Events in Vienna
This November, Vienna moves into Advent and the listing runs on into mid December. The Vienna Christmas Market on Rathausplatz opens on 13 November, followed on 20 November by the Christmas Village at Maria-Theresien-Platz and the K&K Christmas Market at Belvedere Palace, while Imperial Lights fills the Schönbrunn Palace Park until 6 January. Concerts range from Psychedelic Porn Crumpets on 16 November and Rea Garvey’s Christmas Calling on 1 December to Candlelight evenings with Adele and Christmas classics. Picasso and Bacon share the Albertina until 31 January, and Franz West fills the Albertina Modern.
What's on in Vienna according to the official calendar
The events below are the Advent markets that lead Vienna's official events calendar this season, and each card links to the organiser's own page with the dates and opening hours. For the sights that stay open all year, start with what to do in Vienna.
Vienna Christmas Market
When: 13 November to 26 December
Where: Rathausplatz, in front of City Hall
Stalls of gifts, decorations and warming drinks fill the square, and the Ice Dream rink at the market stays open until 6 January 2027.
Christmas Market on Spittelberg
When: 13 November to 23 December
Where: Spittelberg, 7th district
Handicraft stalls fill the narrow lanes of the Biedermeier quarter, with many local, fair-trade and organic products.
Old Viennese Christmas Market
When: 14 November to 23 December
Where: Freyung, 1st district
A Christmas market was already held on the square in 1772; today it sells handicrafts, glass decorations and nativity scenes.
Christmas Village at Maria-Theresien-Platz
When: 20 November to 26 December
Where: Maria-Theresien-Platz, between the art and natural history museums
Around 70 stalls with traditional crafts and gift ideas stand between the two imperial museum buildings on the Ringstrasse.
K&K Christmas Market
When: 20 November to 31 December
Where: Belvedere Palace, in front of the Upper Belvedere
Set in the Baroque palace grounds, the market draws its stalls and programme from Austria's imperial past.
Festivals and concerts in Vienna
David Eugene Edwards
David Eugene Edwards plays Flucc Wanne on 9 November at 20:00.
The 90-Minute Opera
The 90-Minute Opera comes to Palais Auersperg on 15 November at 12:00.
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets plays Flex on 16 November at 20:00.
Cassia
Cassia plays WUK Werkstätten- & Kulturhaus on 17 November at 20:00.
Vienna Mozart Concert in the Golden Hall
Vienna Mozart Concert plays the Golden Hall of the Musikverein on 23 November at 20:15.
Imperial Gala Concert at Palais Auersperg
Imperial Gala Concert plays Palais Auersperg on 26 November at 20:00.
Rea Garvey’s Christmas Calling
Rea Garvey’s Christmas Calling plays Wiener Stadthalle on 1 December at 19:30.
Candlelight: Tribute to Adele
Candlelight: Tribute to Adele plays the Kunsthistorisches Museum on 3 December at 19:00.
8LANCO, Something Brighter Tour
8LANCO, Something Brighter Tour plays Club LUCIA on 3 December at 20:00.
The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans
The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans plays the Lorely-Saal on 4 December at 18:00.
Candlelight: Christmas Classics
Candlelight: Christmas Classics plays the Sofiensäle on 8 December at 17:00.
Turbobier
Turbobier plays Arena Wien on 11 December at 20:00.
What's on in Vienna this month
Imperial Lights
Imperial Lights fills the Schönbrunn Palace Park with a night-time light trail until 6 January 2027.
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty comes to MuTh on 28 November at 15:30.
The Jury Experience: The 20 Million Dollar Heist
The Jury Experience: The 20 Million Dollar Heist comes to the Lorely-Saal on 6 December at 16:00.
Temporary exhibitions in Vienna
Erna Rosenstein, On the Other Side of Silence
Until: 10 January 2027
Where: Lower Belvedere
The first major retrospective in Austria of Erna Rosenstein, a key figure of the postwar Polish avant-garde.
Herbert Boeckl and Hans Josephsohn, Figural Archetypes
Until: 10 January 2027
Where: Leopold Museum
Paintings by Boeckl meet sculptures by Josephsohn, two artists who stayed with the human figure while abstraction took hold.
Tiffany Sia, Overt Listening
Dates: 13 November 2026 to 24 January 2027
Where: Kunsthalle Wien, MuseumsQuartier
The first institutional solo show in Austria by the Hong Kong-born artist, built around a new film on Taiwan's Kinmen Islands.
Erika Giovanna Klien, All Is Movement
Until: 31 January 2027
Where: Lower Belvedere
An extensive solo exhibition on the Austrian-American artist and educator Erika Giovanna Klien.
Picasso and Bacon, What It Feels Like to Be Human
Until: 31 January 2027
Where: Albertina
About 70 key works set the two great figurative painters of the 20th century side by side; Picasso's work inspired Bacon to paint.
Vikings, An Immersive Experience
Dates: Open since 23 September 2026, sessions on sale until 13 February 2027
Where: Marx Halle
An immersive exhibition that uses modern technology to bring Viking history, myths and rituals to life.
Bubble Planet and House of Banksy
Dates: Open since 24 October 2026, sessions on sale until 21 February 2027
Where: METAStadt, Donaustadt
A combined visit to an interactive world of giant bubbles and balloon landscapes and, next door, an exhibition on Banksy's street art.
Franz West, The Revolution of Sculpture
Dates: 6 November 2026 to 29 March 2027
Where: Albertina Modern
A retrospective for what would have been the artist's 80th birthday, from his wearable Adaptives of the 1970s onwards.
Vienna tickets and tours
Keep the city and national holiday calendar in mind
Public holidays change what a day in Vienna looks like. City offices and public authorities close, museums move to holiday timetables and shopping is limited to the large railway stations, the airport and the museum shops, so a plan built around one opening time can come apart. Austria sets its holidays in federal law, in paragraph 7 of the Arbeitsruhegesetz, the act on rest from work, which lists 13 days, and the City of Vienna publishes the same 13 for 2026. Two details are worth knowing for the year. 8 December falls in the Advent shopping season and the tourist board notes that shops open that day, and three of the 13 land at the weekend: 15 August and 26 December on a Saturday, 1 November on a Sunday. The two Tourist Info offices are the exception to all of it: the Vienna Tourist Board describes its Tourist Info team as on hand 365 days a year, and both offices keep the same daily hours.
National holidays in Austria 2026
- 1 January New Year's Day (Neujahr)
- 6 January Epiphany (Heilige Drei Könige)
- 6 April Easter Monday (Ostermontag)
- 1 May Labour Day (Staatsfeiertag)
- 14 May Ascension Day (Christi Himmelfahrt)
- 25 May Whit Monday (Pfingstmontag)
- 4 June Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam)
- 15 August Assumption Day (Mariä Himmelfahrt)
- 26 October National Day (Nationalfeiertag)
- 1 November All Saints' Day (Allerheiligen)
- 8 December Immaculate Conception (Mariä Empfängnis)
- 25 December Christmas Day (Christtag)
- 26 December Saint Stephen's Day (Stefanitag)
Local holidays in Vienna 2026
Vienna adds no statutory holiday of its own. The one date the city keeps for itself is the feast of Saint Leopold, patron saint of Vienna and of Lower Austria, on 15 November: the Vienna education authority marks it as a day without school across the city, but it is not a legal public holiday, so shops, museums and the tourist offices keep their usual hours. In 2026 it falls on a Sunday anyway.
- 15 November Saint Leopold's Day (Leopoldi), local
Keep exploring Vienna
The Vienna guide
The Vienna guide on Tourist Office ranks twelve attractions, from the Hofburg and Schönbrunn to the Palmenhaus, then adds free sights and hidden corners.
Where to get help in Vienna
This page lists the Tourist Info offices in Vienna, the hours they keep and the public holidays that change opening times across the city.