The Karlskirche in Vienna - "St. Karl Borromäus" - is considered the most important sacred building north of the Alps. It was constructed at the command of Emperor Charles VI starting in 1716 after the last great plague epidemic and was completed in 1737. In 1741, Antonio Vivaldi was buried directly at the Karlskirche.

Until 1918, it was an imperial patron church. Today, you can experience authentic concerts in the Karlskirche with the orchestra 1756 performing on original instruments and its soloists. Our traditional performances of Vivaldi's "4 Seasons" are now widely known for their high artistic competence and vibrant interpretation.

Hi we are Blood Red Shoes, a duo of Laura-Mary Carter (guitar and vocals) and Steven Ansell (drums and vocals). We’ve been around for more than two decades, just the two of us, making records, touring the world, building our own little universe for ourselves and anyone who wants to join us. We like to call ourselves a rock band because that means almost nothing at all and we find that funny, partly because we actually are definitely a rock band.


In 2026 we’re releasing our first new music in 4 years, which was entirely written, produced and mixed by us, something we’re quite proud of. We’re heading out on our first full tour since we played our 20th anniversary shows in 2024, we’re going across UK and EU with a set full of songs taken from all of our albums and whole load of our new music. The shows will be as loud as your country’s laws allow us to be.

"Even cooler!" Finally, the time has come, Felix Lobrecht is returning to the stage. After his completely sold-out ALL YOU CAN EAT tour, with over 450,000 spectators, the stand-up comedian is going on a big tour through Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, and Switzerland with his fourth live program SELL OUT in 2025 and 2026.

Felix Lobrecht inspires an entire generation. The hype around the comedian, author, and podcaster knows no bounds. With a lot of passion, he writes his jokes and tests them at open mics until everything is watertight and really hits hard. Because the last program is supposed to be surpassed again. Spoiler: "It will!"
Felix Lobrecht presents his best material yet to the fans.

Those who liked ALL YOU CAN EAT will love SELL OUT!

The morning exercise gives you an insight into the training work of the riders with their Lipizzaner horses. You will see both the training of the often still gray young stallions, as well as the already trained school stallions – our "white stars" – in the imperial ambiance of the baroque Winter Riding School, accompanied by classical Viennese music.



The gymnastics of the horses includes loosening exercises, refining and perfecting lessons, as well as targeted muscle strengthening. The famous school jumps, presented as part of the performances, are only sometimes seen during the morning exercise to spare the animals. Each stallion is trained according to his individual level of training, up to the High School lessons.

The poet and songwriter Ernst Molden, who escaped from Döbling to Erdberg decades ago, has dedicated a fantastic dance of death to his district of birth.

Döbling, Vienna's 19th district, the last bastion of the old Austrian bourgeoisie. There is a hangover atmosphere after the (Neustifter) fair: Otto Meyer-Sudelfeld, a failed performance artist and the last scion of a rubber factory dynasty, could inherit his grandmother's villa and her fortune if only he would finally behave like a decent Döblinger and bury his absurd ideas. But the church, represented by Monsignore Schoiswohl, is also eyeing the villa and the money. The demonic winemaker Leopold Probus Musil plays a role, as does a real Döblinger ghost: Saint Agnes.

After the Amadeus award-winning and multiple Nestroy-nominated productions HÄUSERL AM OASCH, HAFEN WIEN, and MAYERLING, the Rabenhof buddy Ernst Molden - for decades a "Partner in Crime" in community housing theater when it comes to the successful revival of the old Viennese singspiel - finally has a new production.

Book and music: Ernst Molden
Direction: Thomas Gratzer
With: Alina Schaller, Ursula Strauss, Skye MacDonald, Christoph Krutzler and Gerald Votava
Band: Ernst Molden, Maria Petrova, Aliosha Biz, Andrij Prosorow and Karl Stirner
Stage: Dominique Wiesbauer
Costumes: Miriam Draxl

There are so many peaks in this country – and we're not just talking about mountains: the highest rocking chair in the world, the largest walkable wine bottle in Southern Styria, the fastest summer toboggan run this side of the Danube. Superlatives wherever you look – and they all want to be climbed, conquered, mastered, and overcome.



In a world that divides everything and everyone into winners and losers, every small town must have the biggest something, and every person must grow beyond themselves. But when strength is merely an end in itself, isn't every peak simultaneously a low point?



Sonja Pikart observes how "strong" men devour the planet in their hunger for power. How high performers in the gym train their hearts – not to love better, but to run away faster. In the process, she discovers poetry in times of weakness. Surrounded by an army of nuclear families that believes it has won the game of life, she finds romance in friendships.



And when she hears shouted at her in the weakest moment of her life: "You are so strong!", she crafts an action figure of herself and realizes: now is the time to feel immortal!



A program about heroes and those who never were.

70 years in the world and 45 years on stage. A good reason to allow oneself new freedoms. In his anniversary program WIE ES MIR GEFÄLLT, Andreas Vitasek strolls through his programs, mixes tried and tested elements with brand new material, improvises, incorporates theater scenes, and reads his own texts that have never been performed. There is only one rule: No evening should be like the other.

Warm welcome to St. Peter's Church, one of the most beautiful Baroque churches in Vienna, built from 1701 to 1733 based on plans by Lukas von Hildebrand. At this location stood the first church of our city in the 4th century in the area of the Roman camp Vindobona (Vienna). Since then, services have been held here. Liturgy, pastoral care, and music make St. Peter's Church a spiritual focal point of the city for locals and visitors alike.

The Classic Ensemble Vienna has also found its home here. Comprised of internationally renowned musicians who have celebrated many successful performances in Austria, Mexico, the USA, Sweden, Germany, etc., it enchants the Viennese and international audience with beautiful interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, and much more.

The hands are moving backwards, the balloon is ready for take-off: Bernhard Paul's Circus Theater Roncalli is all set for the grand anniversary tour celebrating the 50th birthday of "Europe's most admired circus" (Herald Tribune Washington).

Opening a door to the future
The team around Bernhard Paul has prepared a true fireworks of ideas for the 50th anniversary. "The program should not be a best of or a poetically dreamy retrospective, but rather open a door to the future!", says the Roncalli founder and circus director. The beloved Roncalli flair and the courage for innovation will remain: "Strengthened by the experiences of the 50 years of the Roncalli idea, we are entering the anniversary tour with vigor and passion. - Get ready to be surprised!"

The Journey to the Rainbow
On May 18, 1976, Roncalli celebrated the world premiere of "The Greatest Poetry of the Universe" and toured through Austria. It performed in Vienna, Graz, and Salzburg, where the audience could experience the unique blend of theater, clowning, and dream world for the first time. But it was only the premiere of "The Journey to the Rainbow" on June 4, 1980, in Cologne that established the legendary success. Roncalli is a poetic counter-design to the circuses of that time. The native of Lower Austria, Bernhard Paul, is celebrated as a renewer of circus art. He focuses on the overall staging. In the following years, the circus expands, can hardly keep up with visitors, performs at the invitation of cultural offices and theater festivals, and travels as a cultural ambassador of the state of NRW to Moscow, Seville, Copenhagen, and New York. Today, Roncalli stands for much more than just a circus. The live entertainment company is admired and awarded worldwide for its extraordinary show concepts and experience worlds.

Roncalli's next generation
With its anniversary, Roncalli 2026 celebrates not only the life's work of its founder Bernhard Paul. The next generation, with Vivian, Adrian, and Lili Paul-Roncalli, is already in the starting blocks. The anniversary year will also be an opportunity for them to present their vision for the dream manufactory to the world.

The hands are moving backwards, the balloon is ready for take-off: Bernhard Paul's Circus Theater Roncalli is all set for the grand anniversary tour celebrating the 50th birthday of "Europe's most admired circus" (Herald Tribune Washington).

Opening a door to the future
The team around Bernhard Paul has prepared a true fireworks of ideas for the 50th anniversary. "The program should not be a best of or a poetically dreamy retrospective, but rather open a door to the future!", says the Roncalli founder and circus director. The beloved Roncalli flair and the courage for innovation will remain: "Strengthened by the experiences of the 50 years of the Roncalli idea, we are entering the anniversary tour with vigor and passion. - Get ready to be surprised!"

The Journey to the Rainbow
On May 18, 1976, Roncalli celebrated the world premiere of "The Greatest Poetry of the Universe" and toured through Austria. It performed in Vienna, Graz, and Salzburg, where the audience could experience the unique blend of theater, clowning, and dream world for the first time. But it was only the premiere of "The Journey to the Rainbow" on June 4, 1980, in Cologne that established the legendary success. Roncalli is a poetic counter-design to the circuses of that time. The native of Lower Austria, Bernhard Paul, is celebrated as a renewer of circus art. He focuses on the overall staging. In the following years, the circus expands, can hardly keep up with visitors, performs at the invitation of cultural offices and theater festivals, and travels as a cultural ambassador of the state of NRW to Moscow, Seville, Copenhagen, and New York. Today, Roncalli stands for much more than just a circus. The live entertainment company is admired and awarded worldwide for its extraordinary show concepts and experience worlds.

Roncalli's next generation
With its anniversary, Roncalli 2026 celebrates not only the life's work of its founder Bernhard Paul. The next generation, with Vivian, Adrian, and Lili Paul-Roncalli, is already in the starting blocks. The anniversary year will also be an opportunity for them to present their vision for the dream manufactory to the world.

Listen to gentle breezes and fierce thunderstorms, bird songs and the barking of a dog, the hunt and a peasant dance, which Vivaldi composed in his Four Seasons. Vivaldi uniquely understood how to create musical images that stimulate the imagination and captivate the audience.

Where would it be more fitting to perform Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" – a parable on life and death – than in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, where, after the composer's death in 1741, the funeral celebrations were also held? Vivaldi came to Vienna impoverished in 1740, hoping to enter the service of the emperor. Just ten months later, he passed away and was thus buried in Vienna.

J. S. Bach's Violin Concerto in E major complements the program, for which the composer took inspiration from Vivaldi's concertos. It therefore contains, on one hand, echoes of Vivaldi, and on the other, Bach's unmistakable musical spirit with virtuosic solos. In the dialogue between the strings and the soloist, an entertaining and airy concert experience emerges, beautifully rounding off Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

Performers
Harmonia Ensemble Vienna

Songs by Mar Malade are like a vacation in music. Originally born out of a small everyday escape between two friends, Mar Malade – consisting of Alexander Hauer and Michèl M. Almeida – have now released three whole albums "full of summer."



Their songs – including tracks like "Mexico," "Cabriolet," or "Jungle" – have already taken them across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland during their concert tours. Now the "tourist duo" is already spreading its "towels" for the fourth time, has "reserved" eleven concert halls, and will go on their "Tourist" tour in October 2026.



During this, Mar Malade, together with their multi-instrumental live band, not only presents their sometimes energetic, sometimes prancing, sometimes nostalgic music with unrestrained joy (like the kind only a grandmother would allow you as a child, but it is also she who cooks the sticky-sweet jam), but also indulges in a few entertainingly curious moments between the songs.



The drummer reads the horoscope from the local press to all the mountain goats in the room, Alexander sings the classic hiking song "Hejo, spann den Wagen an" with the audience, or Michèl wanders across the stage as "sportsman" in a Helge-Schneider-like pantomime.



Thus, each evening of a Mar Malade tour creates its own, well-warmed space full of music, joy, and shared moments for and with their audience. In Vienna, it’s the WUK that wishes to be filled with and by Mar Malade in October 2026…

We have drunk Corona under the table and the climate glueers will be glued to the extended Gunterstraße .....

Oktoberfest is where the HINICHEN play, Oktoberfest is in the SCHUTZHAUS ZUR ZUKUNFT, and not in some swampy meadow with folk-dumb music, there are schnitzels instead of white sausages, minced meat balls instead of chicken, stilts instead of pork knuckle. The beer is served in small mugs, not in liters. And it tastes good. The Hinichen in top form sing their best songs, the best band in Vienna shortens the time until Christmas.

Metternich invites you to the album presentation and celebrates their third studio album with princely elegance.
After the two predecessors "G’schichtldrucker" and "Oidakalyptus Now," as well as winning the Metal Battle Austria 2023, which brought the band straight to the stage of Wacken Open Air, the Viennese are now turning the next chapter.

Between courtly splendor and raw rock energy, the Strizzirockers deliver a clear message against banality: honest guitars, cool melodies, and humorous lyrics that tell stories from Viennese everyday life with a twist. On October 9, 2026, they will bring the new sound with full force to the Vienna scene.

As a special guest:
Sankt Krinzinger - a rock'n'roll collective with roots and vision.
Influenced by Upper Austrian roots and a rehearsal room in Wels, which has been the creative epicenter since 2019, Sankt Krinzinger found its current six-member form in 2024. Here, blues rock, pop, and raw live energy merge into a sound that is loud, direct, and emotional without resorting to clichés.

After shows at the Wiener Stadthalle as a support for Wanda and the debut album Überall und Immer (2025), the band is now consciously retreating: With analog recordings and experimental maturity, they are working on new singles and an EP.
Sankt Krinzinger remains an invitation to fill spaces where music stays real and freedom becomes palpable.

IMAGINE - A Tribute to John Lennon
Celebrating songs by the Beatles and John Lennon

Featuring Andy Baum, Lina, Martin Spengler & Jahson the Scientist

Lennon is highly relevant! The song "Imagine" still confronts us with its great visions after 50 years. "Imagine all the people sharing all the world."
The musician and visionary was not only responsible for triggering massive feelings of happiness through his music, but he was also a passionate pacifist and feminist. Experiencing and playing the music of the Beatles and John Lennon brings strength and joy of life. Despite everything! And these sparks fly like fireworks from the stage to the audience and back.
The band has gathered influential artists since 2020 and thus celebrates these wonderful and timeless songs, which have become important companions and loyal friends to many people.

Press opinion:
"Rich in colors and facets, creative and personal, with plenty of emotion from the moment - this well-rehearsed Austrian formation brings Lennon’s creative universe to life with harmonious choral singing, virtuosic solos, and contagious joy of playing. This resonates in the hearts of the listeners. LENNON LIVES!" Allgäuer Zeitung

Line-up:

Andy Baum - Vocals, Guitar
Martin Spengler - Vocals, Guitar
Jahson the Scientist - Vocals
Lina - Vocals

Ramona Kasheer - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums
Alex Gantz - Electric Guitar
Martin Payr - Keyboards, Vocals
Jürgen Mitterlehner - Saxophones, Percussion, Vocals
Arnulf Lindner - Vocals, Bass, Cello
Robin Gillard - Vocals, Drums, Bandleader

This is how they are known and loved all over the world: 24 boys in sailor suits and their conductor show that music is the international language of emotions. In the MuTh, the world-famous Vienna Boys' Choir showcase their skills: With vigor and charm, with Haydn and Mozart, Schubert and Strauss, with world music and pop music, they take their audience on a journey through music history. They also serve anecdotes from their more than 525-year history.

Choral music from six centuries

On Saturday, October 10, a very special highlight awaits at the Gösser tent in the afternoon at the Wiener Kaiser Wiesn: Die Lauser together with the accordion virtuoso Claudia Hinker on stage!

And this performance is truly something special - it is Claudia's only live performance of the entire year and exclusively experienceable at the Wiener Kaiser Wiesn. A real special that you shouldn't miss!

Known as the Social Media and YouTube "Queen," she delights thousands of fans online with her videos - but live, her music combined with the Lauser unfolds a truly unique energy.

Here, virtuosity meets party feeling, Oberkrainer sound meets pure joy of playing.

An afternoon full of music, atmosphere, and goosebump moments - be there when the Gösser tent shakes!

The Fetzentaler
7 professional musicians ensure an outstanding sound experience with the Fetzentaler - 100% LIVE and 100% fun is guaranteed.

BERNI Band leader, guitar, keyboard, bass guitar, vocals
He continually works on the perfect sound in his own recording studio. Renowned television shows and original productions have been created there.

LILIA Vocals
With elegance, charisma, and charm, she stands at the forefront with us. Educated and top-trained in vocals, she has already been at home all over the world.

BOY Bass guitar, vocals
Our Filipino Mr. Symphatico. He has been at home on stages around the world for 40 years and has been a fixed part of the Fetzentaler for 18 years.

CHRIS Drums
A studied drummer with the beat in his blood. He ensures the right groove, which he presents on stage in unique perfection.

WERNER Trumpet
He has been playing for the Fetzentaler for 18 years. He loves the musical challenge. His trumpet accompanies him day and night.

ANDY Vocals
Studied music in London, worked for years as a songwriter in Berlin and Warsaw, and today Andy is making our front a lot more lively!

Mit links die Welt retten
Caroline Peters and Klaus Lederer

After Orbán's removal in the Hungarian parliamentary elections in April 2026, the publicist Robert Misik noted: "That the democratic left has been demoralized and unsuccessfully struggling against Orbán for 15 years, and then a moderate conservative comes and cleverly sweeps the autocrat away should give us pause for thought." In any case, the democratic left today seems to oscillate between confusion, powerlessness and anger, self-referentiality and licking wounds. Successes seem rare, while demoralizing events occur very frequently. Has "left" simply fallen out of time? Or are there still reasons and grounds to insist on world change "from the left"? How would democratic left politics need to change to regain the initiative? Actress Caroline Peters and former Berlin Mayor and cultural senator Klaus Lederer, author of the book "Mit links die Welt retten," will discuss this with you and think it through together.

Attention! Because it’s about to get loud! Between Birknbam, bass, and stage fireworks, Florian, Julian, Stefan, Lukas, and Thomas turn every stage show into a wild experience with their crossover style. When the southern Styrian Oachkatzlschwoaf meets kangaroos, not only does the stage catch fire, but the entire postal code does too.

Which genre can the guys be categorized in? It’s better to skip the pigeonholing! Because THE SÜDSTEIRER cannot be easily placed in a box. Their musical journey begins in 2013 - typically "southern Styrian" - in the numerous Buschenschänken of their homeland.

However, they soon realize that they want to chart their own path. What began as making music among good friends quickly develops into a unique, unmistakable sound universe: A crossover of pure party, intense rock elements, dance with maximum energy, down-to-earth Oberkrainer sounds, international-sounding brass arrangements, but above all, brilliant atmosphere and a sound power that mows you down - in short, a "LederhosenBASSkalation", as the guys call their music.

Their song "BIRKNBAM" goes viral after the performance on the TV show "Wenn die Musi spielt" and has now reached over 30 million views. In 2026, the guys will be discussed in the media for weeks as hot contenders for the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "No Kangaroos in Austria".

With more party hits like "Oachkatzlschwoaf," "Schwuppdiwupp," or "How do you do," THE SÜDSTEIRER have long since become one of the top acts in the country.