Pushing days
The Schiebocker Days are one of the largest folk festivals in Upper Lusatia in Saxony . Since 1994, the event has traditionally been held on the third weekend in June each year on the historic old market in Bischofswerda .
history
The pusher , a one-wheeled wooden cart with which traders and farmers have been transporting their goods to the market since the Middle Ages, earned the town of Bischofswerda its nickname according to folk etymology . When organizing the first "Schiebocker Days of Modern Times" at the beginning of the 1990s, the organizers oriented themselves towards the tradition and naming of the Bischofswerda city festivals, which were held as open-air events on the city's market square around 1900 under the same name.
Today's character
In addition to several evening open-air parties on the historic old market of the city and the adjacent streets with a variety of live music performances, visitors to the Schiebocker Tage will find the largest collection of showmen and their rides in Upper Lusatia after the Jacobi market in Neugersdorf .
Historical parades with over 1,000 participants in up to 100 pictures depict the history of the city and its surroundings.
Since 2004, the Schiebocker Days have been supplemented by an independent children and youth festival, the climax of which in 2008 is the final of the Guitar Flight Club competition, which is being held throughout Germany for the first time.
The highlight of the sliding block days are the world championships in sliding block races, which have also been held annually since 1994.
The cultural office of the city of Bischofswerda is responsible for the Schiebocker Days. According to official estimates by the organizers, the Schiebocker Tage visit between twelve and fifteen thousand residents and guests every year. Exact visitor numbers cannot be determined due to the waiver of the collection of entrance fees.