The Oktoberfest in Munich is over: The Oktoberfest 2020 will not take place because of the corona pandemic - it is a huge setback for all showmen. A satire magazine now has an idiosyncratic suggestion.
- Since the beginning of the Corona crisis in Munich *, speculation about a possible Oktoberfest cancellation has been ongoing .
- Already on Monday evening (April 20), the indications of the end were condensed.
- Prime Minister Markus Söder and Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter announced the cancellation at a joint press conference on Tuesday (April 21).
Update from April 26: Even days after the decision to cancel the Oktoberfest 2020, the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) still doesn't really want to part with the Oktoberfest. Without beer tents, with a one-way street system and a mouth guard for operators, Aiwanger imagines the symbolic replacement Oktoberfest 2020 at the “Sunday Stammtich” on the Bavarian Radio (BR). There is great agreement among the population for the decision of the unusual duo made up of Prime Minister M arkus Söder (CSU) and Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD).
"This is a beer garden business with a sufficient distance, where you don't meet in the one-way system," explains Aiwanger that it is simply a "question of definition" of how the Oktoberfest should look like. Guests would then have to sit at a distance of one and a half meters, "why not?" Asks Aiwanger.
Under similar conditions, the Minister of Economic Affairs already sees the Bavarian beer gardens open again - "in the next few weeks" and everywhere in Bavaria.
"Hopefully it doesn't rain," cabaret artist Luise Kinseher interjected sarcastically. For her, a feeling of togetherness is part of the Oktoberfest. Apparently there is no place for distance rules .
Aiwanger had already provoked discussions with the coalition partner CSU with his ideas for the Oktoberfest 2020 last week.
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Update of April 23: "I am absolutely in favor of racking our brains now," mused Hubert Aiwanger (free voters) in an interview with the Bild newspaper, "How can we approach a small replacement commemorative Oktoberfest ." Otherwise he feared "deep scratches on the Bavarian people's soul".
Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) had already clearly rejected the idea of a replacement Oktoberfest . From the CSU now come even clearer words in the direction of Aiwanger.
Oktoberfest cancellation: CSU man complains about Aiwanger - concentration on the "core tasks"
Instead of philosophizing about the existence of festivals , he should rather really take care of the concerns of the Bavarian economy , CSU general secretary Markus Blume complains about the deputy prime minister.
He also demands that everyone “concentrate on the core tasks in their department,” quotes the German press agency . As Minister of State for Economics, Regional Development and Energy, Aiwanger should have other priorities than conceiving a replacement for the blown-off Oktoberfest , Blume warns with a note of hundreds of thousands of threatened jobs.
Oktoberfest cancellation: satire page provides new idea of how to save the Oktoberfest - fans are thrilled
Update, 10:05 pm: Nothing is with the Oktoberfest this year! The Oktoberfest in Munich has been canceled due to the corona crisis . For many showmen , waiters and snack bar owners, this means losses in some cases that threaten their very existence.
The satire magazine Postillon has now brought a very idiosyncratic suggestion into the discussion of how one could still save the Oktoberfest 2020 : through a delivery service through the waitresses from the festival grounds on Theresienwiese to the people of Munich.
The measure of beer to go? A jokingly suggested suggestion by a satire magazine to cancel the Oktoberfest.
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It would not be satire if the overpriced prices at the world's biggest fair were not the subject. For example, the celebrants could order a measure of beer at home at the usual price of eleven to twelve euros plus a four-euro delivery fee - probably an allusion to the high tips.
Oktoberfest cancellation: fans are enthusiastic about "Oktoberfest delivery service"
Furthermore, white sausages would be available at a price of 7.50 euros, or a pork knuckle with dumplings for a mere 21.60 euros. All just fun - that may comfort a little over the melancholy.
Many fans of the satire page reacted at least enthusiastically on Facebook . "The food is then delivered by rickshaw and would in my distance of 1.5 km to Oktoberfest costs just fast times 50 Euro more, which does not do anything for a little Oktoberfest Feeling * lol *," a user wrote.
Another Facebook user said: “Thank God. Perhaps you could still part the lawn from the Kotzhügel in small parcels (approx. 15x15cm) and enclose it with the delivery if you order more than five dimensions per person. "
And another user wrote: “To get this delivered, you first have to get hold of a virtual table in the virtual beer tent . And then it really hangs there. "
After Wiesn-Aus: showmen plead for temporary amusement parks
Update, 11:16 p.m .: After the cancellation of the Oktoberfest and other folk festivals, the showmen call for a rescue package for the industry.
The financial situation of the showmen is dramatic, said the president of the German Showman Association, Albert Ritter, the Bavarian radio on Wednesday. "If the state prohibits professional practiceIf it is pronounced, the state must also help. ”Ritter also asked to check whether smaller folk festivals would not be possible later in the year.
The South German Showmen's Association also spoke out against a general end for popular festivals.
Instead, one could build temporary amusement parks , so to speak , that are family-friendly, the association chairman Lorenz Kalb told the "Nürnberger Nachrichten" (Wednesday). "Of course without admission. With significantly broadened visitor streets and controlled access to the individual companies. "
Update April 22, 8:48 a.m .: Not all people in Munich are sad that the Oktoberfest has been canceled. Some even seem to feel a little bit malicious. This is also suggested by a comment on the Jodel social media platform.
"To everyone who sublet their room during the Oktoberfest and expected the thousands of euros (black): I have no pity for you," smiles a Munich man there in a posting that is being discussed intensely.
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Many users do not want to leave the accusation like this. "If I live nearby, don't want to go to Wiesn and go to the parents for two weeks and rent that (the apartment, ed.), There is no problem," can be read in a comment. Another yodel user refers to the enriching acquaintances he made as a "Oktoberfest landlord".
But further down in the thread there is also understanding for the violent accusation : "It is not about the rental itself, but about the outrageous prices that are called up".
Oktoberfest off due to Corona: Oktoberfest hosts express themselves - "hoped to the end"
Update, 9:55 p.m .: Even for the no longer active Oktoberfest rocks , the cancellation of the Oktoberfest * is an absolute novelty. "We couldn't believe it until the end," says Ludwig Wiggerl Hagn , the former owner of the Löwenbräuzelt , in an interview with tz . In view of the corona situation, it came as no surprise worldwide: "It is more of a joke to have a cozy atmosphere behind a protective mask ," says Hagn. Just like distance rules on the beer bench .
Wiggerl Hagn has been working at the Oktoberfest for more than 60 years , then got his first own tent in 1979. There has never been a year off. "A Oktoberfest has to take place every year," he still says today. It's just not possible this year. "I'm not angry with the mayor , not even angry with Ischgl or anyone else." Wiggerl Hagn was only worried about the effects of the cancellation: in 1957 the Munich carnival was canceled because of the Sinai war. "He has never recovered since then."
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Update, 8.30pm: After the Oktoberfest has been canceled, open questions remain for people who have already planned their visit - and who have already reserved tables. The hosts of the large marquees have already started informing their regular guests about the Oktoberfest, reports the tz . Host spokesman Peter Inselkammer gives us a little hope: "Perhaps we can offer those who have already made reservations this year a permanent place next year."
Meanwhile, the hosts themselves have not yet digested the news that the Oktoberfest will be canceled due to the corona crisis . "I love the Oktoberfest more than anything - its cancellation hits me very hard personally," Weinzelt host Stephan Kuffler told tz .
Inselkammer, host of the crossbowman's tent, had "hoped and worried until the end". Inselkammer has not really realized the news yet: “I have to honestly say that I am a year without an O'zapft! still can't imagine. "
In an exclusive interview with tz , OB Reiter also explains how things will continue - and whether the Oktoberfest 2021 will even be extended *.
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17:26: There is good news for Oktoberfest fans : The Oktoberfest beer is being brewed despite the cancellation, the Munich Breweries Association now announced.
Hofbräu Munich already starts brewing beer in April. According to spokesman Stefan Hempl, around 15 percent of the Oktoberfest beer from the State Hofbräuhaus was drunk at the Oktoberfest last year - that was 743,400 measures. In total, however, around five million liters were brewed, just under half of it for export. The rest went to the trade or the catering trade .
This year it will probably be a little less beer - after all, pubs are closed and popular festivals are canceled. "It will probably not be queried in the crowd as usual," explains Hempl.
Oktoberfest boss designs dark scenario according to bad news: "For many there is a threat ..."
3:47 p.m .: The Oktoberfest is canceled, the corona crisis penetrates more and more into everyday life. Florian Thomä, showman at the Oktoberfest, has a grim forecast - until well after the Oktoberfest.
14:37: The cancellation of the Oktoberfest must not, in the opinion of the showmen, become the blueprint for other popular festivals. "The end of the Munich Oktoberfest 2020 must not automatically mean the end of all German folk festivals," demanded the German Showmen's Association on Tuesday.
"The festivals are of vital importance for the showmen and for the local population are central anchors of their social and cultural coexistence," it said. The Oktoberfest cancellation should "not be an indicator that other public festivals in Germany must be canceled prematurely and prematurely from the end of August".
The Oktoberfest is the figurehead and flagship of the German folk festivals worldwide . No other festival is so present in the media, none draws so many visitors under its spell, is a magnet for millions of tourists from all over Europe, South-East Asia and the USA and welcomes up to 400,000 visitors in a single day. The Oktoberfest is a wonderful festival - but not representative of the 9750 other German folk festivals.
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2:11 p.m .: Figures presented by the City of Munich in its City Hall survey impressively demonstrate the economic consequences of the cancellation of the Oktoberfest: More than 500 companies are at the Oktoberfest every year: from marquee to chicken and sausage roasters to carousel companies and showrooms to pretzel, almond or souvenir stands.
Around 13,000 jobs are created at the Oktoberfest during the “Oktoberfest season”. 8,000 employees are employed on a permanent basis, and a further 5,000 find changing jobs at the Oktoberfest.
13:06: The Oktoberfest cancellation is not unexpected, says Wiesn chief Clemens Baumgärtner (CSU). "It still hits me personally." But: "The top premise must be that the largest folk festival in the world must not pose any health risk to the guests."
From the landlord to the carousel operator to security guards, waitresses and pretzel vendors: For all of them, the cancellation is a hard blow. But above all, she meets the showmen , says Baumgärtner. “This industry will not generate any significant sales in 2020. For many, the economic threat is threatening. "
Oktoberfest 2020 was canceled due to the corona pandemic.
© dpa / Ken Liu
"Because of the lengthy preparatory work involved in planning and awarding, the Oktoberfest can neither be postponed nor in another format," said the festival manager. “Organizing an emergency party would permanently damage the Oktoberfest brand. The Gesamtkunstwerk Oktoberfest either exists entirely - or not at all. ”
12.56 p.m .: The Oktoberfest 2020 has been canceled. Now a post on Twitter is causing a lot of confusion. Should the Oktoberfest 2020 take place in North Rhine-Westphalia?
Oktoberfest cancellation "must not lead to total damage to the hospitality industry"
12.14 p.m .: The cancellation of the Oktoberfest is a new bad news for the Bavarian hospitality industry , which is already badly hit. Association manager Thomas Geppertsaid on Tuesday that the decision "must not lead to total damage to the hospitality industry, the industry needs the reduced VAT rate more than ever and a rescue fund."
The cancellation is "not only a huge loss for the city, but far beyond". Due to the economic interdependence, "large parts of the economy would clearly feel this loss".
11.12 a.m .: The Oktoberfest 2020 in Munich is canceled. Mayor Reiter and Prime Minister Söder announced the decision. Responses on the net were not long in coming. Not all potential guests are sad, as a list shows.
Extend Oktoberfest 2021 by a week? "Even if virus is no longer an issue next year ..."
10.40 a.m .: The Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament and Director of the Bavarian Memorial Foundation, Karl Freller (CSU) , brought an extension of the Oktoberfest into play the following year after the cancellation of the Oktoberfest 2020 due to the corona pandemic . “If the #Oktoberfest has to be canceled, then the Oktoberfest 2021 could be extended by a week. Just a suggestion ... “, he wrote on Twitter last week.
If the #Oktoberfest has to be canceled, the Oktoberfest 2021 could be extended by a week. Just a suggestion ...
- Karl Freller (@KarlFreller) April 16, 2020An extension would also help the showmen and innkeepers who lack the income from this year, said Freller on Tuesday of the German Press Agency. In addition, this could somewhat correct the operation in the tents. "Even if the virus is hopefully no longer an issue next year, it won't hurt." In addition, guests from abroad would have a longer chance of catching up on a visit.
10:34 am: "What I cannot imagine at all is a half-empty beer tent," added the spokesman for the Inselkammer. Around the world, people know the pictures of people celebrating in tents filled to the last seat. Marquee visitors with mouthguards would also have been difficult to imagine - last but not least, they would have been impractical for an important activity at the Oktoberfest: "I imagine drinking a little difficult with this."
10.09 a.m .: The Oktoberfest hosts reacted with great regret, but also great understanding, to the Oktoberfest cancellation . "The health of our guests is particularly important to us and has top priority," said the spokesman for the Oktoberfest hosts, Peter Inselkammer. The refusal also touched the hosts emotionally.
In addition to the Oktoberfest, according to the Prime Minister, other popular festivals in the Free State in late summer and autumn are about to be canceled. If the Oktoberfest could not take place, then this also applies to "similar festivals" that were to take place in Bavaria in the same period .
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“We also think it would be irresponsible to do that there. You can't make a beer tent at the Oktoberfest, but somewhere else. "
"It's not just about the Oktoberfest, we also have a few other festivals that are also short on time, be it Gillamoos or others that we have to make a similar decision here," emphasized Söder. The Gillamoos folk festival in Abensberg was supposed to take place in early September. But the autumn festival in Rosenheim has also been planned for late August to mid-September. According to Söder's statements, their formal rejection seems to be only a matter of form. Others, such as the Gäuboden folk festival in Straubing , have already been canceled.
Reiter also emphasized that there could be folk festivals, especially the Oktoberfest, of course, "but there simply weren't any others during this time."
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9:12 am: "A beer tent does not depend on people keeping their distance", Söder continues the decision just announced. The Central Agricultural Festival on Theresienwiese also does not take place. For him and the city of Munich, the scenario was an “emotionally and economically difficult moment,” said OB Reiter. According to the city, the Wiesn 2019 had an economic value of around 1.23 billion euros.
Statement in the video: Söder and Reiter explain why the Oktoberfest has to be canceled
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