New Year Ball In Vienna

Normally the entire city center transforms into a giant party site on december 31 for the new year s eve trail.

New year ball in vienna. The operetta die fledermaus the bat is a long new years eve tradition in vienna. A preview performance on dec 30. Due to the current situation and the unforeseeable development of worldwide travel restrictions the hofburg silvesterball will unfortunately not take place on december 31 2020.

Because of covid 19 the usual may date has been brought back to september this year. Many vienna balls play the famous fledermaus quadrille at midnight. Some are for charity while others for celebration.

Wiener opernball is an annual austrian society event which takes place in the building of the vienna state opera in vienna austria on the thursday preceding ash wednesday a religious holiday. Ringing in the new year at the silvester ball at the hofburg palace in vienna. The vienna opera ball german.

Due to the current covid 19 situation the vienna balls were cancelled for the winter 2020 2021. A unique new year s atmosphere can also be enjoyed on a boat trip along the danube and at new year s eve galas held in luxury hotels. What few people know is there are actually three concerts with the same programme.

Viennese and world travellers are gathering in a superb and refined atmosphere to attend the famous kaiserball emperor s ball that takes place every year in the imperial hofburg palace for new year s eve. A silvesterkonzert on dec 31. The big traditional event is the new year s concert given by the world famous vienna philharmonic orchestra at the musikverein.

Vienna holds nearly 200 balls every year most at the palaces or the most prestigious at the opera house. The new years eve ball at the hofburg palace formally called the hofburg silvester ball marks the beginning of ball season in vienna which lasts until late spring. Because of corona this viennese institution must take a break this year.