Stadtfest (City Party)

This weekend is Mannheim's Stadtfest, a big party nominally for the kids but there will be lots of beer and music into the night. They set up tents and vendors all along the planken, the pedestrian mall downtown. The Germans sure know how to throw a party. I walked over this afternoon to check it out. Here is a picture looking one way ...and here is looking the other way.
This is the main stage, there are two others, being set up.
I will go back tonight to see what it is like when the kiddies go to bed. I won't stay up too late as I leave for Wien tomorrow morning.