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Pfifferdaj : the fiddlers' festival  


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1 Grand Rue, 68150 Ribeauville
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Opening hours :
• 10h Saturday 3 September: medieval market in the media library courtyard from 10h-21h, torchlight procession at 20h30 • 9h Sunday 4 September: medieval market in the media library courtyard from 10h-19h, musical procession at 14h30, historical parade at 15h

The Fête des Ménétriers, Alsace's oldest festival, perpetuates the ties between the lords of Ribeaupierre and the minstrels they protected. Every year, this authentic festival, a great popular encounter with the Middle Ages, takes place every first Sunday in September.
The Pfifferdaj is a medieval festival that pays homage to the guild of minstrels (minstrels, musicians, acrobats...), a guild that had its headquarters in Ribeauvillé and was under the protection of the lords of Ribeaupierre in the Middle Ages.

The 2025 theme will focus on Merlin's metamorphosis!

The highlight of the festival is the procession on Sunday, but there's plenty of entertainment on offer throughout the weekend:

  • On Sunday:
    • at 9am: wake-up call by the Minstrels of the Harmonie Vogésia from the Tour des Bouchers
    • at 10am: musical entertainment in the Grand'rue and all the squares by various musical groups taking part in the procession
    • from 10am to 7pm: Medieval market in the courtyard of the Médiathèque - musical entertainment by the "Skadefryd" group from 10am to 12pm
    • 1:30 pm :New - Rencontre des Ménétriers d'Alsace, brass band parade
    • at 2:30 pm: Grand procession of musicians, floats, jugglers and other fire-eaters... (a thousand extras dressed in faithfully recreated medieval costumes take part in the procession).
    • after the procession: free wine tasting at the fountain on Place de l'Hôtel de ville (offered by the Syndicat Viticole de Ribeauvillé)
    • from around 7 pm (after the procession): public ball and catering at the Jardin de Ville de Ribeauvillé

    LOCALISATION

    1 Grand Rue, 68150 Ribeauville

    Nearest Station : 4

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