Culture Summer 2025: Vienna rocks with open-air events and anniversaries!

Culture Summer 2025: Vienna rocks with open-air events and anniversaries!

From June 20th, Vienna and the surrounding area will be round, because the cultural weeks are just around the corner! The city becomes the setting for a colorful program that has something ready for every taste. The open-air events are particularly popular this year-a trend that has become more and more established in recent years. The Vienna Integration House celebrates its anniversary on June 25th with live acts in the arena, and that will certainly be a hit.

For the art lovers in Bad Gastein, there is also reason to be happy: there the anniversary exhibition "Sommer.Frischen.kunst" opens its gates on June 26 to duly celebrate the 15th anniversary of the festival. And that's not all. The cultural summer in Vienna starts on June 26th and 27th with a music picnic in the Prater, where the Viennese symphonists invite you to the open-air concert.

diverse events at a glance

The Pride Month, who will be celebrated by the end of June, brings queer film screenings to the cinema. "Queer Frames" is one of the highlights and promises exciting insights into the LGBTQ+culture. The old smithy in Schönlaterngasse also opens a chapter in its 50-year history with literary events on June 24th and 26th.

There are innovations for cinema fans: the Pixar film "Elio" starts as well as the art thriller "Misericordia" and the zombie continuation "28 Years Later". From June 21, the operetta "Die Zirkusprinzessin" will be performed on the stage in the Baden stage. It will be musical on June 21st with Andrea Götsch and the Ehrphilharmonie as well as a varied brass music event.

• Mira Lu Kovacs appears on June 23 and 24 in the Vienna City Hall.
• The children's performance "Eat Sleep Repeat - Rest in Motion" can be seen on June 21st in the Floridsdorfer water park.
• A special highlight is the poetics lecturer with Michael Köhlmeier at the University of Vienna on June 23.
• In addition, on June 24th there will be an exhibition by Brigitte Schwaiger in the Stifterhaus in Linz.

look across the borders: open-air highlights in Berlin

But not only in Vienna is going round: Berlin also has an impressive summer program. There the exhibition "Secessions - Klimt, Stuck, Liebermann" in the old National Gallery is shown until October 22nd. With around 200 works of over 80 artists, she aims to make the currents of symbolism, Art Nouveau and Impressionism tangible. The Film Festival on Rathausplatz is also waiting for the Berliners, which offers 65 days outdoors from June 28th to August 31st.

This proves how important cultural events in these cities are in order to promote cohesion and to celebrate the summer. It remains exciting how the Viennese and Berliners will experience the summer in full splendor, because the signs are good. The anticipation increases and the cultural weeks promise an unforgettable experience.

Pack your blanket and enjoy the variety of culture that Vienna and Berlin have to offer in summer! The upcoming events are not only a festival for the senses, but also a wonderful opportunity to exchange ideas and to celebrate life in its full beauty.

For detailed information about the events in Vienna, visit the pages of Visit berlin and Wien.info .