Squatted in 76´ the former slaughterhouse is now a self-organized working-collaboration and a venue, including 3 Halls with stages (capacities from 100 to 1000 people), a pub with a little stage and Vienna´s only all year open air area (capacity 3000 people). Any kind of musical styles and various events of contemporary art.
Since 1998 part of the viennese alternative scene. Since then uncountable national and international bands stopped at the B72 to play, for example Zoot woman, Calexico, Tocotronic, Moneybrother, Chikinki, Kettcar, Firewater.. to name but a few. The B72 covers a wide range of underground music and offers especially young austrian bands a possibility to play a well established club to fair conditions. The B72 is situated close to other well known viennese alternative bases, like the chelsea or the rhiz. It offers space for about 250 people and has a gallery to watch the stage and the crowd comfortably. Also there is a garden where you can sit outside and enjoy your drinks and the people around you.
we are a non-commercial, alternative project lying in the city centre. in our rooms are taking place concerts as well as culturell events (like performances, theatre or public lectures).
Stadtwerkstatt is a cultural association in Linz/Austria, founded in 1979 by art-school dissidents. It is a communication platform for the local art scene and an experimental space for art and cultural development. Being a vibrant place for an independent national and international avantgarde underground art scene in the early years, over the years Stadtwerkstatt became an independent art-media center. The focus is on critical reflection of the conditions of society and fostering free cultural initiatives, mainly independent media-projects.
Stadtwerkstatt runs a cultural center downtown Linz. Hosting public access media structures that were built up throughout the last years in cooperation with other media activists like
Radio FRO (non commercial local radio station, 24 hrs a day - also broadcasting in the net) - and servus.at (internet service for art and culture in the region), a Cafe with a small club-stage, Cafe Strom and a hall for concerts and events (dates).
All of these stages (real, virtual and ether) are networked.
Stadtwerkstatt realizes art-projects that are prototype samples of the interdisciplinary work with main focus on public spaces, audience participation and technology.
more info on art projects: http://www.servus.at/stwst/kunst