Festival Salon: Meet and Sing

Festival Salon: Meet and Sing
With the Beethovenfest Community Music

Meet & Sing is an open singing event organized by the Beethovenfest. Together with the Beethovenfest Community Musicians Juri de Marco, Juliane Fehn, and Franziska Pieper, we’ll sing simple songs from various cultures and traditions—without any pressure to perform and simply for the joy of making music together.

The songs are easy to learn, and many people already know them. At times, we’ll use simple sign language to spontaneously create two- or three-part harmonies. This way, everyone can join in—regardless of their musical background.
Everyone is warmly invited—whether to sing along or just to listen.

No prior experience required!

Dates:
Thursdays, 7:00–8:30 p.m.

• Thu, Sept. 10, 2026 ( Beethovenhalle, Studio)
  With Juri de Marco and Franziska Pieper.
• Thu, Sept. 17, 2026 (Beethovenhalle, Seminar Room B/C)
  With Juri de Marco and Juliane Fehn.
• Thu, Sept. 24, 2026 (Beethovenhalle, Seminar Room B/C)
  With Juri de Marco, Juliane Fehn, and Franziska Pieper, as well as guest musician Nathan Vanderpool.
  This evening will focus on singingAgapic Chantstogether: short, accessible songs inspired by personal encounters with people in Bonn. Everyone is warmly invited to join in—no prior experience is necessary.
• Thu, Oct. 1, 2026 (Beethovenhalle, Seminar Room B/C)
  With Juri de Marco, Juliane Fehn, and Franziska Pieper.

Subject to change. Up-to-date information is available on our website at www.beethovenfest.de/festival-salon

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The Festival Salon

The Festival Salon is the (musical) living room of the Beethovenfest!
With free admission , anyone who wants to can sit together, play, read, relax, or just hang out. The Salon offers a wide variety of activities across different series.

Feel welcome everywhere. Take advantage of the stages, open spaces, seating areas, the kids’ corner, and much more— join workshops, let yourself be surprised during Happy Hours, discover new hobbies, meet artists, and let yourself be swept away by the music at Open Stages, the Community Choir rehearsals, or performances by Bonn bands.

Hours
September 4–October 3, 2026

Wed, 5–9 p.m.
Thu–Sat, 6–11 p.m.
Sun, 2:00–7:30 p.m.
And always one hour before events at the Beethovenhalle.

Free admission

Location
You’ll find the Festival Salon in the Beethovenhalle’s exhibition space, between the foyer of the Great Hall and the South Foyer. Access without a ticket is available through the entrance to the South Wing.

Details on accessible entry

Supported by “tuned – Network for Contemporary Classical Music” of the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.