Metal Monkey

Another trip to Austria under my belt. This time to attend and photograph the Linz Europa Hafenfest for Hubert von Goisern’s web site.

Before the three-day festival began in Linz harbour Hubert von Goisern and his band took to the streets in the surrounding region to drum up further interest together with a number of the guest bands. I joined them at their street concerts in the Salzkammergut and the sold-out warm-up concert in the Lehartheater, Bad Ischl.

The harbour festival itself was a real musical extravaganza, with performances from artists from across Europe. There was dialect rock from Germany, Carpathian ska from the Ukraine, gypsy brass from Bulgaria … Three days full of very exciting music and a whole host of performers to photograph, including big stars such as Xavier Naidoo, who made a surprise appearance on the last day.

More photos, as well as English translations of a selection of press reports on the event can be found at www.hubertvongoisern.com