Weikerlsee Open Air Launches the 2009 Festival of the Regions’ First Project
25.08.2008The Festival of the Regions and Linz09 are intensifying their collaboration. The Capital of Culture year is a perfect occasion for the Festival of the Regions to stage an encounter with Linz and its outlying areas. The project kicking off the next Festival is happening this week.
The metro area’s periphery has long since ceased to be a purely commercial & industrial zone. Instead, its home to a new generation of citydwellers. These former satellite towns now blend downtown hustle & bustle with a suburban lifestyle. And that goes for cultural life too. For the first time, the biennial Festival of the Regions will be focusing on the Linz metropolitan area, and is working together with Linz09 on this production. Artists from a variety of disciplines are being invited to confront the diverse options made available by these new urban domains.Now, almost eight months prior to the official start of the 2009 Festival of the Regions, things are already getting underway with “claim your space,” a S.T.E.P (Streetwork Ebelsberg-Pichling) initiative that will be offering media, music and design workshops for south side youngsters beginning in September. The first big event is set for August 29, 2008: the Weikerlsee Open Air will showcase up-and-coming South Linz bands.
Friday, August 29, 2008, beginning at 6 PM
On the beach at Weikerlsee, SolarCity
Free Admission
Featured Acts: Firefuckers, Shizophrenia, Mirracles and Pablo & Esteban
