Salzburger Festspiele

Every year, the Salzburg Festival, one of Europe’s cultural highlights, attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world. With a wide-ranging programme from classical opera to modern performances, the festival combines art, culture and the spectacular backdrop of Salzburg in a unique way. Behind the scenes, impressive facts and figures reveal the scale of the event.

With an annual budget of over 60 million euros (2019), the Festival sets standards in cultural funding.

16 venues and 199 performances: From 42 opera performances to 55 theatre performances and 81 concerts over 43 days at 16 venues, the Salzburg Festival is one of the largest cultural events in Austria.

With its four highlight backdrops, the great festival theatre  the house for Mozart, the Felsenreitschule and the cathedral square, the Salzburg Festival offers spectacular productions that combine Salzburg’s historic architecture with high-calibre artistic performances. The great festival theatre in particular stands out with its enormous stage width of an impressive 100 metres, which not only underlines its size and acoustic excellence, but also enables large-scale productions with extensive stage sets and a large number of performers. Whether the intimate atmosphere of the house for Mozart or the huge stage presence of the great festival theatre, each venue offers an unrivalled experience.

International appeal: Every year, the festival attracts 240,000 visitors from 75 countries, which emphasises its global significance.

Visitor behaviour and spending: With an average length of stay of one week and high expenditure per visit, the figures reflect not only the cultural but also the economic appeal of the Festival.