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The Wien Modern contemporary music festival holds concerts in the Vienna Konzerthaus, Musikverein and other city venues. The festival brings a distinctive cutting edge to the capital of…
The World Press Photo exhibition heads for the WestLicht photography gallery in Vienna. In 2009, 196 award-winning photographs from across the globe capture the most powerful, moving and at…
Electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys are on an extensive tour on the back of the release of latest album, Yes. This date sees them perform at Vienna's Gasometer.
Doom-laden synth-rock gods Depeche Mode are on an extensive tour in support of latest album, Sounds of the Universe. This date is at the Vienna Stadthalle.
An ancient arena is recreated at the Vienna Stadthalle for the production of Ben Hur Live. The show, which was 15 years in the making and coincides with the 50-year anniversary of the film…
Vienna's Voice Mania is an international festival of song featuring everything from pop to beatbox via gospel. Around 40 soloists, quartets and choir ensembles from countries all over the…
Arch funksters Franz Ferdinand head out on an extensive tour on the back of their latest album, Tonight. This date sees them bring their spiky guitars and dance beats to Vienna's Gasometer.
Every Christmas the Rathausplatz square is done up with trees, twinkling lights and decorations, and filled with wooden huts housing stalls. Try traditional Viennese Christmas treats like…
The Vienna Balls are seen as the epitome of glamour and decadence and present a perfect opportunity to waltz yourself into the stunning winter atmosphere of the city. The traditional opener is…
Some 700,000 visitors turn out for Vienna's New Year's Eve celebrations - a New Year's Eve Trail that starts on City Hall Square. Large screens, stages, DJ sets and around 70 refreshment…
Set in the flower-strewn Burggarten in Vienna's Innere Stadt, the Art Nouveau Palmenhaus affords superb views of the Hofburg Imperial Palace through glass walls. Pull up a chair under the palm…
Strauss' waltz melodies played by the Vienna Philharmonic ring in the new year in the Musikverein's fabulous Golden Hall. Balloted tickets are allocated a year in advance. If you miss out, try…
Impressionism - Painting Light
Vienna's Albertina gallery brings together around 170 impressionist and post-impressionist works. The Impressionism - Painting Light exhibition both celebrates the finished pieces and delves…
Edvard Munch and the Uncanny in Art
Vienna's Leopold Museum presents masterpieces by Munch and his contemporaries. Around 150 works by Munch, Ensor, Kubin, Schiele and others explore how the hidden depths of the soul were…
Resonanzen, Vienna's winter festival of early music, returns to Vienna Konzerthaus. Each year a series of concerts develops a different theme while the style of music, and instruments used…
It would be a shame to visit Vienna without a waltz at one of the city's renowned balls. The Vienna Medical Doctor's Ball (Wiener Ärzteball) in the stunning ballrooms of the Hofburg is famous…
Vienna's gay and lesbian community turns out for the Rainbow Ball in the elegant period ballroom of the Parkhotel Schönbrunn.
Light and shade. Painting of the Viennese Biedermeier
Karlsplatz Vienna Museum presents a broad overview of the art of the Biedermeier period (between 1820 and 1850), which was especially prevalent in Austria. Works include landscapes and…
A high point of Vienna's ball season is the Ball der Wiener Kaffeesieder (or more intriguingly perhaps, the Ball of the Viennese Coffee House Owners). The owners of the city's famous coffee…
1989. The End of History or Beginning of the Future?
Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Vienna's Kunsthalle Wien explores the metaphors connected with such a decline in system and political upheaval. The exhibition…