Spring Festival in Stuttgart 2008

Yes, its here again!!!...and last year's meetup saw some 50 people getting together down in Stuttgart Spring Beer Festival, from Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Geneva, Freiberg, Bensheim, Wiesbaden, Stuttgart and lots others! Lots of beer, singing, chicken-eating, dancing on tables followed by bumper cars! And we were well looked after by the Stuttgart crew!

This year we are aiming for the weekend of April 12th. We already have interest from Team Stuttgart, Team Geneva and Team Heidelberg, and also a certain very recent ex-Wiesbadener lady who lives in England now who is very tempted to come over for it.

Anyone else interested? Its some time off yet, but please express interest on the thread, and block it in your calendars. I will coordinate news from the "other" Board where most of the Stuttgarters live.

Should be fun!!!

Billy

roll up roll up !!!

yeah i'm in for sure... i may well travel up to stuttgart on friday night this time out so that i'm at peak energy levels for the saturday drinkathon. The 6am start and 5 hour drive on sat morning last year kind of left me flagging way too early. I'm assembling Team Geneva and Team England 'A'...

will be cool to catch with some TTers :-)

Out on the pop friday night too this time then? Or does that kinda defeat the object a little !

weeeeeeeeeeeell probably a half a radler maybe with the twist of an arm. i might go back to that irish bar and set myself on fire again :-s

Sounds like a great idea. I'll be back to Germany by then, so may be up for that.

Wonder if any TTs from Hessen will drive there...

Sounds like a weekend event for me as well. Since I have never been there, apart from the train station...it sounds lovely .

hi Billy,

I'm up for this! There is a tiny chance I will get dragged to England, but I'm not planning on it.. I'm kindof 90% sure I'll be there for that weekend! So put me down

ooooooohhhh, I think we'd be up for this! How's everyone getting down there? Are people staying or travelling back the same day?

JDee, you gonna book tables again?

I'd love to : )

But there is a tiny chance I won't be here + I think Billy will have a better handle on who everyone is! Whatever we should definetly reserve. Billy do you realise how busy it will be on the 12th, opening day and a Saturday too?! Anyway, it won't be a problem as long as you book. I took a peek at the website and there are only 3 tents... this is weird also, I think there were 5 last year and 7 at the Volksfest, so demand will be high. Maybe they are trying to encourage more people to come on other days, because the weekends will be full, or maybe some of the tents are not on the website..? As for the muzac. The tent we were in last year ( Gocklesmaier ) could be ok ( certainly better than the Schwaebisch Wurzels or whoever they were last year ) the bands in the Schwabenbrau and Wasenwirt look a bti dodgy on the 12th.. there are better bands the weekend after but... well I can go twice! That said the Schwabenbrau tent is really good, I like the beer in there too. Dilemas ay

Hi Rilana, it depends really. When I first went to this two years ago, I went down and up in the same day but it was a real trek, and I had to leave the group early as the last train I could get meant me leaving around 9pm. Stuttgart has a dedicated area for Festivals which is a little out of town.

The following year, I decided to stay over and it was a lot better! There is an inexpensive Hostel that we discovered which is great, and has single/double/dormitory rooms. Its a lot better than a hostel actually and we've regularly stayed there when we visit Stuttgart and stay over.

There will be a group staying over for sure: Team Geneva will stay over, and probably Team Heidelberg will stay too. There is a great Sunday brunch place very close to the Hostel that we go to.

Once I get an idea of people coming down, I'll post the hostel info on the board for people to start deciding the logistics. Hope this helps!

Hi JDee, long time no speaky! Yep, there was a debate around the date, but we went for the 12th because the head honcho of Team Geneva would be in Canada the following week, so we would have lost Team Geneva all together if we went for a different date.
I will probably join you on the second weekend too!

Yeh long time Buddha! To be honest it doesn't seem like a year ago!! Or maybe it does.. oh i don't know! Weren't you here for the Voksfest too? yeh, posts crossed but it all sounds good if you and Nic can organise between you. Just PM us the details when you reserve and how to pay etc.. got to say it was a little difficult collecting money in the tent ( noisy, people moving, not knowing everyones names etc!! ). So do it beforehand if you can. Looking forward!

Cheers Billy for the heads-up...I'm definitely up for this!!
Last year was awesome. Topped only by the Oktoberfest with me and Phil telling all the Aussies that they are shit at rugby and have no culture
And yes, it's my 30th bday that weekend so double reason to head down! Are there any decent strip clubs in Stuttgart for birthday celebrations afterwards...it's a bit far to drive to the Big Apple in Bratislava!

I reckon i could probably get about 8 of us down from Wiesbaden if you're gonna book anything. I will take personal responsibility for getting the Wiesbadeners to cough up!

Hi ChickenKorma, haven't spoken for ages! Thanks for organising Team Wiesbaden this year, especially as you are 20 again!

Yeah it was great fun last year and would def be up for this except that I've got a hen weekend to go to (not my own! (- that weekend! Well the following W/E might be poss but may have another hen weekend that weekend too so guess it'll be a no for me at the mo!
Will check back though in case plans change...
S

Two from Team Middle of Nowhere are interested. Maybe more. Keep us posted?

Hello Bohemka, great! I'm coordinating with the Stuttgarters and will know soon when I need to confirm a roll-call for booking tables. So will keep you posted. If you definitely want to go and are staying over on Sat 12th (recommended) you may want to book a place at Alex 30 hostel, where most of people will probably stay. The quality is higher than a normal Hostel, and there are single, double and triple rooms or even an apartment for 4!

Website: Alex 30 Hostel, best to phone them and they will send a confirmation e-mail to you.

If you are Facebook, then PM me with your id and I will invite you to the Event that I've started.

It will be fun!!

Billy

I'm defo coming along, it was a great weekend last year!

Team Geneva is 5 strong at the moment :-D

I'm going to work on her, i wouldn't rule it out.

Since I will also be at that same hen weekend I'll probably also have to give this one a miss too. But plans might change or indeed I might just change my mind. I know this doesn't help ticket/table reservation at the moment though.

I guess if I do go I'll drive but not there and back in one day...

Team Wiesbaden is beating Team Geneva with 6 definites

We're booked in for Friday and Saturday. Can't wait to see a bit more of Stuttgart and meet some new folks. And the festival, of course.

Anyone driving down from the RP interested in a rideshare?

OK Peeps, the first Complete Roll Call. There will be a few more after this, but its worth taking stock to give Nicola an idea of how many in total the whole group are.
This consolidates the replies in Toytown and Facebook. It's a bit complicated so please bear with me, and forgive if I got you in wrong place. Brackets after the name shows where I got the name from: TT = Toytown. FB = Facebook

Please could you have a look through these lists and see if I have counted you correctly, and please tell me of any changes. I will do another Roll Call in a week or so's time. Thanks.

Definites:

• Team Heidelberg: Billy (TT), Stefanie (FB), Joanne (FB)
• Team Wiesbaden: Chickenmadras (TT), Dan (FB), Plus 4 others (TT)
• Team Geneva: No10 (TT), Daniel (FB), Plus 3 others (TT)
• Team Frankfurt: Little Britain (TT), Rilana (TT), Carima (FB), Jane (FB)
• Team Pfalz: Bohemka (TT), Plus 1 (TT)
• Team Stuttgart: Tatjana (FB), Ann (FB), Amanda (FB), Richard (FB), JRD (TT), JDee (TT)
• Team Munich: Oma Stelzbok (TT)
• Uncategorised: Antoine (FB) Which team do you belong to??

Total Definites so far: 28

Possibles:

• Team Heidelberg: Karen (FB), Jeff (FB), Roxanne (FB), Martin (FB), Nicky (FB), Lisa (FB)
• Team ex-DE: Justine (FB), Becky (FB), Emily (FB)
• Team Frankfurt: Gerd (FB), Jonathan (FB), Purple Muffin (TT), Boogielicious (TT), Cerise (TT)
• Team Freiberg: Ciara (FB), Norma (FB)
• Uncategorised: Dan (FB), Gus (FB), Martin (FB). Which team do you belong to??

Total Possibles so far: 19

This message will be repeated on FB so everyone will get to see it.

Billy

If i can come along can i also bring my boyfriend?hes german but speaks fluent english.
ive only just moved over here so it would be great to starting meeting some other english speakers now im settling in and who would want to miss out on spring fest!
please could you add us as possible to team-stuttgart.
thankyou
SJ

OK, Roll-Call No.2

Totals stand now:
Definites: 33
Possibles: 15

Please could you have a look through these lists and see if I have counted you correctly, and please tell me of any changes. I will do another Roll Call in a week or so's time, which will probably be the final one for Nicola to book tables. Thanks.

Definites:

• Team Heidelberg: Billy (TT), Stefanie (FB), Joanne (FB)
• Team Wiesbaden: Chickenmadras (TT) + 5 (Dan, Antoine, Karina, Rilana, Charlie)
• Team Geneva: No10 (TT) + 7 (Daniel, Jill, Wendy, Sophia, Tyler, Howie)
• Team Frankfurt: Little Britain (TT), Jane (FB)
• Team Pfalz: Bohemka (TT), Plus 1 (TT)
• Team Stuttgart: Tatjana (FB), Ann (FB), Amanda (FB), Richard (FB) +2, JRD (TT), JDee (TT), Sunshine Jones (TT) + 1
• Team Munich: Oma Stelzbok (TT)
• Team UK: Dan (FB), Becky (FB)
• Total Definites so far: 33

Possibles:

• Team Heidelberg: Karen (FB), Jeff (FB), Roxanne (FB), Martin (FB), Nicky (FB), Lisa (FB)
• Team UK: Emily (FB)
• Team Frankfurt: Gerd (FB), Jonathan (FB), Boogielicious (TT), Cerise (TT)
• Team Freiberg: Ciara (FB), Norma (FB)
• Uncategorised: Gus (FB), Martin (FB). Which team do you belong to??
• Total Possibles so far: 15

This message will be repeated on FB so everyone will get to see it.

Cheers, Billy

If you are interested in checking out the link for the festival, here it is:

Stuttgart Spring Festival

Need to add Nicola +2 onto that. Also looks like Ben +2, all for Stuttgart.

Thanks JRD, got it. I also missed off Daniel's brother from Team Geneva, so the total of Definites now stands at 38!

Looks like we need 4 tables now, we've broken the 36 barrier oops!

Billy

Well then we need more people! I'll see what I can do about that.

Roll-Call No.3, only one more left after this one.

I'm now tracking a whopping...:
Definites: 47
Possibles: 13

The next call will be the final one. At 47 people, we already need 4 tables minimum, and if we tip over 48 then we will need five tables. So please check and confirm if you are still deciding.

The next stage will be for the team captains to start collecting the money so that we can book the tables; more info to follow...

Definites:

• Team Heidelberg: Billy (TT), Stefanie (FB), Joanne (FB)
• Team Wiesbaden: Chickenmadras (TT) + 5 (Dan, Antoine, Karina, Rilana, Charlie)
• Team Geneva: No10 (TT) + 7 (Daniel +1, Jill, Wendy, Sophia, Tyler, Howie)
• Team Frankfurt: Little Britain (TT) + 2, Jane (FB), Denis (FB), Cerise (TT) + 1
• Team Pfalz: Bohemka (TT), Plus 1 (TT)
• Team Stuttgart: Tatjana (FB), Ann (FB), Amanda (FB), Richard (FB) +2, JRD (TT), JDee (TT), Sunshine Jones (TT) + 1, Nicola (TB) + 2, Ben (TB) + 2, Goekce (FB), Ian (FB)
• Team Munich: Oma Stelzbok (TT)
• Team UK: Dan (FB), Becky (FB)

Total Definites so far: 47

Possibles:

• Team Heidelberg: Karen (FB), Jeff (FB), Roxanne (FB), Martin (FB), Nicky (FB), Lisa (FB)
• Team UK: Emily (FB)
• Team Frankfurt: Gerd (FB), Boogielicious (TT)
• Team Freiberg: Ciara (FB), Norma (FB)
• Uncategorised: Gus (FB), Martin (FB). Which team do you belong to??

Total Possibles so far: 13

This message will be repeated on FB so everyone will get to see it.

Cheers, Billy

No team Darmstadt? A bit unfair I'd say

Hi,

I'd like to come for the festival as well. I'm from Australia, currently living in London but going to move to Stuttgart to live with my german boyfriend in August. I will also be visiting him in april and we would both love to come for the festival and meet you all if there are still spaces available.

cheers,
Winnie

Ah.. feel sorry for having missed out this thread. April 12 sounds like fun. You can count me in.. I can even provide accommodation for one person( if there is a necessity).
Thanks
Krish

I am up for this, put me down as a definite Billy please ! When in Rome and all that...

thanks

Great!! This thing has taken on a life of its own and started snowballing!

So I have added Winnie + 1, Krish, Action, Lisa, and Team Wiesbaden + 1 to the list, total stands now at 54!

Blimey, we will need 5 tables for sure now. If you need accommodation options, please PM me as I have an e-mail I can send you.

Billy

Looks like a big group and I think I will be in town, so if there is room, I'll attend.

can i still join? count me in!

If I can still join, count me in as well!

Hey Minna + draide ... I will PMing you - it may not been too late to join!
Since there's so many of us, we are asking for money ahead of the booking!

Roll Call 4 list:

I'm now tracking a whopping 64 people who have signed up. Please confirm to your team captain that you are pre-paying to secure a space.

Team Heidelberg: Billy (TT), Stefanie (FB), Joanne (FB), Melanie (TT), Lisa (TT)
Team Wiesbaden: Chickenmadras (TT) + 7 (Dan, Antoine, Karina, Rilana, Charlie, Bjorn, Matthieu)
Team Geneva: No10 (TT) + 7 (Daniel +1, Jill, Wendy, Sophia, Tyler, Howie)
Team Frankfurt: Little Britain (TT) + 3, Jane (FB), Denis (FB), Cerise (TT) + 1, action, SomkulGuy
Team Pfalz: Bohemka (TT), Plus 1 (TT)
Team Stuttgart: Tatjana (FB) + 1, Ann (FB), Amanda (FB), Richard (FB) +2, JRD (TT), JDee (TT) + 1, Sunshine Jones (TT) + 1, Nicola (TB) + 2, Ben (TB), KickstartK (TT), Ian (FB), Macconnoly + 1 (TB), Borris + 1 (TB), Minna (TT), draide (TT)
Team Munich: Oma Stelzbok (TT)
Team UK: Dan (FB), Becky (FB), jkodok + 1 (TT), Emily + 1 (TT)

Total Definites so far: 64

Roll Call 5 list:

Team Heidelberg: Billy (TT), Stefanie (FB), Joanne (FB), Melanie (TT), Lisa (TT)
Team Wiesbaden: Chickenmadras (TT) + 7 (Dan, Antoine, Karina, Rilana, Charlie, Bjorn, Matthieu)
Team Geneva: No10 (TT) + 7 (Daniel +1, Jill, Wendy, Sophia, Tyler, Howie)
Team Frankfurt: Little Britain (TT) + 3, Jane (FB), Denis (FB), Cerise (TT) + 1, action, SomkulGuy
Team Pfalz: Bohemka (TT), Plus 1 (TT)
Team Stuttgart: Tatjana (FB) + 1, Ann (FB), Amanda (FB), Richard (FB) +2, JRD (TT), JDee (TT) + 2, Sunshine Jones (TT) + 1, Nicola (TB) + 2, Ben (TB), KickstartK (TT), Ian (FB), Macconnoly + 1 (TB), Borris + 1 (TB), Minna (TT), draide (TT)
Team Munich: Oma Stelzbok (TT)
Team UK: Dan (FB), Becky (FB), jkodok + 1 (TT), Emily + 1 (TT)

Total Definites so far: 65

yet another +1

Hello All

People signed up : 71
People confirmed and pre-paid: 60

We have 71 people signed up, but only those who have pre-paid or have confirmed that they will pre-pay, have been booked a space.

If you have not pre-paid or confirmed that you will, then please tell your team captain and we will adjust the numbers.

Final cut-off now for booking within this group is 10.00am, Friday 4th April.

If you would still like to come along after this and have not had a space booked, then you will need to do this yourself. The website is here Beer Tent and if you want to be added on to our tables, our table has been booked under surname "MARKS".

So hurry up, and confirm that you will pay by Friday 4th April!!

Here is the list of people signed up. THe names in BOLD have not confirmed payment or pre-paid. Get in touch with your team captain otherwise you will not get a space!

• Team Heidelberg: Billy (TT), Stefanie (FB), Joanne (FB), Melanie (TT), Lisa (TT)
• Team Wiesbaden: Chickenmadras (TT) + 7 (Dan, Antoine, Karina, Rilana, Charlie, Bjorn, Matthieu)
• Team Geneva: No10 (TT) + 7 (Daniel +1, Jill, Wendy, Sophia, Tyler, Howie)
• Team Frankfurt: Little Britain (TT) + 3, Jane (FB), Denis (FB), Cerise (TT) + 1, action, SomkulGuy
• Team Pfalz: Bohemka (TT), Plus 1 (TT)
• Team Stuttgart: Tatjana (FB) + 1, Ann (FB), Amanda (FB), Richard (FB) +2, JRD (TT), JDee (TT) + 2, Sunshine Jones (TT) + 1, Nicola (TB) + 2, Ben (TB), Hannah + 1, KickstartK (TT), Ian (FB), Macconnoly + 1 (TB), Borris + 1 (TB), Minna (TT), draide (TT) + 2
• Team Munich: Oma Stelzbok (TT)
• Team UK: Dan (FB), Becky (FB), jkodok + 1 (TT), Emily + 1 (TT), Anthony (FB), Anne (FB)

Team Captains:
Heidleberg: Billy
Wiesbaden: Chicken Madras
Geneva: No 10
Frankfurt: Little Britain and Rilana
Pfalz: Billy
Stuttgart: Quartz
Munich: Billy
UK: Billy

Thank you to all the Captains who have been chasing payment, and Quartz Nicola for coordinating such a complex task!!

Billy

Great. Beeeeer time. Count me in

The Sign-Up Process for the Group Lists is NOW CLOSED

Below are the lists. A total of 71 People have allocated seats. If you are not on these lists and would still like to come, then please see bottom on how to book.

Thanks to all the Team Captains, especially Quartz (Nicola) for coordinating such a large task!!

Team Heidelberg: Billy (TT), Stefanie (FB), Joanne (FB), Lisa (TT)
Team Wiesbaden: Chickenmadras (TT) + 7 (Dan, Antoine, Karina, Rilana, Charlie, Bjorn, Matthieu)
Team Geneva: No10 (TT) + 7 (Daniel +1, Jill, Wendy, Sophia, Tyler, Howie)
Team Frankfurt: Little Britain (TT) + 3, Jane (FB), Denis (FB), Cerise (TT) + 1 (Matt), action, SomkulGuy + 3 (Henry, Veronica, Riina)
Team Pfalz: Scott (TT), Chrissie (TT)
Team Stuttgart: Tatjana (FB) + 1, Ann (FB), Amanda (FB), Richard (FB) +2, JRD (TT), JDee (TT) + 2, BumbleBee (TB), Sunshine Jones (TT) + 1, Nicola (TB) + 2, Ben (TB), KickstartK (TT), Macconnoly + 1 (TB), Minna (TT), May Ann (TT), draide (TT) + 3 (Michael, Krit, Eileen)
Team Munich: Oma Stelzbok (TT)
Team UK: Dan (FB), Becky (FB), jkodok + 1 (TT), Emily + 1 (TT), Anthony (FB), Anne (FB)

If you are not on in this list, then it is still possible to come, but you need to book direct yourself:

- Website for booking: Beer Tent for Booking
- If you want to be added to our tables, then our table has been booked under surname "MARKS"
- If you book under "MARKS", then Nicola will have your tokens for you when we meet up SO PLEASE TELL US!!
- If you don't book under "MARKS" then you will need to pick up your own tickets at the tent when you arrive there

That's it!! Its going to be a fun day, and thank you all for signing up!! By far the largest turn out for the Festival so far!

Please see the next message for meeting place and times.

Prost!! Billy

nice map, skillfully hand drawn.

this is getting exciting! Yay!

I only hope that the Schlossgarten is open!! @Quartz, can you confirm??? If it isn't then I think we may be goofed!