Music and party: “King” and chops: Bad Nauheim with Elvis

Great Elvis fans celebrated their Rock ‘n’ Roll idol at a festival in Bad Nauheim. With petticoats, hairpins and cutlets, visitors were fond of the 22nd edition of the “European Elvis Festivals” of the music legend (1935 to 1977). We saw Elvis doubles and flashing US street crosses. There are a number of leading fans who use the singers’ contact lenses as tattoos.

This unique Sonntag is a party and concert music of «King» and his time. One of the live broadcasts of US-Stars (“Heartbreak Hotel”) and the original version of the Besitz with clothing, instruments, documentation and display. Zur Auftaktparty am Freitagabend hadte es een grote Andrang beim Festival gegeben.

The popular visitors will be counted in the next days. “The reaction is positive about the autumn, while there are no perfect weather conditions”, said a word in the Sonntag of the German press agency. “We are closing the festival today with a film, and then the leader for those years is back to the end.”

Elvis Presley war from October 1958 to March 1960 as a soldier in the benchbarten Friedberg stationiert en lebte dieser Zeit in Bad Nauheim. Bei Experienceführungen können Interessierte Originalschauplätze besuchen.

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