display
Darmstadt (dpa / lhe) - The Schlossgrabenfest in Darmstadt has also been canceled this year due to the persistently high number of corona infections.
Due to the pandemic situation, it is not possible again this year to listen to the music of more than 100 bands together and to celebrate the festival in the heart of the city, the organizers shared on Wednesday after a joint decision with Mayor Jochen Partsch (Greens ) With.
"It would be simply irresponsible."
According to the organizers, the Schlossgrabenfest is one of the largest German festivals of its kind with over 400,000 visitors per year. The festival should have taken place on Whitsun from May 20th to 24th.
There was a virtual offer last year.
It is painful that the figurehead has to be canceled for the second year in a row because of the pandemic that has not yet been overcome, said Partsch.
"We are in the middle of the third wave of this natural disaster and such a festival is simply not possible at the moment."
display
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210331-99-45449 / 2