C Schubertiade Schwarzenberg © Christoph Lingg
Enjoy colourful festivals in summer and autumn. Nature plays a big part as always, from Lake Constance to the mountain panorama. With programmes for young and old, ranging from high culture to cabaret, and events held in villages and cities, many of them open air!
The Bregenz Festival 2022 came to an end with “Madame Butterfly” on a dreamy summer evening at Lake Constance on August 21. The revival will take place on July 20, 2023.
Unique: the open-air atmosphere, the spectacular stage, first-class artists and wonderful music. In 2023 Puccini’s Madame Butterfly will be performed again on the lake stage, the house will host operas (Ernani by G. Verdi), orchestral concerts, theater, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra has been the world famous orchestra of the festival since the beginning! The Young Festival offers exciting things for young people, the Kunsthaus Bregenz and the Landestheater are also involved.
The Schubertiade is the most important Schubert Festival in the world. It takes place annually in several cycles in Hohenems – the festival’s place of origin – and in Schwarzenberg in the Bregenzerwald. Nature and culture form a remarkable symbiosis.
With its performances of dance art at the highest level, the Bregenzer Frühling (Bregenz Spring) enjoys great popularity far beyond the borders of the country. Its special profile and quality is unique in the Lake Constance region. Every spring, top-class, internationally acclaimed ensembles thrill audiences with their new standard-setting productions at the Festspielhaus Bregenz. Extremely remarkable and expressive choreographies determine the program.
Top-class concerts of different genres in the Montafon: From wind instruments to baroque and chamber music, jazz, crossover or organ – 16 organs from four centuries can be found in the Montafon in a very small space! All of the festival’s performances take place in extraordinary venues that are tailored to the music.
Potentials for a good time promises the event series, which will take place for the sixth time in 2021. The forum with festival character illuminates questions on current topics from different perspectives. The program includes lectures and discussions as well as concerts at unusual locations, hikes, readings and culinary experiences. FAQ Bregenzerwald is also accessible around the year as an online platform for questions and answers, food for thought and inspiration.
The Montforter Zwischentöne take place as a series of events in the Montforthaus Feldkirch on three weekends a year and are each dedicated to a main theme. The themes are linked to seasonally associated moods, customs and festivals. This results in programs that relate to each other as well as new formats that combine the experiences of artists and experts with the experiences of the audience.
The project idea of the Youth Symphony Orchestra Quarta 4 is to establish a cross-border philharmonic workshop as a new stage for talents from the Lake Constance area and has been active for several years already very successfully under the founder and conductor Christoph Eberle. The concerts take place at several locations in Vorarlberg.
September 2023, in Bregenz, Schwarzenberg, Nüziders, Götzis and in St. Gallen (CH) and Wangen (GER)
“Lichtstadt Feldkirch” (Light City Feldkirch) is the festival for art with light in Vorarlberg. Every two years, the festival invites artists to perform in Feldkirch in many forms and facets. The historic old town is not only a spectacular backdrop for the festival evenings themselves. Above all, the locations are the starting point and source of inspiration for the content and design framework of the light art festival.
The Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik (Days for contemporary music in Bludenz) is an international festival whose goal is to make contemporary music audible in Bludenz. The festival takes place in the Remise Bludenz. The 2020 program primarily included music of the 21st century, with only two pieces older. The program tied in with milestones in the collaboration with individual composers or ensembles. A master class was also offered.
The :alpenarte is the young music festival in Schwarzenberg in the Bregenzerwald. The festival offers music beyond the traditional classical repertoire and thus appeals to new audiences – from tango to other musical genres such as evergreens. Outstanding talents with a connection to Vorarlberg as well as international musicians* show their skills.
Every summer, the poolbar Festival is on the agenda: the festival for cultural events from niche to pop in Feldkirch attracts numerous guests every year with its uniquely designed ambience and big names such as Element of Crime. New every year: the architecture. The appeal of the festival also lies in the intelligent temporary design of the spaces, which contributes significantly to the poolbar image and makes architecture one of the festival headliners.
Movie buffs are already looking forward to the 36th ALPINALE Short Film Festival, which will once again take place in Bludenz. The international jury will view all submitted competition films together with the audience and award winning films in various categories. Including children’s short film festival and acting workshop. The ALPINALE presents the international short films in original version with German or English subtitles on the Remiseplatz.
Established as recently as 2014, the Jazz Stage Lech has blossomed into a bright star among the array of Arlberg summer events. In the second week of August, the former post office garage in the centre of Lech becomes a magnet for top-class jazz musicians from around the globe.
