Pickwicks

Wednesday meeting at Café Plazz
2024-11-27 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Café Plazz, Kirchplatz 8, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, 60487
Our last meeting in November will be at Café Plazz on Kirchplatz.

Theatre visit: "Gaslight"
2024-11-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Kulturhaus Frankfurt, Pfingstweidstraße 2, Frankfurt am Main, 60316
As already announced, FEST are performing Patrick Hamilton’s classic play, Gaslight. Set in 1880s London, the play follows the attempts of an unscrupulous husband to affect his wife’s sanity and thus get hold of her money.
The venue is the Kulturhaus, not far from the zoo. The performance on the 29th starts at 7.30 p.m. Please buy your own tickets via the theatre website, and we’ll meet in the foyer shortly beforehand.
Sally

Wednesday meeting at Arche Nova
2024-12-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Arche Nova, Kasseler Straße 1a, Frankfurt, 60486
Our next Stammtisch meeting will be at the Arche Nova near Westbahnhof again.

Wednesday meeting at Restaurant Nidda
2024-12-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
Our next Stammtisch meeting will be in Rödelheim, at the Indian Restaurant Nidda.

Pickwicks Christmas Brunch
2024-12-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Bar Celona, Holzgraben 31, Frankfurt, 60313, Germany
This year, by way of an experiment, Pickwicks’ pre-Christmas get-together will be a less formal event, in the form of a Saturday brunch. It leaves time afterwards for Christmas shopping, a visit to Frankfurt’s Christmas market, or to a museum, and the evening is still free for other seasonal commitments.
We meet at Bar Celona, Holzgraben 31, very close to Hauptwache, which is convenient for both U-Bahn and S-Bahn. For those coming by car, the nearest multi-storey car park is Parkhaus Hauptwache nearby, Kornmarkt 10.
Bar Celona offers an all-you-can-eat buffet for a very reasonable €14.95, with drinks extra. We have a separate area to ourselves at the back of the café. (There is good reason to think that Santa will make his usual welcome appearance!)
We have reserved from 10 a.m., and people should be there by 11 a.m., to ensure that no-one else is allocated the seats. Brunch ends at 2 p.m., but people can stay after that if they wish to.
Please only sign up if you really intend to come, and if there are serious grounds for cancelling, please let us know. The sign-up deadline is 30 November, so please register soon to avoid disappointment.
The Committee

Wednesday meeting at Lilium
2024-12-18 19:00 - 22:00 | Lilium, Leipziger Straße 4, Frankfurt, 60487
Our next meeting will be at Lilium near Bockenheimer Warte.

Christmas music night on Friday 20 December
2024-12-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Café Cult Fee, Alt-Fechenheim 80, Frankfurt, 60386
Wolfgang Enk is doing an evening of Christmas music on Friday 20 December, again at the Cult Fee Café in Fechenheim, starting at 7.30 p.m.
For details, please follow this link.

Winter break
2024-12-22 - 2025-01-07
After an eventful year globally and for some of us personally, the Pickwicks Club is taking a short winter break with no meetings until 7th January.
Enjoy your free time! 😉

Wednesday meeting at Café Plazz
2025-01-08 19:00 - 22:00 | Café Plazz, Kirchplatz 8, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, 60487
Our first meeting of the new year will be at Café Plazz on Kirchplatz in Frankfurt-Bockenheim.

Elvis tribute
2025-01-10 19:30 - 22:00 | Cave de Neufville, De-Neufville-Straße 40, Frankfurt-Oberrad, 60599
As fans of ‘the King’ will know, Elvis would have turned 90 on 8 January. In his memory, Wolfgang Enk is doing an Elvis tribute evening on Friday 10 January at the Cave de Neufville in Oberrad, starting at 7.30 p.m.
For more information, please see this video link.
The Committee

Wednesday meeting at Metropol
2025-01-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Metropol am Dom, Metropol Kaffeehaus am Dom, Weckmarkt 15, Frankfurt, 60311
Our next Stammtisch meeting will be at the Metropol am Dom, next to the cathedral.

Wednesday meeting at Arche Nova
2025-01-22 19:00 - 22:00 | Arche Nova, Kasseler Straße 1a, Frankfurt, 60486
Our next Wednesday meeting will be at the Arche Nova in Bockenheim, near the Westbahnhof.

New Year's Hike to Rote Mühle
2025-01-26
Same procedure as every year:
The Pickwicks go on a New Year’s hike from Bad Soden to the Rote Mühle and back.
The route is fairly easy, with just a few ups and downs, and is just over 12 km long. There will be an extended lunch break at the restaurant halfway along the route.
Meeting points:

Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
10:00
Platform 104 (underground)
for the S-Bahn S3, leaving at 10:09,
or at
Bad Soden station
(Google map)
10:45

After the walk we’ll try to catch the 16:11 S-Bahn back to Frankfurt.
As everyone has a season ticket these days (RMV or Deutschlandticket), we don’t buy group tickets: Please get your own ticket for the trip!
If you are interested in this traditional walking activity, please use the “Sign up” button below by Wednesday 22nd January and in the “Message” field indicate where you would like to meet the group.

Wednesday meeting at Lilium
2025-01-29 19:00 - 22:00 | Lilium, Leipziger Straße 4, Frankfurt, 60487
Our next weekly meeting will be at the Lilium near Bockenheimer Warte.

Wednesday meeting at Café Plazz
2025-02-05 19:00 - 22:00 | Café Plazz, Kirchplatz 8, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, 60487
Our next weekly Stammtisch meeting will be at Café Plazz on Kirchplatz.

Another Elvis Night
2025-02-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Café Cult Fee, Alt-Fechenheim 80, Frankfurt, 60386
Wolfgang Enk is doing another Elvis tribute evening this Friday, 7 February, at the Cult Fee in Fechenheim.
For further details, please see this YouTube video.
Pickwicks Committee

Wednesday meeting at Metropol
2025-02-12 19:00 - 22:00 | Metropol am Dom, Metropol Kaffeehaus am Dom, Weckmarkt 15, Frankfurt, 60311
Our next Wednesday meeting will be in the town centre again: at the Metropol Café am Dom, netxt to the cathedral.

Pickwicks Oldtimers' Meeting
2025-02-16 11:00 - 14:30 | Depot 1899, Textorstraße 33, Frankfurt am Main, 60594
The date and venue for the Pickwicks Oldtimers’ meeting has been set.

It will be on Sunday 16th February at Depot 1899 in Sachsenhausen (very close to Südbahnhof and very easy to get there): an all you can eat buffet open from 11:00 to 14:30. The cost is €29.50 per person, coffee and tea extra.
The response has been very good. We need to know by 1 February how many people are planning to attend. You can always sign up by sending me an email. If you have not already contacted me and would like to attend, please contact me. At the moment we do not know how many people are planning to attend. It may be that the bookings will be closed by the 1st of February. So the sooner you confirm your attendance the better.
All present/active members and past members are welcome.
Please let us know if you are coming alone or with someone.
If you have contact details for other Pickwicks’ Oldtimers, please send them to me.

Bob Stevenson

Wednesday meeting at Arche Nova
2025-02-19 19:00 - 22:00 | Arche Nova, Kasseler Straße 1a, Frankfurt, 60486
Our next weekly meeting will be at the Arche Nova near Westbahnhof.

Annual General Meeting 2025
2025-02-26 19:00 - 22:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
As already announced, this year’s Pickwicks AGM will be held on Wednesday 26 February, at Nidda Restaurant. This is a legal requirement as long as Pickwicks is a non-registered organisation (Verein); as there is nothing out of the ordinary to be discussed this year, the formal part of the evening should not take too long.
We will meet as usual from 7 p.m., and the meeting will start at 8 p.m. The Committee looks forward to a good turnout. Anyone may attend, but only paid-up members may vote on the points on the Agenda, which will be made available on the day.
Public transport: U7 / Bus M34 stop “Hausener Weg”
Parking: Brentanobad car park

Theatre visit on Thursday 27 February
2025-02-27 20:00 - 23:00 | Internationales Theater Frankfurt, Hanauer Landstraße 7, Frankfurt am Main, 60314
Theatre group Shakespeare Frankfurt are doing a musical rendition of the
Greek classic Lysistrata, in which women devise a novel way to end war!
Performances are at the Internationales Theater Frankfurt at 8 p.m.
Those interested in coming along on the 27th are asked to buy their own
tickets, either online or at the box office on the night.
Regards,
Sally

Wednesday meeting at Lilium
2025-03-05 19:00 - 22:00 | Lilium, Leipziger Straße 4, Frankfurt, 60487
Our first Wednesday meeting after the AGM will be at the Lilium near the Bockenheimer Warte – this time in their downstairs room because there is a football match on TV upstairs.

Wednesday Meeting at Arche Nova
2025-03-12 19:00 - 22:00 | Arche Nova, Kasseler Straße 1a, Frankfurt, 60486
Due to a strike by tube and tram drivers, Pickwicks will meet this Wednesday at the Arche Nova near Westbahnhof, which is accessible by S-Bahn and bus.

Indian brunch at Restaurant Nidda
2025-03-16 11:30 - 15:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
After our very successful ‘Oldtimer Brunch’ a few weeks ago, we have another opportunity to get together over some good food, this time at the Restaurant Nidda for an Indo-German Brunch.
The brunch starts at 11:30 on Sunday 16 March and costs €9.90 (excluding drinks).
If you are coming by public transport, take the U7 underground or the M34 bus to Hausener Weg; drivers can use the Brentanopark car park for €2. See this map (click to enlarge) for details:

Wednesday Meeting at Metropol
2025-03-19 19:00 - 23:00 | Metropol am Dom, Metropol Kaffeehaus am Dom, Weckmarkt 15, Frankfurt, 60311
We will meet next Wednesday at the Metropol near the cathedral.

'Pygmalion' at Kulturhaus Frankfurt
2025-03-22 19:30 - 22:00 | Kulturhaus Frankfurt, Pfingstweidstraße 2, Frankfurt am Main, 60316
The Frankfurt drama group FEST are performing George Bernard Shaw’s famous classic Pygmalion (on which the musical My Fair Lady is based).
If you’re interested, please buy your own tickets, either online or at the box office, and we’ll meet shortly before the performance starts in the foyer of the theatre.
Regards,
Sally

Wednesday meeting at Café Plazz
2025-03-26 19:00 - 22:00 | Café Plazz, Kirchplatz 8, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, 60487
Our next Wednesday meeting will be in Bockenheim, at Café Plazz on Kirchplatz.

Wednesday meeting at Restaurant Nidda
2025-04-02 19:00 - 22:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
Our next Stammtisch meeting will be at the Indian Restaurant Nidda in Rödelheim, next to the U-Bahn station Hausener Weg.

A visit to the Philipp-Reis-Museum in Friedrichsdorf
2025-04-06 11:30 - 18:00 | Philipp-Reis-Haus, Hugenottenstraße 93, Friedrichsdorf, 61381
Dear Pickwicks,
As mentioned, I’m offering you now a more reliable event: a visit to the Philipp-Reis-Museum in Friedrichsdorf, completed with a meal in a cafeteria nearby.
Philipp Reis is a very important personality of German and international culture. He died quite young , lived 1834–1874 and was a self-taught German scientist and inventor. In 1861, he constructed the first telephone , today called the Reis Telephone. It was the first device to transmit a voice via electronic signals and for that the first modern telephone.
I’ve booked a visit to the house he was born in, which is in Friedrichsdorf, and we’ll get a guided tour of it on April 6th at 13:00. There we’ll learn more about his life and his commitment, his inventions and his merits for the new technics and humanity.
After the tour, which takes some 1.5 hours, we’ll pop in a cafeteria nearby and enjoy a nice snack there.
S5 brings us directly to Friedrichsdorf, so we’ll meet up at Frankfurt Main station at 11:45, downstairs, on the platform direction Friedrichsdorf.
The visit costs €35 for our group and is limited to 15 people, as the house isn’t very large. Please let me know if you wish to join, up to Wednesday 02nd. (I’ve been intentionally avoiding April 1st!!!!)
Best regards,
Valeria

Wednesday meeting at Lilium
2025-04-09 19:00 - 22:00 | Lilium, Leipziger Straße 4, Frankfurt, 60487
Our next Wednesday meeting will be at the Lilium near Bockenheimer Warte.
