| Wherever you go in Vienna, cultural opportunities | | | | are held in wine taverns and city hot spots, and are |
| surround you on every side. Of course, Vienna has | | | | designed to appeal to music lovers of all genres. And |
| long been renowned for its classical music. From the | | | | younger audiences are sure to love the Wiesen |
| time that Mozart, Strauss, and Beethoven performed | | | | Festival and Concerts, held between the months of |
| here until today, lovers of the Classical form will find no | | | | June, July, and August and featuring such diverse |
| better place in all the earth to delight themselves in rich | | | | musical styles as jazz, reggae, hip hop, rock, and pop. |
| musical culture. No one coming to Vienna will want to | | | | The concerts take place in an outdoor venue only 60 |
| miss the Wiener Philharmoniker or the Vienna Boys' | | | | kilometers south of the city and many festival |
| Choir. And such world famous museums as the | | | | attenders utilize the camping facilities available there. |
| Museum of Fine Arts feature some of the world's | | | | Whether you are a Classical aficionado or a modern |
| largest, and most priceless collections of art. | | | | music enthusiast, Vienna should be on your A-list of |
| If you like to dance the night away, come to Vienna in | | | | places to visit for the world's best music. |
| January or February. During the city's Ball Season, you | | | | One of Austria's newer musical attractions sure to |
| will find balls held almost every weekend. Many of the | | | | please all visitors is the Lange Nacht der Musik (Long |
| city's famous balls have been held continually since the | | | | Night of Music) held every June since 2000. The event |
| 1800s. Some of the more glamorous balls are quite | | | | features 60 or more venues where all genres of |
| expensive, but there are balls for waltzers and fox | | | | music are performed, mostly by local musicians. |
| trotters on more modest budgets available as well. | | | | Whether you prefer jazz, rock, classical, pop, electronic, |
| But Vienna isn't all about the Classical era. The city | | | | or folk music, one ticket is all you will need to attend all |
| boasts a great deal of contemporary music and art as | | | | of the concerts. There is even a shuttle service in |
| well. You can hear musical stylings from all over the | | | | Vienna provided to transport concert goers from one |
| world, together with contemporary jazz and traditional | | | | show to the next. The music begins at 7 and lasts well |
| Wienerlied music in venues all over the city during the | | | | past midnight. There's no better way to culminate a trip |
| annual Wean Hean festival in early October. Concerts | | | | to Austria. |