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Freiburg Fair

August 25, 26, and 27, 2005
Madison, Wisconsin

Madison's sister city, Freiburg, Germany, will present a festival and street fair in Madison August 25, 26 and 27 featuring three kinds of music (classical, jazz and brass band), German food, displays of quilts and photographs, and seminars on energy conservation and renewable energy.


Preliminary Schedule
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Thursday, August 25 Friday, August 26 Saturday, August 27

Ongoing:
Quilt Exhibition - Municipal Library

 

5:00 p.m
Opening Reception for "Faces of Freiburg"-Municipal Building

7:00 p.m.
Energy Symposium - Meriter Main Gate

8:00 p.m.
Brass Band - Meriter Main Gate

 7:30 a.m. Energy Symposium--MATC downtown campus

8:00 a.m. Mayor's Breakfast for Official Delegation - Monona Terrace Convention Center

10.00 a.m. Tour of the Monona Terrace Convention Center, Capitol, and Overture Center

12:00 noon
Brass Band - Capitol Rotunda

12:00 noon Violin/Piano duo - Overture Center Rotunda

12:00 noon Blue 6 Pack Jazz Quartet - Orpheum Lobby

1.30 - 3.30 p.m Freiburg Delegation will meet Madison city officials to discuss mutual concerns

5:00 p.m. Picnic Vilas Park

8:00 p.m. Violin/piano duo - Farley's House of Pianos
$15.00 (ticket includes reception)

9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Street Fair.
Top of State Street

-The Brass Band and Blue 6 PackJazz Quartet will alternate playing on the outdoor stage
-Männerchor New Glarus
-Display of traditional carnival costumes
-Meet citizens and city officials from our sister city Freiburg
-Information about Freiburg, the SolarRegion, Sister City Relationship, and Trip to Germany (2006) available
-Freiburg memorabilia for sale

12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Blue 6 Pack Jazz Quartet - Orpheum Lobby
German Wine will be on sale at the Orpheum Lobby

3:00 p.m.
Brass Band - Capitol Brewery Beer Garden

7:00 p.m. Blue 6 PackJazz Quartet -
Madison Center for the Creative
& Cultural Arts

7:00 p.m. Violin/piano duo - Meriter Main Gate

German dinner at Harvest Restaurant during regular hours.

Exhibitions:

Freiburg Faces. Photographs by Telemach Wiesinger
(Municipal Building, August 22 through 29)
(Public Library, Sequoia Branch, through September)

Quilt Exhibition
(Public Library, August through September)

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We thank our sponsors:
City of Madison, City of Freiburg, Germany, Madison-Freiburg Sister City Committee, Madison Area Technical College
Bavaria Sausage, Capital Brewery, Clasen's European Bakery, Dorf Haus, Essen Haus, Farley's House of Pianos, Fauerbach Brewery, Harvest, Meriter Main Gate, Orpheum Theatre, Overture Center, Quivey's Grove


Madison-Freiburg Sister City Committee
Office of the Mayor
City-County Building, Room 403
210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Madison, WI 53703