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The May carnival offers a wide variety of rides and vendor’s booths today through June 8 on Kaiserslautern’s Messeplatz fairgrounds.
Kaiserslautern’s May carnival, “Maikerwe,” will start at 5 p.m. today on the Messeplatz fair-grounds and continue on through June 8. This event is known as the biggest folks fest in West Pfalz.
Ride owners and vendors will offer their attractions, merchandise and food specialties in the giant “amusement city.” Maikerwe will officially open the event at 7 p.m. today with the tapping of the first keg of beer in the fest tent, and a fireworks display will begin around 10 p.m.
The carnival will offer a variety of rides for adults and children. Highlights include: the rollover swing “Avenger” and “XXL-No.1,” which takes visitors more than 145 feet up in the air at a high speed, and like every year, the Breakdance, Shake and Musikexpress rides are fast also. Visitors can enjoy looking over the fairgrounds from the roof terrace and Skyline Cafe located in the biggest mobile skyscraper in the world, the Tower Event Center. Just taking a walk upstairs will give visitors thrills and surrealistic surprises.
The fun house, “Crazy Island,” will have more than 50 obstacles covering a total of five stories. The rollercoaster “High Explosive” will have racing fun for everyone and the giant Ferris wheel “Juwel” will allow families to enjoy a great view overlooking the amusement park.
Children can have fun with skills games, pony rides, driving the miniscooters and riding the merry-go-rounds.
The beer gardens, chicken tent and fest tents will lure hungry and thirsty visitors with Palatinate and international culinary specialties including crispy chicken, ham hocks and crepes — pizza and fish will also be available at the food booths.
The “shopping street” will provide late-night shopping fun and vendors will sell a variety of merchandise including clothes, household items, leather goods, jewelry, spices, arts and crafts items.
There will be reduced prices and special offers for Family Day until 7 p.m.
June 3.
American carnival-goers can enjoy a Dollar Day on June 5 and pay in their own currency since most ride owners will be willing to trade one-to-one that day.
The carnival will close out with a fireworks display around 10 p.m. June 8.
The rides will be open from 1 to 11 p.m. every day, and until midnight on Saturdays. Some food booths and vendors will open at 11 a.m.
Traditionally, on the first carnival Sunday, stores in Kaiserslautern will be open from 1 to 6 p.m.
