Austria Festivals, Concerts, Theatre & Events Tickets

Alphorn - International Horn Mountain Road Race

(August 2010 Kitzbühel, Austria)

Alphorn is one of the greatest Austrian mountain races carried out in Kitzbuhel each summer. The Kitzbühel Horn Mountain Road Race’s course is has length of 12.9 kilometers, where the runners face slopes of almost 20 % and climb up over thousand meters of elevation to reach the top at 1996 m. above sea level.

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Balloon Cup

(18 - 24 September 2010, Kirchberg / Kitzbuhel Alps, Austria)

Multicolored balloons in a great variety of shapes and sizes take to the skies for the yearly Tyrol Balloon Cup, held in Kirchberg at the heart of the Kitzbuhel Alps. At the show enthusiasts from all over Europe rival in a series of air races.
An interesting highlight of the event is the Night Glow, where visitors come to see the balloons illuminated by their gas burners in the night sky. Other attractions for the visitors of the Balloon Cup feature paragliding championships the chance to fly in a hot air balloon and see the majestic mountains beneath you. In the event participate over thirty teams from Austria, Germany, UK and Switzerland.

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Mountain Art Photography Festival

(September 2010, Obergurgl, Austria)

The Mountain Art Photography Festival in Obergurgl shows its visitors the most isolated and highest places in the world. The festival takes place 2 000 meters above the sea level and its visitors find themselves surrounded by the magnificent Ötztal Alps.
The headline of the program consists of photos by some of the professionals in the field. There are also workshops concentrating on extreme photography, artificial lighting and action photography. For the beginners in photography there is a lift ride to the Peak of Hohe Mut Mountain at sunrise as well as a guided tour to Lake Soomsee. For accommodation in the resort, check out our Obergurgl hotels.

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Candlelight Concerts at Schloss Rosenburg

(various dates from March to October, Rosenberg, Austria)

The famous with its Renaissance architecture, Schloss Rosenburg serves up classical music during its yearly series of candlelight concerts.
For more that twenty years, the summer performances have brought great young talents and acclaimed artists to the stage. The castle itself is worth a visit, with its majestic towers and turrets, as well as some beautiful views of the Kamptal valley. The 2010 event programme includes various works by Vivaldi and 2 evenings devoted to piano. More information can be found on the official site: www.rosenburg.at

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Werfen Ice Caves

(1 May - 26 October 2010, Eisriesenwelt, Austria)

The amazing Werfen Ice Caves are the longest in the whole world. The caves are actually a cave network which goes 42 kilometers into the mountains. However, only the first kilometer is open for people who would like to see the magnificent ice-covered walls of the caves.
From the valley one can take a cable car to the entrance of the caves and then take a guided tour for an hour along the ice corridors. The trip through the caves consists of climbing 134 meters – as if climbing to the top of a high block of flats.
Remember to wear some warm clothes even in summer as the average temperature inside the cave is 0°C. The floor is also covered in ice and on the walls you will see many beautiful ice cascades.
First you will pass through the Entrance Hall and then you will go inside the huge Posselt Hall - 30 meters high and wide. Later you see the Mörk Glacier - 8 meters high ice wall, polished by the wind, consisting of blue and white layers sprinkled with brown cave dust particles.
On one side there is a passage with no ice which leads down to the last huge room – the Ice Palace. In that last hall where the tour ends, the cave is already a kilometer deep into the mountain and 400 meters below the surface.

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Spanish Riding School

(Vienna Imperial Hofburg Palace, Austria)

Yet another splendid of the countless Austrian cultural attractions - the Spanish Riding School of Vienna is the only riding academy across the globe which has been cultivating the strange art of equitation in its original form for more than four hundred years. The academy, actually trains both - horses and riders with the same old methods which have been used for centuries, most of them being passed on through many generations privately from master to apprentice.
With ancient origins, dating back to the sixteenth century, the Lipizzans are actually the oldest breed of horses on the European continent. Although highly prized all the time, until the nineteenth century these steeds were known with different name - Spanish Karsters. The Lipizzans of Vienna's Spanish Riding School have turned the Piber Federal Stud, into their home in the twentieth years of the last century. The famous stud carefully develops the knowledge gained during the 4 centuries of breeding these impressive horses. Every year the best of the Lipizzan magnificent animals are selected for training at Wien’s Spanish Riding School. The shows of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna impress the numerous visitors from all over the planet with their unique performances in one of the most popular riding halls - the Winter Riding School, situated in Wien’s Imperial Hofburg Palace.

To find out more detailed information about the Lippizaner horses, the show’s performances, rehearsals, schedules and programme, as well as for booking please get in touch with the venue itself.

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