Events in Vienna in August, 2023

Kultursommer is a summer culture festival in outdoor venues all over Vienna. There are many artists performing across all types of genres – cabaret, literature, music, performance art, dance, theatre, and circus arts.

There will be more than 500 performances with over 2,000 artists that you can attend in 2023. Most of the events will take place in the evening, though there are morning events for families with children. The festival program can be found online at kultursommer.wien.

The 19th annual Africa Days in Vienna festival celebrates African culture through music and other arts, fashion, entertainment, and gastronomy. Afrika-Tage Wien 2023 lasts for 18 days. Here are some notable things to do and see:

1. Contemporary and traditional music concerts featuring Petaw Band, Nneka, Bombino and other famous artists.
2. A bazaar where you can buy handiworks from African artisans, and food stalls offering African foods, beverages, and cocktails.
3. A chill lounge.
4. Drum and dance classes.

There will be a creative program, To Africa and Back, organised for children.

Date and time of event: from August 11 to 28, daily 14.00 to 24.00, Sundays 11.00 to 24.00
Event location: Donauinsel, Floridsdorfer Brücke.
Admission: starts at EUR 12. Admission is free on Mondays and for children up to age 12. Schoolchildren, university students, and people with special needs can get half-priced tickets.

This open air cinema will feature previously recorded performances and concerts for all to watch. This will be particularly interesting to music lovers of the following genres: opera, classical, pop, rock, jazz, and musicals.

The screenings will take place every evening. You can find the daily program online at filmfestival-rathausplatz.at.

In addition to the pleasant aesthetics, there will be gastronomic delights for all to enjoy. The Rathausplatz has a designated dining area featuring 26 food stalls offering food from all over the world.

Date and time of event: from July 1 to September 3
Event location: Rathausplatz
Admission: free

The 10th annual street art and music festival will take place in Vienna’s 16th district, Ottakring, over a 10-day period. Local and international artists will paint 10 walls that can be found in the following locations:

• Kuffnergasse 2;
• Friedrich-Kaiser-Gasse 32;
• Koppstraße 89-93;
• Abelegasse 29;
• Thalhaimergasse 9-15;
• Hippgasse 17;
• Arltgasse 16;
• Wattgasse 11;
• Sandleitengasse 9/13;
• Ottakringer Pl. 1.

This annual beer festival features more than 20 types of beer and takes place at the massive Ottakringer city brewery in the 16th district. The front courtyard will be transformed into a lively outdoor marketplace.

It’s not just a place to drink beer and eat snacks. On Fridays, you can come watch live bands play and on Tuesdays you can have fun doing beer yoga. Brewery tours are available on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

Date and time of event: from June 29 to September 1, Monday to Saturday from 16.00 to 24.00
Event location: Ottakringer Brewery
Admission: free, brewery tour EUR 19,90, beer yoga EUR 12

The largest street food festival is set to take place over three days. Visitors will be able to feast on vegan dishes from Austrian and international cuisines.

You can also take a class on how to prepare vegan bath bombs or enjoy a musical performance by any of the featured musicians, such as The SugarCoats, Emma-Mo, Stick A Bush, AnRainer and Mary Jane’s Soundgarden.

Date and time of event: August 25 from 14.00 to 21.00, August 26 from 10.00 to 21.00, August 27 from 10.00 to 19.00
Event location: the area under the lighthouse next to the U1 Donauinsel station
Admission: free

ImPulsTanz is the largest contemporary dance festival in Europe. The program includes:

• performances by Austrian and international artists;
• a presentation of research projects and books;
• 210 dance workshops.

Date and time of event: from July 6 to August 6
Event location: at 20 different venues around Vienna. The festival program can be found online at impulstanz.com/calendar/performances/
Admission: starts at EUR 15 – a separate ticket is needed for each event

Gürtel nightwalk is a night musical festival that will take place on Gürtel road for the 25th time. Stars such as B72 ffio, Laikka, CHELSEA Hypnotic Floor, and Peter Hein will perform on the open air stages set up along the road. The festival program with the list of performances and venues can be found online at guertelnightwalk.at.

In honour of the festival’s 25th anniversary, there will be an exhibition dedicated to its history available for people to visit. A night market featuring designers and artists showcasing their work will be set up for the first time ever at Gürtel nightwalk.

Date and time of event: August 26 at 18.00
Event location: Gürtel
Admission: free

The BioInspiration exhibition at the Technical Museum of Vienna focuses on biomimicry – engineering and design solutions inspired by nature. It features more than 200 exhibits, medi installations, and interactive exhibits. Visitors here can see examples from both antiquity and modern variants of biomimicry in the fields of architecture, medicine, transportation, engineering, robotics, and more.

Date and time of event: from October 26, 2022 to September 3, 2023
Event location: Technisches Museum Wien, Mariahilfer Str. 212
Admission: starts at EUR 4.50

The Leopold Museum is hosting Austria’s first ever exhibition of artworks from the Würth collection – one of the largest private collections in Europe. Two hundred of the 20,000 artworks in the collection will be featured in the exhibition.

Two floors have been allocated for the viewing of the exhibition. On the first level, there will be masterpieces of classical modernism, including works by Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, René Magritte, and more. Two separate rooms will house paintings by Max Beckmann and Pablo Picasso.

The second level will be dedicated to contemporary art. Here you can see the works by Fernando Botero, Gerhard Richter, and others. Works by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Georg Baselitz and Anselm Kiefer will be shown in separate rooms.

Date and time of event: from April 5 to September 10
Event location: Leopold Museum, Museumsplatz 1
Admission: standard tickets start at EUR 15, family tickets start at EUR 17.50, child tickets EUR 2.50. Free admission for children up to age 7.

The Children's Opera Festival is part of the Rathausplatz film festival. The children’s program includes opera films and popular children’s musical productions. The following are shown on Fridays at 17:00:

• August 4 — The Small Moments, a screening of short films for children ages 4 and up;
• August 11 — Ruhe! Zumdonnerwetternochmal! and Patchwork;
• August 18 — Fantasia;
• August 25 — Moody Booty and Help! Help! The Globolinks.

Date and time of event: August 4, 11, 18, and 25 at 17.00
Event location: Rathausplatz
Admission: free

The Magic Flute for Children is an open air puppet show for children ages 3 and up. In the story, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself introduces his own opera to the young audience. He tells a fairy tale about a young prince named Tamino who sets out to rescue the kidnapped Pamina, the Night Queen’s daughter. The prince uses a magical flute to help him overcome evil along the way.

Date and time of event: August 4-6, 11-13, 18, 20, and 25-27 at 17.30.
Event location: Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn, Schönbrunn Palace, Hofratstrakt 34
Admission: adult tickets start at EUR 20, child tickets EUR 15.