Baden-Württemberg: The Cannstatter Wasen is "tapped"

After a two-year Corona break, it seems to be good news for organizers and showmen that the folk festival on the Cannstatter Wasen is taking place at all.

Baden-Württemberg: The Cannstatter Wasen is "tapped"

After a two-year Corona break, it seems to be good news for organizers and showmen that the folk festival on the Cannstatter Wasen is taking place at all. So it's not so bad if there are fewer visitors than expected.

Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - The first week of the festival was rainy, there were problems with a lack of workers and concerns about rising energy prices. Nevertheless, according to their own statements, the organizers, innkeepers and showmen of the Cannstatter Wasen are satisfied with the 175th edition of the festival. Fireworks by multiple pyrotechnics world champion Joachim Berner are planned for Sunday (9.30 p.m.) at the end of the "Wasen". The organizers are hoping for a total of three million visitors by Sunday.

Before the folk festival, the organizers had expected 3.5 million visitors. In 2019, around four million people came to the Wasen. In addition to seven large marquees, a total of 251 showmen, restaurants and merchants have been represented at the Wasen since September 23rd.