“This festival thrives on great commitment, a lot of passion and impressive voluntary work. All of this cannot be praised highly enough. It deserves all our respect and a big compliment!”
Dear ladies and gentlemen, dear friends of brass music, dear guests of the city and dear participants,
For more than three decades, the Bad Schlema district has been transformed into a stronghold of brass band music in September. What began in 1992 as a small club festival to mark the 25th anniversary of the Aue-Bad Schlema Miners’ Brass Orchestra has developed into one of the largest brass music festivals in Europe. The music association can rightly be proud of this achievement.
This festival thrives on great commitment, passion and impressive voluntary work. All of this cannot be praised highly enough. It deserves all our utmost respect and a big compliment!
Over three festival days, visitors can expect 46 concerts on two stages in a heated marquee with around 3,000 seats, two colorful parades with around 1,000 participants. In addition to first-class entertainment and musical variety, the festival also ensures encounters and helps to turn strangers into friends. It fulfills an important role as an ambassador for international understanding and enriches social life far beyond the Ore Mountains.
The program spans a wide range: from swing and big band sounds to traditional folk music and modern rock and pop arrangements. The festival thus represents the entire diversity of brass music and brings together people from different backgrounds, generations and cultures. Because music connects!
I wish you, dear guests, three eventful festival days full of music, joy and unforgettable impressions here in the heart of the spa town of Bad Schlema!
A hearty Glück Auf!
Franz Heinrich Kohl
Lord Mayor of the large district town of Aue-Bad Schlema