Third city picnic with lots of games and a theatre premiere
Date: Sunday, 16 August 2015, 10 a.m., at the city park pond, near Helbersdorfer Straße
With open-air and theatre, the third Stadtpicnic is a good match. Together with the city of Chemnitz, the associations Deutsche SPIELEmuseum and Küchwaldbühne invite the people of Chemnitz to make themselves comfortable and relax with their picnic blankets and baskets at the city park pond on Sunday, 16 August, from 10 am to 2 pm.
A meadow and a stage roughly at the level of Helbersdorfer Straße offer the ideal conditions for the city picnic with a varied cultural programme. "The play 'Sängerkrieg auf Rabenstein', directed by Isabelle Weh from the Fritz Theatre, will be performed for the first time at the Stadtpicnic. Peppered with humour and irony, this tragedy about love, jealousy, minstrelsy and murder is great entertainment. We are looking forward to this special premiere celebration in the countryside," says Ellen Jürgens from Küchwaldbühne e. V., which was founded in 2009 and has been working to maintain the open-air theatre in Küchwald ever since. The association's drama group contributes to the Küchwaldbühne's programme with its own productions.
"With open-air games such as 4 Wins and chess, we create a large playing field for young and old at the Stadtpicnic. Of course, we also bring board games that have a place on every picnic blanket," explains Dr Dino Uhle, Director of the Deutsches SPIELEmuseum. "The city park with its special charm makes you forget that you're actually in the middle of the city. So it's a great place to feel like you're on holiday while playing," says Uhle, looking forward to the city picnic.
Jan Kummer will be playing relaxed music for the Stadtpicnic.
The third Stadtpicnic is supported by Volksbank Chemnitz and Radio Chemnitz.
The Stadtpicnic event series is part of the city marketing campaign "The city is me".
About the campaign:
Since March 2014, the city marketing campaign has been advertising under the title "Die Stadt bin ich" ("I am the city") and uses various activities to show how many endearing, interesting and creative things there are in the city. The centrepiece of the campaign is the homepage www.die-stadt-bin-ich.de, where you can read articles about the maker of the week, confessions, a photo blog, editorial articles, event information such as Rock am Kopp and information on further steps for the new marketing and communication concept of the city of Chemnitz.
Since June 2015, the city marketing campaign has also extended beyond the city limits. The message "Unfold yourself!" is aimed at young people who are looking for space for their ideas or to start their careers. Who want to found, build, dream and realise something. In short, the city says: #CHEMNITZWILLDICH.
On 5 July 2015, the first Stadtpicnic took place on the Küchwaldwiese with DJ Felde and the Slackwerk association. For the second Stadtpicnic, the Bandbüro played in Schillerpark on 26 July with other Brühl players.
Find out more at: www.die-stadt-bin-ich.de and www.chemnitz-will-dich.de