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Informal Music are held daily throughout the The Praterdome, situated
The description just outside year along with classical ballet near the Ferris wheel in
Konzertcafé Schmid Hansl perfor mances. Concerts take the Prater, has popular
reads, “the home of Viennese place in the Stadtpark during theme nights.
song”. The original owner of the summer months. Live concerts are held at
this small café, which serves Chaya Fuera, Jazzland, and
hot food until it closes, was on Sundays at Chelsea. The
Hansl Schmid, a very fine Rock, Pop and Jazz Sass Music Club plays the
singer and musician. Guests What is popular one week in best of electronic music.
would often visit the café Vienna’s lively music scene may A must for jazz fans is Jazz
just to hear him sing, and very well be out of fashion the & Music Club Porgy & Bess,
sometimes a famous artist next. Many nightclubs have live with live music and dancing,
might join him in a duet or music on certain nights or for a and the Jazzfest held in the
give a solo performance. The limited period. first two weeks of July, with
present owner, Hansl Schmid’s U4 club has a different style concerts at various venues,
son, once a member of the every night (from industrial to such as the Opera House
Vienna Boys’ Choir, has kept up flower power); Monday is Open (see pp140–41), the Volkstheater
this tradition, and you may well Stage night for upcoming acts. (see p230) and the Neues
encounter opera stars coming Volksgarten Clubdiskothek Rathaus (see p132), as well as
in to perform unexpectedly. is the oldest disco in town, many open-air events.
Another Viennese favourite is with music ranging from house All styles, including electro,
the Wiener Kursalon. Dinner to hip-hop and salsa. Roter house and alternative music,
and waltz evenings with the Engel in the Bermuda Triangle can be found at Schikaneder
Johann Strauss Salonorchester has live music every night. Bar and Flex.
DIRECTORY
Opera and Classical Concerts Informal Music Jazzland
Operetta Franz-Josefs-Kai 29.
Musikverein Konzertcafé Schmid Map 2 D5 & 6 D2.
Bundestheaterkassen Bösendorferstrasse 12. Hansl Tel 5332575.
Central Ticket Office. Map 6 D5. Tel 5058190. Schulgasse 31. Map 1 A2. ∑ jazzland.at
Operngasse 2. Map 5 C4. ∑ musikverein.at Tel 4063658. Open 5pm– Porgy & Bess
Tel 514447810 (10am– Wiener Konzerthaus 4am Mon–Fri. Riemergasse 11.
9pm daily). Open 8am– Lothringerstrasse 20. Map ∑ cafeschmidhansl.at Map 5 E4. Tel 5128811.
6pm Mon–Fri, 9am–noon 4 E2 & 6 E5. Tel 242002. Wiener Kursalon ∑ porgy.at
∑ konzerthaus.at
Sat. ∑ bundestheater.at Johannesgasse 33. Praterdome
Wiener Map 6 E5. Tel 5125790. Riesenradplatz 7.
Raimund Theater ∑ soundofvienna.at Tel 9081 1920.
Wallgasse 18. Tel 58885. Philharmoniker ∑ praterdome.at
Bösendorferstrasse 12.
∑ musicalvienna.at Map 4 E2 & 6 D5. Rock, Pop and Roter Engel
Ronacher Tel 50565250. Jazz Rabensteig 5.
Seilerstatte 9. ∑ wienerphilhar Chaya Fuera Map 6 D2. Tel 5354105.
Map 4 E1 & 6 D4. moniker.at Kandlgasse 19–21. ∑ roterengel.at
Tel 58885. Church Music Map 3 A1. Sass Music Club
∑ musicalvienna.at Tel 5440036250. Karlsplatz 1.
Hofburgkapelle ∑ chayafuera.com Map 5 C5. Tel 4116116.
Staatsoper Hofburg, Schweizerhof. ∑ sassvienna.com
Openring 2. Map 4 D1 & Map 4 D1 & 5 B4. Chelsea
5 C5. Tel 514442250. Tel 5339927. Lerchenfeldergüertel, Schikaneder Bar
Margaretenstrasse 22–24.
∑ wiener-staatsoper.at ∑ hofmusikkapelle. U-Bahnboegen 29–32. Map 3 C3. Tel 5852867.
gv.at Tel 4079309. ∑ schikaneder.at
Wiener Kammeroper ∑ chelsea.co.at
Fleischmarkt 24. MuTh Volksgarten
Map 2 E5 & 6 D2. Am Augartenspitz 1. Flex Clubdiskothek
Donaukanal Augarten-
Tel 58885. Map 2 E3. Tel 3478080. brücke. Map 1 D3. Burgring/Heldenplatz.
∑ muth.at
∑ kammeroper.at Tel 5337525. Map 5 B4. Tel 5324241.
Sängerknaben ∑ volksgarten.at
Wiener Volksoper Augartenpalais. ∑ flex.at U4
Währinger Strasse 78. Map 2 E3. Tel 2163942. Jazzfest Schönbrunner Strasse
Map 1 B2. Tel 514443670. ∑ wienersaenger Tel 4086030 222. Map 3 A4. Tel 817
∑ volksoper.at knaben.at ∑ viennajazz.org 11920. ∑ u-4.at

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