After a forced break of two years, the fools really want to get going again this year. Wels can adorn itself with the title of the state jester capital this year. The Welser Schelmenrat is currently in the middle of the preparations for its first carnival parade on Saturday, February 11th. After a long dry spell for the foolish people, the carnival procession, which last took place in Wels in 1999, is awakened from its 24-year slumber. At that time, 70 groups from all over Austria and Bavaria marched through the city center and thousands of visitors marched with them. The bar was set high back then, creative people who want to revive the carnival tradition are in demand and are supposed to transform the city into a carnival stronghold with their costumes and funny floats.
“So far, more than 30 groups have registered, including guilds from Upper Austria and Salzburg, associations, companies and private individuals,” says Anna Wippl, Chancellor of the Schelmenrat. Further registrations are currently coming in, which are also possible until shortly before the event, namely at: welserfasching@gmail.com The rogues with the ducal couple Asteria I. and Klaus I. von Ovilava are doing at the carnival events that started after the turn of the year in the Country advertisement for the state carnival parade in Wels, which takes place one week before the Saturday of carnival. “The date was deliberately chosen so that guilds that have their own events for the carnival finale can also take part,” says Wippl.
It starts at 2 p.m. at the Stadthalle, then the foolish people will parade through the city center, along the Ringstrasse and onto the town square, where there will also be a stage. At 6 p.m., the guilds will finally come together in the town hall and their guards will make an appearance there, including the children’s guard of the Welser Schelmenrat.
It remains a well-kept secret which carnival motto the Wels carnival guild, whose carnival call “Walla, Walla” will echo through the city, will choose for its carnival float.
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Eferdinger take you into the juggler universe
In the third attempt, the Eferdinger jugglers can finally celebrate the 30th edition of their juggler festival on February 3rd and 4th in the Bräuhaus under the motto “Gaukleruniversum”. President Wolfgang Boldog, who will appear again as “Wilder Mann”, promises a three-hour program with many punchlines, gags, dance and music numbers.
The program includes the cooking show “Grill den Hengstler”, in which the four mayors from the communities of the future will talk, there are visitors from space and representatives of the space organizations NASA and ESA are guests in Eferding. “The cardinal will again perform Hoppalas von Eferdingern and this year we will also award the honorary entertainer to a very special person,” says Boldog. Among other things, André Heller and a picture frame play a role in his appearance.
Tickets are still available from schuwidu Schuhmode at Schmiedstraße 23.
Marchtrenk invites you to “30 years of fooling around”
If you still want to get hold of tickets for the meetings of the Marchtrenk carnival guild, you should hurry. For the events from January 27th to 29th and February 2nd to 4th in the event center Trenk.s there are only remaining tickets (reservation under: office@malau.at). The program for the 30th anniversary offers a potpourri of local and international topics. Marchtrenker, but also stars and royals, who are currently making headlines, are being mocked. “Our already famous men’s ballet with young people and former princes will also perform again, and of course our two guards,” says Gloria Layr, who is responsible for press work for the carnival guild and will also moderate it.
The approximately 150 members with their President Willi Lehner and the royal couple “His Highness Carina I., the great one – Princess on the tuber” and “His Highness Thomas I., Prince of Pommes under electricity – the perfect event restaurateur” are happy that after the Corona break, almost 2500 visitors can be welcomed to the meetings again, including numerous representatives of friendly guilds.
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