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.
spinnerei is a cultural center run by the VEST GmbH, a company own by the city of traun. spinnerei has a capacity up to 900 persons, the concert hall can also be divied into 1/3 or 2/3 of the room.
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