Imperial Days in Bad Ischl
Around 18 August, Bad Ischl is dedicated to the birthday of Emperor Franz Joseph I. Numerous festivities take place in the imperial town during this period to mark the occasion. The arrival of the imperial train at the railway station, the Imperial Festival in the Kurpark on 15 August and the Imperial Mass on 18 August are always fixed points.
With plenty of charm, a little nostalgia and a healthy pinch of ironic entertainment, the imperial city serves up a colourful cocktail of hospitable festive cheer around the emperor's birthday.
Imperial Days
Imperial Days
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Friday, 08 August
20:00, Lehár Festival, Premiere Die blaue Mazur - Operetta by Franz Lehár
Saturday, 09 August
20:00, Lehár Festival, Orpheus in the Underworld - operetta by Jacques Offenbach
Sunday, 10 August
11:00 a.m., Klassik am Sonntag; Kurorchester Bad Ischl, conductor: Walter Erla, Trinkhalle
approx. 1 pm, parade of horse-drawn carriages
3:30 pm, Lehár Festival, Die blaue Mazur - operetta by Franz Lehár
Monday, 11 August
20:00, Lehár Festival - Susanne Marik: Sugar Sugar Baby- The 50s and 60s PART 2 - Kongress&TheaterHaus
Tuesday, 12 August
15:30, Meeting point Trinkhalle: Special guided tour "Marie Valerie in Ischl"
Wednesday, 13 August
15:30, Meeting point Trinkhalle: Special guided tour "Kaiserschmarrn"
15:30, Lehár Festival, A Night in Venice - Operetta by Johann Strauss
19:30, Kurorchester Bad Ischl, Conductor: Walter Erla, Trinkhalle
Thursday, 14. August
07:00, weekly market; until 12 noon, Auböckplatz and KFJ-Straße
15:30, meeting point Trinkhalle: themed tour "The Habsburgs in Ischl"
15:30, Lehár Festival, Die blaue Mazur - operetta by Franz Lehár
19:30 , Festival ORGEL BEWEGT! - "AD MEMORIAM 2 - Memorial concert for parish priest Christian Öhler "; on admission, Bad Ischl parish church
8:00 pm, Lehár Festival, Die blaue Mazur - operetta by Franz Lehár
JazzMed benefit concert, Trinkhalle
Friday, 15 August
10:00 am, concert by the Lauffen market band for Lauffner Kirtag, Lauffen
approx. 12 noon, railway station: arrival of the imperial train
2 pm, Kurpark: imperial festival of the Bürgermusikkapelle
3 pm, racecourse: Emperor Franz Joseph Memorial Trot
3:30 pm, meeting point Trinkhalle: special guided tour "Katharina Schratt"
8 pm, Lehár Festival, Orpheus in the Underworld - operetta by Jacques Offenbach
Saturday, 16 August
from 10 am, Kaiserbummel
3:30 pm, meeting point Trinkhalle: special guided tour "Der Markt Lauffen"
8:00 pm, Lehár Festival, Eine Nacht in Venedig - Operetta by Johann Strauss
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Sunday, 17 August
10 am, meeting point Trinkhalle: special guided tour “Franz Karl, Sophie & her children in Ischl”
3:30 pm, Lehár Festival, Orpheus in the Underworld - operetta by Jacques Offenbach
Monday, 18 August - Emperor's birthday August - Emperor's birthday
7:30 am, Kurpark: Gathering of the traditional units
9 am, Kurpark: Marching of the units to the Catholic parish church via Pfarrgasse
9:30 am, forecourt of the Catholic parish church: Assembling of the units
10 am, Catholic parish church: Imperial mass (incl. choir of the Florianer Sängerknaben) Catholic parish church: Imperial Mass (incl. choir of the Florian Boys' Choir) & reception afterwards in front of the Imperial Villa
3:30 pm, meeting point Trinkhalle: special guided tour "Emperor Franz Joseph I"
3:30 pm, Lehár Festival, A Night in Venice - operetta by Johann Strauss
Status: 17 February 2025