July 23 – 25, 1992
The festival folder had the following piece of information for the culture fans in Linz: “Because the nature of street entertainment makes it impossible to arrange an exact running order beforehand, the wishes regarding performing times will be coordinated on the festival day itself.” From the very beginning, the arranging of the program by the performers themselves has been central to the festival. It is not the festival organizers who decide when and where the artistes will perform, but the groups themselves who choose their preferred locations and time slots in the morning of each day of the festival. 350 artistes performed at 20 locations along Landstraße. The band “Kollana” conjured up a holiday atmosphere with their Bolivian music on a sunny afternoon; Ninny the clown drew laughs as a comical orchestra conductor; the young trio the “Eferdinger Chefpartie” bawled out evergreens; a fire-eater from the Swiss group “Payazzo” ate fire; and a barrel organ accompanied a Punch and Judy show for the little ones. The Pflasterspektakel is one of the few festivals of street art that provides suitable alternatives in the event of persistent rain. In 1992 a number of bars, restaurants, shopping malls and arcades served as wet weather locations for the first time. But following the damp start the audience, performers and organizers were once again able to enjoy one of the most successful festivals in the history of the Pflasterspektakel.
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