Sommerbühne 2: X-CHANGE / RO GEBHARDT & RAINER WOLLMANN

For the 14th time, we are celebrating a summer full of music in Bernkastel-Kues. As always, you can enjoy great open-air events with free admission. Every Thursday from 6 pm to 10 pm, we offer you 2 bands, cheerful after-work entertainment and the most beautiful places in our town.

Thursday, 03.07.

6 pm: RO GEBHARDT & RAINER WOLLMANN FEAT. THE NEW GENERATION
'The two-time Berklee College of Music scholarship winner, winner of the Steven D. Holland Award and award-winning author Ro Gebhardt celebrates guitar music at its finest at the Guitar Special together with the thoroughbred guitarist and founder of the band ‘Starkstrom’ Rainer Wollmann. They will be supported by the two exceptional rhythm talents Alec Gebhardt, a young student at the HFM and the youngest ever winner of the Kulturverein Neunkirchen prize, and Jonas Drobczynski from Mainz on drums. Ro Gebhardt: Studied composition at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, author of books with the German Music Editing Prize for ‘Jazz-Alphabet’ & ‘The Art Of Guitar-Duo’, CD & video productions from solo to big band with mainly original compositions and worldwide tours with concerts in Blue Note / New York, Central Park Jazzfest NYC, Berlin, Paris, Warsaw etc. Guest lecturer at various colleges and universities such as the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in New York, HFM Cologne, Music & Arts Malta, Jazz&Rock-Schule Freiburg etc. ‘Best R'n'B/Soul Song’ and ‘Best Jazz-Rock Song’ German Pop Foundation.

8 pm: X-CHANGE - The return of a legend
X-Change - that stands for honest, handmade rock with a lot of pressure behind it. Founded in the early 90s, the band quickly became an insider tip in the south-west German rock scene - and beyond. With a sound that oscillated between groovy hard rock and melodic rock and an energetic stage presence, X-Change earned a reputation as a merciless live band. What began as a group of five experienced musicians quickly became a permanent fixture on countless stages - both in their home region and in neighbouring countries. Over 100 gigs in just two years speak for themselves. With the addition of a keyboard player, X-Change opened up even further stylistically without giving up its own uncompromising character. Whether large city festivals, trendy clubs or open-air events with tens of thousands of spectators - X-Change rocked them all. Particularly memorable highlights include the legendary performance at the Rhineland-Palatinate Day in front of over 35,000 people and the collaboration with Radio Rockland, which even saw stages rolling on 32-tonne lorries. The band toured regularly until 2013 and shaped an era of regional rock culture. Now - over a decade later - the time has finally come: X-Change is back! A one-off revival concert brings the sound, the power and the passion back to the stage.