Advent and Christmas concerts in Vienna

Concert programmes by day

• Schönbrunn OrangeryChristmas market + concert
  from €94
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• Schönbrunn OrangerySchönbrunn Orangery
  from €6820:30
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Dates and lowest prices from the Tiqets snapshot · 10 November 2026. Not live availability. Confirm times, repertoire and ticket conditions before booking.

What can you hear on each Christmas date?

This overview draws on the supplied Christmas schedule and Tiqets product information dated 10 November 2026. Before you book, open the particular performance on Tiqets to verify its details. A product’s advertised starting price is not necessarily the price charged on your chosen date.

• 24 December 2026: Christmas market + concert; Schönbrunn Orangery
• 25 December 2026: Christmas market + concert; Hofburg Strauss & Mozart; Schönbrunn Orangery; Palais Auersperg gala; Minoritenkirche Advent
• 26 December 2026: Christmas market + concert; Hofburg Strauss & Mozart; Schönbrunn Orangery; Palais Auersperg gala; Peterskirche concert; Karlskirche Vivaldi; Minoritenkirche Advent

How do the Schönbrunn Christmas options differ?

With Christmas Market + Concert, you receive a market allowance of one mug, one hot drink and one dish, alongside a Mozart and Strauss performance that includes vocal music. The package does not cover a tour of the palace.

Take your smartphone voucher to the Orangery Ticket Box, where it must be exchanged for a concert ticket and a market voucher. Ticket collection is also when your performance venue is confirmed: it may be the Orangery, the White-and-Gold Room or the Great Gallery.

For the standalone Mozart & Strauss performance, the running time is 105 minutes. Admission instructions are to present your ticket at the Orangery entrance and be there 15 minutes before the concert begins.

• Market + concert suits a visit that combines the musical performance with a dish and a drink at the Christmas market.
• Concert only keeps the focus on Mozart and Strauss, with no Christmas market package attached.
• Christmas Bus Tour + Imperial Lights is a different, 3-hour excursion and does not serve as a concert ticket. Be at Stop #1 – Opera, Albertinaplatz, 15 minutes ahead of its 16:30 departure.

Where can you attend church concerts during Advent and Christmas?

A church performance during the holidays may offer either a seasonal programme or a classical repertoire. Decide which you prefer rather than assuming that every concert in a church features Christmas music.

According to the supplied Tiqets calendar, 20 December is the final date for Magic Trumpet at Annakirche. That makes it an Advent choice, not one of the listed concerts for 25 or 26 December.

• Stephansdom offers concerts lasting 60 minutes, with Mozart, Vivaldi, Schubert and Beethoven among the composers named in the listing.
• Annakirche pairs trumpet and organ in a 60-minute programme of Viennese Classical-era music, Christmas songs from Austria and abroad, and readings. Admission is not permitted for children under 5.
• Minoritenkirche’s seasonal programmes run for 70 minutes. String quintets, chamber orchestras and Baroque ensembles perform Baroque repertoire and Viennese classics.
• Karlskirche presents a 75-minute performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons using Baroque instruments. The concert begins at 20:15, following doors opening at 19:45.
• Peterskirche hosts Classic Ensemble Vienna for a 60-minute concert whose listing includes Beethoven, Bach and Mozart.

What are the palace concert choices at Christmas?

The Hofburg Christmas calendar gives 25, 26 and 27 December as performance dates, each beginning at 20:30 and running for 90 minutes. Opera singers and ballet performers join the Vienna Hofburg Orchestra for works by Mozart, the Strauss family, Kálmán and Lehár.

At Palais Auersperg, the Imperial Gala Concert draws on Mozart, Johann Strauss, Vivaldi and other composers. Its listing specifies a 90-minute duration with a 15-minute intermission. An English-speaking host accompanies a line-up of singers, pianists and the Vienna Royal Ballet.

• For Hofburg, check your ticket for the precise venue name and address. Allow 30 minutes before the start to arrive and exchange your voucher at the evening box office.
• For Palais Auersperg, present the smartphone voucher at the entrance and arrive 25 minutes before the performance. There is no elevator in the building, and children under 5 cannot attend.

Planning a concert for 30 December, New Year’s Eve or 1 January?

Our New Year concerts page compares performances on 30 and 31 December and 1 January. Although the supplied Hofburg calendar includes both 31 December and 1 January, do not assume its normal 20:30 start for the latter: 1 January follows a different start time.

How can you explore other concerts and make a booking?

Further comparisons are available in our guides to Schönbrunn and church concerts, as well as in the Vienna concerts hub.

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Frequently asked questions

What should guide your choice of a Vienna Christmas concert?

Your available date is the first filter; the next is the kind of music you hope to hear. A classical performance held over Christmas is not necessarily a Christmas-music programme. For example, Annakirche’s Magic Trumpet combines Christmas songs with readings, but the work presented at Karlskirche is Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The Schönbrunn ticket that includes the Christmas market still centres its concert on Mozart and Strauss.

Both Schönbrunn products—the market-and-concert package and the standalone Orangery performance—are listed for 24 December in the supplied schedule. Their admission procedures differ. With the combined option, leave time to collect paper tickets and your market voucher; the smartphone voucher alone is not direct entry to the concert. With the concert-only ticket, the instruction is instead to present it to the employee at the entrance.

The schedule adds Hofburg, Palais Auersperg and Minoritenkirche on 25 and 26 December, while Hofburg also has a Christmas performance on 27 December. Comparing their formats can help narrow the choice: Hofburg offers 90 minutes of orchestral music with opera singers and ballet performers. At Minoritenkirche, the listed 70-minute programme uses smaller ensembles for Baroque repertoire and Viennese classics.

When planning your evening, distinguish the length of the performance from the time you need to arrive. Concerts at Stephansdom, Annakirche and Peterskirche are listed at 60 minutes, compared with 75 minutes at Karlskirche and 105 minutes for the standalone Schönbrunn Mozart and Strauss option. None of those durations is an arrival recommendation. Several products request arrival 30 minutes before the start, and each venue may have different voucher-exchange procedures.

Age limits and building access also deserve a check before you settle on a church or palace. Children under 6 are not admitted at Karlskirche, where winter conditions can be cold. The minimum-age restriction at both Annakirche’s Magic Trumpet and Palais Auersperg excludes children under 5. Palais Auersperg additionally notes that there is no elevator in its protected historic building.

Treat the Christmas bus tour as a separate sightseeing option, not a concert package: it includes Imperial Lights and leaves at 16:30, but no concert is included. On Tiqets, compare the specific date and ticket category you intend to book. Since cancellation cut-offs differ between products, read the applicable terms before making payment.