CONCERT: Music and events in the Rhein-Main area [Germany]
Sebastian Welton
# denotes music
* denotes event (theatre, musical, sport, etc)
@ denotes film in English or original language
+ wouldn't say no to a lift :-)
Abbreviations
Da - Darmstadt
Ffm - Frankfurt Am Main
Ab - Aschaffenburg
Wi - Wiesbaden
Hd - Heidelberg
12/03 # Roger Whittaker - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
* Death And The Maiden, a thriller by Areil Dorfman, premiere -
English Theatre, Ffm (until May 15)
+# Mutare Ensemble - Stadthalle, Langen
# Taucherkoma (Harhouse) - Music Hall, Ffm
# Al Jones Bluesband - Sinkkasten, Ffm
# Bernardo Sandoval - Cafe Kesselhaus, Da
# Into The Abyss - Krone, Da
# David Qualey - Halb Neun, Da
# John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards - Traumstern, Lich
# Bobby Kimball Group/Guru Guru - Bensheim
13/03 # Glenn Miller Orchestra - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
# San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra (Copland, Bruckner) - Alte Oper
Ffm
# Humananimalbunch - Sinkkasten, Ffm
# Thomas C. Breuer - Alte Oper, Ffm
* Patchouli Party (psychedelic night) - Nostradamus, Ffm
# Undercover Highscore/Expose/Hi-Style/Ebony Prince/Positive/
Code-X - Burgerhaus Sindlingen, Ffm
# Anitas Liv - Knabenschule, Da
# Johnny and the Roccos - Krone, Da
+# Pump Attendants/Die Schweiser - Oettinger Villas, Da
# Jack O'Rion Blues Band - Crazy Cactus, Seeheim-Jugenheim
# The Start (Trancehouse) - Music Hall, Ffm
# Tshisungu Kalomba & Kassala - Brotfabrik, Ffm
# The Coalminers Beat - Kesslhaus, Da
14/03 # Irish Music Festival feat. Fallen Angels/Deiseal/Bachelors Walk -
Aula der Fachhochschule, Dieburg
# San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
+# Spin Doctors/Nationalgalerie - Batschkapp, Ffm
# Rad - Cafe Kesselhaus, Da
# Sick Sarge and the Spleens/Clark Kent On Kryptonite -
Dreikoningskeller, Ffm
# Joe Whitney and the Rythmn Poets - Krone, Da
# Six Was Nine - Nachtleben, Ffm
# Big Country - E-Werk, Koln
15/03 # Big Country - Nachtwerk, Munich
# St.Patricks Day Festival feat. Deiseal/Fallen Angels/Bachelors
Walk - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Gary Lucas - Cookys, Ffm
# No Kisses - Krone, Da
16/03+# Blechreiz - Uni-KOZ, Ffm
+# Embryonics/Tommyknockers - Negativ, Ffm
# No Kisses - Krone, Da
# Catharsis - Fachhochschule, Dieburg
# Geto Boys - Music Hall, Ffm
# Zu Bop - Sinkkasten, Ffm
# Six Was Nine - Colos-Saal, Ab
17/03 # John Campbell - Sinkkasten, Ffm
+# Waltari/Chased Crime - Negativ, Ffm
# Four Men And A Dog/Mullin Dhu/Flap - Burgerhaus Bornheim, Ffm
# Irish Night feat. Four Men And A Dog/Mullin Dhu/Flap -
Burgerhaus Bornheim, Frankfurt
* B3 (Black Blanc Beur) <Rapetipas> - Mousonturm, Ffm (until 21/03)
* Waynes World Lookalike Party/Mayqueen - Music Hall, Ffm
# Kevin Coyne and the Paradise Band - Krone, Da
+# Eric IQ Gray - In Der Au, Ffm
18/03+# Terry Hoax - Batschkapp, Ffm
# Paco De Lucia - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Blessing In Disguise - Krone, Da
19/03 # Shirley Bassey - Alte Oper, Ffm
# The Stroke - Sol Y Luna, Ffm
# Space Hobos - Eledil, Da
# Oh Charlie! - Krone, Da
# Noawaran - Brotfabrik, Ffm
# Taucherkoma (Harhouse) - Music Hall, Ffm
# Gary Lucas - Cookys, Ffm
* Limbs Theorem, a ballet by William Forsythe - Schauspielhaus am
Theater, Ffm (on 19,21,22/03 and 3,5,7,10/04)
20/03 # Nicolette - Intimbar, Ffm
# Scan - Krone, Da
# Easy Pete and the Blues Jukes - Studentinnenkeller, Da
# Camellia Jazz Band - Jagdhokeller, Da
21/03 # Shinehead - Batschkapp, Ffm
# Leeway - Negativ, Ffm
# Public Banana Beat - Krone, Da
# X Marks The Pedwalk - Nachtleben, Ffm
# Flute Summit - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Leeway - Negativ, Ffm
22/03 # Ensemble Modern - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Anne Clark - Music Hall, Ffm
# Reddog - Krone, Da
# Soundjacks - Cookys, Ffm
23/03 # Die Fantastischen Vier - Unterfrankenhalle, Ab
# Paolo Conte - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Blind Justice - Krone, Da
24/03+# Skatenigs - Batschkapp, Ffm
# Mama Joes Blues Train - Krone, Da
# Antiseen/Coffin Break - Schwimmbad, Hd
# Reality - Sinkkasten, Ffm
+# The God Machine - Negativ, Ffm
# Krystian Zimmerman - Alte Oper, Ffm
25/03 # Jeff Healey Band - Hugonottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg
# U-Roy/Thriller Jenna/The Robotiks - Kulturzentrum, Mainz
# Mama Joes Blues Train - Krone, Da
# Il Gran Teatro Amaro - Titania, Ffm
# New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Brahms, Dvorak) - Alte Oper, Ffm
* Almut Grytzmann - Alte Oper, Ffm
26/03 # Nana Mouskouri - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Brasilian Guitar Night - Brotfabrik, Ffm
# Roland Kaiser - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
* Phantom of the Opera - Kongresshalle, Da (until 27/03)
27/03 # Vaya Con Dios - Alte Oper, Ffm
# The Kinks - Hugonottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg
+# Jellyfish Kiss - Sinkkasten, Ffm
28/03 # Nena - Stadthalle, Offenbach
# Cancer/Cerebal Fix/Mutant Gods - Negativ, Ffm
# Barrelhouse Jazzband - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Beverly Johnson - Music Hall, Ffm
29/03 # Rick Wakeman - Music Hall, Ffm
+# T.V.Personalities - Cookys, Ffm
30/03 # Monaco Blues Band - Sinkaksten, Ffm
# Circus Lupus - KOZ, Ffm
# Terem Quartet - Alte Oper, Ffm
+# Antiseen - Negativ, Ffm
31/03 # Roger Whittaker - Weststadthalle, Bensheim
# Sorrel String Quartett (Mozart, Britten, Schubert) - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Forthcoming Fire - Negativ, Ffm
# Luna Luna - Sinkkasten, Ffm
# The Tubes - Music Hall, Ffm
01/04 # Arrested Development - Music Hall, Ffm
+# Stone Temple Pilots - Batschkapp, Ffm
02/04 # Mike Oldfield - Festhalle, Ffm
* Crazy Dance - Zoo-Gesellschaftshaus, Ffm (until 31/07)
03/04 # Willy De Ville/Nine Below Zero - Hugonottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg
* West Side Story - Alte Oper, Ffm (until 07/04 and 10/04 to 15/04)
04/04 # Van Halen/Little Angels - Festhalle, Ffm
# Miranda Sex Garden - Nachtleben, Ffm
# Element Of Crime - Batschkapp, Ffm
+# Notwist/Crazy Alice - Negativ, Ffm
05/04+# Lynyrd Skynyrd/Red Devils - Stadthalle, Offenbach
06/04 # Sting - Festhalle, Ffm
# Pablo Moses - Kulturzentrum, Mainz
# Wolf Maahn - Batschkapp, Ffm
# Die Fantastischen Vier - Weststadthalle, Bensheim
# Ice Cube - Music Hall, Ffm
07/04+# Atrocity - Negativ, Ffm
08/04 # Thunder - Batschkapp, Ffm
* Tanzfabrik Berlin <Zerfall der Schwerkraft> - Mousontrum, Ffm (until 10)
# Jesus Christ Superstar - Alte Oper, Ffm (and 09/04)
11/04 # Tankard - Batschkapp, Ffm
+# 3rd Noise Now Festival feat. Einsturzende Neubaten/Afghan Whigs/
Slime/Deine Lakaien/Die Krupps/Leatherface/Terry Hoax/Shonen
Knife/Daisy Chainsaw/Bad Little Dynamos - Phililpshalle,
Dusseldorf
# Sunshot - Negativ, Ffm
+# D.O.A. - Cafe Exzess, Ffm
12/04+# Shonen Knife - Nachtleben, Ffm
13/04 # Iron Maiden - Carl Diem Halle, Wurzburg
+# Einstőzende Neubaten - Mousonturm, Ffm
+# Dream Theatre - Batschkapp, Ffm
14/04 # Paul Anka/Audrey Landers - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
+# Union Carbide Productions/Gashuffer - Schwimmbad, Hd
# SDH - Nachtleben, Ffm
# Survivor - Music Hall, Ffm
15/04 # Poems For Laila - Kulturzentrum, Mainz
# Bonnie Tyler - Music Hall, Ffm
16/04 # Kirov Opera (Mussorgsky) - Alte Oper, Ffm
17/04 # Kirov Opera (Tschaikovsky) - Alte Oper, Ffm
18/04 # Gospel and Spiritual Meeting feat. The Soulful Heavenly Stars/
Odetta/The Jackson Singers - Alte Oper, Ffm
+# Chris Cacavas and the Junkyard Love - Nachtleben, Ffm
# Julian Dawson - Sinkkasten, Ffm
19/04 # Konstantin Wecker - Alte Oper, Ffm
+# Plan B - Batschkapp, Ffm
20/04 # Ina Deter - Music Hall, Ffm
21/04+# The Quireboys - Music Hall, Ffm
# The Ukranians - Nachtleben, Ffm
# Peter Gabriel - Festhalle, Ffm
# The Goats - Cookys, Ffm
22/04 # Phillip Boa - Music Hall, Ffm
# Bonnie Tyler - Stafthalle, Ab
+# Poison Idea - Negativ, Ffm
# The Sundays - Batschkapp, Ffm
24/04 # Pe Werner - Alte Oper, Ffm
25/04 # Manu Dibango - Kulturzentrum, Mainz
+# Absturzende Brieftauben - Batschkapp, Ffm
26/04 # Bon Jovi - Festhalle, Ffm
# Firehouse - Batschkapp, Ffm
27/04 # Hothouse Flowers - Alte Oper, Ffm
+# The Walkabouts - Nachtleben, Ffm
28/04 # Suzanne Vega/The Graduates - Unterfrankenhalle, Ab
# Dan Baird - Nachtleben, Ffm
# Sade - Alte Oper, Ffm
29/04 # Pat Methany Group - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
02/05 # Suede - Nachtleben, Ffm
04/05 # Bass Culture/Simone Miranda/Natty Dread - Sinkkasten, Ffm
# Kansas - Stadthalle, Babenhausen
# Dennis Edwards/Kool And The Gang/Chaka Khan/Turbo B/Shabba
Ranks - Festhalle, Ffm
05/05 # Wynton Marsalis - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Bobo In White Wooden Houses - Batschkapp, Ffm
+# Pisterpirkko - Schwimmbad, Hd
10/05 # Runrig - Stadthalle, Offenbach
11/05 # New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Alte Oper, Ffm
12/05 # New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Alte Oper, Ffm
# Fury In the Slaughterhouse - Music Hall, Ffm
+# Abwarts - Nachtleben, Ffm
13/05 # Albano/Romina Power - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
+# Neds Atomic Dustbin - Batschkapp, Ffm
14/05 # New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Alte Oper, Ffm
15/05 # Blues Night feat. Buddy Guy/John Mayal/Mose Allison/Pete York -
Tanzbrunnen, Koln
17/05+# New Model Army/Senseless Things - Stadthalle, Offenbach
18/05 # Giora Feidman - Alte Oper, Ffm
+# Gumball - Nachtleben, Ffm
21/05 # Elton John - Festhalle, Ffm
22/05 # Metallica/Alice In Chains - Maimarktgelande, Mannheim
27/05 # Leonard Cohen - Alte Oper, Ffm
28/05 # Herman Van Veen - Alte Oper, Ffm (until 30/05)
29/05 # Rock Am Ring feat. INXS/Def Leppard/Faith No More/Heroes Del
Silencio/Leonard Cohen/Hothouse Flowers/Melissa Etheridge/
Ugly Kid Joe/Pur/Die Fantastischen Vier/others - Nurburgring
+# WDR 1 Rocknight feat. Jingo De Lunch/NOFX/Abwarts/others -
Grugahalle, Essen
30/05 # Golden Oldie Night feat. Slade/Tremeloes/The Equals/Dave Dee -
Festzelt-Schlosswiese, Babenhausen
+# Leatherface - KOZ, Ffm
02/06 # U2 - Waldstadion, Ffm
# The Everly Brothers - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
# Adonis - Music Hall, Ffm (and 03/06)
06/06 # Frank Sinatra - Domplatz, Koln (nearest date)
12/06 # Reggae Summer Splash feat. Black Uhuru/The Wailers/Lucky Dube/
others - Freilichtbuhne, Heppenheim
15/06 # Ziggy Marley - Music Hall, Ffm
19/06 # Jethro Tull - Waldstadion, Ffm
25/06 # Guns N' Roses - Waldstadion, Ffm
01/07 # London Symphony Orchestra - Alte Oper, Ffm
02/07 # London Symphony Orchestra - Alte Oper, Ffm
03/07 # Loreley Summer Jam - Lorely, St.Goarshausen
07/07 # Lenny Kravitz - Festhalle, Ffm
10/07 # Bizarre Festival - Loreley, St.Goarshausen
21/07 # Depeche Mode - Festhalle, Ffm
Staatstheater Darmstadt
This month they will celebrate the 20th anniversary. Entrance is free of
charge. The organization is run by volunteers and is payed by donations.
here are the musical events during March sponsored by "Aktion Theaterfoyer"
at the Foyer of the "Grosses Haus" at the Staatstheater Darmstadt:
Saturday, March 13th - 15.30h Concert: chorus "Gospel Inspirations"
under conduction of Peter Przystaniak (piano)
Sunday, March 14th - 11.00h Fruehschoppen: "Heartbreakers" (Oldies&Rock'n
Roll)
Sunday, March 21st - 10.30h 20 years 'Fruehschoppen':
"Happy Wanderers" (Dixie/Swing) from Cologne
"Mothership Connection" (Funky Soul)
Kaiserslautern
I have not included in this list to classical concerts (on the 20th and 27th)
(first with works from Bach and Frank, the second with music from Liszt)
Those events on Saturday usualy start at 15.30h .
>From the 16/04 to 01/05 the Palace Project from London are performing the
following at the Mousonturm:
16/04 - 23/04 Chris Nash with New British Dance
16/04 - 17/07 Yolande Smith with Diction (dance)
20/04 - 21/04 Jonathon Burrows Group with Very (dance)
21/07 - 25/04 Action Theatre London with Black Magic Blue Love (science
fiction comedy)
23/04 - 24/04 Krakeel with Station Hotel (dance)
24/04 Free Dance in Great Britain (discussion)
24/04 - 25/04 Video Palace (video show)
26/04 - 27/04 The Featherstonehaughs with Big Feature (dance)
28/04 - 01/05 Johnny Melville (Scottish comedian)
30/04 - 01/05 V-TOL with Headshot (dance)
Please check first that the concert is on.
This list is not exhaustive (in other words there's a lot of other events
going on as well.)
Where to get tickets:
Karstadt - Luisencenter 294445
Uli's Musicland - Grafenstrasse 20 (Christus Passage) 292110
Verkehrsverein - 20228
Where the places are:
Frankfurt 069/
Alte Oper Opernplatz 1340-400
Batschkapp Maybachstrasse 24 531037
Brotfabrik Bachmannstrasse 24 7894340
Cookys Am Salzhaus 4 287662
Dreikoningskeller Farberstrasse 71 629273
Music Hall Voltastrasse 74-80 779041
Negativ Walter-Kolb Strasse 1-7 289421
Sinkkasten Bronnerstrasse 9 280385
Darmstadt 06151/
Cafe Kesselhaus Rheinstrasse 95 82624
Eledil Adelungstrasse 9 25479
Goldene Krone Schustergasse 18 21352
Studentinnenkeller Residenzschloss 163117
Coming soon - 1/2 Japanese, Gashuffer, Youth Brigade, Chumbawumba, Moving
Targets, Fudgetunnel, Overkill, Savatage, Cannibal Corpse,
God, Jethro Tull, The Beach Boys, HarlemGlobetrotters,
Billy Ocean, Barclay James Harvest, Swimming The Nile,
Ziggy Marley, Robben Ford, Rare Earth, Third World,
Marky Mark, Saga, The Strawbs, Roger Chapman,
Jesus Jones, Lag Wagon, Johnny Guitar Watson,
Shiny Gnomes, Eight Dayz, Manfred Manns Earthband,
Pigface, Moving Targets, Steve Miller, Blood Sweat And
Tears, Golden Earring, U.F.O.,Uriah Heep, John Mayall and
the Bluesbreakers, Nazareth, Bruce Springsteen,
Apache Indian, The Scottish Sex Pistols,
Test Dept., Fear, Conflict, Discharge, The Shamen,