July 18 – 20, 1991
The Linz Pflasterspektakel was already establishing itself as a European center of street entertainment. The increasing importance and size of the event was accompanied by ever greater expectations and a desire for higher standards – not least because of the tremendous interest shown by the general public. The improvised gathering of street entertainers of the first years finally came of age, and in the 1990s it gradually evolved into one of the most prestigious large-scale events in Linz. Numerous new developments, many of which remained one-off experiments, were heralds of a growing effort to improve the services offered to both the audience and the performers. As an example, the program for the particular day was no longer only available on the notice board in the information office in the art college on the Hauptplatz; in 1991 a Pflasterspektakel hotline was set up to provide information of the acts on offer. Because in the previous year the festival had all but outgrown Linz city center the number of performers was limited to 300, which, as it turned out, was no help. Yet another record of 200,000 visitors was achieved. The Pflasterspektakel was more international than ever before, featuring in particular artistes from the former Eastern bloc countries who were able to display their top-class talents in the first year following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
And not only that:
For the first time, the trams were replaced by buses from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on all three days of the festival.
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