Priscilla Presley visits German town of Baesweiler with son Navarone ahead of Elvis evening

A rare joint appearance

Priscilla Presley signed the Golden Book of Baesweiler, a small town near Aachen in western Germany, on Tuesday, October 20, with her son Navarone Garibaldi Garcia beside her, regional broadcaster Antenne AC reported. Its photo caption also identified organizer Detlef Malinkewitz and Hermann Buehlbecker of Lambertz among those at the signing. ^[1]

U.S. celebrity outlets picked up the visit within hours. HELLO! described Garcia as her rarely seen son and said Getty Images had published video and photos of the pair greeting locals. EntertainmentNow also covered the stop, calling it a rare public sighting. ^{[3] [4]}

What was said

In the Getty footage described by HELLO!, Presley, 81, told residents she was looking forward to spending the evening with them and then introduced her son. Garcia told the crowd he was glad to be travelling with his mother and thanked them for the welcome, according to the same report. ^[3]

EntertainmentNow quoted Garcia as saying "Everyone's been so kind to both of us." Neither outlet reported any remarks from Presley about her family beyond introducing her son. ^[4]

The Baesweiler event

The town's official event listing says Presley is in Baesweiler from October 19 to 22. A press conference at the BuergerMitte Baesweiler was set for October 20, followed by the Golden Book signing. ^[2]

The main event, "An Evening with Priscilla Presley," is scheduled for Wednesday, October 21, at the Paedagogisches Zentrum at the town's Gymnasium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the programme starts at 7:30 p.m. local time, according to the listing. It is billed as a conversation-style evening covering her life with Elvis Presley, her own career and her work on his legacy, with rarely seen private film and music from her archive and a limited meet-and-greet afterwards. ^{[2] [1]}

The evening is organised by Malinkewitz's Malin Media Group together with the town. Malinkewitz, a Baesweiler native, had a 1990s chart hit as L-Viz with a cover of "In The Ghetto," t-online and Antenne AC reported. When the visit was announced in May, t-online said presale tickets cost between 142 and 252 euros. HELLO! reported that Presley held similar events in Copenhagen and Randers, Denmark, earlier on the same trip. ^{[5] [1] [3]}

Who is Navarone Garcia

Garcia, 39, is Presley's son with Marco Garibaldi, a television and film producer she was with for more than two decades. HELLO! reported that the couple met in 1984 and split in 2022. The same report describes Garcia as frontman of the rock band Them Guns and a partner in the streetwear label Navarone by Loranda. ^{[3] [4]}

Background and the Germany connection

Germany is where Presley first met Elvis Presley in 1959, while he was serving in the U.S. Army and her stepfather was stationed there with the Air Force. The two married in 1967 and later divorced. Their only child, Lisa Marie Presley, died in January 2023, HELLO! and EntertainmentNow reported. ^{[3] [4]}

Search interest in the joint appearance does not appear to be tied to any new family or legal development. None of the reports on the Baesweiler visit mention a dispute involving Presley and her son, and no statement from either of them on such a matter was found. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

What comes next

Wednesday evening's show is the final scheduled public event of the Baesweiler stay, according to the town's listing, which shows Presley in the area until October 22. Organizers have not announced further German dates. ^[2]