01.01.2026 2025 is behind us – with many queer and cultural highlights such as the Pride Festival Salzburg, the ballet Frida Kahlo at the Salzburg State Theatre, and drag shows and parties. This year also has many highlights in store for us. Whether it’s the Pride Festival 2026, four HOSI festivals in March, June, September and December, queer city tours or Gigi’s brunching divas. The Queersalzburg.at editorial team wishes all readers a happy and healthy New Year. [Read more]

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After four months in the Netherlands, queersalzburg.at editor Sebastian Branstätter is spending Christmas in Mozart’s city. How homesickness becomes particularly noticeable at Christmas time and what makes Salzburg so unique at this time of year – a personal insight from someone returning to Salzburg 🙂 [Read more]

Miracles don’t always happen by themselves. Sometimes you have to give them a little help. With this in mind, the Ö3 Christmas Miracle is returning to the city of Mozart for the first time since its premiere in 2014 at Kapitelplatz in the heart of Salzburg. From 19 to 24 [Read more]

The film and musical ‘Priscilla – Queen of the Desert’ tell the story of two drag queens, Mitzi and Felicia, and a trans woman, Bernadette, who travel through the Australian outback in an ageing bus called ‘Priscilla’ to put on a show in Alice Springs. The musical will premiere at the Salzburg State Theatre on 6 December 2025, directed by Ramesh Nair. [Read more]

Next week, on 13 December, we will receive two pre-Christmas gifts. Gigi La Pajette and her drag colleagues will take the Off Theatre by storm with the premiere of a Christmas drag revue. Meanwhile, the Dark Eagle will be celebrating the tenth birthday of Salzburg’s cruising bar. Owner Wolfgang and the Dark Eagle team will be raising a glass with their guests. [Read more]

Since 2015, there have been very special Christmas tours in Salzburg’s cathedral quarter during Advent. QueerSalzburg.at talks to Alexandra Hederer about the tenth anniversary of the Christmas tours. Hederer is responsible for art and culture education and guides visitors through the cathedral quarter at Christmas. The cathedral quarter is as [Read more]

24 businesses in 24 days. During the pre-Christmas period, Salzburg’s Linzer Gasse is transformed into a multifaceted Advent calendar. Under the motto ‘Follow the star!’, the famous Salzburg shopping street becomes a special Christmas experience during Advent. Every day, a wooden star lights up in one of the 24 participating [Read more]

The fourth tip in our Christmas series takes us to the Volksgarten in Salzburg. From 26 November to 6 January, the Winterfest, the largest circus festival in the German-speaking world, will take place here. Since 2001, the Volksgarten has regularly been the venue for a colourful circus ring as part of the Winterfest. International and local artists enchant audiences with poetry, drama and, of course, lots of acrobatics. [Read more]

The third tip for our Christmas events is a real classic. The Salzburg Christmas Market is the flagship event of Mozart’s city during the festive season. One of Europe’s most beautiful Christmas markets opens its doors from 20th November to 1st January. For 21 years now, Christmas shoppers have been able to find the HOSI Salzburg punch stand at the Old Market among the stalls selling mulled wine, biscuits and children’s toys. [Read more]

The second Christmas tip is Gigi La Pajette’s Christmas revue. A premiere in Salzburg and in Gigi’s repertoire. A new format, which Gigi has repeatedly devised and produced in recent years. Now, on 13 December, she will be on stage at the OFF Theatre with four of her Austrian drag colleagues, interpreting the festival of love in her own unique way. [Read more]

5 event tips for pre-Christmas Salzburg? We start with ‘Priscilla – Queen of the Desert’. This musical, which premieres on 6 December, is not only entertaining but also promotes queer visibility and empowerment. Priscilla will be performed eight times at the Salzburg State Theatre until New Year’s Eve. [Read more]

Halloween, the pre-Christian Celtic custom that came to us from Ireland via the USA in the 19th century, has now developed creative potential of all kinds in Salzburg. With an organ concert by the Mozarteum Foundation, a rave by the record label ‘P LAB Recordings’ and Dragoween by the Magic Garage, the Halloween spirit is being celebrated in very different ways this year. [Read more]

Yesterday (6 September), the big CSD parade marched from Salzburg Central Station to Nonntal University. What made this year special was that, for the first time, the mayor of Salzburg gave a welcoming speech at the start of the parade, emphasising the city’s solidarity with its queer population. After a slight delay, a cheerful crowd made its way across the Staatsbrücke bridge through the city of Mozart. Here are some pictures of the parade. [Read more]