After more than 10 years and (at least) six different locations, the „Austria Rock“ event – or „Austria Party“ as it was called while beeing hosted at „8below“ – will no longer exist. Time for a little retrospective …
![two years of Austria Rock 2006 Salon Erna](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2-Jahre-420x800.jpg)
First of all I’d like to mention that in the beginning Stefan Böhm of weltmarke.de took care about the visual appearance of the event, so anything I did in the many years that followed is based on his work – credits to Stefan!
The oldest document I could find on my hard drive dates back to 2006 and advertises the 2nd anniversary of Austria Rock, being hosted at „Salon Erna“, Optimolgelände, Munich.
![Austria Rock moving to Brickhouse](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaRock_Umzug-556x800.jpg)
In 2008 it was time to move to the first new location (to be precise the second new location, since the first Austria Rock events were hosted at a small bar called Valentin Stüberl). The „Brickhouse“ club was just around the corner of „Salon Erna“ …
![Austria Rock slide](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rock26-800x533.jpg)
![Austria Rock EM-Special slide](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/EM_spezial-800x533.jpg)
I think it was at Brickhouse where slides announced upcoming partys and special events …
![Austria Rock @ Milchbar Poster](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/plakat_A1_original-565x800.jpg)
All the data for Austria Rock at Milchbar (milchundbar) date back to 2009, so this must have been the place the event moved to after Brickhouse had to close.
![Austria Rock at evergreen Munich](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaRock_Evergreen_2012_2-1.jpg)
In 2012 there was a short intermezzo at the „evergreen“ club before moving to …
![Austria Rock @ Rausch&Töchter Flyer](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaRock_RT.jpg)
… Rausch&Töchter, Falkenturmstrasse, Munich. No link because the place is closed meanwhile.
![Austria Rock Oktoberfest Special 2014 at Rausch&Töchter](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaRock_RT_Wiesn2014-1-800x281.jpg)
![Austria Rock Carneval Special 2015 @ Rausch&Töchter](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaRock_RT_Fasching2015-1.jpg)
R&T hostet some special Austria Rock events like the „Oktoberfest edition“ in 2014, the „Carneval edition“ in 2015 or the …
![Austria Rock 10th anniversary @ Rausch&Töchter](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaRock_RT-10Jahre-566x800.jpg)
… Austria Rock 10th anniversary party in 2015. Due to closure this was also the last Austria Rock event at R&T and the show had to go on at …
![Austria Rock at new location 8below 2015](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaRock_8Below_zumAusdrucken-1.jpg)
… the 8below club. The document in the bottom right corner is an old Austrian passport.
![Austria Party christmas special at 8below 2016 front](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaParty_8below_Weihnacht2016-1400x993.jpg)
At some point of time at 8below the name of the event was changed to „Austria Party“ – as to be seen on this flyer for a christams special,
![Austria Party christmas special rear side 2016](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaParty_8below_Weihnacht20162-1400x993.jpg)
![Austria Party summer special 2017 at 8below](https://belldorado.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/AustriaPARTY_Aufkleber_Sommer-1.jpg)
This is the last „special“ flyer I did for Austria Party. The event will pop up every now and then at small locations but no longer on a regular basis. And „DJ Kneissel“ is planning on something completely new …