Salzburg Easter Festival
April
Warm-up act to the big summer extravaganza, the Salzburg Easter Festival is also a respected opera and classical music festival in its own right.
Salzburg Marathon
May
What better way to see Salzburg than to pant and sweat your way around 42km of it? Well, we can think of plenty, but thousands willingly run the city marathon through beautiful palaces, squares and gardens each year.
Salzburg Festival
July-August
Top of the cultural agenda, this world-renowned programme of opera, theatre and classical music lasts for a full five weeks, and is staged in venues across Salzburg. It finishes in true Austrian style with a ball.
SommerSzene
July
The perfect antidote to the highbrow Salzburg Festival, SommerSzene is an avant-garde performing arts festival that showcases edgier contemporary dance, theatre, music and film.
Christmas Market
December
In the festive season, an explosion of fairy lights, candy canes, snow globes and crafts decorates the Domplatz. The sounds of carol singers and smells of mulled wine fill the air, and announce that the Salzburg Christmas Market is in business.