Upcoming Holidays and Festivals in Austria

Before planning a trip around a festival, verify the festival dates on the festival's website or with a local tourist information office. For more information about these and other events, visit the official tourism sites for Austria, Vienna, and Salzburg.
This list includes major festivals in major cities, plus national holidays observed throughout Austria. Many sights and banks close down on national holidays — keep it in mind when planning your itinerary. Note that this isn't a complete list; holidays can strike without warning.
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September 20–24: St. Rupert's Fair, Salzburg (Ruperti-Kirtag, traditional festival, procession, fireworks, closures)

September 23—24: Vienna Wine Hiking Days (vineyards open to public for hiking and sampling)

October 2–22: Salzburg Kulturtage (series of affordable concerts)

Early October (various weekends): Almabtrieb processions, Alpine regions (cows come down from the mountains dressed in their finery)

October 10: Referendum Day (closures in Carinthia)

October 26: Austrian National Day (Nationalfeiertag; closures)

November 1: All Saints' Day (Allerheiligen; closures)

November 11: St. Martin's Day (children go door to door for goodies, like trick-or-treating; closures in Burgenland)

November 15: St. Leopold's Day (closures in Vienna, Melk, and elsewhere in Niederösterreich)

Late November–December 26: Christmas markets

December: Perchtenlaufen (winter processions), Alpine regions

December 6: St. Nikolaus Day (parades, children set a boot outside the house and receive presents)

December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Mariä Empfängnis; closures)

December 24: Christmas Eve (Der Heilige Abend, when Austrians celebrate Christmas; closures)

December 25: Christmas (closures)

December 26: St. Stephen's Day (Stefanitag; closures)

December 31: New Year's Eve (Silvester, a.k.a. Altjahrstag; fireworks), throughout Austria, but particularly Vienna

January 1: New Year's Day (closures)

January–February: Fasching, a.k.a. Fasnacht (carnival season in western Austria; balls, parades)

January–mid-February: Vienna Ball Season (2,000 hours of dancing)

January 6: Epiphany (Dreikönigstag; closures)

January 25–February 4: Mozart Week, Salzburg (Mozartwoche)

March 19: St. Joseph's Day (closures in some areas, including Tirol)

March 23–April 1: Osterfestspiele Salzburg (Salzburg Easter Music Festival)

March 31–April 1: Easter Sunday and Monday (Ostersonntag and Ostermontag; closures)

May 1: May Day (maypole dances; closures)

May 4: St. Florian's Day (closures in Hallstatt and the rest of Oberösterreich)

May 9: Ascension (Christi Himmelfahrt; closures)

May 17–20 (likely): Whitsun Festival, Salzburg (Baroque music concert series)

May 17–June 23: Vienna Festival of Arts and Music

May 19 & 20: Pentecost and Whit Monday (closures)

May 30: Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam, religious processions; closures)

June 20–September 1 (likely): Grafenegg Music Festival (classical music)

June 21–23: Danube Island Festival, Vienna (music)

Late June: Midsummer Eve celebrations

July–August: Carinthian Summer, Carinthia (traditional and contemporary music festival)

July 4–28 (likely): Tyrolean Festival Erl, Tirol

July 9–August 27 (likely): Innsbruck Festival of Early Music

July 11–August 11: ImPulsTanz Festival (Vienna International Dance Festival)

July 17–August 18: Bregenzer Festspiele (Bregenz Festival; theater and opera performances, orchestra concerts)

July 18–August 29 (likely): Salzburg Summer Festival

July 26–August 3 (likely): La Strada Street Theatre Festival, Graz (urban dance)

August 22–25: Saalfelden Jazz Festival

September 4–8: Ars Electronica Festival, Linz (arts and technology festival)