#collisclamat

Hello world! Yes, I am back! Zouberi Photography feels fresh winds and is setting its sails as concerts can finally take place in Bavaria again! The wait has been way too long!

The first event on my 2021 list is called ‘Benefiz am Berg’ and it’s something small between a medieaval market and a festival. The amazing crew of Festival-Mediaval cooperates with the lads and ladies of Collis Clamat, a well-known medieaval fair, which (usually) takes place in Wunsiedel every year. Well, this year is another different one, as we all know, but the organisers have now found a way to celebrate at least a small dose of mediaeval flair at the Katharinenberg in this dark, culture-lacking period. The Benefiz is taking place from Friday, July 30th, until Sunday, August, 1st, 2021. The opening is at Friday evening, the first concert will start at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday will end at 2 o’clock a.m. and the official end will be on Sunday at half past 6 p.m.

So, what can you expect there? Well, a mediaeval market area as well as concerts of some of the best-known bands of the genre from German-speaking countries. There will also be some walking acts between the concerts and a DJ set on Sunday morning. I will try to cover most of the acts and maybe some surroundings and impressions.

Most people, who have an idea of German folk and medieaval music might know the big acts already: Corvus Corax are going to be headlining on Friday, the Faun concert will be on Saturday and Fiddler’s Green will end the event on Sunday eve with a blast! Celtica are quite known as well. The international band bring traditional Scottish bagpipe music on a new level. Different, but another reason to dance are the Swiss of Koenix, who play their very own mixture of mediaeval and electronic music. Some classics of the local music scene can’t be missing as well: Des Teufels Lockvögel and Totus Gaudeo. You might even count Heiter bis Folkig to them as well. Not quite sure, but I’m gonna ask them. Other bands are Waldkauz, Delva, The Blackbeers, Die Habenichtse, Vollbard, Deus Vult and Darth Polly.

You can check out the full program and all the details and Covid-19 measures on the official website (in German): https://benefiz-am-berg.de/de/news Tickets seem to be still available at the Festival-Mediaval online shop and they are at 69,00 Euro for the full weekend. As well as I know, there are 500 tickets for now.

I’m really looking forward to the Benefiz am Berg and I hope to get to see some familiar faces there again!