SCHNAFTL UFFTSCHIK live at BAR BOBU

WE WILL BRASS YOU

BAR BOBU proudly presents live on stage:

SCHNAFTL UFFTSCHIK

doors: 7 p.m.

donation based

you can reserve free tickets here to make sure you get in but we do kindly ask for a donation at the door

In March 1996, Schnaftl Ufftschik stepped onto the boards that are said to mean the world for the first time in the legendary Cafe Saba in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg. Concerts were advertised on handmade posters and flyers for 4 Saturdays under the title “Classical Vulgar Folklore and Obsessive Ethnomysticism”.
So the audience had absolutely no idea what to expect from this band, just as the 2 female and 5 musicians had absolutely no idea what to expect from the audience. The first song: Schnaftl Ufftschik - an original composition by accordionist Rolf “Cello” Fischer - was just as celebrated as Fischer's explanation of the piece about the good-natured West Siberian forest goblin who protects blonde-haired girls when fetching water and who still inspires and motivates Schnaftl today. He continues to collect music wherever he goes on the Trans-Siberian Railway, from Vladivostok, via Buenos Aires, Dublin, Saba, Brunleby...
Even though it was initially said that Schnaftl Ufftschik made too much head music and not enough leg music, the band won a few titles - in 1996 the “Musica Vitale” prize for Berlin-Brandenburg, in 1997 the “German Folk Promotion Prize” and in 1998 they were guests at the Paris “Festival for Imaginary Music”.
Despite initial line-up turbulence, an immense creative process began with a wide variety of stage programs, collaboration with national and international artists and participation in theater projects. A total of 6 CD productions are no small proof of this. Whether imaginary or ethnomystically obsessive, the band is still snaking their audience 25 years later, with a lot of leg and gut music - and cleverly arranged.

“With thrilling joy of playing, five excellent musicians fly over oceans of emotion from euphoria to melancholy.”
Berliner Morgenpost