17-31 July

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the wheel keeps turning. reach out a hand.

Just Announced

6 August (Thu)

FUNDRAISER PARTY ORGANISED BY URS TRULY - LINEUP TBA BUT HIPS WILL SHAKE 💸🇵🇸

Club Lucia ⏳
1080
donation based
we’re collecting donations for a number of Palestinian fundraisers. All info in next newsletter but stay tuneeeeeeed!

8 August (Sat)

Tender Metter pres. Hot Summer: Mursal Rashad-Mehri (drum solo premiere) + Matthew Muli (live) + isocialbutterflyy + TM (DJs) + holiday poets society (poetry)

Otto Wagner Areal Pavillon 1 📶
1140
?
rare event very good people (very queer!!) as far as I’m aware and also yes I’m specifically excited for the drum solo because I have heard what this person can do and it’s beautiful

29 August (Sat)

Parken

exquisite experimental musics in an outdoor setting, definitely one of vienna’s yearly experimental highlights; more infos to be announced but check out the lineups of the recent years to get an impression

25 September (Fri)

Sniffin’ Glue

vienna’s notorious post punk wavers do it again; lineup to be announced but it’s usually 2 live acts and 3 dj sets

21 November (Sat)

Parken

this year has two Parken events in store for use, we love this!

Next two weeks

17 July (Fri)

Gstättner, Panzl & Siewert: TAU (Kultursommer)

Wilhelmsdorfer Park ⏳
1120
free!
experimental trio: guitar/synthesizer + bassoon/voice + percussion

Dora Donata Sammer: From Imitations to Illusions (Kultursommer)

Kongreßpark ⏳
1160
free!
early music for the recorder

[via klingt.org] Stefan Geissler Solo

xian ⏳
1200
?
tape loops, keys, harmonicas, vocals

[via klingt.org] Franz Hautzinger & Burkhard Stangl

football club 1210 ☑️
1210
free
hautzinger is a free trumpeting legend i hear

Salzburger Pestspiele: Gum Bleed + Dummy Toys + Grimms Eye + Absent From The Morning Headcount + Plastic Bags as Helmets + HPSS + Laexx + Sticky Moloch + Neue Heimat + Abgrund + Emes + La Washa + SBG Allstars & Straßenmusik mit Stromabwärts & Sluf AND MORE

MARK Salzburg ✅
5023
24€ pre-sale
also on 18th, idk who is playing when! tenth and last edition of a anti-festspiele punk extravaganza

18 July (Sat)

Park It Here: Meg10 + Cherches + Cobra b2b Freddo + Keeo.FM

PRST Club Praterstrasse ⏳
1020
€ 15 (2nd release)

AEON: if music be the food of love (Kultursommer)

Schrödingerplatz ⏳
1220
free!
harp + flute + bass-baritone playing pieces from the renaissance to the 20th century

Logan Power Quehenberger Mozart (Kultursommer)

Stadtpark Atzgersdorf ⏳
1230
free!
crazy avantgarde quartet bringing electronica into the mix

Festival Colombia: Zumbao + Latin Latas + Amazonas + DJ El Gozo

Fanialive 📶, Fania Bar ⏳
1160, 1080
free!
third edition of Festival Colombia, starting at Fania Bar during the day and moving to Fanialive in the evening; besides live acts and dj sets, there will be colombian food and dancing

Summer Fest: EUROTEURO + Frau Sammer + Taxi Lotta + humming people + Kira (the TWYKE) + Elisa Godino & Lisa Pulsatilla + Vitamine Spa

Kollektiv Kaorle ⏳
1140
donation
big lineup for kaorle’s summer fest featuring indie/new wave/grunge/pop variations, drag and a mindfulness sound journey; coming early is advised!

Grubi + Cicles + Spielzeug 💸🇵🇸

Kramladen ☑️
1080
donation
come through, we are organising this!!! excited to see the bands i’ve never seen any of them before hehehe (should be postpunk / indie spectrum, i’m not curating)

Giu Nunez + Enesi M. + Lucy Bakanal + Sonya Hibiscus + Trolls Claw # Salah Rezzak + Oluchukwu Akusinanwa + Jabi (live drumming)

Usus am Wasser ☑️
1210
ok what this sounds sick, diverse international lineup. starts early! go there in the afternoon and then to our fundraiser hihi

Lucia Kagramanyan

free? registration needed (see link)

19 July (Sun)

Dummy Toys + Gumbleed

Venster99 ♿️
1090
pay as you wish
two punk/hardcore acts all the way from china, dummy toys really slay

Brandee Younger Trio

Porgy & Bess ☑️
1010
€ 35
amazing jazz harpist trio, highly recommended for fans of dorothy ashby and alice coltrane

[via klingt.org] kollektiv weiter presents boudelaire calling

Waldmüllerpark ☑️
1100
free

20 July (Mon)

Cranial Putrefaction + Apoptosi. + Containment Breach

Venster99 ♿️
1090
pay as you wish
noisegrind & hardcore DIY business organized by viennese anarcho punk market crew

[via klingt.org] Onophon

t-raum ⏳
1040
?

21 July (Tue)

velak gala#145: Electric Delights + Morast + Víctor Badillo

Kollektiv Kaorle ⏳
1140
probs pay as you wish
electroacoustic experimental sounds, this time at kaorle

[via klingt.org] tea for four

t-raum ⏳
1040
?
vocal improvisation

22 July (Wed)

Barräkas + FatFace

Venster99 ♿️
1090
?
slammin anarcho punk from costa rica supported greek powerviolence

Deafheaven

Arena (Große Halle) ☑️
1030
€ 40.49
although rather expensive, this is essential blackgaze music and it will surely rip

Neunundneunzig + Andrei Rublev + Beaks + Luarr (live); lca + xavior (DJ)

Krach am Kanal: Flow de Lis + Gero von Randow + Zosia Holubowska + ybai + Aesis + SteineUndRubine + Core Affekt + DJ Joy Resistance

Henni und Milli (Donaukanal) ☑️
1020
probs free

23 July (Thu)

bösze flunger völker (Kultursommer)

Reithofferpark ⏳
1150
free!
seems like a legit experimental trio (incl. accordion!)

Count Catfish + Woke + Dead Fuse Club

Venster99 ♿️
1090
pay as you wish
political punk plus synth rock plus post-grungecore, seems cute

Popfest: Marianne Mendt + Anna Buchegger + Lusterboden + Tamara Flores + Luisa Schweig + Sanna Frankie + Dexpleen + Spilif + Bon Jour + Gunship Collider + Edition Hawara

Karlsplatz (various locations) ⏳
1040
free!
on very first sight Marianne Mendt seems like a legendary Diva (“Dialektwelle”)

24 July (Fri)

amore ag & Redivider: D.Tiffany + aimé + Coco Love + DJ Deadlift + DJ Sprudel + DREYA + Emina + Julia Goldfarb + mische + Rayya

Porto Pollo ⏳, PRST Club Praterstrasse ⏳
1220, 1020
€ 10 Porto Pollo (early bird) / € 10 PRST (early bird) / € 20 combo
15-22 @ porto pollo, 23-late @ prst

Mary Sue

Café Schäffin ⏳
1040
free!
nomenklatur are hosting a complete afternoon+evening with tape and vinyl, and a singaporian act (who’s deep into the sample game)!

Polychaos Dubium with Jama Supreme + Kmanxak + Lucy Bakanal + Ironica Los Culos

Rhiz ♿️
1080
?
*First edition of a new event series about Hybrid Club Music and Global Bass.

From their instagram page: “Breaking genre boundaries, the series crafts a high-energy, percussive journey through Gqom, Baile Funk, Neo Perreo, Kuduro, Batida, Jersey Club, Jungle, Juke, Ghettotech, Guaracha, Footwork, breakcore, electro, and experimental sounds. The premiere features visual artists Maanila de Moraes and Nora Soumah. For future editions, each night will host one dedicated video artist alongside three open slots for visual artists to collaborate, experiment, and perform live together.”*

Popfest: Sladek + Purple + Rahel + Joshua Pepe + EN60 + Ischia + Nok Nok + Drank + Alles Exhausted + Pyrite + Vereter & Die woarmen Semmeln + Gran Bankrott + Wiener Planquadrat X friends + House of Skins

Karlsplatz (various locations) ⏳
1040
free!
Names I know and am excited about are house of skin (experimental electronic) and drank (experimental instrumental duo) but most names I simply do not know yet!

Semmelweis Sommerfest: Lucia Malina + Wirrbel + Blumengemetzel + David Pridal + Elena

Semmelweisklinik ⏳
1180
donation
and nice programme around the music :)

25 July (Sat)

Sugar Slip: Common Ground

Otto Wagner Areal Pavillon 1 📶
1140
tba
line-up tba, but 2 live acts + djs, and it’s sugar slip so it will be good!

Çokus Duo: Galant à quatre mains (Kultursommer)

Schrödingerplatz ⏳
1220
free!
for the harpsichord lovers out there (to quote Kultursommer: #vierhändig)

Gabriela Gordillo + Daniel Lercher

kv.r. ⏳
1170
probs pay as you wish
kv.r. is throwing a summer closing party before they take a break until september; BBQ, pool and music all day n night

Popfest: Alpha Romeo & Die Sommerreifen + Rose May Alaba + Gardens + Cordoba78 + Shake Stew + Oliver Welter + Kid on Air + Julia Effekt + Robert Stadlober + Cave Club + Anna Grob + Plow + Bull Nakano + Kevin & Friends + Mme Psychosis

Karlsplatz (various locations) ⏳
1040
free!
again most idk about, but i know a bit about Anna Grob (psych folk, Leftovers bassist), Plow, Mme Psychosis (obscuropop)

Semmelweis Sommerfest: Koko Cappelle + Cafe Sekt + Dafne Moreno + jam

Semmelweisklinik ⏳
1180
donation
last semmelweis day before summer breakkk

26 July (Sun)

Kissen

Otto Wagner Areal Pavillon 1 📶
1140
tba
all other information tba

Cura i Dečko (Impulstanz Soçial)

Vestibül ⏳
1010
free!
duo from zagreb, should be fun!

Teresa Rotschopf + Martin Klein + Exit Void

Karlsplatz (various locations) ⏳
1040
free! but queue not too late if you wanna get in on time
exit void being 2026’s new austria experimental supergroup w/ soap&skin and other baddies

27 July (Mon)

Katatropic (live) + DJ Tall + Franz Perko & Yanick Willert + Red Orange (Impulstanz Soçial)

Vestibül ⏳
1010
free!
not so sure about the curation of this evening, but hey DJ Tall is playing in any case!

Jörg Piringer

t-raum ⏳
1040
?
“minimal sound poetry pieces constructed exclusively from vocal sounds” mu also carries meaning in buddhism but idk if this is connected to that ok yeah i scrolled down it is #zen

Monday improv: Hans Falb Memorial session

Celeste ⏳
1050
free?
Hans Falb having been a pioneer for jazz and electronic music via mainly Konfrontationen Nickelsdorf

A Wilhelm Scream + The Penske File

Chelsea ⏳
1080
24€ pre-sale / 27€ doors
melodic hardcore etc

29 July (Wed)

Fu Manchu + Swanmay

Arena (Große Halle) ☑️
1030
€ 37.70
stoner rock legends associated with the palm desert scene come to vienna with fuzz rock support from steel city

CV Vision + DJ Meshit

Flucc Deck ✅
1020
€13 pre-sale
dont know the guy but seems very experimental and i’m generally intrigued

30 July (Thu)

KNIVES (UK)

Club Lucia ⏳
1080
€ 14.40 / 18 / 21.60 / 24
hardcore / post-punk outfit from Bristol currently touring their first album. expect an energetic live show! they offer 3 categories of pre-sale ticket prices depending on how much you can spend, and a ticket at the door is 24€