In the meantime, several years have passed.
We dare. We award the highest German rating:
"You can't complain!"
What you have delivered! And what proof you have given us that every second of the year-long planning, the thousands and thousands of volunteer hours of more than 150 people, was, in the end, time well spent.
Seriously, we are beside ourselves and deeply moved and ask ourselves the question: Why do we still have goose bumps from the GLACIS OPEN AIR 2021?
Goosebumps come easily from the cold and wet, and at least Saturday evening was a bit rough. But cold goose bumps don't last longer than the cold itself. So there must be another reason. At the risk of ending up in the esoteric drawer, let's assume that - apart from the 5000 or so guests - the presence of two spirits may have played an important role. On the one hand, the dance spirit raged not too little in front of the seven stages.
He has only recently been allowed to haunt again and was visibly tired of the dry runs in the lockdown living rooms. Just as omnipresent was obviously the fighting spirit, because it's just fun to defy together: defy the many months of viral tristesse and monotonous blandness, defy the nasty weather forecast, which we almost had to thank for the cancellation of the open air. But luckily we preferred to brave it. When MAVI PHOENIX heated up the wild crowd at the "Hang zum Klang" shortly before the end, the late rain only ignited our "Now more than ever!" flame, because we are not made of sugar, we are made of music! AA HU! Yep, still goosebumps.
Now let's take a brief look at the Open Air on two levels: The big picture, that's you, us, the helping hands, the musicians, the artists, all the people who couldn't wait to see what was over so quickly: the first GLACIS OPEN AIR. It is only through and for all of us that it takes place.
Level two: Our good old Magdeburger Volksstimme blows "bubbles" directly into the headline of the post-event report and perhaps hits the nail on the head with this assessment. Because it is precisely details like these - soap bubbles, slacklines, sidewalk chalk and colourful pennants - that create the character of an event, its look and its identity. The people then breathe life into it all.
Thank you
to all the creative geniuses who have turned a vision into reality!
Thank you
to all members of the collective! You give each other reason to love and honour this city, so that no more departures will separate us.
Thank you
to all the helpers! Your commitment is our foundation to pull off such a huge event.
Thank you
to all our guests! This is especially true for all those who have given financial support to the artists through the hat fund (digital as well as analogue).
Thank you
the sponsors and supporters. Without your generous support, a free one-day Showcase Open Air would be impossible. It's nice that you know that investing in social and cultural coexistence is never a losing proposition. We look forward to sending you our funding application again next year with our best recommendations.
And now, please allow us all two well-deserved hours off before we start preparing for the GLACIS OPEN AIR 2022!
You will hear from us.
Your Musikkombinat Magdeburg e.V.
in cooperation with nine other cultural collectives so far.
Author: Manuel Pape - 09 September 2021
