Tattoo with more visitors than last year – News Basel: City



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The thirteenth edition of the Basel Tattoo Military Music Festival ended Saturday night after ten days. The use of the capacities of the eleven performances has reached a good 87%, as announced the organizers Sunday evening

At the military music festival with more than 1000 participants and a budget of about 8 , 5 million francs, formations of Canada, USA, Mexico, Great Britain, Germany, South Africa, Australia and Ukraine. From Switzerland, the Top Secret Drum Corps and the Swiss Army Central Band were present. The latter collaborated with singer Lisa Stoll at the Basel Tattoo

Among the highlights was the Banda Monumental de Mexico with a happy Mariachi music and Aztec dancers, a mini-finale with 200 bagpipes and drums Massed Pipes and Drums as well as the bagpipes. Rock music by Red Hot Chilli Pipers from Glasgow to Glasgow with songs like Thunderstruck by AC / DC or Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water.

Last Saturday, during the parade with nearly 2,000 participants across the city of Basel, the organizers had 120,000 free Zaungäste next to the people doing shopping. More than 1,000 visitors came Saturday afternoon to the Tattoo Children's Day.

The Swiss TV SRF will broadcast a recording of the Basel Tattoo 2018 on September 22nd. The 14th edition of Basel Tattoo is announced from July 12 to 20, 2019. (amu / sda)

Created: 30.07.2018, 10:23

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