Bavaria starts May
Maypole display in the Munich area, youth festival “laut.stark” and stage program on Marienplatz
May 1st in Munich: tradition and maypole, beer gardens and traditional restaurants (GERMAN)
Munich. Because custom dictates and the ravages of time take its toll on the beautiful blue and white maypoles, a maypole is put up every few years. The lifespan of the new festival tree is usually four or five years. In Munich, the maypoles are then erected with the help of cranes by the Munich fire department or the Technical Relief Agency (THW).
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| The maypole on the Viktualienmarkt, photo: Helga Waess (press archive) |
This year, new Mai were set up here and there in the surrounding area in festive community work and with the help of long poles, the "Schwaiberln", according to old custom. It was festive when the maypole was put up in Neukeferloh - in the municipality of Grasbrunn -, in beautiful Zolling near Freising and also in Holzhausen on Lake Starnberg. And now the new tree and the beginning of the happy month are celebrated.
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| Marienplatz in Munich - there's a party here! Photo: A. Waess (Photo Archive Press) |
Munich celebrates on Marienplatz in front of the town hall in the heart of the state capital - with a stage program at Marienplatz
At the municipal cultural festival on May 1st there will also be a stage program with soul, bluegrass and power polka on the open-air stage. And for your physical well-being, there is a beer garden, snack stands and lots of hands-on activities.
And from 4:30 p.m. to around 9 p.m., the colorful youth festival “laut.stark” will bring cheeky, fresh young musicians to the stage.
- Admission is free
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| Brewery lion in front of the Bayernland marquee at the spring festival in Munich - Theresienwiese (untill 5th May), photo: A. Waess |
In addition, the Munich weather of 26 degrees on May 1st invites you to go to the city's many beer gardens
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| The famous beer garden with live music at the Chinese Tower in the English Garden, photo: A. Waess |
Festival dates in the wonderful month of May
- May 3rd to 12th, Haderner village festival in Großhadern (location: Max-Lebsche-Platz)
- May 3rd to 12th, Truderinger Festival Week (location: Truderinger Festplatz) with fireworks on May 5th.
- May 4th, 2 p.m.: Stadlfest with Maitanz in Riem (location: Gut Riem, Isarlandstraße 1)
- May 8th to 20th: Allacher Festwoche (location: Eversbuschstraße 153)