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Landstuhl celebrates city fest
Landstuhl celebrates its 27th city fest today through Sunday. The event features a musical program with more than 20 bands on three stages, regional culinary specialties and a car display behind Stadthalle. Sunday, stores are open from 1 to 6 p.m. The fest opens with officials tapping the first keg of beer at 6:30 p.m. today followed by Wings of Dixie, a U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band, performing until 8:30 p.m. The bands Teamwork, Copyright, 7ty Proof and Funhouse plays P!nk perform until 11:30 p.m. More bands will perform from 3:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit www.stadtfest-landstuhl.de.
The following is a list of performances and events happening in the KMC and nearby locations. Dates are subject to change.
Performing arts:
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern:
• An open house and theater fest under the motto, “Happy Birthday,” starts the new play season, 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday.
• “Nur noch kurz die Welt retten,” a Europe revue, 8 p.m. Sunday and Sept. 27.
• “Herzog Blaubarts Burg” and “Der Zwerg,” two operas in German, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19, 27 and 30.
• “Everyman,” a rock mystery with the progressive metal band Vanden Plas, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 and Oct. 1.
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de.
Kammgarn Kaiserslautern:
• Party: “I love ’90s,” ’90s music non-stop, 11 p.m. today. Tickets cost €5.
• NoM: Raw, Blike, Jaemmerlappen, Aylin Mueller with rock and pop, 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets
cost €12.
• Guitar player Thomas Blug & Band perform songs by Jimi Hendrix, 8 p.m. Thursday. Tickets cost €17.
• Nuit de la Chanson with Pauline Ngoc and Pauline Paris presenting French chansons, 8 p.m. Sept. 18 (in carpenter shop). Tickets cost €19.
• The band La Confianza presents metal, rock, pop, rap, 8 p.m. Sept. 18. Tickets cost €12.
• The band Lord of the Lost presents dark rock, metal, 8 p.m. Sept. 19. Tickets cost €21.
For more information, visit www.kammgarn.de.
Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern:
• Sixty musicians from the Symphonic Orchestra from the Moosalbtal Brass Music present a charity concert, 7 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds go to the German War Graves Commission.
• Concert a la carte: German Radio Philharmonics Saarbruecken Kaisers-lautern present a cello concert with works by Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch and Joseph Haydn, 1 p.m. Thursday. Lunch is served at noon. Tickets cost €21 with lunch and €12 without lunch.
• Charity concert with the Orchestra of the Kaiserslautern County performing works by Jean Sibelius, Aram Khatschaturjan, Paul Hindemith and Robert Schumann, 5 p.m. Sept. 20. Tickets cost €12 to €18. Proceeds are used to beautify the foyer of Fruchthalle.
For tickets, call Kaiserslautern Tourist-Info at 0631-365-2317.
Volksbank Casino, Fischerstrasse 49, Kaiserslautern:
• Jazz female power with Kirsti Alho Quartett, 8 p.m. today. Tickets cost €5.
For tickets, call Volksbank at 0631-3610-113.
Kaiserslautern, Volkspark (duck pond at the corner of Entersweiler- and Donnersberger Strasse):
• Summer season’s last outdoor concert with Music Association Schwarze Husaren Kleinsteinhausen presenting a mix of traditional and modern brass music, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Snacks and beverages are available in bistro. Children’s adventure playground is next to music pavilion.
Otterberg, Abbey Church:
• Ensemble Peregrina from Switzerland presents “Miracula,” music of the Middle Ages for Saint Nicholas, 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost €17.
For details, call Otterberg Tourist Info at 06301-31504.
Bildhaus Musikclub Ventil, Hahnbacherhof 2, 67701 Schallodenbach:
• Funhouse plays P!nk, 8:30 p.m. Sept. 19.
For details, visit bildhaus.info.
English Theatre, Gallusanlage 7, Frankfurt:
• “The Glass Menagerie,” a memory play by Tennessee Williams, through Oct. 24. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, and 6 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, visit www.english-theatre.org.
Miscellaneous:
• Kaiserslautern Gartenschau, through Oct. 31. Special events: Sunday: Protestant worship service, 11 a.m. in willow church; family day with fun program, noon to 6 p.m.; opening of new flower show, “Autumn Time,” 3 p.m. in flower hall with barrel organ player Helmut Johanni, coffee and cake. Pumpkin display under the motto, “sports,” through Oct. 31. Lego display, through Oct. 31. Opening hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets cost €7 for adults and €3 for children.
For more information, visit www.gartenschau-kl.de.
• Kaiserslautern, Japanese Garden open through Oct. 31. Opening hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information, visit www.japanischergarten.de.
• Otterberg, Hauptstrasse 8, fire station fest, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
• Sembach, business park, 12th lawn tractor race with fun program, helicopter rides, kids activities, today to Sunday. Warm-up with music and barbecue in fest tent, 7 p.m. today. Tractor party with 7ty Proof, 8 p.m. Saturday to be followed by night races at 9:30 p.m. Races for all categories, 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Entrance is free.
For more information, visit www.rasentrecker-neuhemsbach.de.
• Mackenbach, village carnival, today to Tuesday.
• Weilerbach, trade show by local businesses, Saturday and Sunday.
• Rockenhausen, North Palatinate Fall Fest, today through Tuesday; farmers market, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
• Speyer, old town fest, today and Saturday.
Flea markets:
• Kaiserslautern, Pfalz-Center (across from Daenner Kaserne), 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
• Kaiserslautern, Toom Baumarkt, Hohenecker Strasse 10, Fridays.
• Kaiserslautern, Fritz-Walter soccer stadium, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
• Mehlingen, Abtstrasse 25a, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
• Saarbruecken, Franz-Josef-Roeder Strasse, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Wurstmarkt opens
Bad Duerkheim will hold the world’s biggest wine fest today through Tuesday and Sept. 18 to 21. There will be an amusement park and wine village with 36 small wine tents. A fireworks display will take place at 9 p.m. Tuesday and Sept. 21. For details, visit www.duerkehimer-wurstmarkt.de.
