Aktion Mutante isnt a venue, its an art- and cultureassociation in the south of austria, exactly near the borders of italy and slovenia (both countries are just 10 minutes to drive).
The association exists since 14 years and is specialised to organise concert in carinthia.
We are normally organising the concerts in an old monastery, but we have also one or even two alternative locations for "colder" month.
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.
Bikini Test is venue located in the Jura mountains of Switzerland, near the France limits (near Belfort, Besancon).
Capacity : 350
Stage : 8m x 5m
Electricity : 220V/50HZ
Open usually on fridays and saturdays.
Kinds of music : rock, metal, stoner, post-rock, rock'n'roll, dub, reggae, ska, electro, trip-hop, electro-jazz, funk-soul, hip-hop, etc...
starting 1984 with punk/hardcore shows - 25 years later - the kapu is a place of refuge for different styles of music, like noise-rock-hiphop-crust-jazz-electronic-metal... and running a small cinema, a recording studio, organizing lectures and exhibitions.
a combination of voluntary working people, professional working and a bunch of enthusiasm makes this place to the best club on earth.
capacity: 10 to 200 humans and a maximum of 7 dogs
bands played like: Arab On Radar, Attwenger, Automan,Bastards Sons Of Johnny Cash, Bedlam Rovers, Blonde Redhead, Bobby Con, Brutal Juice, Cheval De Frise, Dalek, Deadzibel, Don Caballero, The Ex (+ Tom Cora), Flamingo Massacre, Flipper, Fugazi, Gary Floyd, Girls Against Boys, Groove, GSYBE!, Grant Hart, Green Day, Graue Zellen, Happy Wizz, Hidden Hand, Hitch, Jack Frost, Killdozer, Knut, Kurort, Lemonheads, Le Tigre, Locust, Melt Banana, Merker Tv, Monno, Negazione, Nina Nastasia, Nirvana, Oneself + Yarah Bravo, P.A.I.N., Paperchase, Porn To Hula, Scorn, Scout Niblet, Sensual Love, Shudder To Think, Shy, Sister Double Happiness, Sole, Stand To all, Strahler 80, Surfaholics, Swollen Members, Target Of Demand, Techno Animal, Texta, Valina, Wipe Out, Witchhunt, ....
The POSTHOF - located in the Linz dock area - has been existing since 1984. It is the largest and most vibrant house of contemporary arts in Austria and one of the largest in Europe. The concept of a "multidisciplinary arts center" for MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, CABARET and LITERATURE has proven its merit. The program offering covers the complete, broad spectrum of contemporary arts and comprises concerts of the most varied musical directions (rock, pop, jazz, reggae, techno, hiphop...) as well as cabaret, contemporary theater, dance and literature. In order to present the individual disciplines up close, SERIES OF EVENTS WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS are organized regularly, such as "Heimspiel" (February), "TanzTage" (March), "Musik Mosaik" (October) and "Linzer Kleinkunstfestival" (November). In total, aprox. 250 EVENTS take place per season (from September until June), which are attended by 80,000 PERSONS.