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Festivals in Austria: 2008

Jan 1 New Year's Day Austria
Jan 6 Epiphany (12th day after Christmas) Austria
Jan Perchtenlaufen (winter festival, parades) Salzburg, Tirol
Jan-Feb Fasching (carnival season, parades, costume balls) Austria
March 14-24 Easter Music Festival ("Osterklang"; www.theater-wien.at) Vienna
March 15-24 Easter Music Festival (www.osterfestspiele-salzburg.at) Salzburg
March 23 Easter Sunday (Easter Festival in Salzburg) Austria
May 1 Labor Day (political parades, maypole dances, closures) Austria
May 1 Ascension Day (religious festival, 40th day after Easter) Austria
May Festival of Arts and Music Vienna
May 9- June 15 Vienna Festival ("Wiener Festwochen" — theater, music, dance; www.festwochen.at) Vienna
May 9-12 Whitsun Baroque Music Festival (www.salzburgfestival.at) Salzburg
May 11 Whitsun (Pentecost) Austria
May 12 Whit Monday (religious festival, closures) Austria
May 22 Corpus Christi (religious festival, closures) Austria
July 1-Aug 31 Rathausplatz Music Film Festival (films of concerts shown on big screen in front of Vienna's City Hall, lots of food vendors) Vienna
July-Aug Summer of Music Festival ("KlangBogen Wien"; www.theater-wien.at) Vienna
July 26- Aug 31 Salzburg Summer Festival ("Salzburger Festspiele" — classical music performances; www.salzburgfestival.at) Salzburg
Aug 15 Feast of the Assumption (religious festival, closures) Austria
Oct 26 Austrian National Day (Nationalfeiertag; anniversary of neutrality declaration after WWII; closures, parades in big cities) Austria
Nov 1 All Saints' Day (religious festival, closures) Austria
Nov 11 St. Martin's Day (children go door to door for goodies, like trick-or-treating) Austria
Late Nov- Dec 24 Christmas Markets Salzburg, Vienna
Dec 5-6 St. Nicholas' Day (children set a boot outside the house and receive presents) Austria
Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (religious festival, closures) Austria
Dec 25 Christmas Austria
Dec 26 St. Stephen's Day (religious festival) Austria