festivals / Festwochen, Vienna

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From 30 June to 2 September, you can enjoy the open air celebration of operas, concerts, classical and modern dance, jazz, pop and world music on a 20 m x 11.5 m screen, HD, and surround sound... for free! Oh yeah, there's also food stalls of cuisines from around the world.

Location: Rathausplatz

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Every July and August the square in front of Vienna's Town Hall turns into a bustling hub for music-lovers.
Every evening crowds flock to watch concerts and opera and operetta performances broadcast on a huge video screen.
Just as popular are the food stalls that take you on a culinary journey across the globe - Mexican, Japanese, Greek and Austrian specialities can all be found.

01, Rathausplatz, Vienna

When planning your trip to Vienna, make sure, everybody is at " home " when YOU get there !!
Almost all attractions take a vacation, including the White Horses ( Lippizaner Hofreitschule ), Vienna Boy's Chorus, the famous Opera and theatres etc.

Better check their web-pages before you book a vacation.

Instead of these attractions there might be other attractions in summer, mostly at the so called " Wiener Festwochen "

Outdoor Movie Festivals! The Viennese love 'em. In the summer there are several outdoor film venues scattered all over the city and its suburbs. The most famous is the prestigious musical film series at the Rathaus in the Ringstrasse, but there are others that are certainly worth a view. An excellent series is put on at the Augarten - Kino Unter Sternen. Much to my regret, I only made it there once - but if and when I return to Vienna in summertime I'll be back. The films are generally shown in their original language, with German subtitles - which meant that I got to see the brilliantly catty 1939 comedy "The Women" (Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, and Norma Shearer battling over a man) in English. The film festivals give the Viennese an opportunity to gather in public with friends, which seems to be something that they genuinely love to do. At the Augarten, there was a festive atmosphere as at a beer garden, with inexpensive brew and excellent food available for dining al fresco.

I love nutella and theme together with banana - helluva delicious. I walked and walked with my eyes feasting on what to have...there were lots of greasy sausages, chips, but i wanted something sweet and this was so yummy but so so huge - you can never finish it....crepes freshly made stuffed with sliced freshbananas and lots of nutella spread...dash of icing sugar it was warm and deeeeeelicious

Sadly the Vienna rave is no longer with us. it has in recent years been rivalled by the Regenbogen Parade (Rainbow Parade) which has now also lost its popularity.
The Vienna rave was not as large as Berlin's love parade but was just as much fun, Vienna's rave (usually called Free Party) used to take place around the end of June/beginning of July. It originally used to take place around the Ring in the first district but in recent years moved so that it began in Prater and went over the bridge towards the Donauinsel and the United Nations. If you ever wanted to see men in silver skirts with blue hair and pink lipstick then this was the place to be. It was a great chance to people watch. The culmination was an evening rave at one of the big venues around the city.

The Danube Island and the River Alte Donau is possibly one of the largest leisure Viennese take to during the weekend.
When we were there, there was plenty of merry making, millions of people becos it was their annual music festivals which is around the 3rd Firday of each June.
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This year was the 20th festival and there were Shakin' Stevens, Shaggy to name a few.

If the numerous open-air concerts and performances do not manage to keep you going, take a break and try some of the excellent range of food offered by local chefs for the visitors.

To get there you tkae the line U1, and get off at the station “Donauinsel”

Every year there is a weekend long festival in Schleifmühlgasse in Vienna's 4th district. The street is closed off to traffic and there are open air bars with great music.
Around the end of June/beginning of July
www.freihausviertel.at/