(16 Jan) – The Italian band GüggenBand from Muggia, one of the leading bands in the carnival scene, will participate, from January 18 to 20, in the event dedicated to Guggenmusik held in Speyer. The 4th edition of the “Großer Nachtumzug der Narren”, the “Feast of Fools,” will see the streets of the German city invaded by masked groups from Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, and this year, Italy. The event will be inaugurated on Saturday at the stroke of 18:11 by a cannon shot, and it will continue into the night with singing, dancing and, of course, lots of music Gugge style. Also animating the streets of the old town will be the night parade organized by the local Gugge Band, the “Brezlkrachern” with 3,500 “clowns” divided into 130 groups. GüggenBand Muja’s participation will be attended by a large group, made up of 70 people, including musicians and helpers aged between 8 and 80. This participation is also in preparation of the 60th Muggia Carnival, and its main purpose is to “weave new relationships – says the head of artistic GüggenBand Muja, Fabiana Pipitone – and cast collaborations with the groups present at the German event in order to bring them to Muggia next August, for the fourth edition of the Festival of Friendship-EuroCarnevale Summer, and in particular for the Eurosfilata of August 10, with carnival music from the ‘cradle of Guggenmusik’, ie Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein . The “Festival of Friendship” has hosted over 25 bands from Austria, Friuli, Slovenia, Croatia, Trieste and Muggia.
