Street

	Apart from the large "Cliquen", there are uncounted smaller drum and piccolo groups, some consisting of dozens of players and considerable vanguards, some just family groups of Mom and Dad playing and the kids tagging along. These many groups usually do not participate at the Parade but stroll happily through the streets as their pleasure dictates, playing their beloved instruments for the only three days in the year when drums and piccolos are permitted in the street or just having fun showing off their lovely costumes. While they enjoy Fasnacht for the full three days, Tuesday is really their day - with no Parade taking place, the whole city is their domain.
	There are also the "Guggemusiken" (literally "paperbag bands") - brass bands that augment the usual standard instruments with anything that emits noise (washboards, pans etc.) and who, over the years, have developed a very humerous style of somewhat dissonant and off-key, but very jazzy and exciting music. The disharmony is intentional and carefully practiced. Tuesday evening is the special time for the "Guggemusiken": on all central squares of the city they have the field to themselves to perform their outrageous und funfilled concerts, while the drummers and fifers stick to the side streets for that time.
	To round out the many colorful aspects of the Fasnacht, there are the dozens of "Schnitzelbänggler": individuals or little groups who tour the many restaurants and pubs to sing limerick-like verses arranged to popular tunes. The subject is always a satirical/critical take on events that happened during the year – from political happenings (international as well as local) to the private peccadillos of the local prominence – any subject is fair play. The verses are building slowly to a sometimes quite unexpected punchline. Accompanying each verse is a simple illustration hinting at, but never giving away, the punchline. Unfortunately, since they only sing in the local dialect, the joke is mostly lost to visitors.