Festivals in Austria are great in number and diverse in traditions and origin, but what unites them all is the cheerful atmosphere and sincere happiness saturating the air of the cities when celebrations are in progress.
The article on festivals in Austria you are now reading will describe some of the widely known holidays not to be missed when you travel Austria.
With the commence of summer, nineteen islands on the Danube river welcome hundreds of participants to the Danube Island Festival. Lasting only 4 days every June, Donau Inselfest houses up to 300 performers a year sweeping the boundaries of day and night and making the festival a great open-air party with eating, drinking and dancing till you drop. An attractive detail: it won't cost you a thing. As some wise men used to say, the best things in life are for free. Travel Austria this time of the year and take part in the celebration of life.
In case you only have chance to travel Austria later in July, be sure to visit Salzburg Festival that lasts for 5 weeks starting from July, 27. This holiday in the birthplace of Mozart and Strauss dates back to 19th century. It originally began as Salzburg Music Weeks with the performances of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Nowadays, it's turned into an important cultural tradition attracting musicians from all over the world.
Yet another festival takes place in Vienna at the end of July, and it is Vienna Jazz Festival. In spite of its name, not only jazz greats, but also famous blues, pop and even rock performers travel Austria to visit this Fest ranking among the world's top three jazz festivals.
For those who travel Austria seeking for more earthly holidays, the country has its famous Beerfest to offer. A relatively young holiday, as it is, celebrated only for about 10 years, this Beer Festival has already multiplied the number of its visitors by 15. Doesn't this fact speak for itself?
Another annual festival attracting tens of thousands of spectators and some more hundreds of participants, European Body Painting Festival in Seeboden presents a mixture of art, entertainment, hard work and celebration. It is truly multinational as about 40 countries take part in this colourful event. We could probably say that it's worth to travel Austria to see the festival alone.
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