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Dixieland

Dixieland in Familie
  • 12 May 2024
  • 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
  • Event

The Sächsische Zeitung’s big family festival. With games, excitement, handicrafts, face painting and prizes, as well as jazz and dixie bands on two stages, you’ll go wild with delight.

In 2024, Dresden’s eight-day INTERNATIONAL DIXIELAND FESTIVAL opens, as is tradition, with the “Family Dixieland” event at Dresden Zoo. During the taster from “Dixieland ABC for Children”, young music fans can learn all about jazz, instruments, and so much more ‒ time to join in, dance, clap, snap your fingers and jump up and down to the song “Hey”!

Stage 1 at the Africa House:
10:30–11:30 am: Elb Meadow Ramblers
12:00–1:00 pm: Hotspurs
1:00–1:15 pm: SZ prize draw
1:30–2:30 pm: Elb Meadow Ramblers
3:00–4:00 pm: Micha Winkler’s Hot Jazz Band
4:00–4:15 pm: SZ prize draw
4:15–05:00 pm: Brass Band Rakovnik (CZ)

 

Stage 2 at the petting zoo:
10:30–11:30 am: Micha Winkler’s Hot Jazz Band
11:45 am–1:15 pm: Snippets from Dixieland ABC for children and the whole family with: – Sunshine Brass, Dixie Twins, Birgit Lehmann, Dixie Mascot, Luxor Dance Company
1:45–2:45 pm Hotspurs
3:15–4:15 pm Sunshine Brass

Subject to change.

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