Zaches & Zinnober | Family Concert - How the Elephant Invented Rock and Roll | for ages 4+

Family concert | Sunday, October 4, 2026, 3 p.m. | Kulturforum Franziskanerkloster, Rokokosaal

Musical theatre based on the children's classic by Leo Lionni - for everyone aged 4 and up, performed by Zaches & Zinnober.

When the well-travelled gentlemen Zaches & Zinnober unpack their instruments, the fun begins: a tiny sneeze becomes big music, three pigs splash about in the bath, grumpy polar bears turn into loving fathers - and at the end a pirate ship carries everyone out to sea. Stories to listen to and marvel at, but above all to invent together, sing along, and play.

Zaches (Michael Zachcial) and Zinnober (Ralf Siebenand) have been performing their blend of verbal acrobatics, poetry, grotesque tales, and virtuoso music for nearly 25 years - across the country, as well as in Switzerland, Italy, and for the Goethe Institute in Ireland, Scotland, and Denmark.

Tickets: The event is initially available only through the "Knallbunt-Abo für Kinder" subscription. Subscriber sales begin July 11, 2026 (subscription: 3 theatre shows / 1 family concert - children 15 €, adults 19 €). Individual tickets (children 5 €, adults 10 €, including ticket fee) will be available from September 5, 2026.

Tickets are available at the Tourist Information office, Orsaystraße 3a, 47906 Kempen, tel. 02152 917 4120, kartenverkauf@kempen.de - or online at the Kulturszene-Kempen shop (plus fees). Written and telephone orders are possible; those who come in person will be served first.

Supported by the Kempen Klassik e.V. association.