Summer 2027
Salzburg Festival
Opera, theatre and concerts in Mozart’s city.
- Dates
- 16 July – 29 August 2027 Official
- Where
- Festival houses and venues across Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- How to attend
- Public tickets
About
The Salzburger Festspiele is one of the world’s leading festivals of opera, theatre and classical music, held each summer in Salzburg’s festival houses and other venues across the city.
The festival has announced plans to renovate its houses, with the Großes Festspielhaus only partly usable in 2028 and unavailable in 2029 and 2030.
Dates and status
- Dates
- 16 July – 29 August 2027 [1]Official
- Detail
- Programme and ticketing for summer 2027 not yet published. The separate Whitsun Festival runs 14–17 May 2027.
- Time zone
- Europe/Vienna
- Venue
- Festival houses and venues across Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Official website
- salzburgerfestspiele.at (opens in a new tab)
How to attend
Public tickets
Festival tickets
Tickets are sold by the festival through its official channels.
Reported
THE PRIVÉ does not sell tickets or arrange access. Buy only from the organiser or its authorised partners.
Requirements and access criteria
Ticketing for summer 2027 had not been published when this page was last checked. We will update this guide when it is.
Our advice
Members
The members’ guide
The members’ guide to Salzburg Festival
This guide holds
- Access playbook: the realistic routes in, step by step
- Access dates: when ballots, applications and sales open and close, in your own calendar
- Prices from the organiser, where to sit and the official hospitality compared
- What to do when it is sold out, through official channels only
- Travel, where to stay, etiquette and dress
- A checklist of what to do and when, to tick off as you go
Included with membership: €9.99 a month, cancel any time.
Sources and verification
Last checked · Editorial desk
Dates confirmed on the festival’s official site on 11 October 2026. The 2027 programme is not yet published.
Dates last confirmed by a source on .
- Salzburg Festival (opens in a new tab)
- Salzburger Festspiele Sommer 2025 Spielplan (opens in a new tab)
- Festival leadership document (renovation plans) (opens in a new tab)
PhotographGroßes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, the venue. Archive photograph, not taken at Salzburg Festival. Photo: Leonhard Lenz / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 (opens in a new tab) · Image source (opens in a new tab)
- Official
- Stated by the organiser or venue. Source cited.
- Reported
- Published by third parties. Not yet confirmed with the organiser.
- Our advice
- THE PRIVÉ editorial guidance, not a statement of fact.
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