Street art festival 2025: Linz becomes the festival mile of the generations!
Street art festival 2025: Linz becomes the festival mile of the generations!
Linz, Österreich - The paving spectacle in Linz, one of the most renowned street art festivals in Europe, attracts visitors from near and far from July 18 to 2024. Since the 1980s, the event, which originally started as a meeting point for street artists, has developed into an important event that offers a wide range of art and entertainment. Around 200,000 visitors are expected for the upcoming festival, which reflects the great interest in cultural events in the region. Kleine Zeitung reports .
The festival times are Thursday from 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 2 p.m. The venues are the Landhauspark, the Danube Park and the downtown Linz, which is largely converted into a pedestrian zone throughout the festival. In addition to live performances by over 300 street artists from 34 nations who work on a hat money basis, the Comedy, Clownerie, Jonglage, acrobatics, dance and music from all over the world includes. The city of Linz emphasizes that about half of the program items are presented for the first time.
highlights of the festival
This year a new "picture garden" will be set up in the old town, in which artists portray guests every day from 5 p.m. In addition, a Samba session is planned in the country park on July 19 at 9:00 p.m., while a musical nightline takes place on Thursday and Friday from 11:00 p.m. in the Linz municipal workshop and in the Smaragd cultural café. The popular fire show is also part of the program.
In order to offer visitors an even better experience, info points are set up where employees with straw hat and red ribbon are available for information. Sustainability measures such as waste prevention and regional added value are also part of the concept. Special programs and play stations for children are offered in the Danube Park that offer a variety of creative opportunities. Develop more and more cities in Europe Festivals of this kind that enable local culture.
arrival and organization
Public transport is adapted during the festival. Trams do not run through the city center on Thursday and Friday from 4 p.m. and on Saturday from 3 p.m. Instead, rail replacement traffic is set up. The last trams on Thursday will run at 00:01 and 00:30 a.m. while night buses are available on Friday and Saturday.
Cultural City Councilor Doris Lang-Mayerhofer (ÖVP) emphasizes that the paving spectacle is a festival for all generations and is looking forward to the many highlights that the festival has to offer this year. Visitors can look forward to a diverse program that not only conveys entertainment, but also a feeling of community and culture.
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