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Traditional folk festival in Bavaria due to Corona again shortly before the end: "Absolute super disaster"

2021-04-29T01:32:03.459Z


The second summer without folk festivals? The city of Straubing will decide on this Monday evening whether or not there will be another Gäuboden folk festival this year.


The second summer without folk festivals?

The city of Straubing will decide on this Monday evening whether or not there will be another Gäuboden folk festival this year.

Straubing - Thousands of visitors are drawn to Lower Bavaria every year in August, more precisely to the Gäubodenvolksfest in Straubing.

The festival was canceled last year due to the corona pandemic.

And this time it looks bad too.

A rejection would hit the showmen particularly hard.

Gäubodenvolksfest in Straubing shortly before cancellation - "That is 99.9 percent certain"

On this Monday (April 26th) the decision will be made by the Straubing City Council, the cancellation of the Gäuboden Folk Festival will be discussed. According to a spokesman for the city, a cancellation of the festival is relatively certain. “That's 99.9 percent certain. It is impossible for anything else to come out, ”he told

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Straubing's Lord Mayor Markus Pannermayr (CSU) also commented on the status of the Gäubodenvolksfest.

“On Friday, the festival committee unanimously recommended the cancellation of this year's Gäuboden folk festival in view of the fragile infection situation and the associated planning security.

The Gäubodenvolksfest is a very important part of the identity of our region. ”The mayor's cancellation of the festival hurts the mayor, but at the moment there is no telling when and in what form events will be approved again.

Corona in Bavaria: cancellation of the Straubing Gäubodenvolksfest would be a "super disaster" for showmen

The popular folk festival would then be canceled for the second time in a row. It is not yet clear whether there will be an alternative program. This affects the showmen in particular. For six months now, they have not been able to offer their rides or food stands at any folk festival or Christmas market. “The cancellation is an absolute disaster for showmen, for the festival hosts, for the whole region, for the whole district. It's the second year without a festival. The Gäubodenfest is the fifth season of the year in Straubing. Part of the culture dies there too. We showmen have a 1200 year old culture - we have had no festivals since December 2019. A part of our lives is being lost, ”says Günter Haimerl, the chairman of the Showmen's Association of East Bavaria, to the

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The then Finance Minister Markus Söder * opened the Gäubodenfest six years ago.

Folk festivals in Bavaria: "Certainly there will be no festival this year"

The Gäubodenvolksfest is also important for the economy in Straubing.

Not only the showmen benefit from the folk festival, the business of taxi companies, restaurants, traditional costume shops and many other industries is booming in August.

Will it stay with the one rejection?

“Certainly there won't be a festival this year.

We expect the Oktoberfest in Munich to be canceled in May, June *.

That hurts, it's a fiasco for everyone, ”says Haimerl.

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* Merkur.de / tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

Source: merkur

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