Visitors will have a difficult time choosing which acts to enjoy, as the Danube Island festival program includes program includes rock, pop, alternative, indie, punk, hip hop, oldies, electro, “Volksmusik” and cabaret. Jump on the subway to the Donauinsel or Handelskai stations.The Donauinsel subway station is on the U1 line that traverses the city centre. The Danube Island Festival is a free festival – visitors could already see STS, H-Blockx or Christina Stürmer live on stage for free. June 26-28, 2020 Welcome at Europe`s largest open air festival with free admission.

One broadcast in each of the festival’s 13 weeks. Danube Island Festival 2020 Home Event-Highlights Danube Island Festival 2020 Event-Highlights Danube Island Festival 2020 Who ever said nothing comes for free?The Rock the Island contest gives unsigned bands and artists the chance to perform on one of the festival’s big stages following an X Factor-style audition process. Furthermore acts like Sportfreer Stiller, Julian Le Play, Gianna Nannini, Fat Bread and various representatives of Global Hip Hop. Es werden ca. (Photo by Andreas Jakwerth | Click photo for copyright info etc.

The festival ends with three “big” shows on the Danube Island across September 19th and 20th, but with a limited audience. Held on an island in the middle of the Danube river in Vienna (the name translates as 'Danube Island Fest'), Donauinselfest has been going for more than 30 years and shows no signs of letting up. Curiously, a political party organises everything: the SPÖ has more or less formed the city government for decades.Get a feeling for a typical festival from this video:We’ll have to wait and see if the 2021 event can follow the traditional format or whether we have a repeat of the 2020 version: instead of a mammoth 3-day event at one location, the festival took place across 80 days all over Vienna. With 2,000 artists, more than 600 hours of entertainment and over three million visitors expected, Austria’s Donauinselfest is huge – in all ways.Unless you happen to be Austrian, there’s a good chance you’ve never even heard of Donauinselfest, yet visitor numbers hitting the 3 million mark make this one of the biggest music festivals on the planet. Vienna, Austria September 18-20, 2020. Buy festival tickets, check out the latest lineup, news, information, event details and more today. And it's good to know the world's largest open-air music festival is free of charge. Use the U6 line to reach Handelskai. For one weekend every June, a chunk of it turns into a huge open-air music festival: the Donauinselfest (Danube Island festival).The music typically covers various genres, including rock, pop, rap, hip hop, electronic music, swing (yep), folk, metal, and all things in between.Although most performers are from Austria, the roll call of international stars from past events includes Mando Diao, Lisa Stansfield, Amy Mcdonald, Michael Bolton, Sean Paul, Bob Geldof, as well as a who’s who of the wider German-speaking music worlds.All sorts of other activities help keep you occupied between performances, too, not to mention a host of stands to ensure you stay fed and watered (not free).The Donauinselfest normally features around 13 stages, 600 hours of music, and 17 themed activity areas. Sziget Festival 2020 will no longer take place due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Numerous events for children complete the diverse program.Performances take place on the festival area at a length of 4.5 km on 10 different open-air stages and in 18 tented areas around the island. It’s a big deal.Held on an island in the middle of the Danube river in Vienna (the name translates as 'Danube Island Fest'), Donauinselfest has been going for more than 30 years and shows no signs of letting up. Vienna Music Festival Guide. Music Festival Wizard is dedicated to covering the scene, the experience, and the music with news, lineups, reviews, and commentary.

Which also means an awful lot of people attend across the three days.Dates are usually in June and I’ll post them up here as soon as I get them. It attracts crowds not only from Hungary but throughout Europe as well. It takes place on Óbudai Sziget (also called Hajógyári Sziget) which is a more than 100 hectares big Danube island in the North of Budapest which usually is used as a recreation area as well as a small business area and some clubs and restaurants. ),Flying: Lying in the heart of Europe, Vienna is accessible by air flying into.Travelling by Car: To get to Donau Insel, take U-bahn red lines U1 and U6. Explore > ... Danube Island Festival 2020. The festival takes place every year in August on Danube island and lasts 6-7 days. The “Donauinselfest” (Danube Island Festival) has become one of the largest open-air festivals in Europe and each year attracts visitors from around the world.