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Festivals in Austria: 2010

Jan 1 New Year's Day Austria
Jan 6 Epiphany (Drei-Königs-Tag ) Austria
Jan Perchtenlaufen (winter festival, parades) Salzburg, Tirol
Feb–March Fasching (carnival season, parades, costume balls) Austria
March 27–April 4 Easter Music Festival (OsterKlang) Vienna
March 27–April 5 Easter Music Festival (Salzburger Osterfestspiele) Salzburg
April 4–5 Easter Sunday and Monday Austria
May 1 Labor Day (political parades, maypole dances, closures) Austria
May 13 Ascension (Christi Himmelfahrt) Austria
May 14–June 20 Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen — theater, music, dance) Vienna
May 21–May 24 Salzburg Whitsun Festival (Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele — Baroque music) Salzburg
May 23 Pentecost (Pfingsten ) Austria
May 24 Whit Monday (Pfingstmontag — religious festival, closures) Austria
June 3 Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam — 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 25–Aug 30 Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele  — classical music performances) Salzburg
Aug 15 Feast of the Assumption (Maria Himmelfahrt — closures) Austria
Oct 26 Austrian National Day (Nationalfeiertag — anniversary of neutrality declaration after World War II; closures, parades in big cities) Austria
Nov 1 All Saints' Day (Allerheiligen — 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 Austria
Dec 6 St. Nicholas' Day (children set a boot outside the house and receive presents) Austria
Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Mariä Empfängnis — closures) Austria
Dec 25 Christmas Austria
Dec 26 St. Stephen's Day (closures) Austria

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