For the grand finale, the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 and the Upper Austrian KulturEXPO Anton Bruckner 2024 are joining forces at ALFA Laakirchen. → And keep it up – Culture it‘s all of us!
Afterwards, we celebrate open-ended through the night in the centre of Gmunden. Concerts, DJ sets, performances and late-night readings await you here.
Das ganze Programm als Booklet (pdf)
Stadttheater Gmunden, Theatergasse 7
Main hall on the ground floor
- 20 h Opening by Tom Neuwirth and the Capital of Culture team
Tom Neuwirth has toured the world as Conchita and has inspired thousands. He has returned to support and accompany the Capital of Culture as a member of the committee, and his words will span an arc from the opening in January to the final departure of the Capital of Culture - 20:15 – 21 h Counter and Strings. Alois Mühlbacher and the String Quartet. (concert)
The self-definition of the 4 gentlemen from Linz is already a real eye-opener: JazzRockClassicalCrossover String Quartet. And then there is the great countertenor Alois Mühlbacher. A sonic experience and an exciting encounter from Queen to Vivaldi. - 21 – 21:45 Timpani, triangle and tam-tam. The incredible world of Vivi Vassileva. (percussion)
The young percussionist Vivi Vassileva regularly sets off from her home in Ebensee to wow audiences in concert halls around the world. Together with guitarist Lucas Campara Diniz, she has created a multi-sound spectacle for the Capital of Culture that puts composers such as Iannis Xenakis in a new, fresh light. - 22 – 23 h HipHop meets Pop, Indie joins Rap. Sharktank (concert)
Hip hop meets pop, indie joins rap: Katrin, Mile and Marco not only overcome and combine genres in their interplay – as Sharktank, they open up “a niche on the German-speaking music market that we didn’t know existed until now” (DIFFUS); where playful feel-good beats and light-hearted instrumentals meet conscious rap and melodic vocals, the Viennese trio has found its colourful, independent sound – jump in & swim along! - 23:15 – 01 h Doris UHLICH (DJ performance) Every Body Boom
The choreographer, performer and DJ Doris Uhlich invites you to an energetic night of dance in which her artistic ideas resonate. A mixture of her favourite sounds and beats will be served up, from pop to techno and classical music. The body is celebrated in a sound bath of the most diverse musical genres. - 01 h – end Miss Ivanka T. (DJ performance, Salzkammerqueer hosted by Aufbruch, Salzkammergut!)
Icon, legend & sensation Miss Ivanka T. With a passport from Austria and a heart in Berlin, she is the symbiosis of the cheeky country mouse with the Berlin city brat in one. From pop, hosting, TV to make-up, she is at home wherever dialect & diversity is allowed to reign & people want to forget the outside world for an hour.
Bar on the 1st floor
- 20 – 23 h korli (DJ set)
Growing up in the 90s – the decade of CDs – Klara aka korli’s love of music began with her parents’ CD collection. Instead of vinyl stores, LIBROs were bought empty and, in the absence of alternatives, 30-second snippets were downloaded from the first music sites on the Internet. The CDs have disappeared, the love of music and the data size of the downloaded music have grown. Their sets build a bridge from R’n’B to hip hop to house and electronic bass music, and sometimes a tribute to the decade of CDs awaits at the end of this bridge. - 23 h – end DJ Rich Parents (DJ set, Salzkammerqueer hosted by Aufbruch, Salzkammergut!)
Salzkammerqueer hosted by Aufbruch, Salzkammergut! DJ Rich Parents plays pop to hyperpop but mainly goes off, brings not only queer bangers but the whole party. DJ RP’s best friends are Kylie and Kim, which sums it up, so treat them like a slut and you won’t get them out of your head.
Kinosaal 1. Floor
- 20 h – midnight Official film reviewing the Capital of Culture year
Former drugstore in the city centre, Rathausplatz 6
- From 17 h JUKEBOX with ABSINTH BAR by God’s Entertainment (Analogue Juke Box)
K20, J14, U07, A11 are the abbreviations used on menus in popular restaurants. They allow us to communicate with each other and, in the best case, get served what we want. JUKEBOX works on the same principle, which nowadays can only be found on eBay or Willhaben under rarities and golden prices. JUKE BOX by God’s Entertainment will open our eyes, mouths and ears again and at the same time make everyone emotionally satisfied. Our JUKE BOX is analogue, mechanical, speaks, takes 2 EURO, winks and has every song in stock that has somehow been documented in the last official 6000 years of human history. From Katy Perry to Vangelis. Forward into the past!
ABSINTH BAR – RESEARCH SPACES FOR PSYCHOACTIVIST STATES
What does it mean to be in a normal state? Mere conditioning to the familiar or being in line with syllogistic logic? If you are in the four-sided stands of a football stadium, for example, you wait spellbound for the slow motion replay of the goal or a disputed offside position. Standing at the checkout of a supermarket, do you immediately rule out the possibility that the overworked cashier is a German? After a moment’s thought, however, you quickly realise that the search for a logical conclusion seems illogical after all. Absinth Bar offers nothing that we are used to, it stands outside of any logic and learned sensuality. It refuses to keep its usual opening hours and does not adhere to any other conventional agreements. The meaningfulness of intoxication, the essence of the evening and the truthfulness of the psychoactive state are on the menu at HEURE VERTE.
Stadtpfarrkirche, Kirchenplatz 5
- 20:30 – 21:30 h Instrumental Art Pop by Anna Lang and Alois Eberl
Sinfonia De Carnaval – that’s Anna Lang and Alois Eberl on cello, trombone, accordion, percussion, electronics and voices. Instrumental art pop that knows no boundaries: elements of jazz and pop meet electronic sound universes and the full sound spectrum of classical playing techniques. Violoncello, voice, trombone, percussion and accordion in a unique and newly defined sound!
Evangelische Kirche, Georgstraße 9
- 19:30 – 21 h Magdalena Hasibeder, organ I Georg Hasibeder, vibraphone I Jonathan Six, marimba: The Beauty and the Beast. Fireworks with organ and percussion.
The Hasibeder siblings have made different careers from Linz. Organist Magdalena Hasibeder continues to enliven the local music scene with surprising encounters. Here she fuses the enchanting organ of the Evangelical Church with the large instruments of percussionists Jonathan Six and Georg Hasibeder a truly fraternal firework display.
Bürgerspitalkirche, Kößlmühlgasse 1
- 21 – 24 h Holy Hydra with AVBRUCH
AVBRUCH is an audio-visual spatial installation that renegotiates the theme of departure in an intense live performance. Here past and future meet, traditions are broken, a dialogue of extremes unfolds: light meets dark, loud meets quiet, sacred meets profane, yin meets yang. The hospital church becomes an interface, a control centre between worlds – a place where boundaries become blurred. Holy bim bam. Bum.
Stadtplatz Schiffsanlegestelle, Schiffsangelesteg am Rathausplatz
- 19 – 21 h Plateau Blo meets Urban Sauna Club meets Kombucha by Studio Clemens Bauder, DJ Sets by raumarbeiterinnen & friends
At the end of the Capital of Culture project Plateau Blo, the floating sauna on Lake Traunsee by the artists’ collective raumarbeiterinnen and in collaboration with Kunsuni Linz, we’re turning up the heat once again. Clemens Bauder aka DJ Kombucha embeds the installation on the lake in nocturnal sounds.
Café Brandl, Rathausplatz 1
- From 21:15 h DJ sets by Drumfabrik (DJs: Asense, Cerf, Critical Contents, Dvnc, Nikasun, Rawtid, Voltare, Zappla)
With the mission to promote the electronic music scene in Upper Austria, the Drumfabrik cultural association was founded by Zappla in Vorchdorf around 7 years ago. Dozens of events with international stars of the scene later, the girls and boys are paying another visit to the town of Gmunden and are looking forward to a night of dancing, passion and of course: drum & bass!
Bar Zum blauen Affen, Kirchengasse 8
- 20:30 – 24 h Literaturrausch hosted by Wirtshauslabor – readings and spoken word performances
An empty cultural venue becomes a wild literary salon for one evening. Under the name “Literaturrausch”, the successful Capital of Culture project Wirtshauslabor is making its final appearance for 2024. Curated by Magdalena Stammler and Christina Jaritsch, the following authors will be taking to the stage: Lydia Haider, Mercedes Kornberger, Jacinta Nandi, Jörg Piringer and Magdalena Stammler.
K-Hof Museum, Kammerhofgasse 8
- 10 – 24 h Exhibition City of Ceramics – Local heroes
The K-Hof, the Kammerhof Museum Gmunden, shows the exhibition Klo&So. Admission: 6€
Theodor Detter, Georgstraße 29
- 17 – 20 h pm Kids & Kunst: Malen im Museum, Theodor Detter
Children’s programme at the Theodor Detter Museum: children of all ages are invited to get creative together.
Tram, Stern & Hafferl
- Experiencing art, Traunseetram stops become public art spaces
- On the way, a (living) audio theatre in the Traunseetram
Arrival & Shuttle
Leave your car behind! We’ll make sure that you can not only travel comfortably by public transport, but also get home safely after the big party in the evening or after midnight. Details can be found at salzkammergut-2024.at/travel
On 01/12 at 11am, the hangover breakfast – networking and getting together – will take place in the Remise 1894 Stern & Hafferl.
More about the project at salzkammergut-2024.at
