25th Linzer Pflasterspektakel: July 21 - 23, 2011

International Street Art Festival

This year, the Pflasterspektakel, one of Europe`s largest street art festivals, celebrates its 25th anniversary. More than 400 artists from over 40 countries turn the city centre of Linz into a unique setting for international street art with great sophistication, including object and improvisation theatre, music of all kinds, dance, circus artistry, high-wire and fire acrobatics as well as clownery and comedic performance art.

Performances are presented every hour on the hour in the various performance zones, the Pflasterspektakel worlds: the old part of the town, the so-called Altstadt, Promenade – Herrenstraße –Spittelwiese, Pfarrplatz and Domgasse, Main Square/Hauptplatz, Landstraße as well as various inner courtyards.

The day's programme including exact performance locations and times is updated daily and available at the infopoints, by newsletter or can be downloaded here when the festival starts (Thursday: 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday: 2 p.m.).

Download daily program for Saturday, July 23, 2011

Varied programme virtually around the clock!

Thursday: 4 p.m. – 11 p.m.       
Friday and Saturday: 2 p.m. – 11 p.m.       
Nightline: Thursday to Saturday 11 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Spectacle for Children: Thursday 4 p.m. – 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Anniversary Specials

For the big anniversary production, a performance piece with various Pflasterspektakel artists (SILK & SICHER UK, Österreich u.v.m.: "SPIL") will be developed and rehearsed during the festival. This piece will be the big final staging (see street theatre programme)

SILK & SICHER UK

This year, two selected production ideas (Circo Activo, Spanien: "Alone, so" & Theater Leela, Österreich:  "Circus Wende") were sponsored with Pflasterspektakel Production Scholarships and will be premiered at the Pflasterspektakel. (see street theatre programme).

Theater Leela

The Pflasterspektakel is a guest of the Musenspiele 2011 in the Linzer Tabakfabrik, the former tobacco factory! True to the tried and tested motto “artists of all disciplines unite!”, the  cultural society Musenspiel transforms the tobacco factory into a place of artistic encounter with theatre, music, visual arts and much more from June 11 to 20, 2011! On Wednesday, July 20, 2011, the Pflasterspektakel artists present the opening music performance of the 25th Pflasterspektakel at the art and culture spectacle in the tobacco temple! www.musentempel-linz.at

Musentempel Linz

Profession street artist:
At the series of events “Zu Mittag bei Kepler“,  Bartel Meyer (living statues, Germany) talks about his life as street artist and current projects.
“Woran arbeiten Sie gerade, Herr Meyer?“, Thursday, 12.30 p.m./ Kepler Salon (Rathausgasse 5) www.kepler-salon.at

With a special festival stool, the so-called “Pflaster-stool”, you are fully prepared for a long day full of street art - available for a 3 Euro deposit at the infopoint Main Square/Hauptplatz.

KünstlerInnen-Porträt