Jürgen Becker — Was spricht gegen einen schönen Abend

Jürgen Becker, who understands the world and especially Cologne, has once again “a rischtisch dicke Kopp jemaat”. That's what it's called in Cologne when you really think about something properly. Becker, who greets his audience on stage for 28 years in the midnight peaks and until this evening after evening with the words: “Well, we want to have a nice evening there! “, in fact, there is a serious question: In times like this, in a world like ours, can you even have a nice evening with despots like that? Or maybe you not only can — but even have to?

Because what sounds like Rhenish cosiness at first takes Becker right into the center of the present day. In Ukraine, for example, where exhausted people cheer to him during aid convoys and say: “If we stop partying, singing and dancing, we will have lost.” Or in everyday German life, where the Westphalian asks: “What can I do today? ” and the Rhinelander muses: “Where are you going today evening? “And finally right into the big question of how much conviviality does a democracy need so that it not only functions, but also really lives.

With wit, knowledge and his own passion for historic side streets, Becker talks about the Enlightenment, taverns, free choice of seats and the revolutionary power of sitting together. Because anyone who drinks, sings, talks and quarrels together is far from lost. Perhaps democracy does not even start in parliament, but rather at the table next door.

Of course, with Jürgen Becker, all of this is not possible without music. The catchy music quotes and melodies ensure that no one is out of sync this evening — and that every punchline develops its very own hit potential. And so Becker, this universal philosopher from Cologne, finally and finally leads his audience to the beneficial realisation that even in a world like this there is absolutely nothing wrong with a lovely evening. Except maybe... “That rischtisch dicke Kopp” the next morning.