Establishing a Festival Culture: Interview with Kathrin Böhm of the Pflasterspektakel Linz, Austria

Welcome to the Festival Corner Podcast where we interview festival directors around the globe. If you are in the arts and entertainment industry, discover the ins and outs of a festival production from our guest who is a very successful producer of many well-known festivals. In this episode, our guest is Katrin Böhm who is the festival director of the marvellous Pflasterspektakel Linz, Austria. We talked about Kathrin’s career path to becoming a festival director. We also covered the history of the festival; the elements behind the Pflasterspektakel’s success; the importance of the hatting culture during the festival; the curation of the festival program; and the future of the festival, among others. This was an incredibly informative episode and I hope you all get something out of this to inspire you. We publish one episode per month. You can listen to the Festival Corner on Spotify and on our website - www.dolphincreative.org/podcast.