Carnival in Munich or rather Fasching!

Interested in organising a Carnival / Fasching Band in Munich. Simply to party. Will do if enough interest is generated. From the Islands and miss sooo much my fete.

Fasching in Munich kind of sucks, it actually is only one day and this year's it's Feb, 24th. People have the license to get crazy and every serious German can have fun. German companies give the day or at least half the day off. In Munich it is mostly the biggest drinking competition on Marienplatz in the afternoon till late at night and Munich radio stations will have stages built up and will provide the Faschingsmusic. Probably u will hear one or the other Schlager like Nena.
The more traditional part is in the morning at Viktualienmarkt called "Marktweibertanz" (= market women's dance)

We definitely should arrange to meet up somewhere and party 'till the cow comes home'

Any suggestions?

that night (24th feb) also sees bayern v real madrid in big cup football..

be interesting to see a few hundred ultras getting amongst it in m'platz.

fiesta. fiesta. forever.

we also should set up a best fancy dress competition...
See who wins, some of you guys feel comfy in short skirts anyway

So happy we're talking about Carnival in this city. Thanks bubbles for your response. I did carnival here 6years ago and it was truely sad, but I'am optimistic and I can feel that we have some great spirits amongst us to pull this shit off.
Work with me people and living here won't seem soooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad.
My idea for carnival here, is to come up with a small theme and we purchase the costumes, then we FETE. Music will be arranged and we gots to get the drinks organised. I've been looking into it and will try to get through the RED TAPE.
Also, I make a mean curry and stew, stick with me kids we're all in for a great ride.
I hope for some enthusiastic responses and tremendous support.

You'll see the better costumes towards the Reichenbach-end of the Viktualienmarkt as it tends to be wall to wall transvestites struggling with their heels on the cobbled streets...Glockenbach tends to do Fasching more than the rest of Munich.
I've got tickets for the football though and am going to see The Darkness on Sunday so won't be able to go to Cologne ("Kolle Alaaf!") or Mainz this year (which are the 2 main Fasching places to tell the truth). Even Frankfurt (who say "Frankfurt Helau!") has more Fasching than Munich does and the medieval parade in Rottweil near Stuttgart is really rather beautiful. But apart from loads of Doughnuts (Faschingskrapfen) and the dancing stall ladies on the Viktmkt, Fasching isn't really a Munich event.
Katrina

I'll be off to the normally sleepy little town of Elzach in the Black Forest region.

Pig bladders at the ready!!!

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Finally loaded up my photos from the fasnet celebrations in Elzach. Click the link below to have a looksee at 2 pages of photos and a few videos thrown in for good measure.

Fasnet in Elzach