in Braunschweig .

history

The first Magnifest took place in 1974 on the Magnikirchplatz and the Ölschlägern and was planned as a community festival by the business people for the residents. The three-day event is one of the largest and oldest district festivals in Northern Germany.

activities

The Magnifest usually begins on the Friday of the first weekend in September with the opening speech of the incumbent mayor. As an open-air event, it offers a mixture of live music, cabaret and gastronomy. The appearances of professional cover and tribute bands who play the music of well-known artists are particularly numerous.

The Magnifest extends over the Magniviertel.

Individual evidence

↑ Mechthild Wiswe : Magniviertel. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 151 .
↑ Official homepage of the Magnifest
↑ Braunschweiger Zeitung: The 32nd Magni Festival starts on Friday

Web links

Commons : Magnifest - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Mechthild Wiswe : Magniviertel. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 151 .

[Magnifest-2] Official homepage of the Magnifest

[3] Braunschweiger Zeitung: The 32nd Magni Festival starts on Friday