Special Events
Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert, 1 Jan, Musikverein Carnival and Ball Season, 2 Jan to Shrove Tuesday (day before Lent), venues throughout the city Resonanzen, Middle Ages/Baroque music, mid-Jan, Konzerthaus Opera Ball, last Thurs before Lent (Feb/Mar), Staatsoper Haydn Festival, third week Feb–first week Mar, various venues Vienna Spring Festival, arts festival with opera, concerts and plays, mid-Mar–mid-Apr, various venues Osterklang (Sounds of Easter), music festival, late Mar–early Apr, various venues Vienna Mozart Week, mid-Apr, various venues Festwochen Wien (Vienna Festival), festival featuring music, drama and dance, mid-May–mid-Jun, throughout the city Vienna City Marathon, late Apr/May, begins Arbeiterstrandbadstrasse/Wagramerstrasse and ends Heldenplatz Donauinselfest (Danube Island Festival), contemporary music festival, late Jun weekend, Donauinsel Vienna Jazz Festival, first two weeks Jul, various venues Klangbogen (Musical Summer), music festival, Jul–Aug, various venues Viennale Film Festival, end of Oct, various cinemas throughout the city Wien Modern, 20th-century music festival, late Oct–late Nov, various venues, especially the Konzerthaus International Choir Competition, mid-Nov, Konzerthaus Brahms Festival, mid-Nov, Musikverein Christkindlmarkt (Christmas Market), mid-Nov–24 Dec, Rathausplatz, Spittleberg Quarter, Freyung (corner of Innerstadt) and throughout the city Kaiserball (Imperial Ball), 31 Dec, Hofburg Silvester in Wien (New Year in Vienna), ball, 31 Dec, Innerstadt Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert, 31 Dec, Musikverein
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