Summer glow festival
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| General information | |
| place | Hofheim am Taunus , Germany |
| genre | Rock , pop , electro |
| Website | www.sommerschein.de |
| Visitor numbers | |
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| approx. 5000 (2015, estimate by the organizer) | |
 
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The Summer Sparkle Festival (in its own case and summer glow festival is) a volunteer organized and held annually forming since 1996 open air - music festival in the Hessian town of Hofheim am Taunus in the Rhine-Main area , the regional from local Förderkreis culture e. V. is organized. It takes place on the grounds of the Sportpark Heide.
festival
Regional and national bands have appeared on the three days of the event since 1996. The organizers of the festival have set themselves the goal of offering people of all age groups a festival where they can meet, different styles of music from rock , pop , electro etc. a. can enjoy and do not have to pay an entrance fee. The spectators are now also given the opportunity to camp free of charge on the specially demarcated campsite directly on the festival site.
In 2007 the festival had around 7,000 visitors. In the years that followed, 6,000–8,000 spectators came to the festival, even if the funding was a challenge for the organizers. In 2012 around 60 volunteers were active. The following year the festival had to be significantly reduced in size, as it became increasingly difficult to raise funds for the event in advance and to win sponsors. The number of visitors to the 19th festival recorded a significant decline in 2014, when only around 2000 mainly older guests came. According to the organizer, around 5000 visitors came to the 20th anniversary in August 2015.
Promotion of regional artists
The Sommerschein Festival offers young artists from the region a platform to present themselves to an audience. Young bands get the chance to present themselves throughout the day, on Friday and Saturday evenings nationally known bands such as Das Action Team , Mighty Vibes , Pandora's Bliss or Cashma Hoody are on the program.
Family program
In addition to the music groups, the festival offers a supporting program over the weekend. In recent years this has included a graffiti workshop, a skate ramp, a climbing wall and a bouncy castle, for example.
Non-profit financing
No entry fees are charged for the festival. With the income from the supporting events, an attempt is made to financially make the following summer festival possible. Since these are aimed at a broad audience, the largest part of the association's budget still makes up donations, sponsorship contributions and a small amount of support from the city of Hofheim.
Alcohol prevention concept
In addition to promoting artists, the concept includes designing the festival and all club activities in such a way that young people can have fun without alcohol. That is why there is a concept in the association that opposes the serving of hard alcohol. This was developed in close cooperation with the city of Hofheim am Taunus , especially the youth work team.
The Union
In addition to the actual festival, the Förderkreis Kultur regional e. V. distributes several music-related events throughout the year, such as the club appearance at the Hofheim district town summer, unplugged and open-stage projects, soccer tournaments and various events in the Hofheim am Taunus jazz cellar.
Web links
- Event website
- 2015 Kreisblatt - The anniversary is padded
- 2015 Wiesbadener Tagblatt - Summer Festival in Hofheim
- 2010 FR Online - Hofheim Chilling with the summer glow
Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 44.9 " N , 8 ° 24 ′ 55.2" E
Individual evidence
- ↑ 16 bands heat around 5,000 visitors . In: Hofheimer Zeitung , August 25, 2015, accessed on January 14, 2016.
- ↑ 2015 Hot rock instead of forest fire . In: Taunus Zeitung , August 24, 2015, accessed on January 14, 2016.
- ^ Jöran Harders: Summer Festival is rising again. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. August 16, 2008, accessed January 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Summer glow: cloudy prospect. In: Highest circular sheet. May 3, 2012, accessed January 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Sascha Krönder: The festival is in crisis. In: Highest circular sheet. August 12, 2013, accessed January 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Regular audience is now gray. In: Hofheimer Zeitung. August 5, 2014, accessed January 18, 2016 .
- ↑ 16 bands heat around 5000 visitors. In: Hofheimer Zeitung. August 28, 2015, accessed January 18, 2016 .
- ↑ The jubilee is padded. In: Hofheimer Zeitung , August 18, 2015, accessed on January 15, 2016.