Many “lonely folk festival hearts” settled down on the cult single couch at the Gäuboden folk festival at the weekend – and told what they expect from the dream man and dream woman. It’s not always delicate.
By Simone Kamhuber and
Hans Kratz
“During Corona, too many singles accumulated. They all have to go now,” says the moderator Betty Amrhein. Pragmatically and without hesitation. But that’s exactly how it is, the institution of the single couch at the Gäuboden folk festival. At the weekend, more than a hundred “lonely folk festival hearts” settled down on the cult couch near the emergency tent. Singles who would rather not be singles answer questions from a team of moderators Straubinger daily newspaper. The candidates should get to the point: what distinguishes them and who do they want at their side? Sometimes she’s looking for him, sometimes he’s looking for him, but mostly he’s looking for her. So does David from Wörth an der Donau, tool mechanic. The camera is focused on him for 120 seconds, three quarters of the time elapses for his great love, the bulldogs, he already has six models. The partner he still lacks has to come to terms with this passion. “If she comes along on vintage tours,” he wished. And she should have a nice smile.