Every Easter, Hamburg hosts the KVN European Festival. KVN under-culture have their own slang and habits accumulated over decades. I had the chance to cover this event again. Official website 

Competing teams (1-10 persons) performed self-thought jokes, sketches, scenes, in 5-10 min each

European League means: there are teams for all over Europe. The main language vehicle is Russian (as KVN roots back in Soviet Union), although there are many German jokes/slang interleaved.

Songs, parodies, sensual dances, live guitar & other instruments, anything that passes the casting and is prone for a laugh can be performed, usually country and men-women cliches

Although I didn’t get all the jokes, audience and ankor seemed to:

At the end, jury votes and best teams are selected that will play the year league.

Songs are permanent and loud and with change-lyrics to fit a given sarcasm. A dedicated song is written for each final act of the festival

Posing Winners and participants

All in all, another fun event from the Russian world. What is sorry, not documented, is the unofficial part “черный юмор” (black humor) that took place after it.