19-31 August
Hey,
truly the quietest part of summer has been reached. At least in Vienna, not necessarily in London where these is being written from (although Vienna still manages to put on events during my absence that I’m sad to miss), or in Gaza where, ya know, you would get fucking shot dead if you were to enter those waves. And so on and so on, the beauty and terror of existence in this depraved destroyed and holy world. Speaking of Gaza specifically there is some solidarity happening in the music world, scroll on to see how you can contribute!
Two very short gig reviews:
yarx at hypertrash 250725
not many words for this but since I’ve been there I’ve been wanting to honor their set with a line on here. best I can say is that they fully presided over the crowd & turntables. precision cut bass fuckery. idk it’s just words, but it was about vibes. thankfully you can listen back on soundcloud! just like I’ve done two times already which is really big for me so yeah this was way good!!!
geordie greep at chelsea, 5 august
him & his band are so good they almost made me forget about genocide for a bit. tho not during the noodly passages, tbh i don’t really get why they would extend their really brilliant song-playing (and jazzy solos! those were fire as well!) with some quite aimless-feeling jams. but well if they needed to prove they can play 2,5h, there you go!
Just Announced
1 September
CANCELLED: KNEECAP
???
Yeah, it only took some lowly FPÖ goon and his vague legal threats to get them cancelled in our beautiful city of culture. There’s vague whispers of staging a protest/concert/party instead? Stay tuned and also importantly get in touch asap if you’d like to get involved!!
2-7 September
UNSAFE+SOUNDS
multiple venues
110€ for all dates, less for less dates
too many good artists to list them, but this is just a reminder that you can still buy tickets for all dates. do yourself a favour and check the programme out if you have time those dates, this is done by some of Vienna’s staunchest music ppl both artistically and politically as far as I can tell!
13 September
Schere3000
Flucc Deck
New sapphic party getting launched yes!!!
Wagashishi Event
Celeste
I know nothing but Wagashishi is asking us to put this down in our calendars and NOT organise other gigs so the artists can get proper bucks from this. The people behind this seem very very sound so here you go!!
17-26 October
Sonic Territories: Fennesz + Huuum + PÖ + Sanna Lu Una + Nyokabi Kariũki + Joanna Coleman & Conny Zenk + manymanymore
multi venue
55€ Early Bird whole festival, 15-20€ per day
„Festival at the intersection of sound, audiovisual and transdisciplinary art“ – again, many exciting names, looks like many exciting formats, cool stuff, hope I finally get to go!
18 August (Mon)
Montell Fish + Dorian Concept
Arena ☑️
1030
50€
Monday Improv Session: Alexander Salesny + Paul Skrepek
Celeste ⏳
1050
FREE
reeds + drums improv
19 August (Tue)
Kasho Chualan (WUK Platzkonzerte)
WUK (Hof) ☑️
1090
free!
experimental piano
Res Radio Collective Open Air: Ärger + Booster Club + Breakberry + Lovefi + Yakamoz
Porto Pollo ⏳
1220
Free/Donation
Five DJ Collectives crossing over, this should be sweet! But rush its from 2-10pm!!
20 August (Wed)
Nenda (WUK Platzkonzerte)
WUK (Hof) ☑️
1090
free!
English/Tyrolian rap
21 August (Thu)
F.E.I.D.L. (WUK Platzkonzerte)
WUK (Hof) ☑️
1090
free!
Viennese punk
22 August (Fri)
Slutlabs pres. FIEBERTRAUM - POLYCHROME
Flucc Wanne & Deck ✅
1020
€ 36.75 presale
queer techno fetish/kinky wear party, should be nice, also music-wise!
Lan Rex (WUK Platzkonzerte)
WUK (Hof) ☑️
1090
free!
“Tender Dark Wave Techno” according to WUK
Parla Soleil + Elia Lunardi
Kramladen ☑️
1080
???€
“Oriental & Psychedelic Soul”
Musikkapelle + Olga Neuwirth w/ Christian Scheib + Melanie Maar & Christian Schröder + Trio Frühstück + Eugène Michelangeli + Alessandro Baticci + Willi Landl + Michael Fischer + Nachklang + DJ E+T feat. Beata Pozitiva
Zukunftshof (Rosiwalgasse 41/43) ⏳
1100
Free?
Looks quite insane. Over three days there is durational renaissance pieces, much contemporary solo music, participatory John Cage performances, Wienerlied, drone, some non-musical performances of which one I reckon is 6h long, breakfast, sleep music, ….
23 August (Sat)
introduction night w/ Elias + RHAYN
Chelsea ⏳
1080
pay as you wish € 5/10/15
sweet event series with ticket revenues going directly to the artists
Samsara Joyrides + Chancy Waves
Kramladen ☑️
1080
10€
Stoner Psychedelia etc
Triángulo: Fede Fröstl + Juan Casas + Federico Monachesi
Kramladen ☑️
1080
FREE
Progressive House from three Argentina-rooted DJs! They seem excited about their thing
Nemanja Stankovic + Patrizia Ruthensteiner & Marino Formenti + Johann Neumeister + Corda Piano Trio + Yll Berisha + Christos Marantos + Kasho Chualan & Lukas König + Eugène Michelangeli + Esrap & Marino Formenti + Samuel Schaab + Florian Berner + DJ E+T & for booking call + Marino Formenti
Zukunftshof (Rosiwalgasse 41/43) ⏳
1100
Free?
see 22 August for an attempt to describe this insanity
24 August (Sun)
Dronau Canal w/ Polymorphic Engine (Martin Gius) + Natasha Moreno
Central Garden ⏳
1020
Free?
Live & pre-recorded drone, ambient etc. We always miss their short-term gig announcements so yay finally!!
Marino Formenti + Maxi Nagl (jr. & sr.) + Rui Aziz + Tommy & Constanze Hojsa + Claudia Bosse + Flora Geisselbrecht + Maria Radutu + Peter Herbert + Oliver Welter + Clara Frühstück + Eugène Michelangeli + Klaus Moser
Zukunftshof (Rosiwalgasse 41/43) ⏳
1100
Free?
see 22 August for an attempt to describe this insanity
25 August (Mon)
Monday Improv Session: Yedda Chunyu Lin + Ariel Invernizzi Oviedo
Celeste ⏳
1050
FREE
piano + drums improv
Letters to Gaza: Firas Shehadeh + Asifeh & Karam (improv sessions); Yasmina Haddad + Bana Saadeh (live mixes)
Coco Bar ⏳
1080
Donations
Fundraising event for Palestine, and brilliant one at that. Amongst the listed are Palestinian noise and rap artists. Please come and donate if you can, it’s high time we stood together as a community as strongly as we can <3
26 August (Tue)
Mekongg (WUK Platzkonzerte)
WUK (Hof) ☑️
1090
free!
Viennese noise rock
Visceral Disgorge + Viscral + 9Dead + Heretical Mutation
Viper Room ⏳
1030
25€
Always a bit uneasy promoting (extreme) metal stuff without much insight into the bands/scenes because it can get quite shady politically. That being said, I didn’t find anything openly sus, the headliners (from US and ID) sound quite sick and we don’t get too much death metal around here I reckon!
27 August (Wed)
Breakout + Gusch + Bim
Venster99 ♿️
1090
Pay as you can
Streetpunk (France) + hardcore punk (local) - BIM also has some noise tape out there yay
Goat + Graveyard + Arabrot
Arena Open Air ☑️
1030
55€
Legendary Swedish psychedelic/afrobeat? outfit - first time in Austria!
28 August (Thu)
jigitz
Werk ⏳
1090
€ 29,90
american garage house act, should be fun | (note: Werk has been quite central in the #technometoo allegiations in the local scene and has not done their transformation work afterwards well as far as we’re aware, so take our gig rec. with this large grain of warning)
gebenedeit (WUK Platzkonzerte)
WUK (Hof) ☑️
1090
free!
“literary liturgical” group including Lydia Haider (should be rather intense)
29 August (Fri)
Frish@Flex: Lino Camilo + Aze + Purple + Hidden Gemz + Chovo + Moonvers; DJs: Anni Herzer + Flauxpas + Kid Kodama + Miyra Lim
Flex ☑️
1010
FREE
Free Indie Stuff, some good things like Lino Camilo, Miyra Lim & more we reckon!
The Shaftons + Imperial Exit
Kramladen ☑️
1080
10€
punk rock from vienna + abensberg
30 August (Sat)
Ausländer Haus Vol.8
Flucc ✅
1020
€ 8 VVK
party night with music from the global south
Rhinoplasty
club-u ⏳
1040
FREE
our astrology team predicts this is next date, but isn’t well trained enough yet to predict the theme
[Volksstimmefest: Bex + Popsch + enns + La Washa + Vereter + Halil Gürsu &
Vienna Orient Project + The Swivels + The Willow Three + Isabel Frey & Benjy Fox Rosen + Edna Million + Robert Stadlober +](https://www.volksstimmefest.at/vsf_2025/#programmSamstag)
Jesuitenwiese/Prater ☑️
1020
FREE
Quite a cute leftist tradition, food drink music & discussions & more. KPÖ has been somewhat eeky but hopeful on the genocide in Palestine so it can be a meaningful place to come out in visible solidarity. See you there?
31 August (Sun)
Don West + Kesmar
Flucc Deck ✅
1020
25€
*Don’t have it in me to be sceptical of a soul singer rn even if it’s some white aussie
https://governmentjazz.bandcamp.com/track/don-west*
Volksstimmefest: Zinn + Pauls Jets + Kitty Cat & the Ugly Heads + das Schrei! + POST + Wiener Beschwerdechor + Alex Miksch & Orges Toce + Latin Melasa + Geriatrio Plus + Magdalena Spinka + Djaro & die anonymen Melancholiker + Fex + Free Willy + Laut Fragen + Betty Rossa + more
Jesuitenwiese/Prater ☑️
1020
FREE
see Saturday
1 September (Mon)
CANCELLED: KNEECAP
???
???
Yeah, it only took some lowly FPÖ goon and his vague legal threats to get them cancelled in our beautiful city of culture. There’s vague whispers of staging a protest/concert/party instead? Stay tuned and also importantly get in touch asap if you’d like to get involved!!