Makeda Magic starts the Stadtgarten 2016

Taxi--106Bonn’s Alten Zoll isn’t the only place near the University that workmen have been frantically re-constructing.  Last week saw the Stadtgarten concert stage arising from the ash of the boules courtyard next to the Biergarten and last night saw the first concert of the new season with Belgian band The Herfsts and Bonn’s own Steal a Taxi on hand to ease the stress of a hard week’s work.

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Balloons & the tears of a clown – Cynthia Nickschas at Alten Zoll

Nickschas_Alten_Zoll (16 of 45)Good things must come to an end, and the Stadtgarten concerts down by Alten Zoll are sadly no exception.  The words of my old hero Phil Lynott  came to mind at 10pm on Saturday though: “We’re going out singing, singing, SINGING!”  and how could it be any other way with the bundle of Bonn dynamite that goes by the name of Cynthia Nikschas ?

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