Samba Festival Coburg

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The Coburg International Samba Festival is a samba festival that has been taking place in the Upper Franconian city of Coburg since 1992 . It is the largest event of its kind outside of Brazil , the stronghold of samba dance and samba music . It is privately organized and took place for the first time in 1992 with 20 groups from Germany and abroad, two years later there were already 40 groups with 1,000 active participants. There are now around 100 groups with around 3,000 active participants. Every year around 200,000 visitors come.

procedure

The festival takes place annually on the second weekend in July. On Friday evenings and from Saturday morning onwards, various music groups appear simultaneously on around ten stages. On Saturday evening, the city center is transformed into a party with samba rhythms until late at night. Many of the samba groups present not only appear on the official stages at the designated times, but also move through the streets and alleys of the old town , making music , where they are usually surrounded by many listeners and fellow dancers. In addition to the open-air performances, there are also events and parties e.g. B. in the Morizkirche , in the congress house or in the Angerturnhalle. On Sunday, the festival begins with an open-air samba service and culminates in the large parade that moves through the city towards the stage on Schlossplatz.

The supporting program includes various workshops, children's programs, beauty contests, etc. In the city center, numerous market stalls are set up where food, drinks, clothing, jewelry and the like are offered.

The musicians are selected in an application process by the event company Sambaco-GmbH. Apart from the main acts, the samba groups that perform do not receive any fees or reimbursement of expenses. However, they will be provided with tent sites and rooms in schools for overnight stays, as well as food in a supply tent on the castle square.

The open-air venues for the samba groups are at Schlossplatz, Marktplatz, Albertsplatz, Prinzengarten, Hofgarten, Salzmarkt, Wein-Oertel and Mauer.

history

The idea of ​​organizing a samba festival in Coburg goes back to the actor and musician Michael Häfner , who came to the city through his involvement at the Coburg State Theater. He had traveled to South America and completed his training at the International School of Percussion in Munich, where he became acquainted with the Brazilian samba. In Coburg, Häfner initially met with skepticism. Then Häfner found support for his idea from Coburg's Lord Mayor Norbert Kastner and from Frank Rebhan, Kastner's office manager. HUK-Coburg provided financial support until 1997 . From July 17 to 19, 1992, the first Samba Festival took place in Coburg - mostly on a voluntary basis - for which 250 artists from 18 different Samba schools also gathered unexpected 30,000 guests in the city. Every year the Queen of Samba comes from Rio de Janeiro. The number of visitors soon stabilized at around 200,000 a year. Around 3000 musicians appear in around 100 different groups every year.

Spectators in front of the main stage at Schlossplatz, 2005

Highlights

Dance competition on Friday

In 2006, as part of the city's 950th anniversary of Coburg , a world record attempt was made. “Probably the largest samba bateria in the world” with 2858 players came together on July 8, 2006 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the Schlossplatz. However, the world record was never officially confirmed, which should have been due to the communication between the organizer and Guinness world records .

In 2007 the festival was broadcast live on Bavarian television for the first time.

In 2008 the festival opened in the broadcast Abendschau live. The Saturday afternoon parade was also broadcast live on television. The world record attempt, which failed in 2006, was successfully rescheduled. The officially largest samba bateria in the world, consisting of 2198 sambistas, played in the city center.

In 2010, the star guest of the festival was Shayene Cesario, the then reigning queen of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro . In addition, a selection of 15 Brazilian U21 football players were guests, who also played a friendly match against a Coburg football club and played in the original jerseys of the Brazilian national team.

In 2011 the opening took place for the first time by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Coburg State Theater . In the Beleza Negra competition , the most beautiful colored woman of the Samba Festival was chosen. Giovane Élber , Fernanda Brandão and Roberto Blanco were the star guests . The Samba Festival was awarded the Bavarian Export Prize 2011 in the Incoming Tourism category by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs .

2012 was the star guest Fernando Brandao .

In 2013 the patron of the festival was Federal Minister of the Interior Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich .

In 2014 the festival in Rio de Janeiro was awarded the Edison Carneiro Prize for the best samba event outside of Rio by the Edison Carneiro Association.

In 2015 the Sambareggae band Olodum from Bahia performed, which had already played with Michael Jackson and Paul Simon. In addition, presenter Fernanda Brandao and top model Sara Nuru came to Coburg. In 2015, the patron was the Bavarian Minister of Home Affairs Markus Söder .

At the 25th Festival 2016 the VIP guests were the footballer Dante and the dancers Massimo Sinato and Ekatarina Leonova from Let's Dance. Due to the European Football Championship in France , the final was broadcast as a public viewing on the Schlossplatz on Sunday. For the anniversary of the festival, the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Ilse Aigner was the patron.

In 2017, Joachim Hermann , Minister of State for the Interior, was the patron. As an official guest, Shirin David opened the festival together with the reigning Samba Queen and the reigning Samba King from Rio de Janeiro .

In 2018 the Let's Dance stars Motsi Mabuse , Oana Nechiti and Erich Klann were guests.

In 2019 Fernanda Brandão and Giovane Élber were guests as well as the Colombian troupe Aainjaa .

Trivia

  • In recent years, a complaint hotline has been set up during the festival, which residents can contact in the event of excessive harassment.
  • In 2017, entry wristbands cost 26 euros for the whole weekend; For the individual days 19, 22 and 13 euros (Fri, Sat, Sun). (As of 2017; box office)
  • Over the entire weekend, additional income of almost 5 million euros will flow into the city's restaurants and hotels, among other things.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.samba-festival.de/samba-festival2018/infos/
  2. ↑ Popular samba festival again attracts Brazil fans to Coburg At: brasilienmagazin.net. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  3. ↑ Brazilian U21 selection. ( Memento from July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ a b Hot rhythms. Coburg in samba fever. ( Memento from August 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) At: br-online.de. July 11, 2011, accessed September 2, 2011.
  5. ↑ South American way of life: Colorful parade to the Samba Festival in Coburg. At: meinanzeiger.de. July 11, 2011, accessed September 2, 2011.
  6. ↑ Bavaria Export Prize. Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
  7. ^ Coburger Tageblatt, December 10, 2013.
  8. ^ Samba Festival 2016 in Coburg: program, artists and directions . In: inFranken.de . ( infranken.de [accessed on July 11, 2017]).
  9. ↑ 200,000 visitors at the anniversary samba festival in Coburg . In: inFranken.de . ( infranken.de [accessed on July 11, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Shirin opens the Samba Festival in Coburg . In: inFranken.de . ( infranken.de [accessed on July 11, 2017]).
  11. ↑ Sambafestival in Coburg 2017. In: inFranken.de. Retrieved July 16, 2017 .
  12. ↑ The infectious joie de vivre at mein-amadeus.de
  13. ↑ Samba: City of Coburg switches the helpline again . In: inFranken.de . ( infranken.de [accessed on July 11, 2017]).
  14. ↑ Shirin opens the Samba Festival in Coburg . In: inFranken.de . ( infranken.de [accessed on July 11, 2017]).