Mühlenfunken Pop & Poetry Festival

In the organizer's words:

Mühlenfunken - Pop & Poetry Festival on September 7

Title: Mühlenfunken - Pop & Poetry Festival

Date: Saturday 07.09.2024

Time: 15-22 h

Location: Mühlenwiese at the copper mill, Kupfermühlenweg 7, 21509 Glinde

Organizer: Europa-Union, Red Panther Communication
Free admission

The Mühlenfunken is a new, one-day cultural festival on the Mühlenwiese in Glinde.

The Europa-Union, in cooperation with the organizers Germo Lindemann and Tobi Kirsch, is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the town twinning with Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire with this event. The event offers both literature and music lovers a rich program that is complemented by a variety of culinary offerings. The event aims to celebrate Franco-German friendship together with local institutions. Admission is free.

In the afternoon, after a welcoming address by the Mayor of Glinder Zug, there will be a literary program curated by the Kiel literary event organizer Björn Högsdal. It will feature top-class authors from the spoken word and poetry slam scene. Following the literature section, the Europa-Union will present its work and the sisterhood in detail.

The musical programwill follow in the evening:

Rendez-Vous is a multicultural swing and chanson group from Hamburg. The singer Caroline Lacaze grew up in the Loire region and was born in Anger, a neighboring town of Nantes. She has lived in Hamburg for 12 years and has started her own family here with a German musician and producer. Caroline has also performed in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, making her a perfect fit for this event. Rendez-Vous performs regularly in Hamburg, including at the Arabesque Festival.

In addition to classics by Edith Piaf, Django Reinhardt and Charles Trenet as well as current songs by Zaz, for example, the multicultural quartet's program also includes some rarely heard gems from France. With French lightness, charm and a swinging groove, Rendez-Vous will radiate pure, foot-stomping joie de vivre from our stage for an evening that will have many a person humming their way home after the concert, with a lively gait and a smile on their lips.

Principles of Joy is a soul and funk band from near Paris and has its roots in hip hop. Bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Ludovic Bors writes the music and his wife Christelle Amoussou the lyrics, which are performed live by singer Rachel Yarabou. The six-piece band has been playing together for a long time and is influenced by the soul variants of the 60s and 70s, but jazz and the origins of hip hop culture are also an important source of inspiration for them. Lyrically, they are completely oriented towards the soul tradition and deal with topics such as social protest and discrimination. Every album they release on the Qsounds label features a cover version of a well-known soul song; they are currently paying tribute to Sharon Jones, who died of cancer, with their version of 'Your thing is a drag'. They have gained a growing fan base through numerous tours in Germany. Their current album 'It's soul that counts' (released on Qsounds in March 24) received excellent reviews and was nominated for the longlist of the German Record Critics' Award this year.

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The project is supported by the Franco-German Citizens' Fund:

The Franco-German Citizens' Fund advises, networks and finances projects that bring Franco-German friendship and Europe to life for the general public. It promotes a variety of formats and topics, has a low threshold and is open to all civil society players.

The Citizens' Fund is based on the Treaty of Aachen concluded between Germany and France in 2019 and was established in April 2020. It is implemented by the Franco-German Youth Office (FG YO ) and financed in equal parts by the German and French governments.

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The event is also sponsored by the state of Schleswig-Holstein with the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Areas, Europe and Consumer Protection and by Hamburger Sparkasse Glinde.