Free Festival at Theresenwiese

Fri 9th Jul, 2010

Munich. Where else would you find this? A performance of DSDS star Mehrzad Marashi, the finnish band Sunrise Avenue and the british rock band Livingston - and all for free.

As well as a football theme park, an acrobatic talent show, a live cooking show with celebrities, a childrens theme park, cheap delicatessen and shopping. All of that is offered at the Rewe Family summer fest on saturday between 10 AM and 8 PM at the Theresienwiese. Children will be looked after by pirates -  the pirates are nursery carers dressed up. At the football park, professional coaches will teach the youngsters their best tricks and the talent show unites magicians, dancers and singers on stage.


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