A summer full of cultural events in the Innsbruck region

Updated 02.05.2022

Pop-up concerts, festivals and performances on open-air stages present early music, electronic sounds, performance art and theatre art: the cultural summer in the Innsbruck region is a multifaceted event! The numerous events offer special highlight moments for every taste on sunny afternoons and balmy summer evenings.

INNSBRUCK INTERNATIONAL. Biennial of the Arts7-22May 2022 | InnsbruckInnsbruck International, a biennial of contemporary art, celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022 and runs under the motto "Cookie". This theme is entirely related to the people who, in the course of the pandemic, have created digital twins of themselves in the home office and shared them with others. A special highlight of this year's Biennale is GGGNHM by God's Entertainment. The Guggenheim Museum's light sculpture will be placed on the market square in Innsbruck. In its anniversary year, the Innsbruck International Biennale once again welcomes a large number of national and international artists to set the scene in the city.Further information: www.2022.innsbruckinternational.com

Journalism Festival Innsbruck13-15May 2022 | InnsbruckThe three-day "Journalism Festival Innsbruck - International Days of Information" is expected to attract more than 100 contributors from 20 countries from 13 to 15 May 2022. Renowned journalists with scientists, representatives of NGOs and experts from different regions of Europe and the world will discuss current topics. For three days, the city will be an open discussion forum on internationally pressing issues and crisis regions. There will be numerous discussions, book presentations, exhibitions of comics and photo reports, documentary films and audio features. The festival is aimed at an interested public. Admission to most of the 40 events is free.Further information: www.journalismusfest.org

Music in the Giant19-21May 2022 | Swarovski Crystal Worlds Wattens "Music in the Giant" means the diversity of chamber music: from 19 to 21 May 2022, the festival in Wattens is dedicated to the string quartet in its various forms, pays tribute to the art of song and gives the piano space as a solo and accompanying instrument. Once again, internationally renowned soloists and top-class ensembles from the field of classical music will be on stage: renowned virtuosos such as the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the Belcea Quartet, young stars such as the baritone Andrè Schuen, the composer and musician Caroline Shaw and the Attacca Quartet from New York as well as the Tyrolean newcomers Quartissimo. Once again, the audience will be offered great musical quality and variety.Further information: www.kristallwelten.com/musik

LUNAR LANDING26-28May 2022 | Innsbruck/OlympiaworldFrom house to techno - LUNAR LANDING opens the festival season with electronic dance music in its full spectrum. The new electronic festival, taking place for the first time this year, will celebrate a party in a class of its own on the indoor and outdoor grounds of the Olympiaworld Innsbruck. The line-up: absolutely top-class acts from the EDM scene. The two headliners for the second day of the festival: Lee Ann Roberts and Pretty Pink. Especially in terms of technology and sustainability, LUNAR LANDING wants to set standards and show visitors the opportunities of the future - and the best way to do that is at a good party!Further information: www.lnrlnd.ng

Heart of Noise Musicfestival2-5June 2022 | InnsbruckThe Heart of Noise Musicfestival focuses on young art and young music culture, media art and digital art, VJ art and DJ culture - in other words, the musical and artistic cosmos that unfolds around the new and very latest relevant cultural trends. As an experimental music and art festival, HON has been getting us in the best mood for the summer with its sounds of the electronic music scene since 2011. This year, too, the festival offers its audience four days of extraordinary musical experiences. A total of 34 programme items in 10 events at 4 venues. Clear the stage for sound installations, style-breaking DJ sets, rhythmic narrations and more!Further information: www.heartofnoise.at

Klassik am Berg25. June 2022 | Innsbruck RegionA breathtaking concert for all the senses: amidst high alpine nature, the Tyrolean Chamber Orchestra InnStrumenti invites you to the summer open-air concert "Klassik am Berg". At this unique concert, listeners enjoy musical pleasure at the highest level in the truest sense of the word. For all those who want to move the classical concert hall to the mountain for once: Folding chair or picnic blanket on, music on!Further information: www.innstrumenti.at

Early Music Pop-Up ConcertsFridaysin July & September | Old Town InnsbruckThe Pop-Up Concerts of Early Music show that early music has wonderful compositions and diverse works in its repertoire and is therefore not old or dusty at all. The concert series was created in cooperation between the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tyrol and Innsbruck Tourism and is organised by students of the Master's programme "Sports, Culture & Event Management" as part of a practical project. Changing public places in Innsbruck's old town will be the setting for the free pop-up concerts every Friday at 11 am in July and September. With this fourth edition, early music will once again be made accessible to a wide audience.Further information: www.facebook.com/altemusikinnsbruck

Katie Mahan - Piano Passion at the Top of Innsbruck1. July 2022 | Innsbruck/North Chain Katie Mahan is an up-and-coming American pianist based in Salzburg. Her repertoire includes works by Beethoven, Gershwin and Mozart in particular. Always on the lookout for special locations for her performances, she has found an exceptional venue for her wonderful music in the Hafelekar. On 1 July 2022, Katie Mahan will give a summer concert at over 2,000 metres above sea level and offer a unique concert experience "on the Top of Innsbruck".Further information: www.innsbruck.info/katiemahan

27.Innsbruck Promenade Concerts2-31July 2022 | Innsbruck/Interior Courtyard of the Hofburg InnsbruckThis year, the unique Innsbruck Promenade Concerts are once again considered an absolute "must-hear" in the summer of culture. In the imperial ambience of the inner courtyard of Innsbruck's Hofburg Palace, renowned orchestras from eleven nations come together to delight locals and guests alike with first-class open-air concerts. Surrounded by the charm of a balmy summer evening, the venues are transformed into a wonderful stage and continue in a special way what already caused great enthusiasm in London, Paris and Vienna in the 19th century. In addition to international military and civilian orchestras, brass ensembles, brass bands and big bands, symphony orchestras are also on the varied programme of the 27th Innsbruck Promenade Concerts.Further information: www.promenadenkonzerte.at

46.Innsbruck Early Music Festival12. July - 28 August 2022 | InnsbruckMusical "encounters" that leave traces and memories are created by the 46th Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. As one of the most renowned festivals of baroque music in Europe, Renaissance and Baroque music take centre stage for a few weeks. In historic venues, from Ambras Innsbruck Castle to the Imperial Hofburg, more than 50 events will take place, offering listeners exceptional musical experiences at the highest level.Further information: www.altemusik.at

New Orleans Festival21-24July 2022 | InnsbruckSouthern feeling in the heart of the Alps? For Markus Linder, founder of the iconic Innsbruck New Orleans Festival, nothing could be easier. For years now, the entertainer and passionate musician has managed to transform alpine-urban Innsbruck into what feels like an open-air jazz cellar for a few summer days. Here, no foot stands still, fingers snap rhythmically and hips move to the beat. Well-known stars from New Orleans meet local acts and swing together in rhythm'n'blues, funk, soul, blues, Dixieland, gospel or spiritual.Further information: www.neworleansfestival.at

Tiroler Volksschauspiele22. July - 4 September | TelfsThree major productions and a supporting programme entirely dedicated to great legends and strong women from and in Tyrol are presented by the Tyrolean Folk Festival in this year's theatre summer. In the domed arena of the SportZentrum Telfs, the internationally renowned director and Tyrolean-born Susanne Lietzow is staging the theatre spectacle "Monster & Margarete" about Margarete von Tirol-Görz, known as "Maultasch". Another strong woman on stage in the Telfer Kranewitterstadl is taken from the novel "Ich bleibe hier - Resto Qui" by Marco Balzano. Artistic director Christoph Nix was able to secure the world premiere rights of this bestseller for the Tiroler Volksschauspiele. Titled "Der Träumer ist bereits frisiert - Georg Kreisler für Mutige", the three-person play was the big surprise success of the 2021 season and will be performed again this year.Further information: www.volksschauspiele.at

Summer in the Giant22. July - 21 August 2022 | Swarovski Crystal Worlds WattensThis summer, too, it's "It's Showtime!" at the Swarovski Crystal Worlds when the Circus Theatre Roncalli sets up its tents in Wattens. In keeping with the motto of the new chamber of wonders, "The Art of Performance", this year the giant invites acrobats from the Circus Theatre Roncalli to its garden, who will thrill visitors daily from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm in impressive shows with lots of body art. The successful summer festival will once again transform the extensive garden of the Swarovski Crystal Worlds into a circus ring from 22 July to 21 August 2022.Further information: www.swarovski.com/kristallwelten

Krapoldi im Park30August - 4 September 2022 | Innsbruck/RapoldiparkWith a colourful programme ranging from street art and Punch and Judy to acrobatics and clowning, the Krapoldi im Park festival surprises the whole family. The free event for everyone transforms the Rapoldi Park in Innsbruck into a cheerful festival landscape. The colourful hustle and bustle invites young and old to laugh, marvel, participate and unwind.Further information: www.krapoldi.at

Klangspuren Festival8-25September 2022 | Innsbruck & SchwazFounded in 1993, the Klangspuren Festival stands for musical and thematic diversity that is unique for a festival of new music. This September, 19 concerts will take place at different venues in Innsbruck and Schwaz. This year, the musical spectrum of the 29th edition of the festival will be extended stylistically and aesthetically by unusual artistic cooperations in the field of jazz and pop. With numerous premieres and first performances, the Klangspuren Festival will once again delight its visitors.Further information: www.klangspuren.at

About Inn sbruck Tourismus Innsbruck Tourismus is the official destination management organisation of the Innsbruck region. With almost 3.5 million overnight stays annually (as of 2019), the Innsbruck region is one of the largest tourism institutions in Austria. With its diverse range of sporting and cultural highlights, Innsbruck is a unique symbiosis of vibrant urban space and fascinating alpine mountains in both winter and summer. This is also reflected in the comprehensive event calendar, which offers a broad spectrum from sporting and challenging to cultural and enjoyable event highlights. The diverse city flair and sightseeing offers in combination with the immediate proximity of nature round off the visit for event lovers in the Innsbruck region. The special thing: The free Welcome Card guest card is your personal key to the region's boundless diversity. With the included use of public transport, up and across numerous highlights can be experienced sustainably and comfortably. Through their enthusiasm for the alpine-urban area, around 90 employees convey to their guests what their own heart beats for, thus preparing unforgettable holiday experiences in harmony with people and nature time and again. Innsbruck Tourism is close to its guests, in the middle of the action and with its finger on the pulse - a hub for unforgettable events, authentic stories and personal impressions, for groups as well as for individual travellers.