Foundation:
In 1818 by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg and his wife Katharina

Duration:
Friday, September 28 to Sunday, October 14, 2012

Opening hours:
September 28 until October 14, 2012

Monday until Thursday                noon – 11 pm
Friday                                          noon – midnight
Saturday                                     11 am – midnight
Sunday                                        11 am – 11 pm

Special opening hours:            
Opening day, September 28       3 pm – midnight
Tuesday, October 2                    noon – midnight   
Wednesday, October 3               11 am – 11 pm

Fairground entertainers, innkeepers and open-air market traders:
about 320 enterprises

Long line of attractions:
5 kilometers of fun, gastronomic highlights, fast fairground rides and nostalgia.

Energy consumption:
It corresponds to a small town with 35,000 inhabitants.
From the open-air market stand with a power requirement of 1 kW up to the Free Fall Tower with 1,000 kW.

Water consumption:
More than 40,000 m³

Transportation:
Scheduled connection to the suburban trains (Bad Cannstatt Station) the special U11 festival line directly to the fairground.
Home-travel assistance for more than 40 years.

Number of visitors:
about 3.5 million visitors every year

Wasen American style:
Over 20,000 festival club members (former German emigrants and their families) from New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, who regularly visit the Cannstatter Volksfest to confirm and renew their bonds of friendship with Stuttgart.

Jobs at the Cannstatter Volksfest:
Approximately 1,500 jobs directly on the Wasen, recruitment of approx. 300 workers by a recruitment agency especially set up on the Wasen.

Economic Meaning:
The Cannstatt Festival is also a strong economic force for the city and the region. Besides the visitors, the bakeries, butchers, suppliers, commerce, service enterprises, hotel business, transport companies etc. also benefit from it. According to a marketing survey, approximately 17,000 people directly or indirectly work for the Cannstatter Volksfest.

Festival Parade on opening Friday:
100 groups
3,500 contributors
300 helpers
250,000 spectators along the festival route and about half a million on television.

Construction of the large festival tents:
Duration: 2 – 3 months (tent constructors, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, interior designers, PA and stage design technicians, gas and container suppliers, kitchen makers, façade technicians …)