Greenfarm Festival - open air music and sport etc. - Munich

The German-Irish Society is proud to present the third Greenfarm Festival which will run over the weekend June 19.- 21. 2009. The festival takes place on an idyllic organic farm in Hallbergmoos, very near Munich and right next to the airport.

Moving forward from the success of last year's festival, we have increased the number of bands from Germany, Ireland and Austria who are taking part, covering the wide spectrum of Irish music played by German and Irish bands bands in Germany as well as traditional German folk music played by native German bands and, of course, guest artists from Ireland. There will be a total of 5 stages; 3 open-air and 2 indoor.

The festival will also have two days of sporting events. The Munich Caledonians and The Munich Scottish Association will look after the „Highland Games“ and Scottish flinging while the Munich Colmcilles GAA Club will present Irish Hurling and football. Everyone is invited to take part in all of the games. We are also organising the Munich heat of "The Rose of Tralee" on Friday, 19. June 2009. Check into the website for full details of performing bands, artists, dance groups and events.

Among other facilities the festival offers on-site camping and parking, a free shuttle bus service from the local train station to the festival site, beer tents, sessions, workshops, organised catering, an Irish market, bathing in the on site lake, kids' playground and an open stage for visiting musicians.



www.greenfarmfestival.de
info@greenfarmfestival.de

Drop by if you can.
Garibaldi
Festival Director

A little more info:

f there are any ladies out there who would like to participate in the Munich "Rose of Tralee" finals and fulfill the "Rose" criteria, read below and checkout the websites: Greenfarm Festival 2009 & Rose of Tralee 2009
The Munich qualification takes place at Greenfarm Festival 2009 on Friday, 19. June 2009 in Hallbergmoos near Munich.
The German finals will take place in Frankfurt on the weekend of 26. June 2009 and the successful candidate goes on to the Tralee finals in
Ireland from 21.-26. August 2009.
How to become a Rose

"So you want to be a Rose? The first thing you should do is contact the Rose centre that is geographically closest to where you live: Deutsch-Irischer Freundeskreis Bayern e.V. Munich, www.dif-bayern.de, or call 089-634 99 848 evenings.
The selection of the Munich Rose will take place on 19th. June 2009 at the Greenfarm Festival in Halbergmoos, www.greenfarmfestival.de near Munich.
The Munich Rose will then go on to take part in the final selection for the German Rose who will proudly represent Germany at the world famous „Rose of Tralee“ event in Tralee, Ireland from Friday, 21st. - 26th. August 2009.
If you filfill the following entry requirements for a Rose, please contact us:
1. Minimum age 18 years and you must not have reached your 28th. birthday before August 26th. 2009.
2. Be unmarried or have never been married.
3. Must not have represented any centre at the national or international event in Tralee.
4. Must be of Irish birth or ancestry and be able to verify this if required.
Judges consider many different attributes of the Rose including, in the words of William Mulchinock's song; "The Rose of Tralee", an indefinable quality that captures "the truth in her eyes". The Rose of Tralee International Festival celebrates modern young women in terms of their aspirations, ambitions, intellect, social responsibility and Irish heritage."
Contact: roseoftralee@dif-bayern.de or PM me.

Yours as ever
Garibaldi

I guess I stand no chance of being the Rose of Tralee, being a big fat hairy bloke and all! However last years Green Farm festival was excellent, and I will make sure I don't miss it this year. See if you can recognise famous TTers in these Pictures 2008.

You could be an "Escort". A lot of perks go with the title. See here:ESCORTS

Over 40 bands and dance groups are appearing on 5 stages. Gaelic Football & Hurling, Rugby Football and Eating Moths at Dusk are among the events. Highland Games on Saturday 20/06. Massed piping from 12 noon on the same day.
Check out:
GREENFARM FESTIVAL 2009

Hope to see you all at the festival.

garibaldi

Feck, am missing it once more! Heard so much good about this, was actually looking forward to this this year! Bummer, grumble.

Will definitely be there again this year.

For those of you who can't read the small print on the leaflet that silly bugger posted above, here is the list of artists.
Bands GFF 2009
Brendan Power, Gerry (Fiddle) O’Connor, Jens Kommnick & Siobhán Kennedy, IrishSteirisch, Die Well-Buam, An Tor, Kieran Halpin, Sarah McQuaid, Paul Daly Big Band, Paddy Whack, Munich Ceili Band, In Search of a Rose, Sliotar, Greensleeves, DeSelby, Sequel, Michael Lynch, Banshee, Huckleberry Five, Paul Wyett & Bernie Bigler, Ceol, Irish Trad Heads, Paul & Paul & Klaus, Summerfolks, Shrinks & Geeks, Paddy McCarthy, Flogiston, Mark ‘n Simon, A Pint o' Music, The Burning Biscuit Band, Summerstorm (Tanz), Tír Na Nóg Dance Academy (Tanz), Emerald Dancers (Tanz), Munich Colmcille's Gaelic football & Hurling Club (participation for adults and kiddies), Munich Rugby Football Club (participation), Highland Games with the Munich Caledonians (participation), Munich Scottish Association (Dance Group) and stall/stands selling Irish oriented thingies. Murphy's stout is the main beer... but there's loads of other stuff to drink as well. Tim's Pies will be back in force - a big hit last year. Just ask Crusoe. We're contemplating having ice cream this year.
Friday night hosts the Munich Rose of Tralee competition.
Eintritt €5/Tag, Wochenendticket €10, Familienticket €10, Kinder bis 12 Jahre frei
Camping: €3.- Euro pro Person pro Tag ** Frühstück Buffet €5 pro Person
Loads of details on: Wonderful GREENFARM FESTIVAL 2009
Your faithful servant
garibaldi

Don`t want to miss it again this year!

Slightly discriminatory...

The potential Rose candidates have to be 18 - 28, unmarried (never having been married), of Irish ancestry and so on and so forth... and the Escort - could well be ian! No eligibility requirements whatsoever.

@hams: totally agree!

I'm just pissed off as I don't meet any of the requirements... life has now passed me by.

We might pass as escorts though

Are people from this forum going to meet there?

I hope not. I want to go and not be pestered by the TT hoards!