| 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 |
