Sightseeing "Munich Swing Procession"
Live Music with the Souvenirs

Sightseeing Tour Route (approximate) LINK

11:00-11:30 Odeonsplatz
We meet at Odeonsplatz with the Souvenirs playing Live Music.

11:30-12:00 Sightseeing Residence and Hofgarten
Sightseeing tour around the Munich residence, the formal royal palace.

12:00-12:30 Café Luitpold
At the historic cafe we'll have more dancing with the Souvenirs

13:00 Shim Sham at Marienplatz
We meet up at 13:00 here for some Shim Shamming "Flashmob" fun. There will be plenty of tourists, and they'll be wondering what we are up to!

13:15-14:15 Café Glockenspiel
More Swing dancing with the Souvenirs. If you want, you can hop off for a short tour of the oldest church of Munich nearby with a good view of the city and catch up with us at the next stop.
optional: Visit to "St. Peter"
Wikipedia: St. Peter's Church (Munich)
This is the oldest church in Munich, a place where monks were living in 8th century already. This is expected to be the origin of the whole city. The current church dates back to 14th century when it was rebuilt after a big city fire. The tower and large parts however were rebuilt after the severe world war damage.

14:15-15:00 Sightseeing Viktualienmarkt
We'll be walking around Viktualienmarkt, a very lively market in the very center of Munich.

15:00 Hofbräuhaus
This is the worldwide known Hofbräuhaus. We've got some room in the second floor. Christine Klebe and Stephan Wuthe will share some swing history storys with us, and bring along their Grammophone.

Call Christine under 0172-6756376 if you can't find us or get lost.

It all began with the wedding of the Bavarian crown prince Ludwig (later known as King Ludwig the first) to princess Therese from Saxony-Hildburghausen, hence the name of the Theresien-Wiese (local dialect: "Wiesn") or Therese's green, on October 12, 1810. Five days later, the National Guard organized a large public horse race to ensure that the Bavarian folk could also take part in the wedding celebration. It was decided that the festival should be repeated at the same time the following year, which marked the birth of the "October-Festivals".

The enormous entertainment spectrum today didn't exist in the past: A couple of carousels and several beer stands were all at the time. The showman business was first developed in the 1870's, and the first beer tents started in 1896. As Munich was considerably smaller in the past, the proprietors and event organizers went out to the Wiesn for the starting ceremonies. This tradition is still reflected today with the entry of the Wiesn proprietors on Saturday morning in the parade.

The former mayor Thomas Wimmer first started the well-known Tradition of tapping the beer keg in the 1950's. Since then, the mayor has always tapped the first keg on the first Wiesn-Saturday at exactly 12:00pm and called out "O'zapft is'!" (which means the keg has been tapped).

swing, swing, swing.... Live Bands

Souvenirs -- spritzig und vergnügt zum Tanzen und Mit-"swingen"

Bernard Rusted, Klarinette, Saxophon, Vocals
Dorothea Hünemörder, Bass
Hans-Martin Hünemörder, Gitarre, Vocals

Swing, Jazz, Tanzmusik - präsentiert das Trio Souvenirs. Dargeboten mit akustischen Instrumenten mit flexibler Verstärkung. Angenehm im Hintergrund, zum gepflegten Essen oder am Buffet, spritzig und vergnügt zum Tanzen und Mit-"swingen".



(for more information about the musicians, please visit the homepage of Souvenirs by clicking the image aside - (only in german))

Malis' Swing-Connection

Viele kennen mich von der "Chronoswiss-Jazz-Night" montags im
Schwabinger Podium : „Malis´Swing-Connection“.
Jazz-und Swing-Standards entstanden von Duke Ellington, George Shearing, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin und vielen anderen Komponisten. So bedeutende Interpreten wie Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday und Ella Fitzgerald machten sie weltbekannt.
Zusammen mit versierten Musikern der Münchner Jazz-Szene möchte ich
Euch diese Musik wieder näher bringen - frisch aufbereitet zum Zuhören und Mitswingen .

Carolin Roth Quartett -- Finest Ballroom Swing

Carolin Roth, Vocals
Balthasar Hechenbichler, Piano
Philip Wipfler, Bass
Andi Gleixner, Drums

Carolin Roth zieht das Publikum mit ihrem strahlenden Lächeln und mit ihrer melodiösen Stimme in Bann. Mit ihren Mannen an der Seite bringen sie das Tanzbein zum Swingen!

TABTUWAB - Bigband - ungewöhnliche Arrangements, jugendlicher Schwung und atemberaubende Soli

Das 18-köpfige Jazz-Ensemble setzt sich aus jungen Musikern zusammen, denen die Freude am Spiel vom ersten bis zum letzten Ton anzumerken ist.
Ihr Stil ist der klassische Big Band Sound. Darüber hinaus beinhaltet das Repertoire unterhaltsamen traditionellen Swing, Filmmelodien und moderne Rock-, Pop-, Latin- und Funk-Kompositionen.