On the first Sunday of September, the Fiddlers’ Festival (Pfifferdaj) celebrates the “day of the fifes” in Ribeauvillé. This is one of Alsace’s oldest festivals when travelling musicians used to gather in the town to pay homage to their suzerain. The brotherhood of musicians grew so strong during the Middle-Ages that it became a corporation whose statutes were recorded by the Council of Colmar. Since 1481, the fiddlers’ brotherhood has met in Ribeauvillé in order to elect their king.