Art & Culture Events in the Salzkammergut

In the Salzkammergut you can not only "have a good laugh", but also experience a lot of art and culture. The spectrum ranges from classical music, poetry, jazz, Austropop, theatre and customs to cabaret and operetta. There is certainly something for everyone! We have summarised the best venues and the most unusual events for you below. Always up to date. Have fun browsing. The update for culture lovers!

Culture and concert series in the Salzkammergut

Exhibitions in the Salzkammergut

Would you like to visit an exhibition while you are on holiday in the Salzkammergut? We have something for every taste. Modern or traditional. Cool or classic. There is sure to be something for you.

At a glance: Art & Culture Events in the Salzkammergut

Gustav Mahler Festival 2025: Presentation "Life and Death at the Turn of the Century"

Under the title "Life and Death at the Turn of the Century", Dr. Andreas Ströbl presents a fascinating journey of discovery to the radical questions and answers of this epoch as part of the 9th Gustav Mahler Festival in Steinbach am Attersee.

Christian-Ludwig-Attersee Saal, Steinbach 5 Steinbach am Attersee

Gustav Mahler Festival 2025: Church Concert Bad Ischl - "Lux lucet in tenebris"

With works by Mozart, Gustav Mahler, Chorus sine nomine, Max Reger Nachtlied and many others.

City parish church, Auböckplatz 3 Bad Ischl

© Pfarrkirche Bad Ischl I Chorus sine nomine I Mahlerfestival Steinbach

The first highlight of the year! "International Winter Variety Show 2025"

The "Winter Variety Show in Bad stages a new and unique show program every year! From 6 to 9 February 2025, the Winter Varieté once again invites you to immerse yourself in a world full of wonder and inspiration. You can't miss it. World-class variety on your holiday in Austria.

Feb. 6 - 9, 2025 Congress and Theater House Bad Ischl, Kurhausstraße 8 Bad Ischl

Between classical music and jazz: "Irene Reig Quartet" as a guest in Bad Ischl

The composer and saxophonist Irene Reig is one of the outstanding representatives of the new generation of Catalan jazz musicians. Now the Irene Reig Quartet will be a guest in the spa and imperial city of Bad Ischl in February 2025.

Thu, Feb. 20, 2025 20:00 State Music School Bad Ischl, Gassnerweg 9 Bad Ischl

Gustav Mahler Festival 2025: Floating Artists' Salon

The gentle gliding over the water, which sets the landscape and thoughts in motion, invites you to experience nature, music and art as a source of hope and meaning from new perspectives.

Wed, Jun. 18, 2025 14:00 Schiffsanlegestelle Steinbach am Attersee, Steinbach am Attersee, Österreich

Gustav Mahler Festival 2025: Festive opening of the 9th Gustav Mahler Festival

Together we celebrate the start of the 9th Gustav Mahler Festival with music and an aperitif and open the special exhibition curated by Andreas Ströbl on this year's festival theme.

Thu, Jun. 19, 2025 16:00 Gustav Mahler Komponierhäuschen, Seefeld 14 Steinbach am Attersee, Österreich

Gustav Mahler Festival 2025: Panel Discussion "Between Despair and Hope"

Between despair and hope. How do we deal with death? What does Mahler tell us on this subject? How can art accompany us and help us find answers?

Fri, Jun. 20, 2025 10:00 Christian-Ludwig-Attersee Saal, Steinbach 5 Steinbach am Attersee

Gustav Mahler Festival 2025: Chamber Concert "Everything Awakened for Joys"

Mahler's Fourth Symphony spans the arc of life. After the lightness of being in the first movement, friend Hein suddenly appears as a fiddler, but the horror is dissolved by a transfigured vision of heaven.

Fri, Jun. 20, 2025 19:00 Gustav Mahler Saal, Kienklause Landesstraße Steinbach am Attersee, Österreich

Gustav Mahler Festival 2025: Nature Experience "Nature and Death"

On our walk we encounter the painterly sound of the meadow, the shadow and the light, the murmur of the water in the constant change of being, passing away and becoming.

Sat, Jun. 21, 2025 10:00 Pfarrkirche, Steinbach, Steinbach 1a Steinbach am Attersee, Österreich

Gustav Mahler Festival 2025: Song recital "The Innocent Victim"

Song recital entitled "The Innocent Victim" with works by Gustav Mahler and Franz Schubert, Franz Schubert, "Death and the Maiden" (Claudius), Gustav Mahler, Kindertotenlieder (Rückert).

Sat, Jun. 21, 2025 19:00 Hotel Föttinger , Attersee 7 Steinbach am Attersee

Gustav Mahler Festival 2025: Matinee concert "Death, it must be a Weana"

"Unfortunately, I remain a die-hard Viennese." The relationship to this city is also evident in his works, especially in the reference to popular music and sometimes in a certain morbid ironic lightness.

Sun, Jun. 22, 2025 11:00 Gustav Mahler Saal, Kienklause Landesstraße Steinbach am Attersee, Österreich

Violin festival in Bad Goisern 2025

Feel the musicians' love for music, their enthusiasm and fun at the violin festival in Bad Goisern on Lake Hallstatt in Austria.

Sun, Sep. 7, 2025 12:00 — 19:00 Kirchengasse, Kirchengasse Bad Goisern

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