Festivals in Austria: 2012
- Here's a list of the most important events in Austria for 2011. For more information about these and other events, please visit www.austria.info, www.wien.info, www.salzburginfo.or.at, and www.whatsonwhen.com.
- NOTE: Before planning a trip around a festival, make sure that you verify the festival dates at the festival or local TI's website.
- Related travel information in Austria.
| Jan | Perchtenlaufen (winter festival, parades) | Salzburg, Tirol |
| Jan 1 | New Year's Day | Austria |
| Jan 6 | Epiphany (Drei-Königs-Tag ) | Austria |
| Feb–March | Fasnacht (carnival season, parades, costume balls) | Austria |
| March 31-April 8 | Easter Music Festival (OsterKlang) | Vienna |
| March 31-April 9 | Easter Music Festival (Salzburger Osterfestspiele) | Salzburg |
| April 6 | Good Friday (Karfreitag) | Austria |
| April 8-9 | Easter Sunday and Monday | Austria |
| May 1 | Labor Day (May Day — political parades, maypole dances, closures) | Austria |
| May 11-17 | Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen — theater, music, dance) | Vienna |
| May 17 | Ascension (Christi Himmelfahrt) | Austria |
| May 27 | Pentecost (Pfingsten ) | Austria |
| May 28 | Whit Monday (Pfingstmontag — religious festival, closures) | Austria |
| June 7 | Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam — closures) | Austria |
| June 30-Sept 2 | Rathausplatz Film Festival (films of concerts shown on big screen in front of Vienna's City Hall, lots of food vendors) | Vienna |
| July 20-Sept 2 | 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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