First dog festival “Beat & Bark” in Brandenburg: workshops, sport and encounters for people and dogs

What does dog dance look like and where is the best place for dogs to get a massage? Anyone looking for answers to these questions has come to the right place at the first dog festival “Beat & Bark” in Brandenburg. For three days starting today (Friday), Lausitz will be “the stage for everything that connects people and dogs: sport, music, exercise, encounters,” said the organizers. The venue is the F60 visitor mine.

Dozens of workshops, sports events and lectures are planned: In addition to massage and dance, the program in Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf in the Elbe-Elster district also includes dog fitness, obstacle courses, animal first aid and stand-up paddling with the dog. There is also a dog fashion show and a night run on the first evenings, where owners and their four-legged friends can compete.

The organizers promise “a weekend among peers in front of an impressive backdrop.” The F60 visitor mine is an overburden conveyor bridge on Lake Bergheid. It is considered a monument of industrial culture and is known as the “lying Eiffel Tower of Lusatia”. According to the information, the former conveyor bridge is around 500 meters long and almost 80 meters high. It is surrounded by a spacious open-air area and a sandy beach, where the dog festival is held.