Tänzelfest Boys’ Band

Young musicians with a long tradition

What would a festival be like without music? In 1867 the band director, David Ignaz Walch, in a fortuitous stroke of genius, added the Tänzelfest Boys‘ Band to the festival. The young musicians, dressed in the uniforms of the Kaufbeurer militia of 1850, have captivated audiences, not only due to their appearance, but even more so due to their appreciable musical talent.

In all corners of our city, they let their instruments resound to the appreciation of the locals as well as our guests. Whether at the flag-waving or the big parade or the Kaufbeurer „Zapfenstreich“ (the playing of taps at dusk)--everywhere they are met with loud applause. But it is not only at the Tänzelfest that our „boys“ delight their listeners. At many performances, both at home and abroad, they easily enchant their audiences.