After 18 hugely successful years filled with laughter, contemplation and living local traditions, the popular Christmas reading event ‘Frech-Fromm-Fränkisch’ invites you to its festive closing event. On Saturday 5 December, from 6.30 pm, the Town Hall in Kitzingen will be transformed one last time into an oasis of Franconian Christmas culture (doors open at 5.30 pm). As there will be no successor, this evening marks the definitive finale of a regional success story.
What began as a small but brilliant idea has, over almost two decades, developed into a firm and much-loved highlight of Kitzingen’s Advent calendar. Now it is time for the organisers to say goodbye – and they are doing so in style. Especially for this final farewell event, the history of the event is returning to the stage once more: almost all the performers from the past 18 years are coming together again to celebrate this farewell in style. The ensemble led by Karin Böhm, Gerda Mengler, Walter Vierrether and Bernhard Ziegler will be joined on this evening by Lothar Fuchs.
As usual, the ensemble hopes to enchant its audience once again this year with ‘a little story and a little poem’ by Franconian local poets. The recipe for success remains unchanged: contemplative and cheerful moments alternate in perfect balance. The infamous ‘quirky Christmas stories’, which traditionally provoke hearty laughter in the hall, will also feature. The band ‘Singvaner’ from Wiesentheid – featuring Heinz Dürner, Tanja Voß and Bruno Heinlein – will once again provide the perfect festive atmosphere in the historic town hall this year. With their rousing tunes, the musicians will explicitly invite the audience in the hall to sing along, filling the town hall with pre-Christmas warmth.
Admission to this historic evening is – as in all previous years – completely free. Following the event, a collection will traditionally be taken for a good cause. All proceeds from the evening will go directly to a charitable cause in Kitzingen, as a way of giving something back to the region as we bid it farewell.