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Pius-Parsch-Platz will be transformed into a venue for various forms of street art until tomorrow. A program consisting of juggling, dance, acrobatics, live music and clowning is offered.
It is the city’s second largest street art festival held in Floridsdorf. At the festival with the name “Stramankerl”, which is a play on words between street and delicacies, there is a varied street art program and some hands-on stations, as stated in a press release by the organizers.
Participation is very welcome
Festival visitors are offered a program that changes every hour – consisting of juggling, dance, acrobatics, live music and clowning. The highlight of the program is the fire show on Saturday at 9:00 p.m.
You will also have the opportunity at the festival to lend a hand yourself: according to the organizer, visitors can try out drums or do handicrafts at some hands-on stations. You can also get a taste of the art of juggling at the juggling practice station of the “Buskers Wien” association. Young sports fans have the opportunity to take part in the game stations of the “Junior Tigers American Football Club” and the soccer club “1210 Vienna”.
Regionality in the foreground
In a separate exhibition area, 20 artists from Vienna and the surrounding area present their own works. Due to the free entry to the street art festival, the street artists on site are dependent on hat money, which is collected from the audience following the show, it said.
The association “Bezirksschmankerl” was founded in 2018 and is now organizing the street art festival “Stramankerl” for the third time. The association pursues the goal of promoting, communicating and dealing with regional culture and art. The street art festival is sponsored by the Floridsdorf district administration and the cultural department of the city of Vienna.