It is announced that Linz in Austria will be hosting No Music Day  2009 as part of the cities Horstadt (Acoustic City) initative. Linz is also the European Capital of Culture for 2009. Further information about No Music Day events in Linz will be added to this page later in the year.

Photographic and performance event to promote No Music Day in Linz on the 21 November 2009. 

100,000 dissposable mats used on the trays in McDonald's restraunts in Upper Austria will carry information pertaining to No Music Day 2009.

For further information regarding this press conference given by Bill Drummond please contact  Pia Leydolt for German language media, or Maija Handover for rest of world media.

For further information regarding this press conference given by Bill Drummond please contact  Pia Leydolt for German language media, or Maija Handover for rest of world media.

This event will be a public discussion between Austrian musician & writer Rainer Krispel and Bill Drummond. Admission free.

This live DJ-Set with DJ DSL (Hamburg/Vienna) at Solaris Bar,
starts at 8 p.m. sharp and ends at 12 p.m. sharp. Admission free.

At the stroke of Midnight as DSL's set ends, Bill Drummond will welcome in No Music Day 2009.

Linz is the capital of the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

The following are a cross section of the institutions and business' in Linz and Upper Austria that, in their various ways, will be observing No Music Day 2009:

Church: The Jesuit parrish of the Old Cathedral Saint Ignatius will celebrate all masses on No Music Day without organ, choir or any congregational singing whatsoever;

Radio: Upper Austria's  Radio FRO will resist from playing any music for the 24 hours.

Supermarkets: Throughout Upper Austria the 122 branches of the SPAR and 140 branches of the  Maximarkt will not be playing piped music.

Schools: The Upper Austrian Music School will be closed. The students will spend the day discussing the future of music.

Shops: The majority of shops along Linz' central shopping mile Landstrasse will not run their instore radio stations or soundsystems, including for example the Diesel flagship store.

Cinema: Moviemento Cinema will be screening films that use no musical soundtrack - further details below.

Venues: The cities culture institutions, concert halls and music spots will hosts no concerts, gigs or DJs. These venues include the Brucknerhaus, Posthof, Ars Electronica Center (featuring No Music Day on its huge glass front to the city and the Danube), Café Strom, Grand Hotel Café Zum Rothen Krebsen, the OK - Offenes Kulturhaus and the Solaris Bar (playing a central role on No Music Day 2009).

At 6pm Bill Drummond will start to make soup in a public space within the Solaris Bar. The soup will be ready by 8pm. As long as supplies last, it will be free to all those that turn up and answer one of his questions. This is a Soup Lines International project.

At 6pm Moviemento Cinema will screen the first of the evenings two films without music. The first film is "Ten Skies" (James Benning / USA / 2004).

At 8pm Moviemento Cinema will screen the second of the evenings two films without music. The second film is "13 Lakes" (James Benning / USA / 2004)

At 10.30pm, Bill Drummond will give a talk about the hows & whys he imagined No Music Day in the first place; the successes and failures of the No Music Day between 2005 and 2009; and what could become of No Music Day in the future. Admission free.

This was a performance by Sprechbohrer (Talking Drills). The performance was sanwiched by performances by Sprechbohrer on both the 20 & 22 November in the same venue. The performance on the 20th began at 23:00 and ended at 23:59 and on the 22nd it began at 00:00 and ended at 01:00. The performance included recitals of the following works by the following composers:

   Georg Sachse: in dubio 1 (2009 UA)
   Peter Behrendsen: Atem des Windes
   Sigrid Sachse: ZU-VO-EL
   Harald Muenz: de(ux)ChiffrAge
   Stefan Streich: Nr. 1 aus 15 Gesänge
   John Cage: 4'33

The programme on the 20th was constructed to constitute one single decrescendo from "music" via speech-only pieces until reaching Cage's 4'33. This last (and iconic) piece
acting as a bridge to the 24 hours of No Music Day.
At 00:00 on the 22nd, the same works were performed again but in the reverse order starting with the hush of 4'33 building up through the speech-only pieces to the crescendo of the "music" pieces at the end. Thus leading the audience and performers back to the world of noise and music. 
Kunst-Station St. Peter, as well as being a venue for art and contemporary music, is also an active Catholic Church. The mass taking place on No Music Day was celebrated without the use of music.

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The Waiting Room (TWR) is a UK-based new  music radio programme broadcast on US-based radio station WOXY. Instead of the usual two hour playlist of new releases they will be having a number of guests in the studio discussing the topics that arise from No Music Day.

The Waiting Room broadcast times are:

Saturday - 1pm GMT / 8am ET

Repeated Sunday - 9pm GMT / 4pm ET

Podcast Monday - 1pm GMT / 8am ET

The Sound of Mu will open at 3pm and stay open until the early hours of the 22nd. They have numerous events planned, visit their web site to learn more.

Yet again the singing of Happy Birthday will be stopped at the birthday celebrations of Toby Dyter.

Portland, Oregon will be hosting No Music Day in North America. Event details to follow. 

At the stroke of midnight DJ Michael Fakesch (Funkstörung/K7) ends No Music Day 2009 and welcomes in the festivities of Saint Cecilia's Day. 

Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of music. In many countries the 22nd of November was the day chosen to give thanks for and to celebrate the existence of music.